Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-07
CHARITY REDUCED
RATES ARE WANTED
Pittsburgh Man Opens New Line Of
Questioning Before Public
Service Board
LOCAL MAN ANSWERED
Pennsylvania Railroad Denies In
justice in Coal Rates to Lam
caster City
LOCAL MAN ANSWERED

The question whether the public
service company law of 1913 will pre-
vent railroad from giving half rates
to charitable enterprise has been
placed before the Public Service Com
mission by Charles c. Cooper, direc-
tor of the Kingsley Association which
conducts settlement house in Pitts
burgh and fresh air farm at Valen-
cia. He asks whether railroads may
continue to give half rates on freight
for carload lots of freight for the es-
adjustments. The association is sup
ported by contributions and the con-
ceSSion has been very helpful to it.
Another interesting case is that
brought by Elmer c, Jones, of Norris
town, who contends that the car steps
on the line of the Philadelphia and
Western railroad are too high.
Anna Nj. Eakins, of Philadelphia,
who brought to the attention of the
commission the charge that the Har-
risburg and South Mountain railroad
talled to operate trains, was informed
in ruling by the commission that
the matter is one for the courts as
there is question of a contract.
Railroad companies have been in
formed by the commission that where
bubbling drinking fountains have been
installed it will not be necessary to
provide drinking cups either on cars
or at stations.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has denied that the rate charged
for hauling coal from the Clearfeld
region to Lancaster is unjust. The
Philadelphia and Reading and Bal
timore and Ohio companies have
asked leave to intervene as part de-
PENDANTS, contending that If the rate
is changed there will be interference
with their rates for many points in
the State.
M. S. Kelley, of this city, who al
legged that the City Transfer Com
pany has a charge Of soc which he
considers excessive, for transferring a
trunk from the Pennsylvania station
to his residence, 2124 North Third
street, has been informed by the COM
mission that the charge is not ex-
orbitant, considering the character OF
the work performed-the rate being
in conformity with the published
schedule.
The complaint of the Somerset
Telephone Company against the Econ
omy Telephone Company, alleging
discriminatory rates, was dismissed
The commission finds that the pub
1ISilSu IdlSS dEt IOl eACeSSlNe dIlU
that free telephone service to rail-
road stations is a general benefit to
all bscribers-therefore no dis
elimination exists.
Authority was granted the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to make ef-
fective, on one days posting, the
switching rate of $500 per car for the
interchange of traffic between the
Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia
and Reading, for the purpose of trans
porting patients from the State insane
hospital, Harrisburg, to Schuylkill
Haven.
Lewis N. McCarter, of Norristown
complained to the commission that
the Norristown Insurance and Wa
ter Company charged him $2.00 each
water rate, for two automobiles. He
claimed that he had no water con-
nection with the garage in which they
were stored, nor did he use any water
on the property for the cars. He has
been advised by the commission that
if he uses water supplied by the re-
spondent he should pay the rate pub
lished for that service, but that if
he is not provided with this water
service, the company has no right to
claim payment for the same.
A. NJ. Weltman's Sons, Lebanon,
complain that the Edison Electric IL
Eliminating Company has increased
the rates for service to their estab-
lishment from $1.00 a month to $3.50
and James Thompson and NJ A.
Hanna & Co., of Erie, object to the
rates assessed by the Erie County
Electric Company.