Smyrna times., 1923-12-05
Nh COAL DEALERS ASK FOR. FOR
'.1:j .F1:IjIGiIII N FREIGHT RATES
|. : srsH. JR, BEFORE 35EHB: INTER
D. DC0n, oo,,vERCE COMMISSION

slTE COMMERCE 'oA A"''0'O'
c,,,oed Found to Be Discrim-
as' InS, 81 ! HOusehOlders Are Com
'lioLi i'isinp 'Dt to Dealers for Fair Play
pallnfn \ Bush. Jr., of Wilmington
8al'si .sj before h, Ulysses Butler, chief
l.9Ieg .!Ssr of-th If the Interstate Commerce
''lllsl .isiion M Monday in behalf of the
anll,si'S 'Il.,a State Coal Club, composed
s.nt lA1l' forty coal dealers doing
.1'u' . IN tbe city of Wilmington
lSs5 @Ser r points in the State. Mr.. MI
!, '.,.t .nntonded that the rate on an
.sts y ,sD,5 coal over the Pennsylvania v
.:.a s3.,o,s and Ohio and the Philadel-
!. alloi' aD5 Reading to Wilmington and
! = in IN tbe state were unreasonable.
ls l.s,,-,,.,.examination :, Mr.. Bush said
I.5 been a scarcity Of fuel IN
llr;,9ton n ,5+ this year, and that there
lliIS .nT Save been real fuel shortage
N A. & Gty had relied entirely upon
..srs,te y Mr.. Bush said he was a
s.a,slsr. doing business throughout
s,r.Tsrs. on the eastern shore of
I,TIand, and parts of Virginia.
N, O Philadelphia Formerly S1.7O
p, twenty years and upwards
1, n 1917 the rate on prepared
4. # anthracite coal to Philadel-
n from Mahony and Schuylkill dis
IN, was S1.7O per gross ton, said
4 Bush. During the same period
fine, the rate from the same re-
En-; 70 Wilmington, Delaware, was
a Der gross ton. In December
sll he Public Service Commission
ibs Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
M. ordered a reduction of 40 cents
m in the rate on prepared sizes of
hadte from the Schuylkill and
ssigh and Wyoming regions to Phil
sDhia. In 1917, the carriers af-
sted by the Philadelphia rate case
need to a reduction in the Philadel-
ia rate Of 25 cents a ton on pre-
ed sizes, Is cents a ton Onpea, and
cents on the size smaller than pea.
that effective April 2, 1877, the
hracite freight rates from the
huyIhl region to Philadelphia were
follows: Prepared sizes, S1.45; Pea,
.S, smaller $1.2O, per gross ton.
ies from the Lehigh regions were
s tents higher than the Schuylkill
PES and those from the Wyoming
goH, u cents higher.
aIe to Wilmington Raised to S1.85
following the said reduction in the
e to Philadelphia, the rate to Will
ngt0l Delaware, remained the
me SlS5. Philadelphia is 12O
Les from the heart Of the Schuyl-
region. The present rate of S2.39
prepared sizes yields 2 cents per
per mile. Wilmington, Delaware,
10 miles from the center of the
lglklI, regions. The rate of 1902
prepared sizes, therefore, yields
~ cents per ton per mile. Ac-
ulg to the thirty-sixth annual re-
4 q the Interstate Commerce Com
.4on, the average earnings per tor
mile for all freight on Class
.loaaS ads was 1.275 cents during the
1A l5zl.
Is1es 1I !. Rate Charged Is UnreasonabI,
Dalle the Wilmington rates are un.
.'0naOly high when compared with
@ lae to Philadelphia, a compari.
WIN rates on bituminous Goa
4 ne Clearfeld district in Penn.
aaId' as well as from West Vir
NJ also demonstrates the unreason
''S Ol the rates on anthracit,
= -l q. complained against. The car
!. I.ng Iii these anthracite tariff.
~ /. OltunlnOus from the Clearfel,
-. N Pennsylvania, a distance o
Z 'Allla.ely a-1 zoo miles for 1924 ne
4. ana from the bituminous field
N, eastern !. section of West Vir
a distance Of 225 miles. fo
n !. w0 Ion' If the rate on antbra
hFs al VOh, as set forth is tn
m III sSOve e mentioned, is unreason
s,I.s msa' the rates to points on tb !
ars I'M ni..p Peninsula along the Della
slos5' ',slon a Of the Pennsylvani.
N ''pau psu,e are still more unreasonable
sS9 nsylyania tariff carries a rat at
sss sb'n. '0n from Brenford, DeIa
a,t.a a00Dt ut 40 miles south Of Wi WI
~ eCJ' c5.,Iela ,gIelaTare, "a. clear down I
b niss Ti,.'ilss, iel,., Virginia, a distance q
Col ,1 a., south Of Wilmington.
/ I y. Slub Demands Fairer Rates
sa casl ~ contention % of the DeIawar
ls,tis s'fl il,I Club that the rate on az a.
d Se5a,UDair Iron the Shamokin. Mabon i a.,
ID .Sayltill .5ay y regions should %altoI not :
% Psa' = cents higher than n /
4. ',,,,.adelphia, mad that is to sa1 y,
as s5on1a ls'es to Wilmington - Del: ii
nr5I Isio .ia. be as follows: s2.54 a., !
sisr rsaes.so osea smaller than pea' '' Il a.
'llr omission nope,e'fully { urged that = n
sese s'yr Or,ir IN rendering its I'D decisio y
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