Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-23
.ROADSASK TWICE
THE SUM AWARDED
TO WAGE Farmers
!. C. C. Gets Plans to Raise
Freight Charges Total
of $1,359,379,675.

/ The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today has under consideration
lplan, suggested by the railroads.
whereby the public may pay the
$500. O0O, 900 increase in wages to rail-
road workers awarded by the rail-
road labor board.
/ The proposal is an increase OF ~
per cent in passenger rates, 9.l9 per
cent increase in freight rateS-this
| not including the 27.6 per cent al
lready asked-a surcharge of so per
cent on Pullman fares, 20 per cent IN
jcrease on excess baggage charges
and an increase in milk tariHs 10
bring them to the level OF Inc IN
| creased freight rates
| Should the plan be adopted by the
Interstate Commerce Commission. the
nations freight bill would be ad-
vanced S1359.379, 675-this including
the revenue also gained by the
freight rate increase previously
asked The total which would De
added to the passenger revenue
would be s233.S27,9S2 annually. Pull
man charges would go up $43,6S9'S4t
a year, the revenue on milk would
be increased sS.662.0S9 and excess
baggage charges would increase
s1,420,995.
More Than Board Figured.
The railroads have estimated that
the wage award will be approx
mately s626.oo0.00 or s2S,ooo.ooo
above that figured by the railroad
labor board. This additional fund. it
is explained. was figured on the basiS
of overtime allowances provided IN
the award.
The proposal which was submitted
yesterday was worked out IN series
of conferences between railroad ex-
of conference with mem
bers. of the commission The com
mission made no comment on receiN-
ing the proposal and did not indlcate
when it would begin hearings
The proposal submitted yesterday Is
outlined as follows by the railroad eA-
ecutiveS:
THE carriers suggest that the rev.
enues required to meet the wage
award be raised, in part from paSSeh-
ger train traffic and in part. from
Freight train tranfc by increasing
rates accruing from passenger tram
traffic, and by increasing the per,
centage advances in freight ana
switching rates already applied Tor IN
the following manner:
The Five Requests.
Il. All passenger fares to be IN
creased 20 per cent, with minimum
of not less than 10 cents per Trip Oh
any form of ticket
The foregoing includes: STANDARD
local or interline fares, excursion, con-
vention and fares for other special oc-
casions, communication and other null
tiple forms of ticket, extra fares on
limited trains and club car rates.
"2. All excess baggage rates 10 De
increased 20 per cent.
49, Surcharge on sleeping and par
lor cars to be made so per cent of the
charge for space occupied either in
parlor or sleeping cars
AZ Milk. Increase all rates, both
passenger and freight, same total per-
centage applied to freight revenue.
IS. Freight and switching revenues
to be increased sufficiently to yield
the balance of the revenue required to
meet the increased operating expenses
due to the labor board award. IN ad-
dition to the percentage increase al
ready proposed
The total increases from all sources
of revenue in each of the three rail-
road classification territories would
correspond to the estimated increase
in wages in these territories.