New Britain herald., 1920-08-02
RATE RAISES TO BE IN EFFECT BY SEPT.
-7ariil Experts Now Working on
 Schedules for New Fares
>ALL SERVICES AFFECTED

70 Fer Cent More on Passenger, MiIk
 and Excess BasgaGc Charges and
 90 Per Cent on PulInans and Par
 Tor Cars.
 Washington. Aus. 2. (By The Asso- ~iatcd Press) .--Rea justment of the whole rnte structure of the nations transportation systems was started to- day with a view to putting into effect by September 1 the freight. passen- ger. Pullman, excess baggage and milk rate increases authorized last Saturday by the interstate commerce commission,
 70 to 90 Per Cent.
 While tarin experts are working on the general rate schedules the carriers will make application to the various states commissions for ad- yanees in intrastate rates to corre- spond to those in interstate rates. Re- quests for advances in passenger. Pull man. milk and excess baggage traiffs are expected to he the same for all states as the increases tn these charges authorized by the federal commission were general for the en- tlre country. They were 20 per cent on. passenger. milk and excess bag gage charges and so per cent on rates for sleeping and parlor car space.
 In the case of freight rates. how ever. the carriers will ask the states to advance these tariffs to correspond with the increases granted by, the federal commission for the territory A.a la A.4Hs Al. l.. A-1 terstato increases authorized. are. 70 per cent in eastern territory. 25 per cent in southern and mountain Pa cifc territory and 35 in western territory.
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 Railway executives have not calcu- lated the total increased revenue 10 he derived from tho rate advances but the sum has been unofficiatly ap- proximated n billion and half doi- lars. The commissions decision is Intended to SO fix rates as to give tho roads the six per cent return on their aggregate value permitted by the transportation act. s
 Since the gcrnmission nxed the aE- rrcante value ot all the .iiues at s1s.- an0. .00u. 900 tho net operating income would he approximately si,13i,ooo. poo ns compared with tho sss3, ,oo0.- 900 standard return the roads have received during the period of, fed erai control and since.
 Coastwise and inland steamship companies and electric railway lines are permitted under the interstate commerce missions decision to raise only freight rates. Nothing was said by the commission as to passen- ger rates on the steamboat lines but the decision did say specifically thu sthe freight rate increased granted -rlectric railway lines was mot to be construed as an expression of dis approval of increases made or pro posed in the regular manner in the passenger fares of electric lines
 Territorial Charges.
 While the commission authorized separate freight rate increases to tho railroads in the four separate territories the increase on freight moving from one territory into an- other will approximate g Ia per cent.
 The commission said carriers in New England had brought to its at- tentton the peculiar financial needs" af tho railroads in that territory and tn It's general conclusions reEnrdinR the ffclRnt inCFeaEes U ratu'
 While the New England carriers arc included in the eastern group and arc subject to the percentage for that group, the evidence as to tho dlspro- portionate needs of the New Englahd lines makes it desira bie that the car ricrs give careful consideration to Inc divisions of joint rates accruing to those lines"
 The surcharTe Of so per cent on sleeping and parlor car space is to accrue wholly to the railroads. This charge was opposed by the Pullman Co. on the ground that it would re- duce the travel in cars of that type. The commission held. however. that n charge of this character has much ln It's favor as "unqueHttonably the service is more valuable to the pas EenKer and more expensive to the ral earriers''