New Britain herald., 1925-06-20
GLASS RATE PROBE
 ID OPEN MONDAY
l. C. C. to Give Hearing Affect
 ing Connecticut Cities
BY GEORGE H. MANNING

Washington Bureau of N. B. HeraldD Washington, D, C., June 20-East- ern class freight rates as they af- feet Connecticut cities will be aired before the Interstate Commerce Commission in hearing at the main conference room of the commission in Washington on June 22, 23 and 24, 1t was announced by the Con- mission today.
 The Eastern Class Rate lnvestiga- ton. one of the biggest amid most in- .volved cases that has ever come be- fore the commission, has been as- signed for hearing, commencing June 22. Hearings will continue throughout the balance of June and most of July according to the gen. eral schedule drawn up by the com- mission.
 The case involves an investigation instituted by the Interstate Com merce Commission over a year ago into all class freight rates in what is known as Eastern Official classifica- ton Territory, which comprises all the territory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and East Of the Mississippi.
 The findings of the commission will affect all class rates and may bring about changes in classifications that win increase or reduce the rates on a large number Of classes of freight.
 The investigation was begun last summer; hearings were commenced last February and it Is expected that over year more will be required to conclude the inquirys Practically all the industries and manufacturers and merchants associations are in- terested in the case and will likely be directly affected by the commits sion's findings.
 Connecticut cities interests and those of other cities in New England are scheduled to have their innings on June 22 10 24.
 The opening days of the hearings, June 22-24. have been reserved for testimony on behalf Of the trunk lines and New England shipping rate committee, including statements by members of that committee repre- scnting New England and Virginia cities. The Associated Industries of New York will take Up June 25 and 26. Watertown and Rome, N. r., in- terests will hold the floor on June 50, Syracuse and Albany interests on June 26 and 27. while June 29 has been reserved for the northeastern New York and lower Hudson valley interests. Rochester has been as signed July l for presentation of its arguments; Buffalo and grouped points, Westfeld and Jamestown, and Erie. Pa, are scheduled to .ap- pear on July and I, and manufac- turers of iron and steel at Buffalo and Niagara Falls on July l4 and 15.
 The International Apple Shippers association, tho National League of Commission Merchants, the Western Fruit-Jobbers Association of Amer ica, the Tanners Council of America manufacturers of iron and steel at Pittsburgh and Wheeling, W. Na., the port of New York authority. northern New Jersey interests, Phil adelphia interests, Baltimore, Sails bury and Cumberland, Md, interests, Ashland, Ky Portsmouth, Ohio, and many other points; manufacturers Of paper. etc, have all been assigned days on which to present their testi- mony before the commission during the coming hearings.
 On account of the probable length of the hearing in the proceeding~at Washington, 1t was impractiCable 10 assign a hearing at Chicago in July as was originally planned, the Inter- state Commerce Commission an- nounced today. The hearing at Chi cago will be deferred until about September q, and a hearing will be held at Boston beginning about Sep