Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1910 — TRACTION WAR IS OVER [ARTICLE]

TRACTION WAR IS OVER

Eight Year Battle In Cleveland Is Decided by Election. Taylor Grant System Giving Railway Company 25-Year Franchise 0 Adopted by 8.110 Majority. Cleveland, Feb. 18. Cleveland’s eight-year traction war is over, the voters approving the Taylor Grant system giving the Cleveland Railway company the 25-year grant at a 3-cent fare for eight months and as much longer as that fare pays 6 per cent dividends on its capital. Four cents is the maximum fare permitted, with a penny transfer charge, rebated when the transfer is used. The vote on the grant, which was fought by Former Mayor Johnson and the Democratic organization, was 27,307 to 19,197, a majority of 8,110.