New Britain herald., 1920-07-23
ROPER CENT. T.-BOOST IN PASSENGER FARE
Added 8 Per Cent. Freight Rate k Also Sought

] Washington, July 23.-To provide
 tho additional revenues necessary to
 acct tske ,eoo. .ooo. .oss increase in swaEsw awarded by the railroad labor
 Board. ths railroads of tho country
 proposed to .Ne intervtate commerce eommisai Hiat passenger rates be ndvanced -b DOT cent. and freight
 rates s.l3 per cent. in addition to the
 -.'s per cont. previously requested.
 noy also proposed that a surcharEe ! ot eV per cont be made on Pullman far@s' that excess baggage rates be
 horoased 20 per cent, and that milk
 DC Increased to the same level
 e freight rates.
 11ould the increases proposed yes lferday and thoss previously asked for N Dc EnAnted. In 1snii, existing freight 11rates would be advanced 3s.s per cent. and the nations freight bill would be increased by s1,35B,27o.675. \ The total which would be added to the passsnger revenue under the rail- N way exocutives' plan would be s233,- ' s2IeS2 annually. Pullman charges ' would .go up s43.s3o,3A4 n year, the ! rhyvnue on miik would be increased
 tseS2.ooo. and excess baggaTe
 charges would be advanced by Estimate Award at ssse. 900, ,ooo.. The plah .esented by the raiI~naa executives disclosed thAe---sssy have maseiy ...as.s5o. 900. instead of the sscU.0oo.00o figured by the labor beard. Alfred r. Thom. general coun- sol Of the Association of Railway Executives. explained that the s26,- 100000 additional was figured on the basis of overtime allowances provided in the award.
 The proposal of the executive was submitted to the commission by Mir. Thom after a conference with it's members. It had been worked out at a series of conferences of railroad of- Fncials here since the announcement ol the wage award by tho labor board at Chicago last Tuesday. Tho commission made no commant on re- ceiving the proposal and did not indi- cate whether 1t would order hear inas
 Hearings on the billion dollar freight rate increase cases were con- cluded two weeks ago and the general expectation has been that the com mission would grant n single increase to cover both that and the added expenses resulting from the wage ad- vancos Eo as to. permit the fiiing of the now tarifrs before the govern mont guarantee to the railroads ex- pires on September under the terms of the transportation act.
 Raiiroads' Proposals.
 The proposal submitted to the com- mission yesterday was outlined in the following statement of the railroad executives:
 The carriers suggest that the reve- nues required to meet tho wage award be raised in part from passenger train trafiic and in part from freight train traffic by increasinR rates accrulng from passenger train traflc and by increasing the percentage advances in freight and switching rates already applied for In the following manner: ''i. All passenger fares to be in- 20 per cent. with q minimum of hot less than 10 cents q trip on any form of ticket. Tho foregoing in- cludes standard local or intorlino fares. excursion. convention and fares for other special occasions. commit tation. and other multiple form of lsicket. extra fares on limited trains and club car rates.
 "2. All excess baggage rates to be 20 per cent
 a. Surcharge on sleeping and par Tor cars to be made so per cent. of the charge for space occupied either In parlor or sleeping cars.
 "f. Like increase of all rates. both passenger and freight, same total per centaKe applied to freight revenue. ! IS. Freight and switching revenues