New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1920, Page 5

20 PER CENT. B0OST « INPASSENGER FARE | Added 8 Pes Cent. Freight Rate Also Sought ' %, Washington, July 23.—To provide the additdanal revenues necessary to Weat Whp 000,000,000 increase in ¢ awarded by the rallroad labor tl Beard, the ralirdeds of the country V| Broposed to ‘&e intergtate commerce commisat At pamsenger rutes be 4 pMdvanced b per cent. and freight f "gtu 9.13 per oent., it addition to the 'I’"h: per cent. previously requested. ¥ 4lso proposed that a surcharge ;:r:: I:;r cont. be made on Pullman B h AL eXcess baggage rates be Greasad 20 per cent., and that milk be increased to the same level frefaht ratos. the increases proposed yes- and thoss previously asked for be ted In full, existing freight afes “would be advanced 36.9 per cleit. :l the nation's freight uid inéreased by $1,355,37 . The total which would be added to Passengér revenue under the rail- | Way executives' plhn would be $233,- #27,982 annually. Pullman charges ‘& Would go up $43,639,344 a year, the ue on milk would be increased and excess baggazo Charges would , be advanced by . '¥1420,995. _ ’ 1, Estimate Award at $626,000,000, E The plah + ;esented By the railensd s @xaoutives disclosed Sy have &' estimated the ard at approxi- 7 malgly . see0,$00,000, ‘instead of the | 3009.000,000 figured by the labor 4 board. Alfred P. Thom, general coun- « s8]l of the Association of.” Rallway Executives, explained that the $26,- # 000,000 additional was figured on the | basis of overtime allowances provided in the award. The proposal of the executive was pubmitted to the commission by Mr. Thom after a conference with- Its members. It had been worked out at A, series of conferences of rallroad of- Fielals here since the announcement /64 the wage award by the labor {board at Chicago last Tuesday. Tho _commisalon made no commant on re- Meelving the proposal and did not indi- vate whether it would order hear- Hinge Hearings on the billion-dollar fréight rute Incresse cases were con- eluded twa weeks ago and the general expectation has been that the com- " mission would grent a single increase to cover both that and the added expenses resulting from the wage ad- ,vances so as to permit the filing of the new tariffs before the govern- ment guarantee to the rallroads ex- pires on September 1 under the terms 4f the transportation uct. Railroads’ Proposals. The proposal submitted to the com- mission yesterday was outlined in the following statement of the rallroad exocutives: ““The carriers suggest that the reve- nues requirgll to meet the wage award be raised in part from passenger train , trafic and in part from freight train traMec by Incroasing rates accrulng ;' from passenger train traffic and by increasing the percentage advances 4. ip freight and switching rates already pplied for in the following manner: 4. “1. All passenger fares to be in- vereased 20 per cent. with a minimum of hot less than 10 cents a trip on any form of ticket. The foregoing In- cludes standard loeal or interline tares, excursion, convention and fares for other special occasions, commu- tation, and other multiple form of Micket, extra fares on limited trains and club car rates. “2. All excess baggage rates to be éincreased 20 per cent ‘3. Surcharge on sleeping and par- lor cars to be made 50 per «=ent. of the charge for space occupled either In parlor or sleeping cars. “4. Like increase of all rates, both pasenger and freight, same total per- eentage applied to freight revenue. 5. Freight and switching revenues Y - ( y0%es 0 2200L08L 20000000085 0000000 One $48.50 penses due to the labor board award, in addition to the perceniage increase already proposed.” Heaviest Assessment on East. The total incresses from all sources of revenue in each of the three rail- road classification territories would correspond to the estimated increase of wages In those territories and would yleld an annual return of $111,729,935; southern, $69,909,496; and western, $237,281,655. Under the executives’ estimates the proposed increase in passenger rates would yield an annual return of $111,668,982 In eastern territory; $29,826,400 in southern, and $92,222,. 922 in western. The additional in- crease in freight rates would be 10 per cent. in eastern territory, vield- ing $182,020,541; S$.56 per cent. in southern territory, yielding 98, - 926; and 8.23 per cent. in‘western territory, yisiding $122,551,208 The total iacrease in freight rates resulting from the two proposals of the railroads would be 39.75 per cent. in castern territory: 38.91 in southern territory and 32.03 in western terri- tory. The surcharge on Pullman fares in the east would be $17,656,108; in the south, $5852,086; and in the west, $20,231,200. The increased charge on hauling milk would be $6,956,416 in the east; $252,115 in the south and $1,453,558 In the west. 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