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Show MURRAY WANTS CAR FARE CUT TO NICKLE gALT LAKE April 13 Hearing wclr begTjn yosterday before the public Utilities commission of Utajl on the c- J titlbn of Charles Anderson, mayor of j Murray, "ho Is asking for a restoration restora-tion of the prewar 5-ent cash fare and 4-cent ticket on the Utah L,lght & Traction company's lines. Mayor Anderson was on the stand for a time, and asserted that hla ob- . servatlon was that many people r walklnx. rather than pay a 7-cent fare, i who would ride If a 5-cont fare wtro In effect. He believed that greater . service would be rendered to tho pub-Uc, pub-Uc, and that the street car rovenuo Would be Ineraaaod If the cheaper faro I were put Into effect. John E Plxton, attorney for the petitioners, pe-titioners, presented some exhibits! Showing; that prices of some of the materials entering Into street railway construction and maintenance had , h--n reduced Btsel rails, copper wire and other commodities were Included in the list. He said that he had as, yet been unable to procure competent ! witnesses on the issue. II F. Dlcko. manager of tho traction trac-tion company, was the only other wit- , neas. |