Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 10

State Can'i Operate LI RSI: Transit Board Mincola The proposal tlia! 'lie sta'c own and run passenger lines of the bankrupt Long and Rail Road was rejected as illegal yesterday by the Nassau County Transit Commission The transit board In Its second Holiday Special! Oil -Conditioning Permanent 845 extra proposals made by White were carried out "to the very by the LIRR On March 2 it went into bankruptcy Later its trustees David Smucker and Hunter Delatour refused to pay property taxes (which White estimated would amount to $22000000 in five years with an additional $10-000000 due on Interest) White had said that the LIRR could become self-supporting only by a elimination of property taxes or an Increase of revenue roughly equivalent to that which might be obtained by doubling present commutation On those matters the commission says it will issue a subsequent report Other recommendations White study cited by the report Included: Proposed abandonment passenger stations at an saving of $96000 In Nassau these included depots at Mention Ave Atlantic Ave and Inwood Of the eight in Queens Higble Ave and Cedar will be topic of a PSC hearing next month Ticket Systems Others which White suggested be liquidated are Hamilton Beach the Raunt Elmhurst and Corona Also suggested was improvement of the ticket collection system that was in use in 1948 White suggested use of turnstiles and perforated tickets that would gain admittance for commuters much as a Yale key fits a lock White at that time said that as much aa $1750000 may be saved annually through such a system The report noting use of the new photograph-tickets says no estimate can be made now on savings under the new ticket system The transit report made public by County Executive Sprague said that other phases of tho White survey suggested matters to be considered in evolving a solution to the manifold problems of the LIRR They will be discussed in subsequent reports Said Sprague: "No one can fully understand the difficulties of the LIRR and ita bankruptcy without a knowledge of the principal points of the White Report Adequate transportation Is so essential to our existence as a great county that all citizens should keep themselves informed about the facts I hope this report and subsequent reports are widely For onl 8-45 you yett A choice of any haircut A tonic hliampoo for lustre An oil-lotion permanent A flattering new tty ling Call Garden City 7-1800 Beauty Sulan Third Floor Complete no report to the county said that the proposal for the state to own passenger lines leaving the more lucrative freight business in the hands of the parent Pennsylvania Railroad stood slim chance of Interstate Commerce Commission sanction and was contrary to court rulings on franc- es Commenting 011 the proposal Issued in a survey by the White Engineering Corporation in 1948 but not made public until last August the report says: "In reorganization proceedings the Courts have held that a sale of the entire assets of a debtor in reorganization cannot be effected- except as part of the plan of reorganization which in this case would first require public hearings before the District Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission which tribunals would hardly sanction such a scheme of retaining the profitable business for Pennsylvania's benefit while making the passenger business a State responsibility and "The Courts have held that a franchise to operate a railroad la indivisible and a railroad cannot abandon or discontinue passenger service on its lines and at the same time retain its franchise for the carrying of White Report This conclusion was the only one drawn in the transit commission report In other respects it confined itself to a review of the White Report on saving the URR which had been paid for and kept hush-hush by the Pennsy The three-volume study was eventual-! ly made public after it had been 'subpoenaed by the Public Service Commission on recommendation of the transit commission "The White report verifies findings In our first report that the Long Island In its intercompany transactions did not receive substantial amounts of revenue which should have been paid to it" the transit report reads Proposals The transit commission earlier had charged that the giant parent railroad had milked Its impov- erlshed stepchild into bankruptcy! It cited In prepar- lng car floats from Greenville trackage rates and the annual I $1700000 rent paid by the LIRR for the use of the Pennsylvania station facilities The report points out that two LOUIE GAIIIHA TOWN COUNTRY SHOES designed with comfort and fashion in mind Usually $14! 7-1800- selection of shoes on Long Island CITY Carden City largest exclusive with RHEA Rockville Centre $795 a Sg95 a SJ95 thsts famous TOWN A COUNTRY stylus which sro sdstifissf in all loading fashion magatinat suada multi blue multi rad raptils suada carnal calf rad calf blue suada with raptila trim brawn graaii suada green smbar reptile MODEL YOUNG ONE UPSURGE UPSWEEP STATION WAGON black IOODLE BICYCLE RISING STAR ALLEGRO black black black brawn shammy black black shammy calf suada with amber trim black suede with calf and white raptila amber raptila suada multi groan multi rad raptila By Harry Hanan Newsday 1 Other styles arriving daily Sizes to 10 black and white trim Rockville Centre 'tL OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS 267 Merrick Road 10 vl 4.