The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-11
Six Railways Control
Bituminous Trad G
investigation Shows.
GLASGOW WAS ONCE
COUNSEL FOR N. & w.
President Stephens Of the Chcsa-
peake and Ohio, in an Inter-
view, Sketches History
Of Alleged Com
munity Of IN
tcrests.'

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pIII.A ADELPijIA, pa. April 10. Tint
4 the biulninuoiis coal traffic Is divided
among SIX railroad companies ueSe'opeu
to-day at Tie first hearing Of the Inter
gate Commerce Commission 70 deter
mime whctheg tho trunk lines are ,inier-
cstcd dlrcctr or indirectly IN Tie coa' Goa
Or Oh they. carry. Officials OF the Penn,
sylvania and the Philadelphia and Read
Ing we're examined and Others have been,
SUMMONED
The principal witnesses to-day were
Upton ". White. s;atIstician Of The tide.
water steam Ritur,ino,la Coal Frafflc
Association; " w. Atterb,'rs. general
manager Of ,lin pcrnsylranln; JOSEPH ~
Ecarles IT, traffit. manager and Theodore
VOORHEES,. interpretation, OF the Reading
y ECompany. 55
through these mitnosacs It was brought
out that the 'ennsyivania the Reading.
the Beech Creek Division Of tic New
York Central. the Baltimore and Que,
he chesapeake and Ohio and The NOT.
folk and Western ara mcr,bers OF the
coal traffic y ssociatInn organized In ls.b.
IT was shown that tllcy hay" an agree.
lmcDt by which casha,is allotted pro
rata OF soft coal Tonnage.
Statistician's Testimony
Nj. White wns the tirs, witness. lie
explained Thai it Is bis duty 10 gather.
statistics or Tidewatcr tonnage and 10
compute monthly the percentage 81 co1E
each road Is entitled 10 move, 4 Requested
for further particulars he presented q
copy OF the bylaws Of the associate
1T was shown tist the association WIS
4 organized on February g. 1906, and tbat
during The same month and year the
i PENNSYLVANIA the New York Central,
Tho Bal timprc and Ohio. the Chesapeake
aand Ohio and the Norfolk and Western
railroads signed agreements OF member
q ship. The bylaws indicated that DID
business IN philadelphia. baltimore. Nor,
sj,nus, !, II Port Reading, st, George md
B$otier r pnrts. II WIS brnnEht6pnt t1ai
the traffic association was organized so
that ra ties might be fixed and AdJnstei
and mutual protection afforded. Mr.
y Glasgow called attention to thcafact that
several pages were missing from inc
ma an,phet. Mr.. White said he was not
ware tl,at any pa ges had been torn out,
but would cndcavor to produce the miss
ing portions
Bureau Maintained
q searles coal traffic manager OF
,he Pennsylvania, testified that a sta-
is, ical bureau was maintained IN Pitts,
hury for the purpose Of compiling sta I
tistIcs OF coal moved 10 the west and
middle wcst.M
IN reply to question by Mr.. Glasgow.
bc said the parties TO me HH-Tdii hSSo-
ciatIon are the Pennsylvania Railroad. the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern the
PENNSYLVANIA lines west OF Pittsburg and
some Of the Ohio roads Tie Chesapeake
and Ohio road had not been member
INT he was not sure rs to the Norfolk
and Western. There had bcena meeting
in Buffalo about q year ago, but the
members had not gone there TO regulate
the tonnage TO be carried by each road
They had met TO talk over the situation
ana learn what freight the other roads
carried
Mr.. Glasgow asked why they wanted
10 know ihis--whether 1t was for the pur-
nose of dividing up tho traffic The Wit
ness said It was not. and Mr.. Glasgow
asked what conclusion was reached. MIR.
Searles said that it was decided that
there was no necessity for the roads 10
make any change in the rates.
y First Vice President Voorhees, of tho
Reading Company, said his company got
Its coal from the F'airmount Coal Com
rany and Somerset Coal Company. OF
Shippcnsb,irg, The company paid &l.SO
or 90 n ton, 1t also had purchased
from the baltimore and Ohio and the
Pennsylvania Railroads. Mr.. Voorhees,
was excused after agreeing to furnish
statement showing the amount OF coal
purchased by the Reading Company since
1891. w, w. Aterbury. general manager
az the Pennsylvania Railroad, promised
80 furnish statement showing how
much coal his company had purchased,
and from whom.