New-York tribune., 1907-12-03
RAPS NEW HAVEN ROAD
JERSEY CENTRAL PLAINI.
Saus WHhdrazcaE of Through Rates
UyM CyippIe Ne1o England.

The management of the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey issued the following statel9ehI yes
terdav in reference TO the action OF the Ne"
York New Haven & Hartford Railroad COM
nanv In filing with the Interstate commerce
Commission notice Of its intention TO Wi1hdraw
its through traffic rates in connection with the
Central of New Jersey, the Philadelphia &
Reading and the Baltimore & ohio at Jersey
City
What the notice of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad with regard 10 canceilaI!oh !
Of their rates with the Jersey Ce9a be6 now
New England 10y way OF Jersey Ky aIlo S C
effect is mat an through lI4fnc IA cIl8
viii be terminated II mans til;t ~ rr +be I}ai
Pennsylvania and shippers from points on te hal- o
now dependent upon this line for their trade to NV
England must aband3n thai lIo@ al1G innTs vii
thereafter be unable TO ship 10 points on thess
This would be discrimination Of the most serious
kind against manufacturers and Shippers - a. al az
their competitors. IT would work with pecGla.t
TO deliver in the future at points on these roass
and would put an end to an exehange 3 81 b hef
encouraged by the New Haven railroad for more
The Jersey Central stands for the open door. Il
seeks TO keep all those Shaesa 0f sf apen freely
10 all Many manufacturers on our lines ana also .,
ereafeSt alarm. and we have every reason to SUP
10 them and to The communities in which they
live to the attention of their respective boards OF
ffsds fe o0nePoe 0a Commission
We do understand that the question % od seI5Ig I
fnoWn iOe enters @ into this matter in any form for the
New Haven Company have not been called upon to
dSSonfRue bher seT T5ge route which IS men
toned in connection with this eInbargo uIoh ne .
sssnraT measure utterly Impossible and imprac-
ticable beyond the extent TO which It is nov PlIg @
Haven & Hartford Rsflroad continues TO inter, .
the Jersey City gateway t cannot dlscrinaf5e I'm Ife
and in favor Of those upon other lines
About eight hundred cars day are now
transferred from Jersey City to the New Haven's
freight terminal at Port Morris. Of which FIVE
hundred are Pennsylvania Railroad cars, 1t IS
said and only three hundred are delivered by
the three roads, fits arrangement with which the
New Haven is terminating. The cancelIa-
tion of that arrangement. II is said, viii work
part.cular hardship to the Central Of New Jer-
sev in the matter of prompt movement Of the
large volume of freight traffic originating at
Newark Hereafter that road, which now COM
nates on equal terms with the Pennsylvania is
moving from Newark TO Jersey City freight des-
tined for New gland points. will be Obliged
to carry that freight to Easton. q haul OF many
miles when connection is made with the Pough-
keepsie Bridge route. controlled by the New
Haven.
New Haven Dec 2-As regards the cancellation
pr5ers of the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Il IS stated here that arguments by the
ren-ral Railroad OF New Jersey and the allied
companies against the cancellation have already
been made before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission based the assertion that the cancella-
ton order is Illegally discriminative, long the
New Haven road maintains the old traffic arrange
fnent with the Lehigh Valley and the Pennsylvania
A hearing of the New Haven's side of the question
will probably be held before the Interstate Com
merce Commission this week.