12 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs., Mar. 22, 1963.

CNR Makes Strong Pitch» To Be Given Full Freedom

By ROBERT RICE

OTTAWA (CP)—The publicly- owned CNR made a strong pitch for full freedom to set and run trains in an all- ttle for business against its competitors.

Reporting a $67,307,772 deficit for 1961, the railway lauded the “penetrating analysis” Can- ada’s transport troubles made by the MacPherson royal com. mission on transportation as the “greatest promise for the fu-

Without coming right out and saying so, the CNR indicated the MacPherson report blueprint for transport would give it the

of environment in which it tould start licking its deficit

showed nues were up 000 $710.305,173. But expenses also mounted—Rising $16,300,000 to $722.147.583. LOWER THAN 1960

This left a net loss on railway operations of $11,842,410, just wee the 1960 oss of $12,677

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Other income was $7,010,248, leaving a deficit before fixed charges of $4,831,862.

Net fixec charges were $62.- 98, up almost $1,500,000 on

‘This left the $67,307,772 deficit, which was only $189,005 under the record 1960 loss of $67,496,- 77.

The six - man commission headed by Regina lawyer M. A MacPherson, proposed that fed- eral transport policies and reg- ulations be radically overhauled to permit a new era of com- petitive transport for rails, trucks, planes, ships and pipe- lines.

It proposed a new blueprint for the railways including free- dom from old rules and obsolete regulations, particularly on freight rates. It also suggested @ declining system of subsidies designed to offset rail losses on {neconomic operations while the losing services are scrapped in planned stages.

LIST SUBSIDIES

‘The CNR spelled out subsidy Payments it received in 1961 un- fer various federal measures, most of them designed to help shippers.

Under the Freight Rates Re- duction Act, the CNR collected $10,700,000 to offset. a roll-back

non-competitive freight rates after the 1958 rate increase of

17 per cent. Another $10,000,000 was paid under the Maritime Freight

Rates Act of 1927, which obliges the railways to cut freight rates on goods moving within the At- lantic provinces and on goods hauled to central Canada

Inder the east-west “bridge” subsidy, another _rate-reducing ‘measure, the CNR got $3.500,- 00.

GETS ONE-SHOT

In addition, the publicly-owned railway collected $27,900,000 as its share of the $50,000,000 put np by the federal government last year as a one-shot subsidy “related to” the MacPherson report recommendations.

Subsidies gmounting to $14 800,0°0 were paid to cover New- and Prince Edward Island steamship services.

Total subsidy payments amounted to $66,700,000 in 1961, enmpared with | $36,300,000 in 1960,

Operating costs were boosted by an extra $22,300,000 in wage

ts, largely as a result of last tract settlement with the railway's non - operating work force,

Acadians Plan P.E.I. Program MONCTON —

(CP) — The

National Association of Acadians |

has recommended steps to cep alive the French language and culture in Prince Edward Is- land.

association executive un- der the chairmanship of Louis Lebell of St. Quentin, N.B., fe. commended at a meeting tere that the association hire a per- manent secretary to co-ordinate efforts of various groups in his direction.

An association spokesman said more than 45 per cent of the Is- land’s Acadians are not using French as their first language. He said the association. so ‘ar,

more than $1,750 in

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