The sun., 1910-06-26
COMMUTERS Evil DAY PUT Off
Ar ROADS EXCEPT THE ERIE
POSTPONE RATE RAISING.


Tue PrNnsyIvAnIa WIN Nv en- Waii lntii
Aug. .. ThOHgh q says the Increase
u Just anh Interstate Commerce
Commission CaRJsay YSn Mustn't." 4"
The railroad presidents who have
Representatives in Washington oonfarT'ng
with the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion in regard 70 Chairman KnApp's rS-
quest that oommutation rate increases
be postponed until July % Wcre co.,
tent yesterday " await developments
from this ,onierencs Prom PhilAdsl-
phia came the ness that PreaiClsnt James
McCroa Of the PsnnSylvGnla sent 10 Mr.
Knapp this message.
Whiig our OompAny isois thai ths pTO-
posed increase in these rates IL abundAntly
justifsd and can readily he 10 dOmOn-
stratsd. and whils Il ia also advised and
believed that the commission is not ia
vested with any power either by the old
OF the new lAv to suspend the SAins,
nevertheless I feel that the REQUEST 70
couTtsously expressed by you ~ chairman
Of the commission should not be- declined.
and therefore the PennsylvAnia RAilTOad
Company will comply with and ask for
permission to postpone With the under
standing and on tho condition Of course
that tho rates ahAll not bV suspended
beyond August
WAsnISGrOE. June 2e-An thS rail-
roads in the vicinity Of NsW YoFk With
tho exception ~ tho Eri@ which had
given notice 20 the lbtsrstats COmmeros
Commission of propossd lncTsaes In
suburban rates have AaSsntsd " a re-
quest Of tho commission N pOstpnns
tho oparation Of tho proposal inGrAAsss
until July 20. President Underwood %
tho Eric declined 10 postpone Ths com
mission therefore issued IN order to-
night suapOnding thn operation ~ the
Erie's increases In rAtaa which otherwise
would have become eiisctiVs tomorrow
Tho postponemsiit OF the rates. vas for
tho purpose Of allowing ths cOmmiaaiOn
an opportunity a. Investigate thOm
The commission gave out this state
iDcnt tonight
After conferences extending through
the last two days the Pennsylvania. Della
ware LackaW anna and Western New
York CentrRl. ksAling and all the other
roads except the Eric tllat had filed tariff
schedules involving sIl,S' 'Anrial ihGreasTs
m suburban rates bs' -sn towns In
northern New Jersey and Nsw York have
acccded N the request Ot the commission
and have voluntarily extended the af-
feotive date Of these tariffs until July ~.
~ which time they will % into eject
unless otherN ise ordered by ths cpmmis-
son II Is said that the increased rates
Affected a. many a. 90. ON psrOnS WIN
live AZ various pIiniS IN northern Nsy
Jersey but Who ar" engaged IN Business IN
New York city and pass back and forth
daily between their bones and their places
of business
ALBANY. June rs The upstate Pub
lie Ssrvice Commission has received the
answer Of the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad Company 10 the COM |
plants Of Mayor Edwin W Fisks OF Mount |
Vernon as 20 Communication rates which !
that company vas to put In eject on July |
I. 1910.
The company says that the advance |
IN rates u due tO tha great additional |
expense on all % its suburban lines tho |
heavy advance In the cost OF material I
used in its maintenance and operation. !
and large advances In the salaries ana 4
wages paid TO employees Of all CiasSes
The company alleges that tn rate
4 fare proposed are reas 1uahs and /
Just and less than compensate; 20 \
the company. and that during the IN
three years the expense of maintaining /
service on the suburban lines II the COM /
pany has greatly increased. Alsc that .
there has been during that time a heavy I
advance In the cost NJ material. a large 4
advance In salaries and wages and a large !
increase in the price Of fuel. and that the ,
cost OF carrying Communication passenger
and other passengers to and from the
Grand Central Station has very greatly 4
increased: that there has been no pro-
portionGts increase in fares and that the
present and proposed rates 81 fare are
less than are permitted by Law
The company also alleged that the sub
of electricity for steam as motive
power for passenger trains running be-
tween = . Grand Central station and North
White Plains on the Harlem division has
ia operating expenses over
1900 900 q year