Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-18

encouraging the growth Of that traffic
at the expense of the light package traf-
fic.
The Investigators have devoted a year
to the constructive work of reforming
the bases of express rates, of devising
simpler and more easily understood means
of stating those rates, and of preparing
new rules for the government of car
,icrs of express traffic
OF foremost importance is the require
ment that all of the express companies
shall io,n IN the establishment of through
routes bv the quickest lines of communl-
co,io, ho,veen all express offices and
eboll n,hlfsh through rates to apply be-
tvo.r tboso noints. The same provision
rives the simmer the right to name the
routo nv which his property shall be
carried # &c believed by Commissioner
Lava .bo, theso nrovisions will effect an
| irr,roverent IN the service and a great
oco,or,v to tho carriers. which now haul
shi,uor,s often+iroes bv circuitous routes
! 10 oyo,d turning Thorn over a connecting
live
| - rr,
AZ Inv" iO> vs.
The most radical departure from eN's.
ing methods lies in that adopted OF Apply
ing the new rates In the oHiteu "'".e9
there are 3o,"o express s'atiohS' ~
name rates from eaci Vi '"e9o "
o'her one IeIui'es VIZ ,rhoso
.aL'',,,,a ,,,, o,c,,n,, severa, hundred
! .,,,,,,o,, 90 ero,,, Oh, IN aO1 uapes each in
,to ,ar,c do,ortro,t of tho commission.
,rt,e xa.a, ,,,ar,,o,vas .re intricate and in
/ ..a,...a a,,1 !. ,a,r,ros oxner+ authority
>, do,ar,,ira ,ho lawful rate between any
,uo noi,ts
Thd ,,,t,o,,, of roducipq this enormous
,o,,,,a 90 r,,o schedules ,o n genuinely
rroo,toat1, corross &c ono to which Com
,,,t.,t-,,.. .na d,vo.ad most serious at
,ert,or uo has evoIved . method whereby
tha rato. from, any noint in the United
=, ~ n.bar ro,r,. may no nrinte ID
80, .,,,,,,a gboo. or card about one.fourth
Of .ho sizo Of n singIe newsnaper mage.
.r,,. an.. ,ta,, t., w., cor.rmmation Of the
.,a,, ,,.,,. 49, d,,.,sior Of the United states
in.o h,oollr o.c, aprroximatolv 30 miles
.l,,,oro pa,os ava rronosad between each
80 ,toso hioo,s traa,inr all cities and
,a,,.ns ,,,,bir eacb block az common
o,,,,. Eaoh 90 chose b,ocks is one de-
'ol, 20 ,o,c,,udo T., lenpth and one de-
',noo - ,a,t,,,do In width To every ex
80 .,,,o,, u.i,h,, o,cb of these blocks
~, a.o t., Tho sa,e from any other
r',o t,oo,,
r,-r>- p,ocUc
MA i10 '''1 "
Ihus the rate Is staten a. Det" ee', o.o,r
.,,,, ,,on,, s,,st.n If making rates
, ,,',',oh nonsti,,,tes each block a zone of
',-,,, ~ of destination the rates are
ana 80 1on ronrds
,,. ,o. ooron,ries vii, he re-
-, ,t,tsh diroctorv of OK
$500 .., n.biob vi,l chow the
,,si, ,,,,,,,,ar within which each sta
,,o. to ''I ,,na,ed and At each station
,.,,, -, aIa1 . sirpIa-sheet
i,g .,,h,,h ,,.i,, ,,tva tho roto from
-, n,hor h,ocls in the
~, c.a.o,
re- ,,,,,ytra,,. Now york citv is
,oco,ed IN block e5o Some 90 other
.an.rs ord ,.i,1oo,os ,ra included in
that same block. Chicago is located
ir h,oc,x s9S which also contains q
score or more of cities and towns A
shipper in New York wishing to send
a package to Chicago will learn from
the directory the block in which Chi
cago is situated. Then. turning TO the
single tariff sheet, he will ascertain
the,nunber of the scale of rates which
applies upon all packages between
WILL i'A TS
This method of stating rates. the re-
port c'aiihs' Will AVOID the great pooy
or complaints arising out of under
charges ana oVercharges the present
iHet""u oi stat'hs rates peins so con-
iusihs that not even the express
"ee"'s are "oie TO olscoVer the lawful
rue oet"ee'l TWO points me direc-
tofy Oh express stations is also to
Wv minus III eacH CITY
'"c eNpless company
:. . ~" us ,ar'N rates
.,a,, N,'. ''' ''"'''oc' Vi
1891 ,'S eNp'Vss c"arseS
,'',.,l, vac i"N' '"a' PACKAGE
.,,ce,a,.. Nr"'u 'oeS not pear
i,,I,. tho ,o,,or. -
a,', .,, ,-,,,0 u u iaoeis
49, - "'A.e'e't 'o'ors winch
49, ~ USE anu IN
',''' ,"' pay mage ooes not Dear
"' ''"e' '''o ''''f"'cii' Is 10 De delivered
'"V No'''e''o "'ihout collection or
,"' oNarses' 'he carrier bearing the
""'"ch VI discovering where the mistake
''eS'
CUTS DOWN TO $50 RATES.
The present system reouiras ,,a s.o.o
ment of abor, %, -. Wv
as the system proposed hv tho cor,ri.-
sion. However as each agent under the
new system, will be OBLIGED to know only
mo