South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-22
TOLL CHARGE FOR
PLACING CARS Of
NO LOCAL EFFECT
Vandalia Railroad Agent Ex-
plains That They Apply Only
to "Spotting" on Factory
Used Tracks.

That the manufacturers and job
bers' bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce is taking the new freight tariff
schedules too seriously with regard to
the 81 toll per car to be charged for
cars left on shippers spot
ted as il is called,-for loading or un-
loading purposes, was declared Thurs
day by +. s. Montgomery. division
freight superintendent of the Nandalia
railroad and reiterated by Commercial
Agent Keller. of the New York Cen
trail. Instead of 1t affecting the small
shipper, and being an expense i'm
posed upon him by the larger one, IL
does not, under the present schedules.
affect the small shippers at all, and
applies to the large ones only when
they have their own plant railroads
operated for the special benefit of
their industry, and over which they
require a regular railroad service.
There are several of such indus
tries in Indianapolis" says Supt. Mont
gomery but only two in South Bend
10 which il could possibly apply.
Those two are the Studebaker cOrpO-
ration and oliver Chilled Pillow works.
Both have what is called an industrial
railroad. They own them. The Stu
debakers own the Chicago K South
Send railroad and the divers the
Northern Indiana railroad-nOt the
interurban. These roads are indus
trial roads used within the plants for
shipments from one department to an
other, etc. and the interstate COM
merce commission in the Industrial
Railroad case, decided that regular
railroads could not move cars over
such tracks, or do switching or haul
ing on the tracks for the industries
without pay, as otherwise IL would
operate as a sort of rebate or diScrim-
ination by way of free service TO the
big shipper. The So toll applies to
what we would have 20 charge the
Studebakers or Oliver for 'spotting'
a car on their tracks.
Doesn't Apply locally.
As Supt. Montgomery puts 1t, the
schedule does not apply locally at all
since the Studebakers and divers
have their own engines and do their
own switching and hauling within
their yards. When they have freight
to go out they deliver il at the con-
Meeting point and there the railroads
hitch onto IL. And when they nave
freight 10 receive ii is similarly de-
livered by the railroads. AS TO all the
other factories in the city, Whetner
the sidetraCks or switches leading up
to their factories are owned by the
railroads or by the shippers, there Is
no charge for sporting a car-inON-
ing il in or out-as long as that track
is not used within the plant but only
for connecting up with the railroads.
This explanation is provoked by a
meeting called of the Chamber OF
Commerce manufacturers and job
bers' bureau Wednesday night, dur
ing which the new tentative freight
tariffs" were discussed. we tully
understand says Secy. II. @. Spaulu-
ing Of the chamber. "the extent 10
which the toll charge applies here.
tentative and our purpose is TO heau
off any change. Besides" he adds
there is that word reasonable in the
schedule as applied TO the spotting OF
cars, which puts IL all up so the ROADS
as 10 what il means. The tariff sched-
ule is indefinable in that regard. We
may ask TO have IL made both more
definite and more permanent"
Admits Need OF Revenue.
II appears that l. d. Brandies, Of
Roston. in arguing the freight rate in
crease cases before the interstate COM
rnerce commission recently, admitted
that the central states roads are in
need of larger revenue. according to
the VandaIia superintendent, but he
thought il would be better for the
roads TO change for all sporting" as
a means of such increase. instead OF
asking a higher rate. He argued in
favor OF the roads going on operating
at the present freight rates out "
charge tolls exactly Of the nature that
roads here declare does not apply 20
South Bend under the new tariffs,
and wbseh the Chamber OF Commerce
bureau would seemingly permanently
head off.
IL might Do inferred from remarks
dropped by Supt Montgomery. that
the word tentative" of which Sec
rotary S2aulding of the chamber COM
plains. was inserted as A sort OF say
ing clause. in case the interstate COM
merce commission should follow MI
2randeis advice.