The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
RAIE RATES


~ liz 1919 ~ Ntt tIANtRAl - rs AV4
lows
1 ME- Colder shnniate snaTsi
FreiFht Traffic Man ~ !. J3Sit |:
more I and ono RafItSa15 fif,gs.
pany. Baltifanre. MaryiSfi6 = q
iJeaf gIr u N. y Z y
purife the t,asind urins az tsSs,
tthe state Of WasE tirrti,ia vi
practically d wilderness and M.
norted few industfies 81 any Ak.
sofiptiori. in facE eyef, fha cnsi ak.
posits7 were nal SAevelone3 MD
discovery Of ofi and iaatnraf ms IA
suited il awakenitlF tli6 tenerAi IL.
dustrIal public 10 nc ontortifuities
/ for die location Of facteries f6t 40
making OF certain cotnlnodities
Ibased entirely 81 low raT Tn5tefiil
and fuel oosts:
r when these advantages hAeAn,s
GENERALLY known. IA number 81 IN.
| lustries soaghtS location Ia north
ON West VirginiS. without feeafd
IA freight rates Or stratisuortatibn
lproblens Btit al eS6erief,ce hhs
| iemonstrated. the supt,ly of cheap
fuel proved NOT inexharstabla ana
now northern west VirEinia d con.
lfrontad with a Situat{on which de.
manfs seriotis COMMUNICATION on he
paTt Of the ffaHS16rtation com.
panies serving this territory, espe.
cially IA view 81 the fact that our
tyaat forests have beai1 deoleted:
our gas .supnly exhatsted and coal
tdeyalopmefits fiafnbered BY nfbt.
Itrary afliustfneiits III All directions.
For iilIstfations Wastm6reiand,
with an eutlal 6r greater distance
IA fha seabdarti, enjoys a rate Of 90
cents ner ian iess. 10 Ohio. In.
| diam and NE Northwest. We are
connelled "a take care Of 4 mini
| MIN arbitrary Of 40c peri ton but IN
lmany INSTANCES the arbitrary IL con
| sidarabIy highef from the Faifinoflt
ldlsffief
IN addition 10 the above burdens
now. itnnosed ,ipotl indhstfies III ais
Faction. II was necessary 10 ohtaiil
ioerihin raw matertals from states
outsfde west YitgtTila and this Re.
sultefl in an additional hardship OF
4 Ipittshnreh PluR,, freight rate.
In submitting our tlfon6siti6fi va
have taken the Pittsburfhl rate
; from and 10 HE d +; a. Territory
IA aptiied 70 Pittsbufgh and ada
faenk tdrrItoisv and endeayorkd Ia
ahniv this rate Ia a similar manner
li6 f$raftbn and adiaeent Territory
We hive taken fIfty.four Of the
n,incInai n,ties IN The q n 4.
territory and compared the short
| lima rnlieares as shown 10 pats.
hNrph I,atrobe. Jacobs creek and
Ralia yarron with the sIIorE line
miieaaes tn the Grafton rroub. Ms.
inc fis ayeraEa MILEAGE nd al mi
IN yonr brisibai nronosition and
then nv deauciihg the forty.two
miie snan. which has been ailowel
shsf II p;i4sbnfah We fiud that ot1E
az Tho fiftS.ioiir tIrin6ipal points Bo
taken that thlrfy.two show N aa,Ial
~ '1ass miieagaSthan 4 .atro{Se. TWEEN.
| iV.iwo show Greater mileage than
f,afrohe and on this faet~fhat tha
pittsbnreh rata ia extended Ia an
ayarara ~ fortv.twoS Mics bevnnfl
pittshi,rph Wa ihase our eontafition
ihaf the same arrangement althnl1
ba snnIied tofthe Monongahela Val.
Law as sneciS,eri nei, mir exbibits
we rasIiza ina ininstiee al aslS.
ing tha railroads 10 apnly mat flat
I PIT rate "a ishortt line points
Il and and afofSd pittsbiitsh and
whseIjHe rateway. therefore. we
hsye nAotected thaae noifi{s by
malsjnr the pittsburgh raie the min.
immm bmt we can fot see any good
md s,,ffIeient reason. that when NO
ret Kevohd these nolits why va
sbo,ld not he iriyen lie P;tfs6nrgh
rate as annlied 10 pittsburgh and
ad}scsn+ tsrritories nm exbihjts
as nrnsented aster caref,,I study
vii, sneak for themselves
In lii case of the Elkins croup,
l. shown n tie exhibltsT we real.
Ii .T should ha handlad Nv taking The
ayerage mileage Within tbIs crown
~ tEiTtv.saven milas Witch sbonld
Lo aadsd ~ thh Grafton miteape n
a az a aIvSn N s,oinf frnn, 'fr 10 a r. A
tsrritarv ~. HcYnmnIe 4 the short
! iSna nIieag 90 rs construed ner MIR
sSb,hits wS,Id ha %tS!o bnndred
miIas ttS wa wor,d then add thirty,
ssvsn %niIss IN that SwLich wnnid
rivs .ba n,Isasa "a the ElE;ns
Ssn v
The svstem os rstes IN this tar.
ritorv bsS baen inaS snmafa .Snr !
nnnba, ~ vesrr and Nos On hAar
aSnnittaa u nv "a ra'IrSs.I oSIInisis kSI
S,sn hsIta,s hat o. havS 'nTfsret
Won = soI,,t,on H,bsraNv tb,s win
;fc e esn bs co,recta .1s s
Pittsbursh and ADJACENT terri