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EFFIE JONES PROVES ~ BOE COULD SHOW PROFIT ON 10-CENT FARE

“| have a document which proves conclusively, from government figures, thatthe B.C. Electric can make a good profit on its trolley coaches at a 10-cent fare,” declared Mrs. Effie Jones, Independent candidate for alderman in Vancouver civic elec- tions. Mrs. Jones levelled her sensational charges Tuesday night at an all-candidate rally sponsored by Mount Pleasant Com-

‘munity Association. —- Bees : : , : In 1947 it-cost the B.C. Electric 45.3c per vehicle mile to operate its street cars and trolleys in Vancouver. In 1952

i it cost the B.C. Electric 44.6¢ per mile to operate trolley coaches, or a reduction in cost below U i e | | the days when we paid only a seven-cent fare. to fight crisis

“In 1947 it cost 6.7¢ per passenger to run street cars and gas buses, in 1952 it cost 8.7¢ per passenger to run the trolley coaches. In other words, while costs went up 2¢ Spokesmen for the Building Trades Council (TLC) will Meet city council’s social services committee on Monday to

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per passenger, the fare went up 6%¢, and it has since gone up another 214 ¢. “T challenge the B.C. Electric or its Non-Partisan council to disprove the figures. “When the date was set for the public hearing on the B.C. Electric’s application for increased transit fares, no time was given to the company’s op- ponents to make a thorough ex- amination of its transit opera-

hody. It was the duty of the Publie Utilities Commission to reveal these facts, which were

the steering committee to:

@® Seek immediate assistance ‘for the large number of unem- Ployed from Vancouver City Council.

@ Demand. the federal gov- “ernment increase unemployment benefits, with all persons being kept on unemployment insurance

until they are again employed. @ In conjunction with city council, to go after provincial

demand action to help Vancouver’s growing army of jobless.

Some 450 unemployed construction workers gathered in the Labor Temple here on Monday this week to endorse four points advanced by the Building Trades Council, authorizing

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and federal governments for im- mediate aid. *

@ Ask the provincial govern- raent to make an immediate start on necessary construction, such zs roads, schools and hospitals.

“They say there are more peo- ple working in Canada than ever before,’ said John Hines of the Fainters’ Union. ‘Well, there

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tions. In the intervening period, experts have now done-this job.

“The facts they have brought to life not only expose the com- pany’s contempt for the public and fair play, but at the same time tear the mask off the Public Utilities Commission’s atttempt to present itself as an impartial

available to them, but they pre- ferred to help the company in its unquenchable thirst for more

: nd more profits.

“I am determined that these facts shall be given consideration by the Court of Appeals when it sits in January to review the de- cision of the Public Utilities Com- mission.”

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