Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-29
BIG INCREASE IN
R. R. RATES ASKED
Roads Would Add 81 ,355,370,675
Yearly to Nations Freight
Bill and s233,s27,9s2 to Pas.
senger Revenue

Washington, July 22-To provide the
additional revenues necessary to meet tho
sec, n0,tf1 increase in wages awarded by
tho country proposed to-day to the Inter
stafc Commerce Commission that pas
sengcr rates be advanced 20 per cent and
freight ratcs o.12 per cent in addition 20
tho 27.6 per cent previously requested.
They also proposed that n surcharge OF
G per cent be made on Pullman fares
that exccsS bagEas" rates be increased ~
per cont end that milk tariffs be increased
to Tho same level as freight rates
Should tho increases proposed today
and those previously a-sA.@ for be granite:
il full existing :reigN- ~ es would be aG~
vancc.! &C.? pr cent and tie nations
! freight hill would I've Increased By s1,3o5,-
$40 G7a 'rEe total which woulc be added 10
the I,al~enK.r rcvcnGc undcr tho railway
cy"cutiv,s plan would lie SIR 8S7 $50 al
13a!!y. pujlrian charges wonld 20 ZIP aa. .
CO. PA a yeAr; tho rcvepuc Of milk woulr
He increa-sof 10000 and ercrs; bassag-
Charges: would bo advanced ~ O-&D.93o
WAGE ESTIMATE lNCREASEu
The pian presented BY the railroad ex-
ecutives diSclosef that they have cstinat-
ed INC waEe award at approximately $SS,-
on or. irst.nn OF tho SsD NnnD figured by
tho labor board. Alfred p. Thorn. g~D'a al
counsel OF the Association Of Ra lwnv FIX
eCutiuos ey plIhned that the s2Smo.cp ad-
ditionI WIS figured OF, tic tA51s OF over
tre allowances 2ruvi,ci Ia she award
Tho rropnesl Of the executives was
submitted u tho ocruuifrion by Mr..
| Thorn after ooctery.ncc Nth its mem
! bars. IT haa been worked ~ut at a scft.s
Of conferences, Of railroad officials heie
since the announcement OF The wege
award by the labor ,->ard nj Chicago las:
Tuesday the commission made no COM
meat on receiving tie proy.>,al and did
| rot indcat. washer It would orvIer hear.
| :Dgs.
| Hearings on the ;n-doilar freight
rate Increase cases were concluded two
weeks ago and the general expectation
| haI been that the commission would grant
| single increase TO cover h,th that and
| tho added expenses of the new tariffs
| Sefofe tho government guarantee to the
RAILROADS expires on September l under
the terms of tie transportation act
EXECUTIVES STATEMENT
! The propoeal submitted to the commits
sion to-day vas outlined in the following
statement OF the railroad executives
The carriers suggest that the revenues
required to meet the wage award be
raised in part from passenger train traf-
! fc and in part from freight train traffic
| by increasing rates accruing from pas
senger train traffic and by increasing
the percentage advance in freight and
switching rates already applied for in
the following manner:
| '1-All passenger fares to be in
| creased 90 per cent, with a minimum
of not less than ten cents per trip on
! any form of ticket.
THE foregoing includes Standard
local or interline fares. excursion, con
vention and fares for other special &C.
casions. Communication and other null
tiple form of ticket, extra fares on linn
tied trains and club car rates.
"2-All excess baggage rates to be
increased 90 per cent
"3-Surcharge on sleeping and parlor
cars to be made so per cent of the
charge for space occupied either in
parlor or sleeping cars.
| "4-Milk. increase all rates, both pas
senger and freight same total percen-
tage applied to freight revenue.
"5-Freight and switching revenues
to be Increased sufficiently to yield the
balance of the revenue required to NEE,
the increased operating expenses due
to the labor board awarl in addition to
the percentage increase already pro-
posed"
INCREASES AS APPORTIONED
The total increases from all sources
of revenue in each of the three railroad
classification territories would CORE
| spond to the estimated increase OF
wages in those territories and would
be as follows
Eastern 1918, 70 935, southern $50 soa. 4a=
and western s237, PSI ,s55.
Under the executives estimates the pro-
posed increase in passenger rates would
yield an annual return of sll1, SIS $50 in
eastern territory; 500 So6, 400 in southern
and s92 ,332.59a in western.
Tn" additional increase in freight rates
would be ten per cent in eastern territory
yielding a1S.o20.yal: S,56 per cent in south.
eru territory yielding 500. 79S 92i. ard Sc
p"r cent in western territory yielding s122.
SOL POS.
Tn, total .nccasc in freight rates re.
sult!ng from the two proposals of th5
railroads would be 80. Is per cent In easte-r
territory 1891 in southern territory and
90 OF in western territory.
The su!ohargs on Pullman fares in the
East ~oud be s17,55s, los. in the South
$s.G2.GS and in the West so III ~. rhe
incros1ed charge on hauling milk would
b@ s5,956i16 in the Last. I252, III ir the
South and sl,+53,.5S in the West. The III
crease IN excess baggage charge war est
mated a. s52i,SSS "a the asst. slso.ol7 IN the
South and s7I3,NJ in the West.
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