New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1926, Page 10

_———————— RAILROAD RATES MAY BE RAISED SOON, SAYS NEW HAVEN R. R. HEAD 10 Per Cent Increase Which Will Hit All In- dustry Advocated by Pearson, Who Claims Special Interests Get Lower Charges. ‘Washington, Dec. 20—E. J. Pear- son, president of the New Haven railroad, In a letter to Congressman Hoch of Kansas, a member of the House interstate commerce com- mittee, warned that must soon ask for a horizontal ra increase of about 10 per cent. This will be necessary, he declared, be- cause railroad credit Is being dan- gerously drained by the large num- ber of scattered rate reductions con- stantly being obtained by individuals and community organizations able to afford counsel and experts to take their cases to the Interstate Com- merce commission. Need Simpler Rate Schedules While these reductions are for the most part small, yet the aggregate has become so large that railroad management must consider rate in- creases unless there is some reform in the situation, asserted Mr. Pear- son, who sent his letter in reply to a request for observations as to the need of further railroad legislation and particularly the advisability ow establishing regional offices of the Interstate Commerce commission. Mr. Pearson opposed the latter, maintaining that the essential need today is a national and simple sys- tem of regulating rates, based on a system which would allow rail- roads in each rate region to form | point traffic rate-making commit- tees to develop with the approval of the commission, simplified rate scales. “Railroads must constantly raise and invest more and more capital,” sald Mr. Pearson. “The Interstate Commerce commission s tre- mendously overburdened with an in- volved, intricate, strongly contested mass of Individual reconstruction work. The great majority of cases seem to be relatively small. Col- lectively, the public is no doubt strongly favorable to the present operation of railroads, but each entity apparently thinks its own particular interest is entitled to a more favorable rate. Changes Only Made Downward “It is practically impossible to raise the rates, but reductions large- ly special in character, are many. Although the carriers have been en Jjoying the temporary run of a rec ord high volume of traffic, credit may very easily become strained and the continuation of good transpor- tation become threatened. “Through continuation of this process, in which the experts: secure the reductions for those they repre- sent, the day will again come when the railways must ask for a general increase of 10 per cent or some other per cent. DBut please note this fact particularly. The decreases have largely applied to the special benefit only of the individual, the trade o) ganization, or the community which has secured expert representation and has appealed to the Interstate Commerce commission directly for its or their own interests. “If and when a ralse of rates must be again considered, the per- centage increase would apply to those which have been individually reduced, as well as to those which have not. From the viewpoint of the public as a whole, there is lack of equity in the situation for all “Decentralization into regional sub-commissions will not naord a remedy. A uniform national policy over the railways is essential. Smaller Shipper at Disadvantage “The present involved situation, ' with opportunities for the experts and those who can pay them, is dis- tinctly to the disadvantage of the small shipper. “The essentlal question 1s, how can regulation be simplified; how can the public be afforded transpor- tation, at a minimum cost and of high character, and how can future continuation best be safeguarded? “As the rallroads have been re- gionally grouped for rate making and revenue purposes, the railroads in each such rate region should be M. J.KENNEY & CO. 563 Main St. Telephone the railroads | enabled by law to dssist and cooper- | ate with the L C. C. by forming joint | traffic rate-making committees rep resenting the majority guidance of the executives of the road involved. | These committees to be placed in position, and so charged, that they | can cooperate with the I C. C. free | trom every possible selfish interest. | | “Thelr earlier duty would be to | develop, and with the approval of the commission, to establish simpli- fled rate scales on a basls of equity to the small shippers as well as the large consistent with the provisions of the transportation act and the necessary maintenance of railroad credit. The I. C. C. might delegate contact representatives with these committees. Added Legislation Proposed “The high and low spots and th tremendously involved tariffs, the vi .atlons in which afford opportuni- ty for the many appeals to the com- mission, would be eliminated. A con- structively simple situation would be ibstituted. Leglslation would be desirable on these added points: “The annual basis for determining | raflroad prosperity or poverty should | be substituted for averages over sev- cral preceding years; this to Include such matters as reserves and reca { ture. | “Regulation should provide for the | same procedure for readjustment of |a rate downward as upward. | “Competing water routes should | be brought under the same regula- tion by the commissions as the rafl- | ways. nder the pro:ram proposed, ispension of rates and reparation will not longer be ceded.” 'MAYOR HOLDS UP TRAFFIC | IGNORING FIRE ALARM ;“’cld Forces Drivers to Halt, Allow- ing Apparatus to Respond to Bell Mayor Weld appeared in the role of a traffic policeman Saturday night when automobilists persisted in driv- |Ing through Main street after a fire alarm had been sounded. The mayor left his machine and went out into the road to halt traffic and |ellow the safe passage of the heavy fire apparatus as it swung out of | Fim street and headed through | | | | Main street. The mayor was severs in his criticlsm of drivers who disregard | the law that all traffic must come to a standstill when a fire bell rings |ana he predicted serlous con- sequences for those who show dis- regard for the safety of themselves land others, —_————— LocalBoy Finds Money On Saturday a local lad pick- ed up a check of large amount on one of our streets. He was honest and returned it. How would you like to pick a check out of your mail every Xmas? It would be nice wouldn't it to receive $500 every Xmas, espe- cially if you could do it by put- ting aside $3.00 weekly and at age of 50 or 60 you would re- ceive $500 every Xmas the rest of your life and if you should pass out your family would re- celve $7,000 at your death, Of course if you were perman- ently disabled you stop all pay- ments and you receive your Xmas gift just the same. Make yourself an Xmas gift and give your family an added $7000 protection. Just mail the coupon and I will explain it. The Kenneth R. Tuttle Agency, 259 Maln St., New Britain. I want to know more about this permanent $500 Xmas gift. Name .. Address Birth, Date | | (Opp. St. Mary’s Church) 314 and 3 CONNECTICUT’S RELIGIOUS STORE Medals Pictures Stat Little Flow Statues Delivered to MOST COMPLETE ues Beads er Novelties Any Part of the City Crucifixes Telephone 814 e FUNERAL PARLOR Night Service 36 Christmas Trees FOR SALE Washington Street Opposite Burritt Hotel Luke Sinski. IDRUNKEN DRIVER BLAMES ROOT BEER FINED $100 and Sent fo Jail for Five Days Judge Alling in police court this morning heard the cases of one in- toxicated driver of an automobile, and one driver who was charged with violation of the rules of the road A second alleged intoxicated driver had his case continued. Constanti Malionski, aged 39, of Stafford street pleaded not guilty to he charge of operating a utomo- bile while under infl ce of iquor. Officer W. P. Hayes fied that Ma drove his car east on Broad street about p. m. vesterday and struck a car driven »v Hobert H. Corridan of 238 High street, which was going in the op- posite direction. the fault of Malionski, & was on the wrong side of tl Oiticer Hayes and Lyon tc Malionski was intoxicated. to drive at Ma- lionski was unfit to drive, but he | blamed Corridan for the collision. Malionski testified that he passed a truck and Corridan’s car struck his. Judge Alling interrupted to Malionski not to describe the cident but to tell what he had to drink prior to the accident. beer,” he replfed, “One bottle.” insisted he had not | uncle. Judge Alling asked him it wants to 0 to jail just be | Christmas and Malionski | negatively. He the oldest being f “Why don't you truth | about the drink you had yesterday?” the judge asked him. “I'do tell the truth. he T had no! NEW BRITAIN hooch,” Malionski insisted. “All right, $100 and costs and five days in jall” the judge concluded. After court Mallonski engaged Judge W. F. Mangan and gave notice of an appeal to superlor court. Leonardo De Turi, aged 21, of | Hartford, pleaded not guilty to the | charge of violation of the rules of | the road. His car struck a car oc- | cupied by Fred George J. T. Baba, ‘Jusoph and Anna Paul at Stanley | street and Commonwealth avenue | about 6:30 last night. Officer W. | P. Hayes testified that De Turi was on the wrong side of the road driv- ing towards Hartford and the other car was turning into Commonwealth avenue when the collision occurred. | De Turl testified that he was about to pass the other car, which was parked. As he was passing, the other car started to turn into Com- | monwealth avenue, De Turi said, i he tried to avoid the collision by | \pplying the brakes. Baba, recalled to the stand by Judge Alling, denied that the car he was in had been stopped at all. Judge Alling fined De Turi $5 and costs. The case of Chester’ Chichkowski, aged 33, of 827 Hast street, charged with driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor, was continued until next Monday. He was arrested by Officer William J. He pleaded not guilty represented by Attorney S. Gordon. TELEGRAM FOR FENN American Legion Tuncheon Club | Wants Government to Kcep Al- “Root | He | ng else to drink. | He spent the day at the home of his | lingtown Hospital. 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