The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-29
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Capital and Surplus
81, 100000

freight upon their own private tracks
or on public team tracks. prefer to
have 1t delivered to warehouses along
side the railroad, must ordinarily pay
the warchouscmen for the service of
unloa ding the cars and for such stor-
age as they may get from the ware
house company. Such persons, how
ever. who choose to patronizo certain
warehouses designated by certain rail
roads have their freight unloaded from
he ears, stored four days, and then
carried to the wagon free of expense to
the shipper. the expense OF that opera
ton being in such cases borne by the
railroads. This free service cost tho
Pennsylvania Railroad at Philadelphia,
through three of its four subsidized
warehouse companies, s2S2,261.G2 In
the year ending June so. 1913.
4 Some of the transactions submit
ted by the commissions examiners as
illustration of free unloading and load
ing might RS well have been present
ed as instances of free transportation,
because the amounts paid by the rail
roads 10 tho storage companies for
their services exceeded the total freight
received
;. After examining tho records of
twenty-nine cars of feed and meat
shipped from Ohio. Indiana and I'LL
nois points for export between Deem
Der, 1912. and January, 1912, and cX
ported from Baltimore, the commission
found that the total revenue received
Was sl.32G.s6 The special services
at MISUNDERSTANDING unloading,
storage. loading. and lighterage-ab-
eorbed SGi7.03. SO that there was left
for the whole line haul transportation
service and use of equipment only about
! - mills per ton per mile. involving
clearly a heavy loss TO the road.
6. The depletion of revenues by the
carriers through free unloading. stor-
age and similar terminals services is
even more marked on certain ship
ments, large in volume. to New York
City. one of the principal commoditi ties
shipped TO New York is Hour, and much
of il comes by lake 10 Buffalo In
the year 1913 there were more than
G.o00 carloads of such flour coming
over the West Shore 10 Wechawkcn
The commissions examiners took the
records OF twenty-five such cars. Their
average loading was little below
twenty-five tons each. The aggregate
revenue assessed on these cars was
sl,o32.S7. The approximate cost OF
certain defined services was S9Oi.13. or
in other words, nearly So per cent OF
the gross revenue was consumed in
these terminal charges
I. Here is gist OF what actually
happens TO the average lot Of cars
which arrives at Wcchawken After
an average delay of 4.44 days. the cx-
pense of which the carrier bears. the
cars are unloaded. also at the carriers
expense. Then the merchandise is
stored. also at the carriers expense
After a certain lapse of time the rncr-
ctutndise which has come in these
cars, Is. at the carriers expense. taken
from the warehouse and a part OF il
reloaded into cars and n part loaded
directly into boats. That which is
loaded into cars is. at the carriers ex-
pense. carried to and put on float
and. at the carriers expense. loatcd
across the river That which is de-
Ivered on the lighter is. likewise, at
the carriers expense. hauled to some
pier and. If a public pier, they are
transferred, at the carriers expense.
on to private pier. and later TO the
consignce.
s. The unloading and loading at
Wcehawkcn cost the carrier $500 "a
car. The lighterage or floating $17.2G.
The extra switching $3.50 a car. And
AN important part Of this expense is
represented By the wrachousing priv
ilege granted free by the railroads
ten days when for domestic delivery,
thirty days when for export and six :
" days when for export on through
bills of lading. These amounts do not
include any payment for car hire.