. Electric railway journal . d the report quotes from the decisionof the Public Service Commission of Massachusetts inthe Middlesex & Boston rate case in favor of a flat fareto support the decision. But the rate of fare should bemade dependent upon the cost of service or else the citymust be willing to pay the difference by levying the city cannot hope to secure the necessaryamount of capital for other rapid transit estimated cost of the system is given in Table IV. Emphasis is laid upon the absolute necessity of anincrease in fare over that at present in effec
. Electric railway journal . d the report quotes from the decisionof the Public Service Commission of Massachusetts inthe Middlesex & Boston rate case in favor of a flat fareto support the decision. But the rate of fare should bemade dependent upon the cost of service or else the citymust be willing to pay the difference by levying the city cannot hope to secure the necessaryamount of capital for other rapid transit estimated cost of the system is given in Table IV. Emphasis is laid upon the absolute necessity of anincrease in fare over that at present in effect on thestreet car system of Detroit in order to support theproposed rapid transit system. The cost of a two-track elevated system of the type described would beeight times and that of the subway twenty-four timesas much as the existing surface car line on the samestreet. The only way in which the present rate of farehas been maintained is through the constantly increas-ing total number of passengers per car-mile, with a. NET DIVISIBLE SURPLUS
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