Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-23
|AILROADS ASK 70
PER CENT RAISE ON
| PASSENGER FARES
NTH 9.13 Per Cent Ad-
ditiOnal on Freight
Advance Pending.
pDs s1,355,37e,675 TO
AMERICAS FREIGHT BILL
assengcr Revenue Would Be
Boosted $233,827,982 on
Proposed Plan.
rHLAIlN FARE MARKED UP
hrchargc of 30 Per Gent Pro.
posed to BE Placed on Travel
LUXURY.
DDS $1,355,379,675 TO
AMERICAS FREIGHT BILL
ELLMiN FARE MARKED Up
hrclargc of 30 Per Cent Pro-
posed to BE Placed on Travel
Luxury.
Iny As.oela,eh 49,


WASiIiNGTDE, July 2@-To pro-
dc tho additional revenues ncccs-
~ 10 meet the $500. .GcO, 900 increase
'ard tho railroads OF tho country
opposed today to tho interstate
'mncrco Commission that rasscr-
rates ha advanced 20 per cont
lh freight rates o.la per cont In nd-
ton to tho 27.G rcr cent previously
qncstcd The also proposed ,nat
surcharrc or 30 per cont %" made
Pullman fares. excess haGSagc
tes he Increased 20 per ccr' ant
ilh trai,ic be incrcusoi 10 Tho SAM
vel as freight rates Shnull the
creascs proposed today and .horc
cviously asked for he granted In
II. existing freight rates would he
vnncci 2G.9 per cent ana the na-
ms freight bill by si,355,375r75
The total which would be added To
passenger revenue under tie
ilway executives plan woull be
33,ScT.as2 annually.
Pullman charges would 20 up
3.S3o,3ii year: tho rcvcnu" on
Tx would bc Increased ss.652.ose
rd cxccsr hagEnFc charges would
advanced by sl.i2O.2e5.
Wage Award sG.G. .ot,O. .Oo0.
The plan presented hy the railroad
ecutivcs disclosed that they have
timatcd the wage award at arnrox-
iatcly s52G.G0O,o0o instead OF tho
foo.o0o,ooo ngurcd by the Labor
1ard. Alfred l.. Thorn. general
u1""l ot the Association of Rail-
ay Executives. explained tha. ~.
s.ooo.oon additional WAS Nruraa or
c basis of overtime allow1ncrs
divided IN the award.
The proposal of the executives was
ibmitted 10 the commission ~ NJ.
nom after n conference with its
embers. Tho commission mGdc no
mment on receiving the proroSal
I'd dld not indicate whether 1t,
ould order hearings
Hearings on the billion dollar
eIght rate ingrcase case were con-
uded two weeks ago and I'll" rcn-
al expecta:!in has been TIM, the
mmIsslon would grant single in.
ease 20 cover both that and the
ihcd expenses resulting from The
age Advances so as 20 permit the
ing Of the new tariffs before tho
bvcrnmcnt guarantee Ia the rail-
'ads expires on September /. ln1a.
&c terms OF the transportation act.
Incrcase in Territories.
The total increases from al sources
revenue in each OF the three rail-
,ad classification territories would
I'rrcspond to the estimated incrcas.
ould be as follows:
Eastern. sSlS.72o.o35.
Southern, sG9,aoa.ia5
Western, s237,3sl.G55.
Under the executives estimates
lie proposed increase in passenger
ties would yich an annual return
s1l1.6GS.aS2 In Eastern territory:
|!9.S26. 400 in Southern, and s92.33a.-
1)9 in Western.
The additional increase In freight
ties would be 10 per cent in East
IN territory. yielding slS2.62O.5+l.
5 per cent In Southern territory.
fielding s33,79s,e26. and sea per cent
h Western territory. yielding $I22.-
{5l.2OS.
The total increase in freight rates
,sulting from the two proposals of
lie railroads would he 1915 per cent
Eastern territory: 3S.9l per cent
Southern territory, and 3o.O3 per
,nt in Western territory.
The surcharge on Pullman fares in
1e East would be Sl7,55G,10S; in the
louth. s5.S52.o36. and in the West.
20, 23l.2o0. The increased charges
n hauling milk would he S6,956.iiG
the East; S252,115 in the South.
nd sl.453.53S in the West. The in
{rease in excess baggage charges
F'as estimated at s25T.SSS in the
'ast: SlSo,0l7 in the South, and s7l3.-
l30 in the West.