The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-06
RAILROADS WOULD
SUSPEND new
SCHEDULE
Would Submit Rates to Com
merCe Commission
STATEMENT MADE BY BROWN
President Of New York Central Hope
full That Difficulty Will Be Sat
isfactorily Adjusted

New York. June 6.-President Will
liam c Brown of the New YORK Cen
trail lines announced yesterday that
he and his associates were anxious to
have the question of increased freight
rates decided as quickly as possible
and that so far as his lines were con-
cemed he was willing to leave the
matter entirely with the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Nearly every increase in pay OF
employees became effective as OF April
T." said Mr. Brown" The increase on
the New York Central lines alone ag-
gregates SS,250,000 per annum; and
in order to secure arbitration which
at first was refused by the men, and
TO avoid disastrous struggle with
labor. it became necessary for me to
agree that no matter when the result
of the arbitration was reached, 1t
should be retroactive, becoming enec-
tive as OF April ].
Mr.. Brown sta that this Increase
amounting to approximately S6O0OOO
n month. being row in effect, it be-
came a matter Of great importance TO
the question of rate increases decided
at as early a date as practicable.
He did not say whether or not he
had asked the Inter State Commerce
Commission TO make an immediate in
vestigation OF the new rates and pass
on their justifabil ~ Neither did he
saw whether or not he had talked
with any of the officials of other rail-
roads concerned in the advance. He
did say, however. that he had no
doubt that the other Eastern railroad
lines which have filed increased
schedules would concur in his views
In answer to statements that have
been made that the railroads were
endeavoring to rush new rates into
effect before the enactment OF the
pending railroad bill, which makes
the Inter State Commerce Commits
sion the Judge of increases. Mr. Brown
pointed to the fact that the Eastern
roads offered more than a month ago
to suspend the new rates, then under
consideration, pending an nvestiga-
ton by the commission as 10 their
reasonableness. He referred to not
ices that were published four or five
weeks ago after conference between
number OF the lines I'm interest be
tween Chicago and New York, from
which he read the following quotat
ion.
"In view of the large amount Of de
tail work involved there is small
possibility of putting these change.
in effect prior to the passage by Con
eress of the amendment TO the Hep
burn act. which will give power Il
the commission 10 suspend the pro
posed advances for q certain period
until the commission can consider the
propriety thereof. but IL is the inten
ton Of the railroads to anticipate
such provision of the law and volun
tarlly submit 20 "A suspension OF The
proposed readiustmCnt should th
commission so request
Mr.. Brown was asked whether, I
view &C his statement ON Saturda
that expenditures for Improvement
aggregating about 100000 had bee
held up pending the determination q
the question whether or not model
ate increase in freight rates would b
permitted. the work on the new ST.
ton in Rochester would be discontiI
ued for the present.
There are many different pieces
work held up" he replied. We Ia
TO cut our garments 10 conform wit
the available cloth. and we are II
vestigating pretty carefully to Sc
jr-. how much cloth We have