Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1923, Page 36

36 LROAD RECORS MADE DURIG YEAR Car Shortage (Nearly Elim- inated With Traffic at Heav- iest, Commission Reports. Carriers stered an *unequaled performance” in transportation his- tory duing the curent year, the In- terstate Commerce Commission de- clared In its annual report made public today. With an unprecendented volume of traffic to handle, carriers almost elimi- nated car shortage, the report said, and kept equipment serviceable to an unnswal extent, At the same time gencral charges placed upon the public for service were decreased, the report added. Reduction in Rate: “The effect during the calendar Year 1923 of rate reductions made in 1923 will be to lessen the total freight transportation charges pald by the shipping public by more than $500,- 000,000, the report said. “We have referred to the stabllization of rates a8 one of the more Important needs of commerce and have not made any further general investigations of rates during the present y the year has continued to be transition and readjustments of rates, largely by reductions.” The commission made no recom- mendations for new legislation in the report, although considerable atten- tion was given to describing the work of controlling security issues and in- creasing safety inspection efforts, as Tequired by more recently enacted laws. Payment Under Protest. Tt'was also revealed that for the first time the government had ob- talned some revenue from the “re- capture” clause of the transporta- tion act. Though the carriers making the payments were not named, it w: sald that sixteen rallroads, whi earned more than an amount equiv: lent to 6 per cent on the estimated value of the property used them in transportation d d law is still n report poin 3 quence the money was paid und protests by the corporations con- cerned. About thirty-five raflroads, the re- appeared on the basis of preliminary audits'to have earned excess amounts during 1922. Figures | have not been completed for 1923. The tra atlon ace, in directing the commis to fix rates so that raflroads might, so far as possible, earn § per cent on the value of their property, directed that half of the €xcess over such a return should be ! taken by the government, to be placed ! in a general rallroad contingent fund, from which loans might be made to | raflroads generally, if needed. The commission was given power to alter the fair return rat and has cut it down to 5% per cent for 1823 and later years.” The report indicated that twent: X roads earned more than 6 per cent in 192 compared with the thirty-five in 1 In the matter of dealing with war- time railroad control the report ind cated an almost clearing up of ac- counts. A total of $501,322,000 has been paid to carriers under the trans- portation act provisions guaranteeing railroad earnings for six months after termination the federal control, and but $37,677,000 remains to be paid when all accounts are adjusted. The ability of roads to finance themselve: for the most part, without further aj plication for government ldhns was indicated by the statement that dur- ing the year the mission had au- thorized security issues having a to- tal par value of $1,213,054,000, and had likewlse authorized the issuance of 1,020,000 shares of common stock hav- ing no par valu ASKS $10,000 FOR FALL. Declaring that ehe slipped and fell in ® street car December 5 last and sus- talned » fractured leg and ofher in- ries, Rosetta Banks filed suit v n the District Supreme Coi ver £10,000 damages from the tal Traction Company. Snow and on the floor of the car, it is a caused the passenger to slip. represented ttorney John L. € MILLION FREIGHT CARS LGADED EVERY WEEK 1923 Total to Exceed 50,000,000 and Sets New Record, Official Report Says. ading of revenue freight has ed more than a million cars k since March 10, totaling 38, 0 between that date and vember 24, and the car se di slon of the American Ral clation estimated tod total would astablish a new h Loadings N T4 totated 217 cars, an 50v e correspond- ing over the correspomdling week in 1921 re vepk's total, howe 4% Neorease of 1,528 cars under that receding week, which was hiefly to a decline in reported the ring cent, and the eastern per cent. —_—— U. S. SHIPS LOSE TRADE. Carry 45.5, Compared to 51 Per Cent, Last Year. Vessels of American registry rled 45.5 per cent of the nation's for- eign trade during the P e ended June 30, as comp: per cent last year, according to a statement today by the Shipping Board. American foreign commerce for the fiscal vear totaled long tons, divided almost equally be- t t of the total im 0 tons, and_ 36 v 3 per cent of the total traffic. Auto Not Awaiting Good Roads. There were on January 1 about 14,500,000 motor vehicles reg! the whole world and the registration in the Unit States totaled 13,002,000, That the enormous arge number of cal North and the output of probably more than 3,000,000 new cars in the United States this year are not the result of “good roat shown by the fact that oads, has and Great ple, has Give Electrical Presents r Xmas WESTINGHOUSE WAFFLE IRONS $18.00 John J. Odenwald Phone Franklin 6903 1209 H N.W. 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