Show RATE BILL WORRIED I Huge Task of Altering Tariff Schedules Shown by hy Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania System Philadelphia Aug Ang 20 The The railroad rate rale bill by hy the last congress becomes law on eu Tuesday Something I of tho the amount of oC work required of a railroad corporation In arranging to II comply with Its provisions pro will wili be he seen from time the following statement authorised author author- I bed betI by tho the Pennsylvania Railroad company In SIn furtherance of oC the well settled purpose o and policy Jolley of or the PennsylvanIa Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania Railroad company In good faith to observe and comply with nil substantial substantial sub sub- requirements requirement o of the recently enacted rate rale bill bUt its principal raffle and transportation officers and other officials In conjunction with Its counsel counsel coun coun- sel sd have sinco the passage of or the bill hili been diligently and anti almost continuously continuously engrossed In the onerous exacting exacting exact exact- In ing and complicated work necessarily to accommodate tho ho situa- situa lion While tho ho methods and practice h heretofore pursued lJ by the company In respect filing of oC the tariffs with the Interstate commerce commission generally generall accord with the letter leUcI and ad Jd Intent of the rato bill there arc are nevertheless never no now requIred manifold motIl- motIl and additional specifications of the compau company's s numerous and voluminous voluminous vol vol- tariffs on file with wilh the commission commission com coni- mission and ami also supplements covering cover cover- lug log and revising all nil such switching charges of the company as relate to lo late interstate commerce most of which have o heretofore been heen rc regarded as es essentially es- es local in character and antI not under the provisions of ot existing legislation legis legis- lation littion so 50 related to lo interstate movements move move- meats ments as ns to constitute an nn clement thereof This work worl of or formulating and preparing pro pre paring needed changes and lions ions In existing tariff schedules and additional supplemental schedules has on so SC voluminous and expensive as asI asto to tn I the continuous and l i sivo Ivo service of or clerks during the thelast thelast last lut three weeks Fortunately tills this work was 88 begun so early that most IC If not nol all of tho ho tariff tarm schedules will have been approved d. d printed and Inthe in inthe inthe the hands of ot the local a agents for Cor postIng post lost lost- Ing Ins and also filed HIed with the interstate commerce commission by hy or before August Augu t 28 when Iho tho rate ralo bill will become become be he- come effective |