Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-13
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1,,sT1FY DETRIMENTAL
,iobterage System Called I'm
foir to Jersey municipalities
Opposing New York
ru q sLng correspondcnt

,,,pLs Ian 49, - The deter
va ~" efforts Of the northern New Jersey
mns ,i". to present testimony before SpeCiai
SSllso,,,ner wilbur La Roe OF the lnterslale
I.A.',,,erre Commission, tending TO SNOW
comm, .,,oy arc entitled to the same freight
us. pbiIadelphia has caused the repre-
rates fat,1,os nf Philadelphia trade bodies
s..tde that they will have the exact
Of hauling freight from western
Ints eOIt TO New York minus the lighter-
pSo charge, TO Jersey city and Phllade'phia
ssourht out at the hearings
Tho Philadelphia representatives feel
,aIn such information will reveal adNan-
.s.ns Of mileage, facilities and cost that
.s,,fv the maintenance Of diiterential
Sstween the New York and New Jersey
cities. >..,,, r,r,o,.
.,,,ss which are also fghtiug to free them
s.iyes from the freight rates that bind
49,, 10 New York testified that the rail-
,o,d rates favored the Manhattan mctrop-
siia oyer Jersey City and other New Jer-
raw port towns. They pointed to adverse
sonditIons under which their commercial
InstItutlons must compete against similar
eodIes in New York. They told Of the
bltiful lack of coordination on the part
~ tho railroads in switching shipments IN
Jersey City and did not fail to mention
that they believed the New Jersey towns
were entitled to the same rates as Phila-
fslphia, .
LIGHTERAGE UNFAIR
The "star" witness for tire New Jersey
faction was Alfred e. Pauley. Il rate eN-
pert, who told of the injustice of the light
eraRe system to the New Jersey. ports and
Illustrated his testimony with records Of
shipments from diverse points, lie eX-
pressed the belief that the railroads could
successfully do business between Jersey
City and Philadelphia if they We're in the
same zone.
Mr.. Pauey began his testimony by re-
iatIng the existing rates to New York and
Jersey City. He said that within 100 miles
OF Jersey city the rates were three cents
cheaper than to New York. but that from
western points more than this distance the
same rates governed both cities on all class
es Of freights.
He reclted an instance of the unfairness
OF the liGhterage charges. included in the
present rates from western points, by say
Ing that carload shipment of sixth class
freight from Scranton, Pa, to Jersey city,
under the rate of las cents per hundred
pounds, brought the railroad revenue of
500. If the same shipment were consigned
TO New York the railroad revenue would
be S5L2O. The difference in price or Sl2
would be devoted to the lighterage service.
the rate to the shipper in both cases being
IDENTICAL
Mr.. Pauley told Examiner La Roe that
upon through "A gentlemen's agreement"
and that the reason that Philadelphia and
Baltimore enjoyed differentias lie under
stood was because both cities We're in n
position to handle freight without relay
ing it.
The agreement assertion drew series of
rapid-fre questions from q. Stuart Patter-
son, general counsel for the Pennsylvania
Railroad MIR. Pauley withstood the heavy
fire and stuck To his statement with de-
termination and under cross-eXamination
added that lie believed a 'gentemen's
agreement existed between the Pennsylvania
Railroad the Baltimore and Ohio and the
New York Central lines"
ASKS PHILADELPHIA ZONING
Continuing his testimony Mr. Pauley
said that he saw no reason why Jersey
City should not he placed in the same
freight zone as Philadelphia
When questioned by George L. Record.
counsel for the New Jersey cities IF he
thought the railroads could continue to
DO business between these two points if the
rates were the same" Mr.. Pauley rcplied
that 1t could be done in the same manner
as all other shipments are provided for
mat go from one point Of freight zone
10 another The railroads. he said provide
for such things
To have Jersey city and PHILADELPHIA
IN the same zone would be less difficult for
lhe railroads than to send shipment
IRON Trenton to a point in Long Island |
IN the latter case heavy liEhterage charge |
Is encountered, while such expense does NOT |
~ sSl between the former points" sadded |