The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-08
Freight Rates
Bound to Go Up
COAL RATES WILL BE SPECIAL
TOPIC OF RAILROAD MEN IN
NEW YORK TODAY.

P1TTsBURG, Feb. s.. Highe,
freight rates are certain to come. Elk,
e%cutive and traffic offers of the Cen,
trail and Trunk Line freight .associn.
lions returned from Chicago yester
day, but left again last night for New
York. AT Chicago they spent two
days discussing the proposition of in.
creasing commodity rates 10 per
cent. by increasing the minimum load
for a car, while In New York today
coal rates will be the special topic.
and General Ore and Coal Agent Per.
Among those attending the New York
meeting are Vice President McCabe
kins OF the Pennsylvania lines west,
Vice President Shoemaker, of the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie, Coal and
Coke Agent Cromlish of the Baltimore
and Ohio and General Freight Agent
Booth of the Wabash lines east Of
Toledo, all of Pittsburg, and General
Traffic Manager Ives of the Wabash
system. of st. Louis. Mr.. Ives spent
the day here with Mr.. Booth and Vice
President Worthington also visiting
several shippers.
Traffic officers declare that higher
rates will be entirely fair, for IL they
are not fair to both shipper and car
rier the interstate commerce commits
sion will step In Immediately with Its
dfctum. These officers maintain that
while all manner Of expenses have in
creased in the past few years, includ
ing prices of finished products shipp
ed in large quantities over the lines
the freight rates have not increased
but have materially decreased. One
officer went SO far as to say that Il
another tenth of a mill was cut OF
the rates there would be no dividend.
for railroad stockholders. IT. is jus,
about the reverse of this, or/an addi
ton of a tenth OF a mllt/ that will
probably be Effected by the increase
In various rates. The increase Il
minimum load Of u car will mean, il
effect, from 20 to 80 per cent. added
equipment. AT the same time will
this Increased minimum there win b,
a larger maximum.
The Chicago meeting was adjourn
ed to meet again next Monday, wher
the subject will have been considered
fully enough for definite action. Gu
of respect for the late Capt. G. J
Grammar, traffic vice president of tn,
New York Central lines, the meetin.
was adjourned to permit traffic mel
to attend the funeral.
viii Ask Approval Of Fares.
Fares authorized by the Pittsbur,
passenger committee 10 days ago 70
summer excursions. including tn,
weekend rates to summer resorts. vii
be approved by the Central Passen
ger Association at its February meet
ing at Chicago next Wednesday. Thi
is n OF the topics shown in the cal
issued to association members yes
terday. Another item will be tn,
proposition Of disseminating extend
ing OF tickets by depositing such tick
cts with a joint agent. The associa
ton will also make a thorough inves
tigation OF the report that one roa,
has been making its one'way an,
round-trio tickets good until ased. TIL,
a%ssociation will endeayor to have tn,
practice stopped. This method ha
been in vogue on various roads at Va
lrious times. and now and then som
lone VIII present a ticket purchase,
back in the 'eos for passage; II mus
be accepted. for It was issued Wit