The Washington herald., 1913-03-27
PROTEST HEARD
AGAINST Change
Discontinuance Of Store De.
livery and Collection of
Freights Opposed.
DECISION TO BE IN JUNE
Warrington Representatives Say Dis
elimination Would Result and New
Order Would Work Hsrdshir.

Representative Washington cit.z ans yes.
terday testified before tho Interstate
Commerce Commission against tho pro.
posed discontinuance OF store deliver,
and collection Of freights.
Their statements comprising a vtgor.
GUS protest against the curtailment OF
the utilities service. ended the hearing.
April Is and May ], respectively. were
set as the dates on which tho railroad 8
and the complainants are to file briefs,
Oral arguments will be heard In May.
1t Is expected that a hnal decision In the
matter will be reached before June 2s,
to which date the tariffs, including the
disconttnuance Of the service, were sus-
pended.
That tho discontinuance Of the store
delivery OF freishts in Washington would
be a discrimination against the people
of the Capital: that It would work a
hardship upon them. and that II
carriage" were eliminated tho freight
rates would by that act become unrea-
sonable. were the main points made in
the testimony of the witnesses.
Competition Il Keen.
So closely in competition are the Balti-
more and Washington merchants, 1t was
brought out by ]. Raymond Hoover, at
torney for Judd & DetweiIer and the
DipohS COMPANY, tidl recently bdItl-
more merchants advertised they would
pay the transportation OF Washington
people coming to that city and purchas-
ing a certain amount of merchandise
1t was stated that the Clyde Steamship
Line formerly had a line to Washing
ton and made store deliveries, and that
the railroads were impelled. partly at
least by this competition. TO make store
deliveries and collections. At present.
It was stated, water transportation be-
tween Washington and Baltimore. with
store deliveries here. prevents the dis
by the railroads OF the store
delivery on freight from Baltimore TO
Washington
The testimony by the witnesses against
the proposed change was upon the prob
able effects of the discontinuance OF door
delivery upon their kinds OF business.
They all testified that the effect would be
harmful and amount to a discrimina-
ton in favor Of Baltimore merchants.
The witnesses were Ross p. Andrews
and Harry King. members OF the Retail
Association; E. II. Droop.
president Of the Board OF Trade: o. J.
De Moll. a member OF the Chamber OF
Commerce: Judd and Detweiler. mer-
chants: E. F. Brooks. member of the
Brooks Company.
The attorneys for the witnesses against
the proposed curtailment OF service were
Chaplin Brown and II. carlton Hanes.
the chamber: NJ. d. Rosen-
berg. for the Retail Merchants: ]. Ray
mond Hoover. for the individual mer-
chants appearing; G. ". Smith. for the
Postoffice Department. and II. W. Bikle.
for the railroad companies.
The witnesses for the railroads testi-
fed in the morning.
W w ROwfe freight agent or me
Railroad at Washington,
said the delivery service was inaugu-
rated March /. lSs5. because the ware
house facilities then were limited. ana
The railroads wanted to get the freight
out OF the way. Mr.. Bowie said the
handling facilities had not been in
,reased. and he thought the freight
,ould be cared for without the free de-
livery.
J. NJ. Hoover said he would rest with
he presentation OF the record in the
rasassa case. This was the record be-
ore the commission in the matter or
extending the free delivery boundaries
,ut Fourteenth Street Northwest.
Commissioner Marble said If Mr. Hoov- |
II would make an extract from the Casas- |
"a record OF those facts which were REL |
want TO the present case that would be |
Mr.. Hoover declared he would take this
course
On cross-examination OF H. carlton |