. Electric railway journal . IF ages Have Jumped 60 to 100 Per Cent and Costs of Material 100 to 200 PerCent—Municipal and Private IJnes Feel Urgent Need of Fare Relief—More Than Half of Employees Have Gone to the Front. RIVATE and municipal tram-ways in Great Britain and Ire-land have not been immune fromthe ravages of war. No betterproof of this is needed than therecommendation made a short time ago by aselect committee of the House of Commons tothe effect that the Board of Trade should beempowered to permit fare increases, in spiteof statutory restrictions, in the case of companiesinjurious
. Electric railway journal . IF ages Have Jumped 60 to 100 Per Cent and Costs of Material 100 to 200 PerCent—Municipal and Private IJnes Feel Urgent Need of Fare Relief—More Than Half of Employees Have Gone to the Front. RIVATE and municipal tram-ways in Great Britain and Ire-land have not been immune fromthe ravages of war. No betterproof of this is needed than therecommendation made a short time ago by aselect committee of the House of Commons tothe effect that the Board of Trade should beempowered to permit fare increases, in spiteof statutory restrictions, in the case of companiesinjuriously affected by causes arising out of thewar. Recognizing the urgent need of the localtransportation utilities, Parliament has passed abill authorizing rate increases sufficient to en-able with due care and management a commondividend to be paid at three-quarters the maxi-mum rate or three-quarters the pre-war rate,whichever is lower. The text of this act waspublished in the ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNALof Sept. 7, page 418. British authorities are unanimous in declar-ing that all tramways have been injuriouslyaffected by the increased operating expensescaused by the war. Wages have risen from 60to 100 per cent, and th
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