Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
Anthracite Carrying Railroads
to Present Their Side in
Next Few Weeks.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETS
SHOWN IN so EXHIBITS
Allowances Between Parent and Sub
sidiary and Other Friendly Com
panies Are Brought Out.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, January IL
With the Introduction into the record OF
great masses of figures contained in a
half hundred exhibits showing the cost
of hauling, the interstate commerce COM
mission here today closed its side of the
case in the investigation of the rates
practices, rules and regulations govern
ing the transportation of anthracite coal.
The defense. which includes all the an
thracite coal-carrying railroads and in
wolves the so-called railroad coal COM
panies. will present its side of the case
in the course of the next few weeks in
New York, after which the interstate
commerce commission will decide wheth-
er hard coal freight rates to tidewater
and all points outside of Pennsylvania
are reasonable or excessive The en-
hibits were filed by l.. r Morgan ac-
countant for the commission, Who had
charge of assembling and compiling the
figures.
In the exhibits introduced, with refer
ence TO the operations of the Central
Railroad Company of New ]. iSey ii was
shown that the cost Of transportation
from the Wyoming region of Pennsyl-
vania to New York tidewater was
- 26-1o0 cents per gross ton on haul
OF l6o miles. This included the as
sembling cost, line haul terminal costs
ana return of empty cars. The freight
rate from the Wyoming region to New
York harbor is sl.55 on prepared sizes.
l.4o on pea coal and sl.lU and Sis on
smaller sizes. From the Lehigh region
the cost is A S,-IUo cents on a haul of
40 miles. while the freight rates are
the same as from the Wyoming fields
ne eNhiplts showed that the average net
revenue per ton per mile was 3 2a-1OO
mills.
Jersey Central Made Allowances.
The exhibits also showed that the
Jersey Central made allowances to the
Lehlsh Coal and Navigation Company
OF sle5S2S for handling coal over the
bor.
These allowances. counsel for the
commission said. do not specifically APP
pear In the published tariff rates. IT
was also stated these allowances have
been discontinued. The Jersey Central
also made between 1910 and 1872 later
al allowances amounting to S1127O3S
Tor handling coal on branch lines be-
tween the Navigation Coal Company's
mines and the Jersey Centrars tracks
The exhibits further showed that the
Jersey Central made refunds of 29Is
cents ton to the Lehigh Coal and
navigation Company and the Lehish
and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company on
shipments to the New Jersey Zinc
company at Hazard. Pa. These refunds
from 1910 to 1912 amounted TO s25450..
me exhibits also showed allowances
IN varying amounts made to Burns
Brothers. New York, for handling at
terminals coal shipped 10 this concern
py the Jersey Central Figures We're
also introduced to show that the Jer-
sey Central is handling coal in vessels
Tor the LehiSh and Wilkes-Barre Com
pany Tor shipment to New England at
a loss. This coal company IS sub
Sidiary OF the Jersey Central
Manhattan Lighterage Company.
Counsel for, the commission also pre-
scented figures to show that the losses ill
operation of the Manhattan Lighteraee
Company. amounting to $550.93o, are de-
quoted from the income of the Jersey
Central.
Taking up the Reading companies the
commission presented figures to show
mat the reading railway paid to the
Reading Company since 1896 20. ssh
to replace equipment il leased from the
Reading Company. which had an original
cost of s11.2o5. 7s7 1t was pointed out
that the railway has no equity in the
replaced equipment In addition the ex-
hibits showed that the railway company
paid the Reading Company per cent on
sls,40O.n9 on equipment leases and from
4 TO 3 per cent on an additional 11GO0-
600 for equipment leases.
Masses of other figures We're also pre-
sented to show the financial operations
between the three big Reading corpora
tons.
Il statement showing the Lackawanna
railroad transported free of charge sup
plies for the Lackawanna Coal Com
pany, subsidiary. Counsel for the
Lackawanna was not present when this
came up. but other railroad lawyers
stated they believed this practice had
been discontinued.