The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-03
PROBABLE COAL A
Pennsvlvania Refuses to Increase the
Tolls For Hauling Coal.

EennSYIvania REFUSES to increase the
Tolls For Hauling Coal.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 8. 1S92.-Tbe
Reading Railroad Company and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company are at
loggerheads over an increase in coal tolls
by the former which is to take effect on
September IL.
At a meeting Of the railroad companies
held in New York on August "a it was
agreed by all of the companies, except
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to
advance the coal rates on E~ast-bound
coal. Tit new rate was to be advanced
from 5 to Is cents between the mines,
Philadelphia and New YORK. There has
been no advance in coal freights since
the Reading deal was consummated, and
it wa thought on account of the advance
in coal rates that the railroad companies
were entitled to more tools. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company was not will
ing to make this advance and it was the
only company which refused to enter into
the agreement TO put up the price Of coal
tolls.
PENNSYLVANIA WILL TO- YIELD.
Since this meeting there has been a
number of conferences between the Off
Gals of the Residing Railroad Company
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany
III Icl0iEuC6 W HAluluB bu6 CUuSGuE OF IAo
latter to make the advance. The Penn
sylvania Railroad Company refused to
change the decision given at the meeting
in New York, although considerable
pressure was afterward brought to bear
upon them, but without result.
AS the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
would not advance It's rates to the city
road Company issues q joint tariff
sheet which covers the inter-
change of freight business between
these two compa MES, something
had to be done to overcome this sheet, as
the Reading Company would not adj
vance its rates to its customers and
ship coal to dealers on the Pennsylvania
Railroad at a lesser rate. The outcome
is that shortly before the advance in coal
rates takes effect the Reading Comnany
will notify the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company that it will refuse to handle
any joint coal business, or, in other words.
it will refuse to pro-rate the coal traffic
with the Pennsylvania unless the Penn
%syivania Railroad Company meets the
Readings increase.
WHAT READING SAYS.
An official of the Reading company
said:-"Of course the Reading company
could not publish a lesser rate over the
Pennsylvania Railroad than it gave to its
W road. The advance in coal rates will
not affect the consumer, as the coal COM
panies have all fixed the prices for coal
10 the different cities along the line of the
road for the month of September. and
any increase in the coal tolls would come
out of the coal companies pocket and not
the consumer's,as the price of coal remains
the same and the increase only affects
the coal companies. / do not know why
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company re-
fused to grant the Increase Ia coal tolls.
except that instead of the companies hay
ing to pay the increase rate it would fall
upon their shippers
The Reading hauls the coal from the
mines to such points or the Pennsylvania
Railroad for delivery as are not reached
by this company. For instance, coal or
dered by dealers on Washington avenue
will be delivered to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at Belmont; and for
points on the New York division of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad coal will be deliv-
cred at Richmond. Heretofore whenever
coal was ordered. no matter to which
| point, the rate charged was 81 and 81. 70
to points within the city. This included
the ~rehandling of cars by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at the functions. the
Reading Railroad Company paying the
Pennsylvania Railroad d pro rate.
By tne new arrangements, by which the
Pennsylvania Rsilroad Company will not
do any joint business with tie Reading.
ths latter will ship all coal to the juno
tipn points of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
which means that the shipper will be re-
4uired TO pay an extra amount.