The New York herald., 1879-09-12
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS.

TIP AllON FAODLE "a D
RELATION og SPECIAL TO GENERAL RATES
s,,e oosr - WEAR AAD rAAE MAEsINs or
PAotIr. ,o
Tb. third session of the Subcommittee Kali
road Investigation was held here this morning Mr.
Moves wac the only member of the committee pres
ent Mr. Marcy. being still under examination
said The charge milk includes the return oi
the can. Mr. Villas. the general freight manager
OF the Erie road makes special rates TO Albany and
Troy. He does not make any over road IRON
New York city. We do not get any business cast OF
Bipghamton from the Eric road. II he wanted
special rate local points on our road he would
telegraph TO Us and We would hx the rates. We use
our own judgment and determine .he SPECIAL rates
asked for by him on account competition.
xc: Mr. Goodman OF the New York Central road
makes spec ai our line without question;
hs does it by an agreement; he makes rates from
New York 10 Rutland without previous consultation
with us. and also TO Montreal; he could not make
them Ballston and Saratoga; we do not build up
any iobbing trade except for manufacturers along
the line OF oar road we help them al We can; q
person gets special rate personal application.
q. Then 1t IN the iInportunate nEu ana hot the
modest man who gets iti A. There are no moaest
men in business now.
INSTANCES OF SPECIAL oosTgAcTs.
O. The Burcey Chemical Company, at Bingham
ton. snip 10 Cohoes and Natefordnhave you any
other means knowing OF their necessities
than their wordf a. NO, sir; We
gave Miller a CO. the special rate 70
the Amsterdam coffin manufacturers; also Marin
Co. from Saratoga TO Cohoes, so as TO enable them
10 compete with hat manufacturers OF the latter
place; their rate was seventeen cents we carry
grain over our road TO Albany ana schenectady
from yinghainton; our proporuon was fourteen our and
us TO carry at that rate last year; the
rates were scarcely over twenty cents
per 100 pounds from Chicago 10 Albsny;
pur proporton OF that from Binghamton TO
Albany was about fourteen per cent, net three
cents hundred; gave to the Peoples line at
Albany from Comstock and Fort Edward,
potatoes OF eight cents because. on account of
competition with the canal 1t was first given 10 the
re,ue's line but aftcrward extended to all ship
pers; we red uced the rate Oh eggs to Albany and
Troy because thought 1T too high; gave all
the grocery men at Glcn's Falls the same special
rates only upon application; we do not tell them
that give special rates, because they all
know that do; all the merchants at SANDY
iili are provided with special rates; gave Kane,
AZ Son a special rate from Albany and Troy 20 fatts-
burg clothing in boxes 30 that they could com
pete with Boston; / do not know that there is n
other Wholesale clothicr at Plattsburg; If there
he would ask Tor special rates; Myers * Co. get
special rate from Albany. Troy and Schenectady 10
PlattsDurg oils, paints. &c the Glen Paper Col
lar Company get special rate from Albany to
BAllston cloths &C.; we gave it to them upon
their representation; give special rates from
Philadelphia TO Saratoga on nails.
q. Who is W. w. Rockwell? A. He IS Senator
KOckWell. he lives at Glen tallE; we him
special OF twenty cents hundred OH boots and
shoes from Albany to Saratoga and Schenectady.
O. How much Of business must man do at
Gens Falls before he can get special rate? A. One
year there districts where there special
rates; do not name special rates over the Boston
roaas in the way that they do road;
they do not know our rates to Piattsburg; make
soale special rates the New York Central and Erie
roads without consulting with Mr.. Villas and Mr..
Goodman.
NO MARGrS or PROFIT.
BY NJ. Noyes-Q Did understand you to say
yesterday that il were TO carry all goods
your road at special rates it would leave you
margin OF profit? a. think said that tariff with
fourth class based upon special rates would not
earn enough to pay expenses.
q. Then we to infer that all the profit derived
from the road on tariff ratesf A. No, sir; do not
think that IL the fact; have the "A revenue
OF 1900 900 year; the special rates forty per
less than the fourth class rates would average;
II the schsduie was reduced forty per cent
the expenses would absorb all the receipts;
do not think IL would increase tho business II the
system of special rates were abolished in New York
1t would kill all the manufactures or send them out
West; il when give q rate 1t is made public 1t
would thereby disclose to competing manufacturers
important item OF their expenses of reaching
market and do not think tho public will gain uy
making rates open to all; now. many know that
give special rates. but they do not know what they
and these special rates intended TO assist.
they are not intended to injure. and do not think
they do
rHE WEAR AND TEAR.
q. Is there any difficulty in separating your
freight in your freight b to show the cost of
mnal handling and o reasonable profit on that and
the charge tor the haul? a. 1t could not be done
that know Of
O. Don't you know that In England it
IL required to be done. and is done
by ali railways all through traffic ?
Al wasn't aware OF it, could estimate ours as
well they do theirs there Is nothing definite
about it; they have to assume at the outset some
thing that is not positive; they assume they don t
approximate; how can you tell how much pas
scnger train wears @ track and how much a freight
train2 One man may guess at 1t as well another.
and often they done guessing that IN the
end Of it,