Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-13
NEW HAVEN ROADS POSITION
IN MATTER OF DIFFERENTlALS
Another Meeting to Be Held to Again
Consider Lowe" Freight Rates.

New Haven, Conn.,. Jan. ia sec
! ond meeting of the executive commit
| tee of the Trunk Line Railroad asso-
! citation is to be held on Tuesday, Janu-
| airy 18th. to consider again the question
| of the differential lower freight rates
made by agreement between the New
| York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
/ road company and the Canadian Pa
/ cine. At the first meeting last Tues
| day, it is reported here that after sew
eral hours discussion practically little
was accomplished beyond a formal
| statement of the New Haven company's
| position in the matter. The subject
| has a very important bearing upon the
whole question of through freight rates
to western points. and may have, in the
end, to be referred to higher authori-
ties than the executive committees of
the trunk lines.
The New Ravens positian is that
under the arrangement established
some fifteen years ago, by which it was
given no differentials, it has been plac-
ed in position prejudicial to its in
terests. 1t is claimed that it has prac-
tlcally 20 compete with the lower diff
ferential, freight rates already estab-
ished north of the Boston and Albany
line, inclusive. This affects such points
as Springfield, Worcester and Boston,
and by means of the Grand Trunk diff
ferential reaches down to Willimantic,
the ssaboard at New London and to
New York via the New London boats.
In addition its interests are affected,
as the company is understood to claim,
by lower differential rates on steam
boat lines to the-southward from New
York and elsewhere, connecting with
southern trunk lines. which have thus
an undue advantage, particularly to
points i'm the southwest. In the same
line Of disadvantage to the New Haven
company, as is claimed, are the diff
ferentials existing on. the combined
lake and rail routes to the west, lasting
for some seven months in the year. The
New Haven company under these con-
ditiCns, think that the rate should
either be raised or lowered. so that
the southern lines would stand on the
same basis as itself Notwithstanding
that over the Canadian Pacific is a
longer route to westward points by
several hundred miles from New York
city than several of the other places.
The New Haven company is also IN
derstood to claim that number OF the
differential lines, including the South
ern steamship lines and the Grand
Trunk. have on freight originating at
New York actually a considerable adj
vantage in time as compared with its
own Canadian Pacific freight west
ward. which is transferred to the Ca
ndQlan racine at Newport, VI 1TdC-
tically the general claim OF the New
Haven is that under the compulsion of
the trunk lines it has been placed, over
practically all Its southern New Eng
land territory. at an unjust disad-
vantage in high freight rates at the
same time that the Grand Trunk has
been allowed to penetrate It's territory
under the lower differential and reach
the sea board at New London. This, it
is asserted. is not only an injury to it's
interests, but also to those Of its ship
pers.
It is understood that thus far the
complaints against the New Ravens
new differential have come mainly from
the steamship lines from New York
connecting with southern trunk line
systems and that from that direction
have come threats OF cutting the west
ward rates unless the matter Is adjust
ed.