Show SWITCHING CASE IS AllOWED TO STAND WASHINGTON n Oct 20 The The Interstate inter Inter- interstate state tc commerce commission today denied the tho application of or transcontinental tall rail railroads i roads reads for tor a rehearing o of the tho so-called so Los I Angeles switching case cast Tho The original decision of or the commission commis commis- sion was was su sustained b by the tho supreme court Taken in connection with the commissions commission's commis commis- sion's sons refusal to reopen the case the action ac ac- tion is regarded ns as meaning me that a f general genera gen gen- eral era charge chargo for spotting cars when the shippers' shippers side folde tracks are ore within s switching limits ma may not be approved by the com corn I mission Hearings upon the request o of Eastern railroads for tor an Increase which is said to to be needed neede resulting from the financial depression from the European war war was continued President ent Willard Villard o of i tho the Baltimore Ohio who as 08 chairman II o of the conference o of presidents of ot the tho Involved made the opening statement state state- ment for for- tho the carriers was on hand ready to take tako the stand in continuation o of his cross crose Charles A. A Conant of Xe New York financial expert who was Wis to follow had prepared a statement in which he discussed financial conditions as af affected ar- ar by the European war war- particular ly Iy as 83 related to American railroad ties |