Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
FIRMS INTERVENE
IN RAILWAY CASE
Effort of Business Men to
Compel Store Deliveries
of Freight.
ORDER OF PERMISSION
ISSUED BY THEL C. C.
Petition Charges That Withdrawal
of Free Service Is Practically
Increase of Rates.

of Free Service Is Practically
Increase Of Rates.
The interstate commerce commission
has issued an order permitting Ganss
& Co.. Inc; Sol Herzog & Co., Inc: J. &
w. Eiseman, Eiseman & Co. Hoeke &
Co, A. NJ. Fishel. A. Sigmund & Bro,
r. Harris & Co. and H. Friedlander &
Bro. to intervene as petitioners in the
case of Judd & Detweier against the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and others
The original petition was filed in Au-
gust by J. Raymond Hoover, attorney
for Judd & Detweiler, and it seeks to have
the commission order the railroads to
lower the tariffs to Washington from
points carrying free store door delivery
rates. This petition charges that the
withdrawal of the service is i'm effect an
increase in rates.
The commission itself already has de-
cided that the withdrawal of the. service
was an increase in rates. but. of cour Sc
has awaited the filing, of some petition
before taking action.
Comment by the I. C. C.
The commission. i'm it's decision handed
down In June, ordering the railroads to
maintain free store door delivery in
Washington as long as it continued the
practice in Baltimore, had this to say
about the increase:
There is some controversy in this
proceeding as to whether or not 1t pre-
sents an increase of rates for the con
sheraton of the commission The fig
ures upon the published tariffs for trans
portation from New England. New York
and Philadelphia to Washington will be
the same IL the suspended tariffs are al
lowed to go into effect as they are now.
The amount of service given for the rates
presented, however. will be distinctly
less. 1t is as much an increase of rate
to give less service for the same amount
as to charge a greater amount for the
same service
1t is commended that il the commission
follows out this reasoning in the present
case there is certainty that the rates
from points from territory carrying store
door delivery service will be lowered.
Others to Take Part.
Other firms of the city are preparing to
petition the interstate commerce commits
sion for permission to become parties
and be made parties to the rate case
filed by seven Washington merchants
against twenty-one railroads and a
steamboat line transporting freight to
and from Washington.
1t Is the case filed Thursday through
the Freight Audit and Adjustment Com
pany and attacks rates both to and from
Washington from and to points north
and south of the Capital city Judd &
Detweiler already have the other case
before the commission, filed in August
seeking to have the commission order
lower freight rates from points carrying
free store door delivery.
Judd & Detweiler. through their attor-
ney, j. Raymond Hoover, have filed a pe-
tition asking permission to intervene The
petition says that petitioner is interested
in the controversy and proceedings and
will be affected by the decision in the
above-entitled proceeding and files this
intervening petition in accordance with
the rights conferred in this behalf by
the act to regulate commerce. as amend
ed. and seeks relief against the respond
ents named
While the original petition contained
the names OF only seven merchants, the
belief has been expressed that many
more will be added to the petition as in
terveners before the case comes up for
hearing.
Controversy on Similar Lines.
G. Carroll Todd, assistant to Attorney
General McReynolds, has informed
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION of Baltimore, which recently
charged the New York, New Haven and
Hartford and Pennsylvania railroads
and their allied water lines with vio-
lations of the Sherman antitrust law,
that the Department of Justice is al
ready conducting an extensive investi-
cation of the New Haven system and
has asked the association for further
informal ton about the Pennsylvania.
Officials Of the department declare the
essence of the complaint seems to be
against the New Haven, with which the
Pennsylvania is charged with suppress
ing competition between Boston, Provi-
dence, New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more. Charges against the Pennsyi-
vania dealt largely with water lines in
District of Columbia, and the govern
ment attorneys are unable to see how
this Affects transportation between Balti-
more and the north.
Mr.. Todd also called to the associa-
tons attention that Congress by the
Panama canal act had extended the
powers of the Interstate commerce COM
mission over water lines controlled by
railroads.
Companies Named.
The petition of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association named the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company, the New England
Navigation Company. New England
Steamship Company. Hartford and New
York Transportation Company. Mer-
chants and Miners Transportation Com
pany, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington Railroad Company, Delaware rail-
road, Baltimore, Chesapeake and Allan
tic Railway Company and the Maryland,
Delaware and Virginia Railway Com
pany.
1t was charged that whether the
transportation Of articles between north
ern points and Baltimore were by all
rail, rail-and- water or water routes, the
charges were identical, despite the we'll
known cheapness of water transporta-
ton when compared with rail carriage.
Excerpts from the report of the commits
Sianer of CORPORATIONS were pointed to in