Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-25
NEW ENGLAND ROADS
NEED MONEY BADLY
Said to Be Short About $4,000
600 a Year on Amount Needed
to Pay Operating Expenses
and Fixed Charges-Rearing
at Washington


Inc railroads OF New England. including
the Boston 4 Maine the New uaven tho
Central Vermont the Rutland and tho
Maine Central are I'm bad shane financial,
ly, and even under the increase NJ rates
allowed since the roads were returned
to private control the Now england I,ro,
are short about $4,000 ono a year IN .bo
amount needed to nav actual onerotinp
expenses and fxed CHARGES according m
a statement made Yesterday to Froe
Press representative bv walter nut
ton. of Hariwlck. chairman of the Pub
n,,.,e N"I'h,sH'on oi vermont. Mr.
49, ""1 III 'ne CITY on the way 10
n,.,,,,o e a'er Iepresen,ins the vermont
49,. 49, W. No",I'ission al a nearing
s,nr - unte. Oommerce Commis-
H.. a., anu al a iater near
n...,., N,..'n., az oo'n OF wh'ch tine n
r,,,r.ss ~, y, tne we" ENGLAND
liz, "' '''' o"'e' ''p" "a o'scus-
sn,- -. A.. ,,
.o,S A.. IN new England
,bnr .,.,,., . nol earning more
.,,..., ,.e "Hpehses' without
n,s. u ooiiueu 'nueo'eu
( to INV a,,,,.a.,., oaus 10 ap,e
Th.t orea,.. VI ou's'ai,n'ns Stock'
cause ~. ,., oa" si'"a,ion pc
nv stoo,, -. ~ ~ pay "isiuenos
n,onov 20. wy ui,apie 10 oo'To"
fo- aaa,.,.. a.. ~, humans y,
/ nocos.au,. s Wv loIins s'ooh n'aue
NJ n,,.ta 49,, ~, oueiiie'S
s,rv ,o ILL a. ..;i. ~" NC "roes
lava - 60, INC oans ol Nc" Eng
COW, ..,t'' w l"e'r rates. OH
mr. ls,er go ;n,o ,,e , ,' w"', sooner
sorhod h., son,o 20 W.. p ' y. ao
ipterosts ,,d ,.,s ,,a,,,. | ''. 60
+b,re co. ~. T,,.,,, "'' Wv s''"
~ e. nOADH IN EASTERN GROUP
Under the grouping Arrangement made
OF tho raj roads when they came back
unoer private control. the railroads Of
ar, So. -,'' III ''e east
this oro,ninn 49, l, ~ .',e eiilie
of ~ -. .'e '"O -
= q ,ror,a ,ora;,io,s ~.
shown h., ~ Ctr, -, -.
Tbora v,as so.'. ..,,s II, wa. s.oup'
s.r,rato go, 90 49,, .iaN's a
and o,lon,,ns 49,, 10 e "u
r,tos t,,r tha oth.r go 20 ~,
Coo 7. 49,, 80 Va
che rooss aas. 80 ch,oa t' ~" na
rar ,o,,. ,. .,s, "eeue" g,
| no. I'll.
tb,. tho Nou, rnn,, Ia ,.'iai' :,
no.. thor ~, Tt. oau. " a',.,
.d,,,s.od ~. nro,,.;,,a 80. ~'S An"''s
80, ,a,.,s,., 80 co" o. 'e'
nart ,,,.ors ' -. 'V PEI
iar-o ;,,.-s -, 10
,,ho. -, -. - ~ ."e
49,, - AZ ~ ~. VIC '"'' e''o III '"'eS
Tho di,,s;o.. - ~.
49,. a. s. ."e NToee's III III Jug
nnn,os IT,. auu o.t"eeh 'he .>ew
ON a mileage basis and On that ' basis s'
trunk lines that is members of the east.
ern group outside OF New England, get
the same peneht or that increase as dc
the ne" England roads, even though
the Ines d'o not Stahd IN the same need
NEW ENGLAND'S NEEDS GREATER
After the New England limos had On.
Grated under increased rates long enough
TO make an intelligent estimate ~ results
and found that they were falling verv
much short of the needed income the
New England roads attemnted r. 90,
an agreement with the trunk line roads
~ bo loved mora than tbe adjust NOV,
Of divisions on n mileage basis would
give them Tho New En,,apd roade
urged this not only on the grounds tho,
under Increase NJ rates tho trurL live
are rece,v,np what reallv ba,ongs % the
Neu, England roads b,yt also hoc,usc
of tho necu,;ar situation Of Neu Eny.
land traffic. The hauls over the New Eng.
land lines arc short. there arc NAV
junction no;nts. a great dea, ~ svitchjnr
has "a no dove ard p,ary oxransiy, tor
minals have TO he maintained in handling
;n.goino ard ,,ut-oo,n, rreiyh, ~ wh,ci
o.. ,,,,r,, live 90, ,ho har.e, Ais
n,,r,ar cord,tions r,oIa ro;,ro,d,,c w.,
oxron.,,.a In Nav. Ere,aro
-.. ,,.
io-' IN I'm" - - 'Nn VI " f''~r
COMMISSION
Although ALL these matters were brought
, forward In an effort 10 re-adiust mat
, tiers. no agreement was reached "xcep
on "'i'S"se oIs's as nei're "e W."
r."si"'u ''"o' Wv" i1'." '''' ',"'
s"'e 'e''i".
, .oIt" t"e - GU "en'"E WI 'r-"'
)uSttneht giving ,"ei" 'he a"Ha"thses u
"hlch 'h"y re- '"e! "e'e ""''',e''' i-H
case IL Sc, LOT "ear'ns on .'ece1hpe
H. IL VIII pro''o's We 'e"fo !" was"
inE'of, - ~
fenn'hs that hearib' ana WIN 'ne mop
3 that ro-ooJuet'hei'' might ne nr"utn
about without '''e '''i'a' ncRT'ns' WHICH
. wonid necessarily "Nol'e great oeai
{ expense the i"'cIs'a'e commerce Com
e mission sent a can 10 tue neaoS OF UNI
= New England rhiiroads ana the pup'i
service commissions OF the New f'ng
l land states for an informal nearing a
5 WASHINGTON iast MONDAY november -
1 10 consider the nhhncial SITUATION or IN