New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-23
RAILROAD INTERES1S.
WADING IN A MILKY WAY.


HEARING ny THE RAILROAD COMMISSION ON Ihh
COMPLAINT OF FXrORTIONATE MILK RATES ON
TUE HARLEM ROAD.
The Railroad Commission met at the Cham
her of Commerce yesterday. About 100 pounds oil
ponderous books produced by the New
York Central Railroad in response TO subpoena unher
the comnlant Of j. t. A. Moore j. H. Vessel and eleven
other mix dealers Of New York who receive shipments
over the Harlem road The complaint charges That inc
freight rate OF 10 cents Is ssyc aud unjust IN
SO far as il exceeds 20 cents a can. IL Is
alleged that this rate Is about 37lo per cent Oh
the value of the commodity, seventeen and ono-hah
times the average cost of transportation. fifteen times
the average for all classes OF freight ana tnrV
times the rate for low classes OF freight.
All of the Commissioners were present Charles B'
Meyer appeared for the complanants and Oh aunccy NJ
Dcpew for the Central and the Harlem roads In ts re-
ply the New York Central declares nat the petitioners
represent only l2j day out of lo9 dealers VINO
ship 1900 cans; that the comlany has gone to great
expense 10 provide special facilities for the trhc, aud
that the average rate really only 20 cents 100
pounds for the service. The rate comparisons made by
tue c0mplanants cOntradcted. and 1t stated hat
IN lS7S the larit road carried sOl767 cans receiving
Sfsl OG0, while in s-2 after reduction OF % per cent
in the rate only 745,9ls cans were carried aud only
Si4755O received. Using these and other arguments.
Mr. Depcw asked that the complaint be dismissed. Mr..
Meyer argued that tho question was oi
great public interest and finally the motion
to dl,mis, was dculcd Mr. Meyer thcn began to read
statistics comparing tie milk rate on the Ncw-York Cen
tra with the freight carried by other roads aud
the rates on other classes OF gut carried by tho Cen
trail lie said the average freight rcccps on all the
Neyy.Yoik roads were sl2 mills per per mile. The
receipts On mix TO the NcE-York Genital were 81 %
per ton cr mile. ON the basis ~ the cost o; carrying
al frrgu: on the Central road. the rate mk would
be- only cents per statistics submitted show
ing that he milk by other roads, compared Win
the rate the Harlem road of - cents can Tor
seven miic- were follows on several mlkrdiry-
ipc roads: Ncwburg Dutclc-. and Counba. 20 cent.
actn for 80 miles: Delaware aul Hudson Canal. 20
cents for - miles; Camden and Atlantic, 10 10
- cents $50 miles; Pcnu-y viul. l. cents for -
miles, Chicago and Alton, Fl cents for 20 rlc5 Onto
and Mississippi l7i2 cents for miles. and indianapolis
aud st Louis l. cents for o. miles. Mr Meyer then
read statistics show that the milk rates on tuo Ing
li-h and French roads lower than on tho Harlem
Nj Depcw-l shall object ~ these foreign stl'cmonts
We can prove th,t serve the public with low rates
and fast time better than any railroad in Europe
Samuel Goodman. assistant general freight agent OF
tie Ncw-York Central Eulroac, wa examined - 70
the principles governing tne cla7,c ttlon o freight Mr.
! Meyer cndctrorA( 70 rho" mat the q"7.io
OF bu.k ami weight wcrr tue controlling
| elements iu ritc-uItking. Tie witness -1i
| that # ordinary freight trains "rr" run on cHp.c-7
time TIE ulA trains arr, the cost OF oprine NoIli
DE doubled SIR. Mover wanted ti- proved hF tn" earn
! iugs of pa. uca.'T Tram coming io Ne" l"Ih ami
returning W'st .o'irl lhe ~itn''' showed inat .np
AT "a short the touul-7 "utr. i7ttuc {" an
argument by SIR Drpcw. H. -ut that the cas- differed
from AL others in the total 90 tnc Prosecutors
Nobody mad appeared on The stand t. develop ir grey
aIo,s alleged In thc complaint Nelson B kliWcr IS
t- father and Ac deserves a tnc credit belonging 10 the
milky wy" DECLARED Sir !rpcH. his complaint has
not gIhatrd from the person, VINO. 70 is claimed are
gri~ycI but the ri.nitltr- To D. obtained uny
upon tie persistent, earnest and per ouu -o.lci't
! non II Nj X Mcr' lie sad that tie reduction
ia the mix rates IN 1879 all secured by The milk
dealers p,rt Of 10 going 20 the farmer or th" con-
-uIncr. Nj DrIcW argued great length that me -t
tsc- prepared bN Mr. Meyer vdueics- III compnfl-
SON. because Of tAc -p cdl condition, uudcf WhtI the
Harlem road op, rated There lOuS Wranglc
~ TO question 81 admitting them. An agreement
finally was reached their ycrhcdu0n by the central
The Commission adjourned to meet again IN NcwlOrk
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