Protection Raises Fares Too Much
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DROTECTIVE fares figured in argu.1. ment before the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, at Leeds, last week. An objection that fare increases proposed by the West Yorkshire Road Car Co.. Ltd., were insufficient was put forward by Leeds Corporation, but the Licensing Authority sanctioned the company's application for increases on four routes from Leeds to Keighley, Bradford; Aberford and Harrogate.
Mr. W. R. Hargrave, for the applicant, said she company had already increased fares, but so had the corporation. In these circumstances, the company agreed that a further rise in its fares was reasonable, but not to the extent suggested by the corporation. The protective fare in the interest of the corporation's tram services, as against services operated by bus companies. svas a sound principle; but the protection principle fell down immediately a bus company was compelled to charge an unreasonably high fare.
For the corporation, Miss E. M. Boynes said that on many of the company's services • weekly contract tickets were issued and the cream of traffic was being taken from the corporation. especially at rush hours.
B.R.S. RATES BECOME ELECTION ISSUE
I NCREASES in charges by British Road Services to fruit and vegetabk merchants have become an election issue. Parliamentary candidates are being informed that some charges have been increased, without warning, by about 20-25 per cent.
Mr C. W. Escott, chairman of the transport committee of the National Federation of Fruit and Potato Trades. said that increases had been agreed and were incorporated in new schedules. but some types of produce had been placed in a higher rates classification.
A representative of British Road Services said that some sub-standard rates had been increased, but others had been reduce,