The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
N. Y. CENTRAL LOSES
MOVE IN RATE FIGHT
Admits That 11,OOO,OO 4
Year Of State Fares Don't
Show in Expense Tally.
WOULD CUT COST FIGURE

ing the revenues n cost Of Passenger
traffic in the State came under q ,.,r,
fire from attorneys represen;lng op,n'.
nents of the proposed new rates uc,,,c
the upstate Public Service coinm.s,.ot
here to-day. At least a partia! victor,
was won by the directors when. win IN,
aid OF Chairman Van Santvoord Of ,hs
commission. their request for T.,
amount OF revenue from an iutris,a.s
journey was complied with nv the con,.
pany's attorneys. This applies TO such
portions of an Interstate trip az nro
made IN the state.
Joseph $. Wood OF Mount Vernon. 10,
the complaining municipalities and civic
bodies. objected that in figuring the .o,a,
revenue from passenger service with,
the state the IA had no, i~nc,udcd An,
proportion of the fares paid for journeys
partly within and partly wlthou, The
State.
Although c%outendinG that this was
wholly a matter OF interstate commerce
C. c. Paulding OF the roads counsel sale
that the proportion OF Interstate recelp,,
which might be allocated TO !ntrasaie
carriage was about $11.29 0 900 for 1874
and practically the SAM for 1915,
we do not pretend to exercise fun,
dictional power over interstate rates"
said Chairman Van S~antvoord. 'bu, 1,
seems only fair that we should be BUD.
pied With this knowledge OF what pro
portion OF these interstate fares Nigh.
be allocated to intrastate carriage"
Attacks ROADS Metheds.
s. J.. Rosensohn. Assistant Co-pora.
ton Counsel of New York city, repre-.
senting Mayor Mitchell. attacked the
roads figures from an entirely new
angle. He maintained that the method
adopted by the Interstate Commerce
! Commission In the Western rate case Tor
a%llocatiny passenger and freish. ex-
pensss should not be applied in tie
present case and asked the road FOR In
formation which would enable N. ex.
penses to be distributed on q basis o,
comparative freight II Passenger
miles.
Mr.. Eosehsohn further attacked n,
value OF the method used by the New
York Central in computing revenues arL
expenses between State ana interstate
passenger business. He pointed OUT thai
the railroad had adopted as tie bass.
Of this division ~ ,TDitiasy tgure a.:
10 per cent. supposed ~ represent, the
ratio " mileage within the stat. to tina,
without the state. Mr.. Rosensoan az
gued that because this did not take mo
account the number of miles each -
se"se' was c''''" !" sue W INC '''
'an'e IL vas se'loo"'' "ei'S'
Aie contehd"d 'ha' aceoru''s I" 't
roaos HHu'es l. "AS '"'ce tunes astN
pehs''e 10 carry " pasSe"ser "h ''''
s'a'e jourme!s az :" In'efs,a'r Jo.'n'''
l. r. \csoursh' Ne" ioTK ''hUa
general passenger agent ahd NE 'a''
witness OF 'he uaS, was nov "pI' - eN
pain '"s apparent oispdr''F'
Other Points Kent Out.
zinc t1ose ol me hearIhS 'h''" vs.
~ a'.e'"p' W e"'el mo d sr"'l"'
cuss.oh oi tHe per'n'leh'H "f 'N'
.oaus p.eSen. prosie.I'! ,he .I'
. = ~ new ra,es 10 uNHe'eh' '''
"S'' 'no ! T,io"n! ar '"'''"H'
inc tea'uies' ou' '",s was Sh"' va
.he ena'!'lan u"t'i 'he present NI'
sene''' 'es'i'"o"s mus oeeh '"ihp''
'poh OF MI
oursh attorney WOOD attempted
show That the road was carrying ia'
500 p,o"s' "au peen 10y "an
were unjusti'ed.
He took Mr.. Nosburgh's ,esfinor,
given at the last hearing To demo,
stra,e that the cost =, pass.nser ,r,t,
mile in this State is ~ c,nts lie r,s
from the roads animal r,no-, % ~.
commission ,hat tho ay.r,ga rr,,ho- ~.
messengers carr,ad Nor 80, uas Soc.
ar,v.fnur Di,,1Ina - a. ~.
,r,i, n,u. b., .' " ~
ro oeNe'ts .iou' P"N'o'
- 80, ~ SUI ."'' " "
-, p"sse.se' pei "'''e u 'he ro"' - %
''c 800
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