Show 1 Coal Roads Hearing 1 New York June Hearing In tho Investigation of the complaint against the anthracite coalcarrying roads was continued before the Interstate Commerce Com-merce commission today when President t Presi-dent Baer was recalled by the commis 1 Rlon and examined by Commissioner Prouty In reply to the first question President Baer said the rates charged on coal from the anthracite regions tapped by the Reading system about ISO miles to tide water Is 5155 a ton l Thirty or forty years experience had shown Mr Baer said that the coal t could not be carried for less Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the enormous Increase of a tralllc he said the cost of transportation trans-portation has increased I The rates have not Increased but the cost of all supplies except steel rails has advanced ad-vanced 1 within the last few years In wages alone on the Reading system the Increase Inst year was 51200000 |