The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-25
NO INCREASE
IN PASSENGER
FARE IN STATE
Corporation Commis.
sion Rejects Request
of Railroads.

The State Corporation Commission
this morning Issued Order No. "a on ita
docket Increasing all intrastatc freight
rates In New Mexico to level OF In
creasos made by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. except In the fol-
lowing instances: II has refused to
increase the rate on logs from Thor
eau to Albuquerque and that ON low
grade ore from Santa Rita to Hur-
ley.
The commission refused TO grant
any Increase In freight rates on the
New Mexico Midland which is "A short
coal railroad running from san An
tonic. n. NJ, to Carthage, n. NJ.
IL also refused to make any In
crease whatever in intrastate pas
scnRer fares. except on the Colorado
a. Southern railroad which now has
three-cent fare. This rate has been
increased " $50 cents per mile. The
order will become effective at 1901
a. m. August 20,
In taking this action, the State Cor
poration Commission has. in general,
followed that taken In practically all
the states of the Union. Many OF the
states granted the increase In both
freight and passenger raten to the
level.ih each case, made by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. II ls
understood that the New Mexico State
Corporation Commission refused to
make the increase in passenger fares
because OF the fact that this state has
Joined with the states, OF Arizona and
Nevada in n petition to the Interstate
Commerce Commission to reduce the
passenger fares IN these three states
to the level of those In other states,
which would make these passenger
fares 3.6 per mile.
Attorney W. C.. Reid has had the
Of Inc a.N L.. nIaun
Tor all the railroads In New Mexico.
and stated this morning that IL was
yet undetermined just what action
these roads would take regarding the
state corporation commissions re-
fusal to grant an Increase on pas
senger fares. and its refusal 10 grant
the Increased rates on logs and low
grade ore. Either OF two courses ls
now open to the railroads, or II may
be that they will choose to proceed
under both courses, which are as fol-
lows:
1. They may file their tariffs show.
ing increased passenger fares with the
state corporation com issson which
viii automatically take effect at the
end OF 80 days. AZ the time they
take effect. the state corporation
commission may institute a hearing
TO determine the reasonableness OF
tue Ihloe, anu tne nlhlcr VIII De urea
before that commission and the state
supreme court.
2. The railroads may file petit
tion with line interstate commerce
commission at Washington stating
that the passenger fares In New Mex
leo are discriminatory as against the
Interstate passenger fares In the state.
II the Interstate commerce commits
,ln takes favorable action for tho
railroads on this. IL will order the in-
creased fares In effect within the
=, ,r OF sew Mexico.
The freight rate Increase Is effect
i've at 1901 tombrrow morning. West
OF the Atchison. Topeka a. Santa lie
railroad running from Ration to El
Paso, the rate is increased 25 per
cent. East OF that line the Increase
Is 35 per cent. Freight crossing the
line Is shipped at the rate OF 33 l-S
per cent.
The refusal to grant an increhse In
lntra-state passenger rates by The
commission was based on the fact that
passenger rates In New Mexico are
already four cents n mile, and AN in
crease In conjunction with that
granted by the Interstate commerce
commission would bring the rate up
10 cents a mile.