, 1881-02-16

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gard tho inspection ns asnnst prrfsct. Ihn
private inspectors wnrn f0rficFlynll tho public
insrrctla, force. They .n!nploy Armstrong,
ii Msrr 'r;cst sI' r" % Would 10 t no OCCASION Tor
William II. lIecbe wns next, swnr1l, nnd
testittc,! TINT ha hui l'AiA tho Illegal cl'arErs
from raIlroul cotllanics Ut t'teir Intention
to mike tcrlnInnl charges, aud introduced
them III, evidence. llwy ,l!ave nEl hccl,
printed In 'rrE TMnrS1:. l1e hail three
The rlreNlurs wcrv received frotI Mr., isiptey.
Frctg!,t-A gul,t NJ ihc Burlington, a,stl lIo
gave witness thy documents hern iHtrotlt'cGA
Commissioners about
1tLEUAt CHARGES
some time in Deccin!,cr, 1850. II was ycrba!
cohlnint to AR. lhgs'e:, liz connp!a!nrt
NIL IL writing. liz did, mt ks.pw smith u.
1rlE. Gay !; o,{Sn,'r "Se n sat Ii" w"ud seo to 1t md
Jaiacs Wa,iznr testified :that lie Ind bccn
Huntington. Wii1a.rss ila.l lnld s:i,Ooo Or
sn pr a,nn' t!es,yii Witness soi he Ind
never cntieli tlle attention nf tho warehouse
l'uartl to tllesa. ct!nrgcs l,ccausc he .tt ,los
wa,t Il ftlss with tho rntlroaA companies. It
roa's' "":t cse s'' cifca1ars So' arc ee'srsiy
known. Tile newspapers l'are published
them. Dc,Nstrrnga Is y proper charge.
\ constEnee ought to get IFS grain n,tt .f tho
reipt. Witness ilnd not paid SO dennrra9o
| i'll two ycnts. liz tlltt r3t kllnw Of hls owll
hnowIeltEu that my grN!n i,Al !leen lyertetl
from Chlcnso by reason of the illegal cl'argcs
i. u. Foss testified TINT Ills flrm
HAD nEES CHARGED 1L1EaAh1.y.
| where their cars wero held ot,t I'll track.
| M. = wlGat srut in stors. Some ron'ls
| charged far rclnspcetlon. Tho illinois Cen
tra!,, milwaukee, " s.. Paul, and burlington
s sst It. cyss s ssS SRiS to to y S Sa*s": G. a'f a
YRS. My brother, sitce deccnscd. attci!detl to
| tl,at branch Uf the business. Tic Charges
amounted to good nnl1y hundred 'o'lars
i. q. Snlytll was next prut!uccd Us q witness.
liz I,a,l paid Illegal cllarges. and simply cor
rDb0ratc,l ~ tho main tl'c stntr,ncHts uf tho
prnvInsis witness. Itwunld fe hut business
Ttrass i"r er oa % tint IL Sss. lis ,a,,ansrs ess
! OF the rallronds
"srASn IN" WITH THE ELEVATOR stf:y
and furce grain into warehouses. \ grain
rccelver would prefer No: 2or No. ato ~
Ettu elevator; bur. When It IL graded tuo lt,y,
cnn SILL Oh klte-ln,ek or let itgo into the
| elevator oil the Slnte inspection
John West WIS next sworn. llo Ind bceii
corlprllcl 10 pny tracking. Il. switching. IT,.
rasra snafSfit wSit tho ' @sreSse Va Ms; 9 Go u
siol,ers. Tile rAflreuds co1ld rctaliatu III
various ways If complaints weru made
'l'llcSo nu.Iees of charges nro made by tt,t l
tho varions commission firms. TEesccnrEcs
n.lio,ilt Mt least to sou, ,tldO lor ntllmn1.
Mr.. Wright snit lie would rest Ills ease Or
this point for tho present. KGeess Till eyels
ilsE.
EVENING SESSION.
Wanzcr desired 10 correet his testimony n:
10 thu amount Of illegal terminal chargGs
paia By t'is tirnl. Tic s'ln' w"s ss'5n Instead
- ljcei,u h, wns recalled to identify tho notice.
that lis Illinois Central and milwaukee, 1
st. Paul t0Ntls Wuru lnlpuslhE extra ter
m!t',l cllnrgcs. IIv i.urer infornlctl tllo Com
ntssioners II their existct1ce, anu ditl io
The foarii. !:harg':, tiso violation d. ojiIcta
duty by thu Chief 1,spGctor,, wils rnXt tnkcl
up, al Fosa WIS recHird. lic testified tlla
ttlu Chief ll,spcGt0r lils not I'M
spcciNM of eraIn rscsivcd In chiea
w. Witness WIS nj tic Trucks ever.
lime tElcru was trouble with the inspection
ntllt only saw the t;hleF Inspector uhcc. nlmu
thsee yGals aso. Isngue wins tlerr, with llal
Witness WIS On THO Appeal Comlnittcea thu
time. The Chief Inspector did not seem +
k!!ow what WIS 10 be done.
THERE wAs MUCH FAULT
with tho Appea! Committee, because graf
wills GlAti,tl. I'llrkEr ENl Link exercised I'll
supervision uf thu inspection. Sometime
lilo Two were lighting, alitl tI.4ro WIS llnbod
! To ttctcrnILne tho question. Thu wranl
ling resulted IN confusion md isllbor.lin,
thu. Wi,ntss lla.t hecn III, Inspector .
tl,o force, md WIS subsequently u,, tic Al
lroj Committee. Witness snii there was ii
decided sluntlnrsl. rho Inspection was soI,I.
times M nl,a sometimes down. S,onln .tny
. No. =. ,,iltt Vice versa. The wor
Of the Sub-lnslec!o !ors was frequently cl'ange
) trutle was driven from Chicago to Milwni
r k,v. l}lrloy tint went No, Il III Chluug
, Erl,tci No. i In Sitlwastkov. Unn.erci,Niit,
, t,io barley By iuspcct.on sold l,y SUI
J pl0 Tor lnore linn Nu.. y. II
1 | 1uxtuutrrs sail fltnt thn 1lnr1t
. WIZ sulpAursi, ullfl, under tho rule, was III
. 1uurcHlutoblr: hit It wlls mol AlttpI.urct
Witness Wnl,tc.l uniform high grades, 80
: TO gct tic highest posslblo price.
; rt,r ,,,,t.4 t,r,It.y1, xr1,ns \ ,,rAn.
i T., ,,,i,,.n,.' n.. ~ .,,.,,',,,,' ~ - ''
i Ill Wltl'ess opll'4oll.
/ bnglie G,jectetl 10 tho !EnnliGr ~ ~ WINS
1l"tlnstr NflglI was coluttct!hR the T.
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