The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-09-02
NO INCREASE in
THESTATE Rates.
HAS BEEN PUT.
INTO EFFECT YET.
Only Interstate Traffic is Eff
fected Thus Far-Round Trip
Tickets Honored.
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temporarily authorized on all rail
roads in Colorado between all state
points AS were authorized on inter
state traffic by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. except that il re-
fused to permit an inoease OF rates
on milk and cream caracd on passen-
ger trains. The increase will be IS
per cent on all freight on. and east of
a line from Cheyenne through Den
yer. Pueblo and Trinidad: 25 per cent
west of this line and 1874 per cent on
all shipments from one side OF the
state line to the other The railroads
are expected to give adequate and sat.
isfactory service. the members OF the
commission declared The rates may
be charged at ay time 1t is announced
The Increases granted viii become eff
fective September 1.
An advance in railroad passenger
and freight rates on all interstate
lines in the United States went into
effect at i o'clock this morning. in
conformity with the recent order OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
10 meet the award OF $500. .000. 900
previously made by the National Rail
way Board for increased wages to rail
road workers and for railroad better
ment Interstate passenger rates
were jumped 20 per cent Pullman
car rates 50 per cent and freight rates
from s5Is to IS per cent For freight
business the country hRs been divid-
business the country has been diVid-
ed into four zones. or territories. and
the rate established according TO dis
tancetance from the initial. or starting
point. Thus far the Increased rate. 80
far as Colorado Is concerned. relate
only TO Interstate movements.
No increase has yet been made In
either passenger or freight rates to
points within this state. owing to the
fxed charges established several years
ago by the Public Utilities Commits
sion. II II is finally decreed that the
federal order Is designed to override
the state In the matter Increases will
be made In both passenger and freight
rates to correspond TO the advance
made on all interstate business. lust
how soon this question will be deter
mined Is not known. but It Is probable
that an adjustment viii not be made
for several weeks. In some of the
Eastern states the railroad transpor-
tation rate established by state AT
thcrity have been set aside and the
rate fixed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission adopted in its stead. But
few, IL any of the Western and Noun
tain states have yet made any change
in their old schedule OF charges per
mitted the railroads In either passen.
ger or freight business within their
boundaries Beyond this their jur.
isdiction. of course. does not etxend.
Practically everybody who applied
at either OF the local railroad offices
today for passenger ticket to state
points expected to be compelled to
pay the 20 per cent increase fixed by
the Interstate Comemrce Commits
sion. and were surprised to learn thai
the advance had not been made so far
as places within Colorado were con.
cerned
The rate to Denver continues to be
S52i. the same as formerly. and no
change has been made In the price OF
tickets to Pueblo, Colorado Springs,
Grand Junction and other places Win
in the confines of the state. The rate
to Chicago was s3ts9. The new rate
Is Sass. The old rate to Kansas
City was s2l The new rate is $500
The old rate TO Salt Lake City was
5000. The new rate is s2i.36. The
old rate to st Louis was $1,000. The
new rate Is s36.03.
All round trip tickets previously is
sued will be redeemed according to
promise. as the supreme court has de-
cided that post facto laws are not
IaUul