The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-07-30
RAILROADS ASK
BIG INCREASES
500 RAISE IN FREIGHT RATES is
AMONG PROPOSALS OF THE
sTocKHoLDER
OTHER TARIFFS AFFECTED
Surcharge Of so Per Cent 10 Asked on
Pullman Fares, Together With
20 Per Cent Raise in Pas
senser Fares

Washington, July 24.-To provide
additional revenue necessary to meet
the 5000, 100000 increase In wages
awarded by the railway labor board,
the railways OF the country proposed
yesterday to the Interstate commerce
commission that passenger fares be
advanced 20 per cent and freight rates
9.l3 per cent, in addition to the 27.6
per cent previously requested. They
also proposed that surcharge of 30
per cent be made on Pullman fares,
that excess baggage rates be increa sed
20 per cent and that milk tariffs be
increased to the same level as freight
rates.
Should the Increase proposed now
and those previously asked for be
granted in full, existing freight rates
would be advanced 1863 per cent and
the nations freight bill would be In
creased by 1885. 3T0,675.
The total which would be added to
the regular revenues under the rail-
way executives plan would be $3.50, S27-
S92 annually. Pullman charges would
go up SI3639,344 a year the revenue
on milk would be increased $S,S62 $50
and excess baggage charges would be
advanced by $1,420,995.
The plan advanced by the executives
disclosed that they have estimated the
wage award at approximately $626, O00,-
600 instead Of the 5000, 100000 figured
by the labor board Alfred p. Thorn,
general counsel Of the Association of
Railway Executives, explained that
the S26,0OO0OO additional was figured
on the basis Of overtime allowances
provided in the award.
The proposal of the executives was
submitted to the commission by Mr..
Thorn after conference with its
members. II had been worked out at
q series of conferences of railway of
flcials here since the announcement of
the wage award by the labor board
at Chicago last Tuesday.
The commission made no comment on
receiving the proposal and did not indi-
cate whether 1t would order hearings
Hearings on the billion dollar freight
rate Increase cases We're concluded two
weeks ago and the general expectation
has been that the commission would
grant a single increase to cover that
and the added expenses resulting from
the wage advances, so as to permit the
filing of the new tariffs before the gov
eminent guarantee to the railroads ex-
pires on September |, under the terms
increases from all sources Of revenue
In each OF the three railway classified
ton territories would correspond to
the estimated increase of wages In
those territories and would be as fol-
lows:
Eastern S31S,T2a935: southern $780,
900, 4a5 and western S237 PSI ,655.
Under the executive estimates the
proposed Increase In passenger rates
would yield an annual return of SILL
6dS,aSa In eastern territory, S29, So6, 400
In southern and S9a 33oo. 100 In western.
The additional increase In freight
rates would be 10 per cent in eastern
territory yielding StS2, 5ll $50 per
cent In southern territory yielding Sa3.-
IaS,as6 and S.23 per cent In western
territory yielding Sia2.a5i 2oS.
The total increase in freight rates re-
salting from the proposals of the rail-
roads would be 3aT1 per cent In east
ern territory, 1891 In southern terri
tory, a2,03 In western territory. The
surcharge ON Pullman fares In the
east would be Si7.5aG los; in the south
Sa.sa2. 0s6 and west so, 23l 200. The
Increased charge ON hauling milk
would he sGaa6il6 In the east. S2ao,-
lla In the south and St,+a3,i5S in the
west. Excess baggage charges were
estimated at SoTS,SSs in the east. $3.50
oiI In the south and SI1S,09o In the
west.
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