, 1879-07-19

Nv Celle u ullHHtEtl jI0tn i]ulNlu 10 DIk4nAEEk+
while Tho Government Is charged htGher rate.
Air. StArli. for tho CDmnany, gives this explana-
!ion--an explanation Which tho Quartcrmhatcr.
General, IN hts subsGatcnt correspondence with
the War Dupartmcnt. indicated waa very aa'
Mr. Stark, fur tic Northern Pacific Company,
says:
We hnra 70 ray y reply, That ths m.ttes ~ rms nsa
ntsn carefully con,dcrs etosetors s n9t n1 pssn yio
lated. Our established rates 81 iafe Az 'sc'a &c 9ar
re p,eese7 tne tame or .ns Wrpe e. e
uttAs s.tpa., i srosht 70 IN Ht sio"t limitation Or
ssscllons. except such =. lie upon ~ H. u1asr inc
tnont nsss neither more nor less than tnvidua!a.
lIut wtt, special contracts fdr transportation afo
ak. e: l. "a sse;sd g.
ihu tondilons 1T such contrach.
In al Of tic sseal eonttac'; ,s between on, Com.
pony tofeoMand am hayc no tionbt that Of Leo.
poitf'- poiS y Austrlsn: r.: .!m|!aS1s 1;1;, @ pio-
tractor si,a send over our road al Of his business
ia the puNt OF dcstsnntlon nnncd. 1his, IL the
aa rsts 9. w wou a nto o e st1
tract cannot bo naae; Tho Government does not
anantity of frotaht 10 nlsnarck, ana only assigns
10 10 10 mnch OF It hs It dconh for lts Interest 10
Ssns' s!s. and ss'' other parts by "', Of the Missouri
lIcnce It ia not to rs, in comparison with tho In
our opinion cannot bo claimed rata at any lcas
than regularly established ,pnhlic rites, unlcss
sssd nj, % r tons aas Sat.s s
placed under tho same condition.
luarlcrnastcr.n General Metgs later In letter
to the Secretary Of War states It to be fact
,trnnscontinentaI tran freight i TRANSPORTED !or pr.
vatu shippers at prices less than tna Qunrtcr-
mastcr's Department Is charged for tlc sntne
service. The Union and Central pacile lsa'road
incorporation require tint the rates 10 be paid
10 them by tho Tinted Ssatcs Il st,nIl not exceed
kind Of service"
ngcnts or Intermediates OF tic railroad COM
panIes ,rlloso lines form the through connection
10 the Pacifc coest: The QuartcrnlastcF's Dc.
partmcnt can only lcgnlly pay sMall portion Of
correspondence; honco the difficulty and tho
nppore,lt evasion OF laW on the part of ulc Pa
cilc railroads.
The earnings of tho bonded Pactac railroads bY
tary of tho Tredsary on the Indebtedness Of ,hose
railroads. on account Of tho interest paid by tho
United: sIates on bonds !ss'ted in their hshhf.
act OF July /, lsJa. lneornoratlig tho Pacific
sa tsaa.noft a'is. troo+ ,naItons @ q val, @ @ ,n1
piles. mid nuhllc stores on said railroad TOR the
oycrnnons whsnsrot & &rsHn'f5sd r., TO- DO 70 @ Y any
MI times .layo tho preference III tho uec Of tho
san,o for all the purposes afofrsa!d tht fatr
and reasonable rates nf cnmpenentinn, not 10 e.
ctfd he rats 17tM ~ pryate parties Tor {hs 4anls
kiuH Of strefctL"
A through bill Of ]nd[ug was furnished the Cn1i-
fornin Fiat Freight Ltbc bY the Ounrtermustur's
11n,nt - Va,. Vnrir hit ti,c rom,mnfoa ref,,erI
=, an".nt ~ tom AZ \ Wawievt .n"o,:fnr fnr
,lse California Fast-Frcght tl1e, Chicago r e., d
Northwestsrn, Chicaeos !toek lal1ta q i,ae'tie,
Clfcngp, Burlington - Quincy railroads, IN
connection with tho Union mud Central Pacific
Railroads, saye;
r, ,,.,to- hnvlrc ,,o,p .,,h,,,t+ed n TIM n,o,cr
,rte,ms ,cro.cn;na ,hs fors om, acSc nu;i
rnads I nn, pstrIe;cI IN ,cnly In stats that thoy
I.. ~. .ast ~ f.t"ht ~, tromc
It'll ~ s5,n9 ~ ~. ~ rsesnr tn snr .d ,o,tses
p " tias w NV .ensnl' i.I tn1t Hae !u.u
~ ,sa a III ,,t ~. % y W. shra@, ~, ~
@ Mn.I inH ~ ~. w " o ~ 10 rnIh hntorasa5
va" ~ 'se"Iu ~ ~ "As " .ts . tuHun ,,Ia1 w.
Ihcfe "a ilnlh,nG IN lhW o. o.ncss psoh!ntlnE me
isgne y iAc t!nAsletMaslef negattlH"Mt a ~ ohu
bill Uf Iau!nK through from New 04!t, CAlcagD. Or
nolnt " tnM ihcinc siupet WIFI 1Ms INTERESTS VI
VI" ss rnnv"n,cnrc and nt III" rrnl,cst ny tbc rail-
rnnd rop,tmnfrs snuurlfp hIH nf hiding arm iAsuci