Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-12-04

UNLAWFUL combination w Wui'h ~ ~. w
was, party, directly or indirectly.
with the companies named in the sixth
paragraph OF the bill, or With any OF
them.
Seventh = Defendant, further an
swering, repeats its denial Of any I'M
lawful combinalios and further denies
that il is now, or ever has been, n par
ty, directly or indirectly, to any un
lawful combination with any party or
parties having for its object and pur.
pose tho control Of the entire business
of producing, buylng,a selling, trans
porting, and storingfof crude petrolc.
um in the counties named in para
graph five OF the bill, or elsewhere, or
thai 1t has or bas>had any connection,
directly or indirectly, with the mann
iacture and sale of refined oil or that
it has or has had any connection with
said oil business other than in the ear.
rage of oil to the extent hereinbefore
stated.
Eighth-Nether, in order to attain
the object and purposes in the seventh
paragraph of the bill charged, nor for
any other purpose connected there
with, has the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company been guilty of any unlawful
or oppressive act, nor has it disregard
ed, or abused, or violated its chartered
privileges or duties nor has it inhct-
ed irreparable or other injury upon the
Commonwealth or its citizens, or upon
any person or persons engaged in law
ful commerce. The Pennsylvania Rail
road Company has no control of mo.
tive power except on ITS own line OF
railroad or lines leased by it, and it has
never refused to furnish either cars or
motive power to merchants and manu-
facturers demanding them, on its own
or its leased lines, to the extent OF It's
ability, under such reasonable rules
and regulations as il has u right 10
make and enforce. Whilst il has fur
nished its cars on other lines of rail
road where il was not bound to send
them, It has not even there refused To
furnish cars TO merchants aud mann.
larturers to the extent Of It's ability ~
aforesaid, and il has never refused 10
allow merchants aud manufacturers to
furnish their own cars The defendant
has never proitssed and does not now
1 profess To he a common carrier Tor the
public OF crude petroleum beyond Its
own line or its leased lines of railroad, F,
nor carrier at all Of crude petroleum
to any other or greater extent than as
explained in the fourth paragraph OF
this answer 1t denies that it hus made
unlawful discrimination between per-
sons equally entitled to its service, in
the rate charged for transportation OF
/ petroleum for the same distance, or
that il has 80 Disseminated between
individuals, by refusing to carry for
some, while il transported Tor others ;
il further denies that it has refused to
receive or carry petroleum when ten
dered to it, accompanied 10y an offer to
pay the usual rate for transportation.
II denies that IL has ever, by any
means, combined with any other par
~ to depress the price Of petroleum,
80 rs TO enable the managers OF the
Standard Oil Company to buy the
rauIv AZ less than market value,.snd
enrich themselves at the expense OF
the prosperity OF the community in
which it does business. The defend
ant has never refused to transport pc
troleum from convenient shipping
points upon the lines of railroad ovei
which it has any control, or to carry
the same in cars, nor has il ever com
bined with any railroad company, by
unlawful or corrupt practices to IL
duce the managers thereof to refuse Il
receive or carry petroleum.
II has never threatened any railroad
company to withdraw petroleum ant
other carrying business from its line
and has never refused to load cars, un
less such railroad corporation woulC
ship in certain direction, and to Ger
tain persons by said alleged combina
tion designated nor has it ever order
| ed any railroad corporation TO s,ve
connections aud refuse cars TO thos'
4 who were about to ship petroleum owe
! its line. 1t denies thar 1t has ever com
bined with the corporations enumcra
4 ted in the fourth paragraph Of the blll
or with any Of them, either for tn
h purpose of depressing prices, of, or 70
the purpose Of enabling Others to bu.
, at low figures. crude petroleum, o
which the Standard Oh Company wer
A manufacturers or Tor the purpose q
acquiring and keeping control of tn
d business of buying, selling transport
ing, manufacturing, or storing th
A same; or for the purpose OF enablln
. the STANDARD Oh Company 10 pay, b.
!, means of rebates, drawbacks, cOmmi'
a sions, or any other dcvice - lower rat
4 of freight than that charged to th
>. public
II The defendant has never cOmpelle
e any party 10 pay for the transports
/ tlon OF petroleum II SUN unreasonnbl,
e Ii claims the right, in common with a
+ other transportcrs, to make reasoni
If bic difference in tho rates Of ireigt
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