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Show IROADS COMPLAIN IN NEW ENGLAND Rail Properties Losing Money, Interstate Commission Is Told WASHINGTON. Nov. 22 UnleM Immediate financial relief Is afforded the Now England railroads, "all or most of thorn will very shortly be driven into reeol rh Ips. the interstate inter-state commerce commission was told by Chariot r. Choate, .ir. and Wilbur iJa Roc, Jr., cuunsi'l for the lines. The commission was told that the actual returns to the roads In Scptem-ber Scptem-ber mil the estimated returns of the roads for October under the Increased rates granted under the transportation act confirmed that the Income re. selvefl the roads was not sufficient to meet their requirements-Counsel requirements-Counsel for the roads said that for I he eight months ending last August .11. the actual deficit in the net railway operating Income of the roads, was 2t,674,6?6 and that estimates for next year showed a net railway operating income of about (10,000,000 or Ii0,-000,000 Ii0,-000,000 less than the net railway operating oper-ating Income required by the transportation transpor-tation net to show si per cent on the fnlr value of the property. |