| Show WOULD DANN ANNUL THEIR CHARTERS I Kings County New York Orand Jury Recommends That Thai Steps bS be Taken to S St t Aside Charters Charlers of o Constituent Companies of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co New Nell York Dee Dec Rings coun coUlt county made n a to toda today ty gran grand jury juri traction facilities In Brooklyn da day Un on recommending that steps alep be tak taken n to annul the charters charter of oC the tho constituent companies of oC the Brooklyn sit company and that the tho city acquire Sal and operate the tho and declares that I lines lints The Tiu presentment conditionS nr aro Intolerable and amid the statement thai the tho of the Rapid Transit corn com coman an anh had bad they could cure thom the evils but were unwilling to do so 80 The Nr jury time the opinion that time the roads could coId be o nt at n a on onI ona I a three rent cent fare fame basis The present ell meat ment says The only solution of this vexed lem of metropolitan transportation Is municipal anti operation of oC the means of oC public travel on railroads railroad and tunnels all al the of oC metropolitan transit that have hae h en given llen nA away for tor absolutely nothing until recently nfl practically nothing In this day bo be brought back wh where re the they naturally belong un del the control from trum which the passed ed edthe the ownership and or of the pub public lie lic We are of also aillo from Crom statia tics to u that has demonstrated that under tinder eon con control th these railway systems would nut onlY bo be operated for the pub hit but that fares Carls could h be reduced to three cents still len Ing n a large laro net ne surplus revenue after atter tile the cost ot at op oration Is 18 mulct met cou 11 Lo be applied to reduce general taxation |
