New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1924, Page 3

OPPOSE FARE RAISE ATP. U. . HEARING (Continued from First I'uge) | test and with sufficient vehemence | and that as a matter of course' the commission will heed the request and | that the company must submit. “But the utility has rights, firmly fntrenched in the constitutions of the United States and of this state and in | decisions of the supreme courts of the | United States and of this thermore, these rights have cgnized and established in large number of decigions by the commissions of the several states, “In view of this general misunder- ding, thouzh of course the com- on is well aware the true uation, it may not be amiss to give this subject brief consideration. “A public utility has a constitution- al right to a fuir and reasonable re- turn upon the present value of the property useful and used in public service, Mr. Watrous quoted numerous legal authorities in support of this rule and from a number of decisions. “We do not proposc to spend much time in discussing questions of values or returns, We have the figures ten- tutively accepted by this commission in its report to the general assembly of 1921, The lowest of these was abont 000,000 and the highest, based on the figures of 1919, about $23.000,000, Valuation as of the present day would, we believe,greatly exceed the higher figure. “The net income for 1023 wonld not begin to yield 4 fair return upon even the lowest of these figures, even were there no allewanee for annual depreciation, which is usnally, per- haps, universaly made, "I have discussed the principles Which in our opinion sheuld, and which we believe will, dete #1ine the decision of these cases, “With the same number of riders 85 in 1923, and with a token fare of 8 1-3 cents we will still fall far short of -the return to which we are con stitutionally entitied.” President, Storrs' Statement President Lucius 8. Storrs of the Connecticut Co. then read a statement which was in part as follows: “Since 1917 we have been before your honerable commission four times, due to necessity for increasing our rates of fare. In cach case evi- denee was presented showing that the increased rates were necessitated by continued increases in the cost of la- bor and materials necossary in the op- eration and maintenance of the pro perty. The new rates in each case were adjudged by your commission to be reasonable under the conditions prevalling. “The rates established by the ecom- pany and approved by the commission together with the test rates establish- € upon order of the commission has given us experience with a very con- siderable varlety of fare systems and the records therefore, will provide all of the testimony required to show that none of the various rates were effective in producing sufficlent rev. enne to meet the cost of the serviee during the period of advancing prices, “It was not until the rate of ten cents had been established that it was evan approximately possible to bal. ance the budget of operating costs, “The necessity for constant devel. opment of the plant by the addition of cars gnd other equipment, increase in power house capacity and better. ment of rafl faellities during the war period (at a time when the financial results of its operation precluded the possibility of obtaining any new mon- cy through the regular channels) re- aunired the use of all avallable funds for capital expenditures” Recountng the various ASPIRIN Beware of Imitations! te, 1'ur- been rec- a very of amounts Unless you see the “Bayer Cross™ | ©n package OF on tableta you are not k*iting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by milllons and preserib. ei by physiclans over twenty-three years for Colds Toothache Neuritis Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Tabists of Aspirin’ only. Each unbroken package eon- tains proven directions. Handy boxes of tweive tablets cost few ecents. Druggists also sel! hottlea of 24 and Aspirin is the trade mark of Ba Manufacture of Manoacetie- | acideser of Salleylcacld. | Headaohe Lumbago First Symptom A sneere 8 cough or anr other srmp. tom of # cold is Naturs's denger nnl. 11 tells you 15 bewnre of trouble sheal. It warna <oy of bronchitis and rossible complientions. of the danger of preumonis. and the terrors of the inflasnre Wy White Pine, HONEY and Tar for Coughe. Cnlde and Bione! Mfl' the n»amuunlc-rmu. ) ford. Conneetieut, and for aale ot gracery and geners] stores. Dependble WILLIAMS" o - Be in Every Home eve : _Spieies of Camphor Camphorated Oil Winrergreen Henry say students of politics. big business man for the job. due and payments made toward the liquidation of the debt to the state for taxes and assessment for the Wash- ington bridge, Mr. Storrs said the to- tal amount now due the state is $1,- 113,7 20, An adjournment for a month permit those who are opposing the in crease in trolley fares time in which to employ an expert on figures submitted | by the company seemed possible when the hearlng was resumed before the public utilities commission this after- noon. When the commission took a lunch- eon recess Thomas I'. MeGreevey, a countant of the Connecticut Co., had offered statistics in support of claim that in 1923 the company had not had adequate incomn even before deductions for depreciation, “\":IN)‘\ID \llll AGE Waterbury, March 11— L, general manager of the N, Y, & H. railroad addressed the club here this no: H United States has more r age than all the rest of the world put together. New Englapd with a popu- lation of 7,000,000 is served by 7,000 mlies of railroad which has & capital investment of $972,000,000, Bardo N, H. Sir Esme vard 10 bassador to the United & g " perfeetly at home in hi W quar ters in Washington \ and a good firc and all quiet evening Esime 8ir Auckland whe retired because sot for a Kir eeceeds Geddes reeently of i1l health, Ford, secretary of t The White House is known to want. a to | his | Rotary | EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1924. Secretary Ford? 1e navy? It's entirely possible, | Henry fills that requirement. PRINCIPLE ESTABLISHED British Indians Now Are Prepared To Permit Ordinary Iogislation Continue Tts Conrse, Delhi, British Tndia, March 11.— | The Pundit Motilal Nehrn, speaking pin the legislative assembly, said the | action of the arajists in voling down budget proposals had establishe ed the principle which they desired to [ maintain and they now fable to allow the discussion to pro- X the ordinary and to the remaining demands for were disen supplies The Nationalist Jinnah endorsed the Pundit's remarks, adding that there | was no idea of revolution or a cam- paign outside the for the non-payment of the The na- tionalists stood for econstitutional methods fnside the assembly, and he wanted this point elearly understood [ by those outside of India. 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