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Show RAILROADS APPEAL CASET0PRES1DENT OBJECT TO RULING OF COMP-TROLLER COMP-TROLLER TO HOLD UP GUARANTEES. Declare Decision Would Work an Undue Un-due Hardship on the Roads by Postponing the Guaranty Payments Pay-ments for Six Months. Washington. The railroads of tha country have nppenled to President Wilson against tho ruling of thu comptroller comp-troller of the trensury that the treasury treas-ury department withhold from the roads alt further payments due them under the gunrautee provisions of tho transportation act until final accounting account-ing had been completed by the carriers. car-riers. Alfred P. Thorn, general counsel of th Association of Hallway Executives, Execu-tives, explained that the roads had appealed to the president because they believed the comptroller's ruling was on erroneous construction of tho law, which, he said, clearly Intended Hint partial payments should bo inado when the various amounts had been determrtied. Tho comptroller's decision, de-cision, lie ndded, would work an undue hardship on the roads by postponing tho guaranty payments to them until tint-final returns for each of thu six months between March and September 80 had been calculated. Arguments on the right of the Interstate Inter-state commerce commission to prescribe pre-scribe rates for rail transportation within tho states began Monday nt n hearing before the commission on tho application of the railroads oi Now York to compel the state public scrvlco commission to permit an Increase in passenger faro for lntrastnto traffic similar to tho i!0 per cent advance granted for Interstnto travel. |