Evening star., 1933-09-22
SLASH IN FREIGHT
RATES ADVOCATED
|. C.. c. Examiners Recon-
mend Revision in Rail and
Water Schedules.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Two Interstate Commerce Comnnis-
sion examiners today recommended to
the commission that freight rates by
railroad and water across the Great
Lakes be revised, In a majority Of in
stances downward.
The railroads, acting under the d.
rection of the commission in connec-
ton with recent revisions of rates In
Eastern. Illinois and Western trunk line
territories, filed rates for combination
rail-lake hauls which were protested
by many cities In the West and Middle
West.
Examiners william J. Koebel and
Arthur 8. Parker. to whom the case
was, assigned. today recommended
complete revision Of the rates which
would bring reductions Of from 3 to 10
cents per 100 pounds from New York
and New England points to Duluth,
Marshall, Minneapolis and st. Paul,
Mimi; Eau Claire, Wis; st. Louis Mo-;
Bemidji, Mimi; Fargo, Devils Lake, Bis
marck and Williston, N. OAK, and Aber-
deem, Lennon, Sioux Falls. Mitchell
and Rapid City, S. OAK, and In some
instances from one or more Eastern
points to other Western cities.
Recommend Rate Zones.
The examiners also recommended the
commission divide the Eastern section
of the country into zones for making
rates, including lake hauls, with some
variation between the individual zones.
The Eastern zone, known as area A.
would include all Of New England,
north and east Of the Pennsylvania
railroad from Erie, Pa, through Cory,
Pa, to Baltimore; thence east OF the
Baltimore & Ohio to washington and
along the Potomac River and Chesa-
peake Bay.
The rate between this area and Lake
Superior docks would be is cents less
than the corresponding all-rail rate.
Eastern area B would include the
portions Of Pennsylvania; Maryland.
Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio south
and west Of area A and east and north
of the Baltimore g. Ohio from Cleye-
land through Akron to Uhrichsville,
Ohio; thence over the Pennsylvania
through Jewett, Ohio, to Oakdale and
McKeesport, Pa; thence over the Bal
timore & Ohio to West Virginia Cen
tral Junction, w. Va; thence direct to
Strasburg, Va; thence over the Balti.
more & Ohio through winchester, Va,
and Harpers Ferry. w. Va, to, but ex-
cluding, Washington.
Lake-Rail Rates Lower.
The lake-rail rates from this area to
western points would be 10 cents per
100 pounds less than the all-rail rates.
Inn Ind r..
tions Of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland
and West Virginia south Of area B, east
and north Of o boundary formed by
the Baltimore & Ohio from Uhrichs-
Vile through Holloway and Blaine,
Ohio, and Wheeling and ST. Marys. w.
Va; thence on an air line to Lamber-
ton, w. Va; thence over the Baltimore
& Ohio through Clarksburg and Graf
ton, w. Va, and Oakland, Nd, to West
Virginia Central Junction.
There would be no difference in the
rates from this area.
The examiners also recommended an
arbitrary charge Of 30 cents be added
to the rates recommended to and from
Duluth on freight from the East to st.
Paul and Minneapolis. and that be-
tween the Twin Cities and the docks, at
Lake Erie ports on traffic in both
directions the following arbitraries be
charged: Buffalo-Erie, $l.29: Cleve-
land, 81 "a, and Detroit, $1.l9.
For freight to be delivered within the
boundaries of any lake seaport the ex-
aminers recommended an arbitrary
charge Of 8 cents per 100 pounds from
the docks to the delivery. point.
On dairy products. which the exami-
ners treated separately from other types
of freight, the recommendation was
that the rate on minimum carloads
of 10000 pounds be 80 per cent OF the
corresponding class l rates.