ï~~ t,. w s iltNeeded,' Wprieur>Estinate y.. About $1,000 Now in Hand 'eioes. robilem sfat C...altteesOsinCharge'e f Work--ew to 'Ceosplete Taok with Fmniles wad Sow o C;e te Chiltres Ta rin - In its Report and Order, fled July 10, lM granting Publi Service Railway Company the right to charge. dne tedt for each initial transfer issued, the StateBoard of Public Utility Commissioners referring to the then existing rate, said: - - "The charge for the service.nes not bear any fixed relation to the aer ce. Under the present existing tive-cefit uniform rate, some passengers aruertceotooccarit cnaunaoy rete 'ieaiil u t 0. i. =Fz -- -- ---- --- - 7:-IZF- -- --t 0 i competo cchest-. Sdepartment SIlies.for the professional oey " andy arourd the house" obblers' sets, consisting of one shoe - maker's hammer, three shoe lasts, one knife; two shoe awls, two packages of* -. nailta--nAcard of heel plates and one pall, of half soles, With instrue tions, - $1.79 ice mallets, hickory wood, 34e Ice shavers,. galvanized, 67c Ice ibpper, galvanized. 57c Tool Cabinets Red Sta root-Cabinet, made papecially 'for this store. Thoroughly seasoned hard wood, panel door, light oak finish. Size 19025 inches, containing 36 dependable tools and miscellaneous articles. $22.89 binet without tools, $5.61 Red Star Tool Cabinet, box door, thor-.,oughly seasoned~ hardwood, size 16x24.inches, contains 26 high grade tools and iniselaneouaa articles, $17.89 Sarno cabinet without tools, $4.81 Combination work.'Winch. and tool cabinet, made of hard.maple wood nd' A tted '.withgg one rapid-action vi The top is ua. 42 inches fS t + $21.84 - x_ _ _ _.11 eeries-Helip Hod Down to -mansm. It has been estimated by the in luensa follow-up committee. offtcially known as the Council of Philanthropies, that only about si,000 remains. of the fund for relief of families in need through the Influensa epidemic, and at a recent.meeting it was--reported that aid must be continued in many cases. t- An average Of something like s700 monthly for five months will -he re Quired to complete the relief work for this group, the workers believe. A oonmittee to consider how to carry on the aid and how p finance it was ap pointed. consisting of John- A. Cullon of the Catholic Children's Aid. Arthur W. MacDougall. secretary of the Bu reau. of Associated Charities, and William F. Kirst of the Poor and Alms Department. A little more than five months of work with the afflicted families lies behind the council and approximately one-half of the families are again on a self-setaining basis, but the com mittee still faces a considerable prob lmam or, rather, two problens-how to complete the work with the families. andbow to handle the children in day nurseries. In maintaining the family life and *holding.together, wherboer possible. the homes threatened by the eoath or disablement of thehread-win'erith effort has been to give adequate relief and to preserve good standards of liv lng. The Bureau of Associated Charities and the United Hebrew Char ities, which have had charge of the family side in standing for adequatetre. 11sf, were living up to the iheories pro mulgated for years by all charity or ganisation societies, but apparently not popularly accepted until war relief workwas undertaken generally. Aiiststive Cost Mliairnised. By dividing the influenza relief work among a number of already existing agencies, the councilihas mininiscqitthe administrativecosts, 'ainai"ing ognly a supervior n *erieal assistant at the he a at the oat) hail. No extra wog were employed for.the fa'tly care, the money being en tirely for the~direct aid ufthsufr ing liouseholds--paying rent. busing milk and other food, In a few instance. shoes for the children. and other nes-;.itles. The city has. been dire ll repre sented in the conduct of the work as fron the first. Mayor Gilln has served as chairman and Overseer of the Poor Baldwin and one other repre. *tenative of the Poor and Aim n Depart ment have nenrved on Onersoi-uneIi. The charities bureau still hae more than' fifty famillesi'to its ii~i- and -*-the Hebrew charities oigatisationi has ten, while forty childreen are in nur series. -rh- bureau records of ma. e are permitted to ne carried a cdrably gur a darne o -saTr than other passengers." Further on In the same decision the Utility- Board ordered: "Said Public Service Railway Company shall file or submit to-the Board before January lst, 1919, a plan whereby the method of charging at present in force may be revised by an equitable zoning system over its entire territory, proper consideration being given to all of the elements to more properly relate the cost of service with the length of haul and value of service." Such was the language of the Board. It was an "order," definiteand specific. "Shall file or submit" were the words used. The company proceeded in good faith and without delay to obey the order. Its job was "to more properly relate the cost of service with the length of haul and the value of service." Before the work was well under way the National War Labor Board, on August 1, 1918, ordered an enormous increase in the wages of employees. This naturally addesd to the "cost of service." Advances in the prices of materials further enhanced this cost. Getting down to a dollars and cents basis, the company is confriinted with this situation: In 1916, the year before our country entered the war, the railway carried 312,000,000 revenue passengers and its operating expenses were approximately $11,100,000. To carry the same number of passengers during the coming year under conditions which now obtain-that is, paying the increased scale of wages and the higher prices necessary for materialsit will cost the company, for operating expenses, approximately $18,750,000. This means an increased "cost of service" of $7,650,000-and a street railway's only source of revenue is carfares. "To relate the cost of service" so that every rider will pay a just rate for what he gets and nothing more, the zone plan was presented. It apportions the cost according to a method that has been approved in other cases by the State commissions of Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Titis method applied to the Public Service system leads logically andmathematically to a rate of five cents for the first zone mile, one cent for each additional zone mile and one cent for each transfer. Such a rate is just, reasonable. and equitable. And that is all the Company asks. -. 11,a. K':.,t: --.r-. -: _:. ii - through its workers reveal the Ihave been put to and somethe methods of as well as the households helped. It is very hat there has been no wholeet handed out without con, n of individual needs. and that ance has been based on an in-,tudy of each case by a trained In addition to the more vol. records fited by the, visitor. a grief summary of each case. siktdhiisat Roeoree ee. reeerds give firet- thest the household to be aided. netas te the type of fami-ly and a one, taken at random. as oft osid;Wdbiv anti six hilhÂ~ years. seven years. six ri years, three years, two 4 o relattves to help. Overseer rits giving $ a week and litin- rad udkets. Widow's /5$ p hpntbly. woman main-;oq 11 homeoRose standard u budget. eapendi PUBLIC SERVICE RAILWAY COMPANY g 08/30/2006 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NEWSPAPER R M 0