Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-02
NEW FARE RATE WILL
 BE s.6 CENTS A MILE

vT.sbing+on. July 31-Tle InteG- ...tss Commerce. Conissidl handed down a decision today increasing rail road freight rates and passenger iares an aggregate of about SI.9op'VVu,VV'
 All the advances asked by the car ~i.-s were allowed except those cn milk rates. of inc country into four groups for rate making purposes. and percentage lh -rsassS were made in each group. The Eastern group remains the same Ieist rates in this group were increased
 -,sr cant The Eastern carriers askeo o - oan4 in give them the per cant. return provided by the uahspoI- 41,ia, act and to mee the wage ao-
 The Southern classification also re ..;.s +ba same. The Southern roaos tscaived a freight rate increase or nar cent. They asked 5S per cent. Ous for the last four months the southern roads have been the only ones sho" iiie any earnings .e..;a,, territory
 .- d4vided in two. The division line - ~,,, inst east of the Rock Mouh- t.i,e and the division was maoe pc -arse the lines in the eastern group >rera generally having hard srusse ,-biIa those from the moutalns west hao t,at+a- earnings. The carriers askeo % Oet'ei d,-onoe i, tilt. western classlh- per oeit, .ar-i+orv The lines from the S@jssissinpi River to the Rocky Mour- .-4--+aine were given 35 per cent. m
 .asa and those from the mountains to tha Pacific coast a 25 per cent. increase
 An nassenger fares are increased siA- ..-+Le of a cent a mile, which Will prlis +ben to three and six-tentns cents
 .;1Ie with the additional per cent war tax + i- mt on all Pullman tickets. This me@na tio, is .ybereyer Pullman reservation ta,,rbt one-half of the cost of the Puff ,.s1 ticket must be paid as surcharse on the passenger fare. .-;. +;ctets .,d all special passenger fares are III, creased 20 per cent, as are nlllN an cream rates This is the same per cen ere advance which applies 10 sti si 3 s .1essenper fare, which will now pc o'o cents mile -.-o,,idad that
 tos ha fixed to give as near as might ha a $ per cent. return on the propeits
 = tbe carriers devoted to the uses ol &-.n-nortation The railroads offered the -1-oDertv investment accounts or tne cA1 .1-iers as the basis for the lncreaseu.
 .IrIe nroperty investment accounts ae ,f present carried by the cotlllillSeIon ss --.ra+e S2OO14. 900, GOO. The coIihi1is = Jid moi allow these figures. m f-sad ir inc decision today it fixed an
 -s.i.-srv value of SIS, 300, 900 900 on the --;,-osd nronerty of the country ac1ualiS used in transportation + -a+urr
 rrhiq course gives per cent return r- the latter figure the comrn!ss,oh s., s-r louped of a little over pliiloh u0i- lars on the valuation. ,as.
 The railroads asked lcreaseS Nav of approximately a billion oollAt i,I : to give a per cent return A no1u, e1o when the Rail Labor Board hanoeo 5o1rn. a decision granting wage increases of S625. 900 900, this was added in the .nnlication, the advances asked then az vrepating early sI,640, 100000. The n- creases allowed will aggregate less than one billion and half, dlHerence ol approximately s15o, GOO.
 Carriers in the Eastern territory, that ,o-th of the Potomac River and east of +be Ohio River, get approximately the full increase asked for
 The valuation of the roads in the r..etern district was cut to little over s9OO. 900 900, and they were given an in- crease of If per cent greater than they asked for The Eastern carriers have for the past four months been running at a net deficit.
 The decision brings final action in the greatest rate cast in the history of the United States, and, of course, in the world. The case was practically un- contested A majority or shippers agreed that rates would have to be ad- yanced if the carriers were to be kept going.
 The valuation figures as to the worth bpf the roads were attacked, however, by fkhe PlzRA League and soEe sh{p1er@