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The grand jury for the May term of the Circuit Court had this to say in its report
"This jury was very favorably impressed by the character, ability and integrity of all officials and officers of the county with whom it came in contact, and we feel that the citizens of Baltimore county are. to be congratulated on having selected such a competent body of men to conduct their affairs."
Members of a grand jury are in a better position to view the various offices of county government at close range,' securing a better insight into their workings than the citizen who stands, so to speak, "on the outside looking in."
The grand jury is an inquisitive body, having access to everything —evidently from its report it did a little "looking in" at that.
The grand jury, just recently adjourned, was composed of some of, our very best citizens, some of them men of large affairs, who are in the habit of handling large business interests and of observing the' best methods of doing business. It was a sacrifice for them to serve, but they did their duty and did it expeditiously and well, paying tribute to our county officials.
When you come to think of it, and compare the government of this county and the men responsible for it with other jurisdic-
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tions it appears to be a well-earned compliment.
Take the Court—here to administer justice since ' 1852—¦ seventy-two years it has been presided over by many juriste, with never a breath of suspicion against the integrity of any of its members.
The Clerk's Office from its beginning has been directed by men of ability and high standing in the community. The Clerk of the Court is the custodian of all court records—an error on his part
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might jeopardize one's title to land—but in all these years there has never been a suit against the Clerk of the Court for any error or dereliction of duty.
Probably the biggest job in the county falls to the lot of the County Commissioners, for they have a community of nearly 100,-000 in population to govern and
direct expenditures for. They have large towns like Towson. Sparrows Point, Dundalk, Cat-onsville, Pikesville, Overlea, Reis-terstown, Cockeysville and Luth-erville to supply with the necessities and improvements demanded by growing communities. They are directly in cb/rge of fire and police protection, sewerage, garbage, lights and wttat not, and the bureau of complaints for this citizen or that who wants a road repaired, a ditch cleaned or something similar.
Baltimore county has no incorporated towns; lying as it does on three sides of the city of Baltimore, its streets must conform to the city's streets and highways, the built-up sections must have lights, fire and police protection and roads must be as good as it is possile to make them.
Look at our roads! Where can you find them better?
Our County Commissioners are wise enough to know that good roads will do more to develop a section than anything else, hence millions have been added to the taxable basis by this policy.
The Board of County Commissioners is in open session three days each week and the humblest citizen has access at any time with grievances or requests.
Harrison Rider, President of the Board, is recognized as one of the safest and sanest business men in the county. Robert C. Clarke and Wm. F. Coghlan, his colleagues, are men who have
¦ been successful in private enterprises and who are proving equally successful with Mr. Rider in administering public affairs efficiently and economically.
The Treasurer's Office, presided over by Thomas C. Hunter, is making a wonderful record, being conducted on the strictest business principles.
The Register of Wills office, of which Wm. J. Peach is head, is now, and has been for many years recognized as one of the best con-. dusted public offices in the State. The States Attorney's office is most ably handled by H. C. Jenifer.
The conduct of Sheriff Caleb C. Buxton's office, the Orphans Court, County Surveyor, Road Engineer's Department, Sewerage and Sanitation, Health, Police and Fire Departments, and the Board of Education are aall worthy of the highest commendation and the grand jury was right to give credit where credit was due.
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The Commission has decided the car fare question in the way which we believe will accomplish the GREATEST PUBLIC GOOD.
The choice lay between:
(1) Maintaining a seven cent fare—requiring an ACTUAL DECREASE of street car service, REFUSING all petitions for improved service, IMPAIRING the Company's credit necessary to buy cars and improve tracks, and setting the. City back through delayed and inadequate transportation. FINALLY, it involved declining to grant a FIVE CENT FARE for older school children, and REFUSING NEEDED SINGLE FARE zones important to workmen.
(2) Granting a 7% cent fare, which meant adding only Vz cent to the fare and making it possible to benefit the families of some
14,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN over twelve years old by reducing the fare of these children from seven cents to five cents;
and to aid
27,000 WORKMEN and residents of nearby territory, by reducing their round trip charge from 28 cents or 23 cents (commutation) to 15 cents.
As a result of the Commission's decision, the entire City benefits by the continuance and maintenance of good service, the budgets of large families are reduced by the reduction of school children's fares, the workingmen and suburbanites are benefited by the extension of the City-fare zones and $100,000 a year is added through the Park Tax to the income of the City of Baltimore.
FACTS CONCERNING THE FARE RAISE
Following the war, WAGES DOUBLED, TAXES DOUBLED, the COST OF CARS DOUBLED and the cost of supplies increased in various percentages ranging from 65 to 100%. It will be noted that a 7%-cent fare represents an increase in rate of only1 50% while the fare Tor children under 12 represent an increase of only 33 1-3%,
The Company had this heavy burden of increased costs to face in common with street railway companies in all other cities but the street railway FARE IN BALTIMORE CARRIED AND NOW CARRIES TWO EXTRA BURDENS that are not borne by nearby cities:
(1) PARK TAX BURDEN.
In addition to all other taxes the Baltimore Company must pay to the City out of the car fare 9% of the gross receipts within the City limits. This means practically that the Company after paying the expense of collection, hands out to the City every penny collected on one street car in every five within this area. This it does before it begins to pay other taxes.
(2) TRIPLING OF CITY AREA BURDEN
The City of Baltimore in 1919*%RIPLED ITS AREA BY ANNEXING OUTLYING SUBURBS. Not only did this add greatly to the burden of the Park Tax which was collected in the new area, but it brought about demands from the annexed territory for extensions of fare zones into that territory, just at a time when the burdens of increased costs were falling most heavily on the Company. Now the extension of fare zones means nothing more nor less than A FREE RIDE IN THE TERRITORY WHERE THE ZONE IS EXTENDED. As the public Service Commission yielded to the various applications for extensions of fare zones, the Company's receipts were correspondingly reduced.
The order now extends the SINGLE CAR FARE TO THE CITY LIMITS IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
RATES OF FARE IN NEARBY CITIES
No other City has had to face this double burden upon its car fare, coming coincidentally with the doubling of wages and other costs, but notwithstanding this fact .and notwithstanding the benefits to the school children and to the surrounding territory which will result from the recent action of the Commission, the rate of fare in Baltimore City will still remain actually lower than the average of the fares charged in the nearby «ities of Washington, Wilmington, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
A street railway company under existing economic condii tions becomes largely a collector and distributor of money. Over 16-17 of the entire amount of money collected on the street cars of Baltimore was promptly paid out again in 1923 in wages, taxes, cost of materials and interest, etc.
The recent ruling goes into effect on the first day of June, 1924. The company will shortly announce in detail the plan for making car checks available to all, the method by which school children may acquire the special 5-cent tickets, and a memoranda of the lines on which fare zones have been extended by the Commission's order. -
The United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore
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