Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-10
VERBAL AGREEMENT
Between President and Railroads Does
Not Affect Passenger Rates.

Washington June .9.-lncreaseS III
communication passenger fares made re-
Gently by the railroad lines, operating
out of New York City will not be al
fecteA by the verbal agreement react-
ed by the railway officials and fresi-
dent Taft. This announcement was
made today at the offices of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
II is held that the COMMISSION IL
bound to recognize the tariffs making
the increases, as they were f1led IN 'i'e
regular way provided by the statue
the railroads being entirely within their
rights IN making the increases Wheth-
er the interstate communication fa.e0
fixed by the new tariff are re'isonapie
OF not is a question for future uetei
mination.
In the Judgment of the oHicerS VI
the commission, the rates dlscusseu ny
the President and the railroad olhclaiS
were freight rates Those are the ohiy
rates thar generally nave beeh m
| creased
Advances have been made in the
communication rates out of New York
civ nv all OF the lines doing COM
mutation business. They Will become
effective on or about July !.
The agreement provides that the rail-
roads shah file with the commission
supplementary tariffs in postpohemeh'
OF the tariffs which they He'd last
week. This arrangement is made III
compliance with the verbal agreement
between the Eastern railway presidents
and President Taft and to conform 10
the provision i'm the pending raliroao
hill that the Interstate Commerce Com :
mission shall have authority 10 SuS-
nond general advances in rates pend
ing a determination by the commission
o1 the reasonableness of the propose"
increase.
The conference was held at the once
of the commission between Chairman
Knapp and Commissioners Clark OF t'9
commission and representative Vi ''e
lines in Eastern classification territory.
Among those present were I. I. NicNa''''
chairman of the Trunk Line Comm ssion,
George f. Randolph, first vice president
of the Baltimore & Ohio; T. Il. koone OF
the New Jersey Central; b. ID, Caldwell
vice president of the Lackawanna; >. -.
Cooke of the Erie; T. n. JARVIS or the
Lehigh Valley; c. +. DAILY and +. Lapau
of the New York Central; George d. DIX
on and Robert F.. Wright of the Penn
sylvania Railroad; r. l.. Russell of the
Philadelphia & Reading and d. A. Nice
Of the West Shore.
There was q detailed discussion OF the
whole subject. The railroad officials ex-
pressed a desire to expedite considera-
ton of the rate increases in railway as
much as possible. 1t was minated that
q final determination of the reasonable
ness of the rate filed necessarily would
consume many months. 1t is quite GER
tain that the commission will be unable
to begin the active consideration of the
advance before September and it is deem
ed probable that j: will require the great
err part of next fall and winter to fully
pass upon all phases of the rates now on
file.
The understanding is that prior to the
enactment of the pending railroad bill no
additional freight rates will be filed by
the Eastern railroads. What they may
do subsequently 1t is impossible now to
foresee. as they will be governed entire
ly by conditions as they arise after
Aug !.