New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-06
WON'T WITHDRAW RATES
Central and New Haven Roads
Inform P. S. Board.
HEARING HELD AT ALBANY
Board Decides Companies Had
Technically Complied with
Law in Filing Tariffs.
by Telegraph to The Tribune. |

10y Telegraph 10 The Tribune
! Albany, July 5.-The Public Service Com
mission was Informed to-day by the New
York Central and the New York, New
| Haven & Hartford Railroad companies
that they would not withdraw the new
Communication rates recently put into effect
from Westchester County points to New
York City
c c. Paulding, solicitor of the New York
Central Informed the commission that
when the commissions request for the
suspension of Communication rates recently
put into effect was brought to the atten-
ton of the company's executive officers
they would have been willing to comply
Herewith II it had been made at season
able time. The rates involved he stated
were in force and tickets had already been
sold In the circumstances he said there
would be no advantage gained by grant
ing the request.
The request was made to the two COM
panies in accordance with the suggestion
Of attorneys for compliments living in
Westchester County that this action would
only be in keeping with that taken by such
roads as now served other suburban New
York City districts. These roads withheld
the raising of their passenger rates at the
request of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission pending an investigation by that
body as TO their reasonableness.
AT the adjourned hearing to-day Hugh
NJ Howson, attorney for the commuters
said that it was not pleasing TO complain
ants to have to proceed on technical viola
tons of the law. which he said existed be-
cause of improper posting of new rate
schedules at Bronxville and Yonkers; but
this course was pursued because of the
fafiuer Of carriers to give Westchester
County privileges equal to those enjoyed by
West Shore commuters The New York.
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
was represented by Charles NJ. Sheafe, jr.
Chairman Stevens at the close OF the
hearing announced that the commission
unanimously decided that the contention of
compliments as to the publication and
filing OF tariffs for communication rates was
not sustained. and that the railroads had
substantially complied with the law in this
respect. There were other considerations.
he said. relating to other tickets which
would receive further attention He said
that the commission could not make an
order such as it did in the New Haven
case. as the conditions now existing were
entirely dissimilaf, and in these cases there
had been SUBSTANTIAL, If not literal, COM
pliance with the law
Complaints alleging unraasonabl of
the present rates OF the New York Central
and New Haven roads were received by
the commission from Mayor Edwin Fiske
OF Mount Vernon against both roads:
Charles A. Brady, chairman of the trans
pertation company OF Peekskill. against
the Central: Mayor Harry ColweIl Of New
Rochelle against both roads, and Thomas
c.. Hall. one Of the present conplai INFANTS,
against the New Haven.
The commission viii give further
hearing concerning the preparation of
other complaints along these lines at New
York City on Tuesday of next week.