Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-15
A HEARING TOMORROW
RAILWAY REPRESENTATIVE
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COMING HERE.
Order Issued by the Interstate Com
merce Commission Requiring At
tendance Of Traffic officials.

The increases in freight rate. which are
shortly to be applied on the roads running
from the Mississippi river and points be-
yond to the east and south Will be investi-
gated by the interstate commerce commits
sion which has fixed tomorrow as the date
for q hearing. to be held at the offices OF
the commission in this city. The commits
sion has issued an order requiring the at
tendance at that time Of the chief traffic
officials or other representatives qualified
to give information Of the following rail-
roads:
Michigan Central Railroad Company, Lake
Shore and Michigan Railway Company,
Erie Railroad Company, Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, the Pennsylvania Com
pany, Cleveland. Cincinnati Chicago and
st. Louis Railway Company, Wabash Rail-
road Company, Baltimore and Ohio South
western Railroad Company, New York Cen
trail and Hudson River Railroad Company,
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road Company, Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company, Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
Southern Railway Company, Norfolk and
Western Railway Company and Chesa
peake and Ohio Railway Company.
The commission has adopted the following
order:
whereas 1t appears from schedules on
file with the commission that rates upon
grain and grain. products dressed meats
and PROVISIONS from Tie MISSISSIPPI river
to New York and points governed by the
New York trade; are to be materially adj
yanced in the near future, and
Whereas 1t appears probable that other
advances are to be made which will ma
terially increase the general cost Of trans
porta tion therefore it Is
'.0rdered, That proceeding Of inquiry
and investigation be instituted as to the &C.
casion for and propriety of such advances"
Following similar action by the Michigan
Central, the Chicago, Indianapolis and
Louisville railroad has filed with the COM
mission the required advance notice of an
increase Of cents to be imposed on dressed
meats shipped from Chicago to New York,
making this rate 45 cents per 100 pounds
and abolishing the export rate of % cents
on provisions making a fiat rate Of 30
cents on provisions.
The commission also has been given Of
fetal notice that the proportional rates on
wheat and -four from Kansas City, St Jo-
seph, Atchison, Leavenworth and other low
err Missouri river points, which rates apply
on business from points beyond, have been
advanced cents to Chicago. The local
rates from these points to Chicago have not
been increased on wheat and flour. but on
other grain and gain products an Increase
of / cent per 100 pounds is to be applied.
From Ohio river points, such as Cincfn-
natl, Louisville. Evansville New Albany
and Cairo to Charleston, Atlanta Bruins
wick and the south Atlantic coast generally
an increase is to be made of cents on
grain and flour, when shipped in sacks, and
of cents a barrel or 319 cents per 100
pounds when shipped in barrels. These
Vile and Nashville, Illinois Central and
Southern railroads. carry corresponding in
creases from Ohio river points to Nash
vile.