New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
Hay DEALERS FIGHT
FOR MORE CAR STOR4GE.
rborre Railroads scith Discrimina-
ton IN I. {. {. Hearing.

u.v dealers in this city through the Hay
--.,snre began the fight yesterday against the
x,o-ara rule which went into effect Novem-
This rule applicable TO all merchan-
a.. hut coal and coke. il is insisted by the
-,er comes under the head Of car service
- < an unjust discrimination against the
charts Of this city. The car service rule.
= n force IN 1902. carried a charge Of 81 de-
-u--sEe for cars allowed TO remain unloaded
-,-e 1han TWO days The new rule carries with
!. his ola charge for TWO days for the next
-,-o dsy-s. s. a day. IS day for the next TWO
s.xx and s. for each succeeding twenty-four
- This new rule does not apply TO Jersey
rg-x or the terminals Of the Long Island Rail
-os6 That Is where. II is charged by the hay
s,sls-s discrimination comes in.
The hearing came Up before Charles A.
r-or,-v Interstate Commerce Commissioner. at
n g VAL street. There were present counsel
.,- the Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore &
osio Long Island. New York Central. West
share Erie. New York. Ontario & Western.
rsclavanna- L5high and the Central Of New
Jersey The Hay Exchange was represented by
eeorre & Coffin and the railroads while coun-
90 to- each was ready to go or with the hear
tns tacitly permitted George :. Patterson. Of
.se Pennsylvania. 10 fight for them. It was
h-,-zhr our II the course Of the hearing that
-he receipts of hay IN this city amount from
stall q = 600 carloads year. valued al from
100000 10 S5.o0o.0eo,
N- coin stated The case. He said that the
rsv rule was discrimination; that 4 enforce
-snt vas continued II meant that the hay bust
rsss would 90 70 Jersey City or TO other points
where the heavy charges were not in effect In
Jersey City. n declared, the hay was received,
ne o1rstgnee Informed and Il was then light
cred It Us destination. The time consumed also
eliminating the old car service charges
Al stations in this city. he said. The cars were
received and the two free days We're consumed
= informing he consignee and in receiving his
answer ne Contended that dvmurrage was al
-ast to-egone conclusion on every load Of
ray. as the first charge would come in for
re third day or q fraction II il: that should
there Be delay II dispos-ng Of the consignment
TIE charges under the rule would be
doubled, and 50 on, eating Up the profits TO the
shppe-
Charles J Austin. q the Hay Exchange. was
-ae frs witness h said THAI 1hr-e-fourths Of
the hay zelt 10 this city came on consignment.
that soma was bought for speculative purposes
bu. ve-v little. Nr. Austin said that the rail
-oads should have storage facilities: that some
ssid they had but what thy did have was in
s6eeuste- II was brought out that hay shipped
70 New Jersey was frequently held on the
meadow
NJ Patterson asked Nj Austin i he (lIr
Patterson We're horse would he not get his
regular quota Of hay Nj Austin said that he
dc not know: that ne might have TO eat oats.
Have you, as a member Of the association,
Ery d-reCc consumers Of hay" asked Mr. Pat
te-sc-
NJ. none Of them eats hay was the answer,
ard then everybody laughed
NJ Patterson tried To bring out that hay
Commission men used the cars for warehouse
purposes while dtsposing Of their consignments-
ss the Old deuurreg- rate. he said. was cheaper
thaI storage would be Nj Austin would not
admit This He was compelled 70 repeat prac-
tca-ly al that Ny. Coffin had said in his open
f1g. LAYING especial stress upon the assertion
thsr the new rule would ultimately driv- the
hu-E - the business out Of the city There
Fss .rterCiry business now, he said, between
Jsrsey City and New York City. and he fit
that r-Ls would end by the business being all
one way As NJ Patterson had pressing en-
gage~er- in Philadelphia, the case was ad-
toorred until Nay 26.
The railroads made the car storage rule after
TIE great car shortage Z 1865 and the early
pa Il last wear