The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-30
MELLEN BRINGS
 ON NEW FIGHT Announces Withdrawal of Traffic Rates With Three
 Roads at Jersey City,
 December 17. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE Held by Interstate Commerce Commission With Repre- sentatives of Roads Affected. ! STATEMENT BY NEW HAVEN Declares Large Volume of Traf- fic Made Reduction of That Pouring Into Jersey City Imperative.
STATEMENT BY NEW HAVEN

Washington, Nov. 29.-Three officials
 of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
 and the general solicitor of the Phila-
 delphia and Reading railway came tol washington from New York today and held specially arranged conference with the members of the interstate cnnomerce commission in the office of Chairman Knapp The subject under discussion was the withdrawal by the New York New Haven and Hartford i railroad of it's through traffic rates in connection with the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Philadelphia and Reading and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Jersey City The railroad men at the conference were R. W. De Forest, vice president and general. counsel; w. G. Bisler, vice president end general manager; T. B. Rooms, freight traffic manager of the Central < Railroad of New Jersey, and J. D. ' Campbell, general solicitor of the Phil < adelphia and Reading. Every effort is being made to maintain the connection of the above three roads with the New | York, New Haven and Hartford at Jersey City, but the last named road has filed notice that its tariffs with these roads will be cancelled on De ceqnber 17, the proper announcement having been given to the interstate \ commerce commission thirty days previous to that date. Such phases of 4 X t,,Ao,Aelto "A ,ct,oY,, eyoa Ia uy o c ,tohH relate to the New Haven roads with drawal of its through tariffs were dis cussed In an informal manner with the z commissioners.
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford has announced that it's tariff withdrawals from the roads in ques- tion apply only on New York harbor ' traffic and not to it's transfer route
 north of New York city.
 The following statement was issued k last evening at the offices of the New : Haven road in this city:
 lowing to tfe large volume of traffic, : both freight and passenger, moving Hover the New York division, together I with the fact that the construction of the Harlem river branch had reached |Bla state seriously interfering with it's soperation, and the ever-increasing dif- ! fculty of handling its floating equip
 ment around New York harbor, the i New Haven road, in it's effort to satis- E factorily care for it's business, found $ It imperative to reduce as much as N possible the volume of traffic via Jersey
 City and it's New York division.
 # After careful consideration it.. was
 found that the service would not be # affected unfavorably if the business
 lestined to points in New England
 rom the lines of the Central Railroad ! bf New Jersey and it's connections was
 transferred to the route via Maybrook 8And the Poughkeepsie bridge, the lat
 fer affording a route equally satisfac-
 ory with that via Jersey City. Con-
 seouently the Jergey Central and it's
 eonnectons, whose business come to
 he New Haven via that line, are noti-
 led that upon a certain date the New
 Haven road must receive their busi- hess via the Poughkeepsie bridge route,
 Ind that the Jersey City connection
 would be discontinued.
 The discontinuance of the Jersey City
 onnection via the Jersey Central, as
 lated above, will not in any way inn E lair the service rendered the public,
 roviding the traffic is moved via the
 poughkeepsie bridge as has been re-
 uested, and the request was made
 nly when it was found necessary to
 rovide relief for the proper handling
 f the business that must of necessity
 e moved over the New York division,
 nd cannot possibly be- transferred to
 ny other, nnint of cnnneotlon.