Show r RAilROADS RAISE DEMURRAGE RATE American Railway Association Engineers Voting That Re- Re suits in Increase 3 Chicago Aug Aue 16 A. A A flat par per diem demurrage charge of Jf 45 cents on all freight cars car Is la to go co into on I January 1 1 1913 on all nfl railroads This 1 rate is a change from the old charge of ot 30 cents during the rush season BeMan The American RailWay Hallway association which has been beon obtaining ballots on on tho the proposition ha has haa just made mada public the thel vote Out of ot 41 roa roads voting roads road owning freight ears cars voted for tN forthe forthe the increase e to 4 45 cents a day The Tb roads which voted against t the proposition tion own cars care Many roads have abused abue the demurrage demurrage demur demur- rage system to the extent ext nt of ot holding holding- foreign cars and paying charges instead in instead in- in stead of building equipment of ot their own It Is believed by advocates of ot th the tho J i increase that the practice now will wUI ba bs greatly s curtailed |