The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-27
!. C. c. Suspension Of Higher
Coal Tariff Stirs Members
to New Effort. Y
EXPECT HEARING BY BOARD
Proposed Increases Would Total
Twenty-Five Cents a Ton
From w. Va. Fields.

Encouraged by the action of tn,
Interstate Commerce Commission In
suspending the proposed increase OF
coal freight rates from the Now
River regions TO Washington, the
transportation committee of the
Washington Board OF Trade, which
nied q petition December n protest
ing against the increase. announced
today that Il Ia prepared to carry the
fight to the last ditch to prevent In.
crease in coal prices here.
There doubtless will be q hearing
before the commission In the near flu
ture on this case" said Charles II.
Wood, chairman OF the transportation
committee, today, land we shall push
our case vigorously before them. We
are going to demonstrate that the
proposed rates are not proper. They
certainly are discriminatory. The &C.
tiouf OF the commission in suspending
enforcement OF tho new rates until
May ! will give us more time to pre-
pare our case"
Props ed Increase - Cents.
The companies handling this coal
are the Chesapeake and Ohio and tho
washington Southern Railway Com
pany. The tariff schedule fled by
these roads with the Interstate Com.
merce Commission proposed to Can.
eel the existing through rates on b.
luminous coal and substitute a com.
binatlon of local rates which would
result I'D q net increase OF - cents
ton.
The petition OF the transportation
of the Board OF Trade,
which resulted In suspension or the
new rates. reads In part rs follows; n
1T appears from the tariffs propos-
Ing this advanced rate that IL IL made
a applicable on tcoal from the New
River district when coming through
Potomac yards when destined only for
delivery on the Washing
ton Southern Railway tracks. and IL
not made applicable TO Potomac Yards
proper or TO contiguous and compel
Ing consuming points. For Washing
ton delivery the proposed local rate
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio from the
New River district 90 Potomac Yards
10 si.s5 per ton and the proposal To-
,ai rate from Potomac Yards 10 wash
lngton. ID. G.. over the rails OF the
Southern Railway II 81
CENTS per ton.
Cs.ssrisss Of Distssees.
The distance from the New River
district to Potomac Yards In approx
avs miles and the distance
from Potomac Yards to Washington IL
four miles. II viii
therefore he observed that the Cher-
apeage and ohio IL TO charge a rate
~ si.:5 per ton for transporting
,oal a distance OF $40 miles and the
Southern Railway Com
pany In proposing TO charge rate
,f 81 cents for transporting the coal
/ distance OF about four miles.
From correspondence on file with
he Interstate Commerce Commission. |
4 appears that cancellation OF the
present through rates under which |
he rate for the transportation OF coal |
rom the New River district TO |
In ,i.G5 per ton. has re-
'ultsd from n Enlargement between |
he connecting carriers as to a proper |
iivirion 10 be made OF the existing
through rate. II further appears that |
pursuant to this disagreement each |
u the connecting carriers proposed
o make its local rate considerably In
xcess OF the present established divi-
ion OF through rate between the con-
lecting carriers"