Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
HIGHER RATES
FOR RAILROADS.:
AFFECTS EAST
Applies to Commodity Arti-
cles Shipped in Large
Quantities

Washington. ID. c., March l6.-- A
general increase of about . per
cent. in commodity rates was grant
ed yesterday by the Interstate Com
merce Commission TO railroads east
of the Mississippi and north of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers, supple
menting a similar increase allowed
. last June in class rates.
The order applies only to articles
shipped in large quantities. such as
coal, brick, grain, foodstuffs, oil.
stone, cement lumber and other
staple products shipped under the
commodity" classification. The
new rates will go into effect as soon
as railroads file new tariffs, probably
within q few weeks.
Increased Revenue
The action will add about $751;
600, 900 to the revenue of the East
ern roads, although it will not ac-
tually increase their earnings, since
the sum will revert to the govern
ment under the system of common
,operatienst and railroads will be Kid
on the basis of fixed compensation
outlined in the railroad bill just pass
ed by Congress. Since the railroads
applied for the increase more than
six months ago. before government
operation was ordered and was de-
cided by the commission in the or
dinary course of its business, the rail-
road administration is not directly
responsible for the resulting higher
rates.
Districts Affected
The increase does not affect terri
tory west of the Mississippi, nor
Southern territory, except for ship
ments originating in the East or de-
stined to that district
In general, the order of the COM
mission allows increases averaging
) per cent in rates not raised by the
commissions decision last June 81 in
the Is per cent. case, which had
been pending for many months. The
order then was estimated to increase
the roads freight revenues a little
more than ) per cent, and railroad
men figured that the latest increases
would give Eastern roads between I
and 10 per cent. more.
In addition to ordering the general
increase in commodity rates, the
commission took special action in a
number of pending cases closely Ie-
lated to the % per cent. case and
considered in conjunction with il.
HARRISBURG SIDE
philadelphia Division - The 1872
crew first to go after o'clock: ia,
129. 121. 1O7. 103. 122. los. 125, 106.
Engineers for ia, 125, 106.
Firemen for ia. 103, 125.
Conductors for 12s, 122, los.
Flagmen for 1872, los.
Brakemen for 1872, ia, 121. 10S,
122, loo.
Engineers up: Dolby. Gehr, Stauf-
fer. Brown. Anderson, Downs. Hous-
Al n,ts, faty 10
Brooke, Gaeckler. Steffy, Hogentog-
Ter. simmons. Andrews. Koeneman,
Howard. Shoaff, Grace, Wenrick.
Firemen up: limerick. Blum. Nor
r.son.
Conductor up: Thomas.
Brakemen up: Nader, Mechan, Mil
Ter, Preston.
Middle DIvIsIon-The 221 crew first
to go after 1880 o'clock: %, 21, 81
25S. 257, ESQ, IS.
Engineer for %.
Firemen for 81. IS.
Conductor for 81.
Brakemen for %, 81 (2).
Fireman up: Simino.
Conductor up: Dotrow.
Brakemen Up: Likens, Walter
Shade
Ward Board-Engineers for 10C
1IC.
Firemen for 1-7C, 1oc. lie. 2-14c
2-I5C, 4-15C, 23C. 26C.
Engineers up: Schiefer. Rauch
Lackey. Cookery. Mayer, Sholter
Smell. Getty. Snyder.
Firemen up: Frysinger, McKeever
wengel, Stuart. Killing, Mehargue
Garman. Hoover. Stacks, Stapf, Sher-
man. Heiney. Lake. Cain, Carmichael
Shawfield, Myers.