New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1926, Page 16

L..C. SUBMITSITS | ANNUAL STATEHENT Gontrol of Consolidations of| Railroads Asked ‘ | Washington, Dec. 9 () — More power to control projected consoli- datlons of railroads was asked of congress today by the Interstate Commere: commission. In recommendations that made a part of its annual report, the commission sought authority to com- pel the promotcrs of any given con- solidation to include in their scheme «uch other railroads or railroad pro- perty as may he deemed likely to benefit the public service, wF these can be obtained on reasonable terms. A wide jurisdiction over cons tion projects generally was requested, including eclimination of that section of the present law which requires the commission to prepare general plan by which al} of the car- riers in the country may be merged into 19 or 20 major systems. Wants Steel Cars connection with its gencral work, the commission repeated a recommendation tiat congress by law require railroads to use steel or stoel underframe passenger cars in train service, and to forbid the in- clusion of wooden-frame cars in trains consisting in part of steel cars. Reviewing its year's work in rail- road regulation, the commission be- | gan by remarking the general in- crease in railroad earnings. “Since 1920, there has been a sub- ntial increase railway net earn- ings each vear,” the report said.| “The net railway operating income of Class one carriers was practically nothing in 1620; $1,121,000 in 1925; and in 1926 a further increase of 12.2 per cent appears in the returns of the first eight months. This show- ing is the net result of changes with- in the period of volume of traffic, freight rates, In wages and in prices of material, an. in other influence affecting operating expenses. | Grow(h In Income ; “The growth In net railway oper- | ating income is accompanied by and | in part dependent upon a growth in | the investment. In the five-year per- | iod 1820-25 the total rai capital | increased from $20,095,046,374 to £21,799.241,424. The ratio of net income, after fixed charges, to the capital stock was 8.20 per cent in 1925. This is nearly equal to the| corresponding figure, §.40 per cent for the calendar year 1916, the re- | cord year for this ratio.” | Since congress in 1920 authorized the commission to allow railroads to | proceed with consolidation projects, | the report continued, control over 31,000 miles of line has been trans- | ferred, and the question of permit- | ting consolidations is pending as to | were In st a very large additional mileage. The | hos merging of railroads was shown to | he proceeding steadily, though in the case of two of the largest projects for merger brought before the com mission, that of the Nickel Plate 0ad, and of the Norfolk and Western to acquire the Virginian, the commission refused to allow the con- solidations to proceed. ‘ Railroad Levies | Railroads are now required by law | to' pay to the government half of the excess amount they may »»am] above 5 3-4 per cent annually on the | value of their property, and tentative audits indicate that $15,054,908 s now collectible by the treasury. However, in view of the difficulty in | settling upon the valuations of raflroads concerned, the report gests that legislation to ma system workable is needed. In ali the government has only ob- tained $7,000,000 from its exce earnings claims since 1920, and this amount is being held by the gov- ernment subject to final adjudica- tions. | Practically all of the accountings and payments between the govern- | ment and rallfoads left over from the war-time federal control of car- riers have now heen settled, the re- | port continued, but claims still are | pending on account of the guarantee of earnings which was given the controlled roads for the first six ' months after thelr return to private ownership. The commission ed that $830,000 would cl outstanding debts on this advised congress o o ants to seek a final dispositio: the matter. Increased Earnings In its studies of raiiroad traffic, the comn ion noted noted that increased earnings had been ob- tajned in the face of a marked de- cline of pas: or travel nd in spite of limited ey 1ision of freight business. In 1925, railroad rried a total of ssengers, ve shown that pas- ss than during the of senger t same period cent. Th per pa ed during the s ing off in num increased . won for s So far durlr nusiness of remains, on record have be veral times during the year by car-loa o freight n set s revenue TEACHER A SUICIDE Wore: Mass., De 3 Miss Leah M. . 24 ea the first grade of the Adams Squ school and a vietim of for some months, ended yesterday by taking home of a sister. found last n ment in t which the teacher had loc} self. Bottles contdining poi found on the floor ncar her hody Miss Cue had been under tre for a nervous disorder August, ter invest medical examiner, Fre Baker, pronounced it a sulclde. ster, poison tment last the H tion derick Tractors and modern agricultural Implements are being introduced on rubber plantations of Hawaii, | | factory was in GROSVENOR SLIPPER FACTORY IS BURNED Oxford Center, Mass., Has $200,000 Toss By Fire—200 Now Jobless. Oxford, Mass., 9 P—TFirc which started A, Gros- venor Slipper Company factory in Oxford Center last night destroyed the plant and damaged seve buildings in the vicinity before fire- men from Webster and Worcester aiding the Oxford fire department » under control. e Is estin d at $200,- While the fire was at its height electric wir telephone wires came down p! ging the town into darkness and cutting it off from outside communication for several hours. Th not determined but fire ¢ an investigation would be The flames ma way hefore they were discover, the entire lower part of the slipper mes when the Ox- ford firemen arrived. The wind carried sparks in direction and when other buildings were menac: aid was requested from Webster and Worcester. Lyman Kilton store and Garland the most ex- the other re of ught firs al other ' NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1926. FREAKISH STORM HITS GALIFORNIA lEarthquakes Mso Feature Un- {usual Atmospheric Disturbances Los Angeles, Dec. 8 (P —A storm Agriculture in Unique Position Here Spokesman Explaing Wrong of Over Half Century May Be Righted by This Congress. Auburn, Neb., Dec. 9 () — Vie- tim of a strange twist of fate 63 years ago, Peter Whitlow, 80 years old and destitute, may live to see | a wrong righted through efforts of |, laccompanied by visitations of earth- C 2 M. M g Congressman John M. Morehead: | akes, watcrspouts, thunder and Poter Whitlow, llightning, rain, snow and hail har- Morehead said tods assed southern California yesterday toxicated in 1863 and and last but had spent its {the army. Sober, he realized he had |force carly today. nine minor children, and that he| The carthquakes werc felt at Cal- |would either have to leave them to {exico, on the Mexican border, at El [the charity of the nelghbors or Centro, and throughout the Imperial face court martial. His son, Perry, then 17, | a his dilemma. He would go in hisiihf‘ tremors cracking and father's stead. Perry reported for chimneys of several buildings, but duty at Brownville, Neb., ‘under the (doing no seriou.; property damage. name of his father. The subterfuge | At San Pedro harbor, a south- was not discovered. So between '63 gale x«laycq havoc with a fleet and ‘65, the youth served in the Of expensive racing yach army. ! , for beld it O e Erie Ul ura ! [pension in his father's name. The o irtually wrecked at the foot of 8 We represent one of the | ther insisted on cashing the PeD- |y, preakwater. The loss was esti- most _intensely populated areas of g n chacks. 11l feeling resuited and i 0 etan 000, Twelve other {the United States with an immense | perry jort home. His father died |y nyg ‘including the Invader, win- population which demands and 15| *7Y "0 BHEE (o] (5 mave the |YACHIS Including the Tnvader, win- | willing to pay for high quality food- | (oo™ imteq by the government [ner L Lof TINE S e oorings Boston, Dec. 9 (P—New England's cultural leaders were here today and means of meeting » competition, and to develop rm standards for quality farm; n the six states: o New Congressman became in- England enlisted in farm John ¢ New England council, auspices the gathering was held, de- clare that only by a common consid- cration of problems could deflnite results be achieved. In addition, they were told by Henry R. Lewis of Davisville, R. .| chairman of the council's agricul- tural committee, that the New Eng-| land agricultural problem must be wes a | stufts.” shocks were felt at Cal- | . The yawl | | Poinsettin, formerly belonging to the | and badly damaged. At Santa sonica police last night were searching for M. L. Endecott of Hollywood, whe was reported seen {ust before the storm broke in a | |fishing dory a mile off the pler and near the spot whore a waterspout formed a short time later. Ende- cott's automobile was found parked near the pier last night. First Snowfall Snow fell at Fullerton, near here, |yesterday for the first time in the |history of the city. Flurries were {preceded and followed by a down- [pour of rain. Motorists ~were ‘re- ported marooned in Cajon Pass |above San Bernardino by snow ibanked from eight to ten inches deep. Hail, the size of walnuts, pelted |the housetops of South Gate, a sub urb. Rains, interspersed with light- |ning, fell over the foothill district land along Santa Monica bay. The full force of the storm missed Los Angeles. | Aside from the earthquakes three waterspouts caused the most con- cern. At Santa Monica the populace |gathered on the beach between showers of rain to view the hape cloud which took up tons of water from the ocean. Two other waterspouts formed in the channel between Santa Catalina |Tsland and the mainland, later mov |ing off over the eastern end of Long |Beach, None in the city could re- |member a similar visitation of thi left their homes | {Another Person Hurt in Stam- | night. {on the rails and it pro | ; |" To meet this demand, which he| 1 their dwellings, | ir dwellings, | ., " " ore effectively than produ- | Lut this danger was minimized w! R M the householders formed a volunteer | S°™5 AU Doy land farmer must develop s brigade and kept vigil on the roofs 5 : i vith | of mearby buildings. The siipper |ET206s and standards toget "qf \\ll: factory employs about 175 in nor- |the identification and protection o such standards against misrepresen- mal times but during the present |$UC s " holiday rush the force had been in- |tation and substitution, Mr. Lewls creased to 200. | MOTORIST KILLED; CAR HITS TROLLEY h d h But mere discussion and adop- |tion of resolutions would avail littl heer solution will depend entirely upon the willingness of agricultural leaders throughout New England to get behind the program developed and be responsible in their respcc- for legislation, education- al work, and organization necessary to make the program effective, After declaring his pleasure that [the farmers were the first group to |hold a large gathering under the| |auspices of the New England coun- |cil, an organization which is seck- |ing to promote the economic pros- | perity of the northwestern states, Mr. Lawrence declared, “It is the council’s hope and belief that other industries will see that there are ad problems that can be v coordinated effort. “You have common problems that lcan best be dealt with by treating them as New Engiand problems and | | solving them together, rather than in x different ways, in our six differ- ent states.” The council meets once in three i months. It consists of 72 men rep-| | resenting virtually every form of | [ b1 s activity in New England. Today's conference which was called |on recommendation of the council's| agricultural committee is meeting under the joint arrangement of the council and the agricultural com- missioners of the six states. [ tive stat ford Collision —(M— William Baird, 33, of Norwalk, was almost instantly killed and companion Louis Bender of Westport was in- | jured when the automobile driven by Baird crashed head-on into a | trolley car of the Stamford-Nor- walk line on a straight stretch in Noroton, in the town of Darien, last Stamford, Dec. ¥ sf After hitting the trolley car Baird's automobile bounced off and hit another automobile without | causing much damage. Baird was taken to the Stamford hospital in the car of a passing motorist, but was dead when he reached the jarbara Weed, before whos ccident happened, was leaving in her car with her er and a *d nurse. They took | Bender into the house and the nurse gave him first aid treatment, arter Decorate Navy Officer o vhich he was taken to Darien police For Heroism on Sub lieadquarters for examination. He BT was cut about the head. His condi e tion is not considered serious. Bag oty ol e ! (& | cros: L ing the cxplosion aboard the sub- marine §-49 at New London, Conn. last April, four men being killed. Gearing directed the work ue, entering the exploded bat-i¥ y compartment and remaining! until burning wreckage was torn away and three injured comrades moved. | “His nerve and undaunted cour- age,” President Coolldge's citation says, “wero an inspiration to the others in the rescue work." LOCOMOTIVE DERAILED Bridgeport, Dec. 9.—(— A loco- motive of a freight train left the rails between Stratford and Milford somewhere near rhe dge late last night, it was report- ed at the railroad station. 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