Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-02-10 | Page 31 | Street Car Co. Quits Service

l STREET CAR CO QUITS SERVICE City Suffers Increased I Fare Causes Row Used Busses I I H B PAUL PALL t 4 O I Copyright 1924 1934 by the Consoli- Consoli d Frets Pres Pre s Association AKRON Ohio Feb I li-In li il In In Ak- Ak Akron Akron ron Ak-ron I ron vou ou must roust either ride on rub rub- rubb rub rub-b b her r tires or walk and many a king This more or less leas widely widel n a as the rubber cent center r of o the I world has haa passed through Its first firstI I eek of motor bu bus transportation and the experiment has not been I much of a success However Mayor Maor Ma or D C R bolt who ordered the Northern OhiO Traction 8 Light company to OP- OP erite te It Its street treet cars at a a cent 6 6 far fare or get out promises Akron citizens citizen that adequate motor bu bus transportation Ill be Wo We are gradually Improving the en serice Ie he said today and w In in a 0 short time It will ba ho so 0 good that the iho people never nih will want to ride In street cars care again The mayor myor Is supported by a Republican council of 11 members selected on 1 0 cent five fh fare tare plat plat- platform platform platform form The traction company de- de de declares dares clares that It will Ill never operate again on a fl cent fite-cent cent fare tare Its Iu last lut offer to the city was a IL cent alt siT siT-centar fare are with Ith free tree transfers CIt officials say there are ar now busses bUMes and In ThIs Is short hort of the number given as the number which could ade- ade adequately ade adequately furnish en seI service Ice placed at t On the first day after the ca car can stopped running probably 26 25 bu busses were brought Into the city to replace the street treet cats cais fwd and busses bue bu se that thet were operated by th the traction company and carried an average of 12 passengers dalh dail POOR BliS SER BER BERICE ICE These added to the busses bues and jitneys that W were re In service ervle proved far from adequate Thousands were forced or d to walk to work the first few d davs dae In spite of the emer enter emergency emergency gency len ser Ice given their by the tire manufacturers Thou Thou- Thousands Thou sands of others Instead of paying a 8 five cent fare paid 10 15 16 and even 26 25 cents cente cent to get to work To supplement the buu busses a fleet of 79 Ford touring cars was put Into service It was Waa announced to the tho world that Ford sedans would be tUI tree free b by Henry Ford but It developed that later Mr 1 Ford had made mode no such of- of offer offer ot otter fer ter HI His associate H H FIre FIre- FIrestone FIrestone stone Fire stone the tire manufacturer pur pur- purchased pur- pur purchased purchased chased those thoe In use from local loce dealers CONDITION SERIOUS The merchants are very ery ery much concerned over the situation They say BAY th their lr sales have fallen fellen oft off tre- tre tremendously tremendously tre tremendously and that unless trans tran- trans facilities are improved they will be forced to layoff lay oft off some ome of their employee offer Ma Mavor Maor or R bolt is 18 awaiting an of- of of fer from the newly formed Akron Rapid Transit company which has haa been Incorporated and which de- de desires desires de desires sires to take 0 over oer er the entire trans trans- transportation trans trans- transportation stem and operate buss bUM bUMes es bUBS-es Pa es at a It five-cent five fare Some bus experts here say sav It cannot be done In the meantime Akron rides on ite Ita onite onIta own on rubber tires tires-or tires or r walks