Evening star., 1915-04-23
Railroad Revenues Less.

Figures were produced to show that
railroad revenues We're less for 1914
than for many years previous. and that
while in 1900 it only took IL cents out
of each dollar to pay operating ex-
penses and taxes, in 1914 il took Sc
cents
Under the new plan of king COM
mutation tickets good to start at any
time instead of only during the calen-
dar month. Mr.. De Long declared that
the .5-cent increase per ticket did not
mean that the commuiter would have
TO pay IS year more or that the rail
road would receive s. additional in
revenue. He asserted that savings
could be made by the commuter for the
reason that if he started in the mid
die of the month he would not have to
purcha Sc a ticket for the entire month
Mr.. De Long started to read long
statement giving his views based upor
a result of study of the commutel
business. He had not gone far wher
Attorney Award. for the connplalnants
entered an objection on the GROUND
that il was argumentatlve and shouic
be presented by counsel for the rail-
road at the time when the case comes
up for argument.
Continues Statement.
Examiner Woodward declared that
he would like very much to hear the
statement of Mr. De Long, and unless
Mr.. Award pressed his objection he
would permit him to read it. The OBJ
lection was noted in the record, but
Mr.. De Long was permitted to con-
tnue with the statement.
In the course of the reading Mr..
De Long declared that no class of traf-
f1c has d right to enjoy subnormal
fares In the case of the commuters.
he said. they should bear their just
share of the burdens of maintaining
| stations and terminals.
! Some terminals. he declared. which
| under ordinary conditions are adequate
to handle the traffic are overtaxed ir
commuter business is passing through
| For this reason, he said commuters
! should contribute substantially to the
maintenance of the terminals.
Cross-Examination Next.
| The railroad completed the direc,
presentation Of it's case at | o'clock
and a recess was taken until ! 80. wher
| the railroad witnesses will go on the
| stand for cross examination. to be fol
| lowed by the witnesses for the com
| plainants
All of the evidence probably will be
in by the close this afternoon
Mass of Statistics Submitted.
\ mass Of statistics on the cost o.
Ihandlng commuter traffic between
| Baltimore and Washington was pro
duced by the first witness, F. J. Fell
ir.. chief statistician of the accountin.
department of the Pennsylvania line
east Of Pittsburgh.
The general scope of the figure
showed .-t the business was unprof
liable Under direct examination o
Henry +. Bike. counsel for the Penn
that in compiling the figures shown,
tn" cost Of commuter traffic in tn
Washington Baltimore territory NJ
charge bad been made for taxes. eA
'psuse of compiling and filing tn
tariffs. ana no charge for either tn
use of the terminal at Washington o
lat Baltimore
lie declared that tho trains betwee
Baltimore and Washington earned BIT
40 cents per train mile, while the d
rect expenses. which are only por
tion of the entire expenses, amounte
to - cents per train mile. 1t Was ais
declared that on these trains 40 pc
cent of the pa assengers were commute
| tiou passengers, and that they pro
duced but .. per cent of the revenue.
Waste in Train Service.
witness asserted that practically a
OF the commuter traffic to Washingto
| came from points south of Bowie No
II was declared that the waste j
/, the train service was north of Bowl.
| because when the trains reached tina
point they were practically empty an
had to he hauled to Baltimore in tina
condition.
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tlnp-substantIally no business until TIL