The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
rus RAILROAD rlDDnpLk.

THE RAILROAD HUDDLE.
Ne Latest Phase Of the Differences BE-
tween the Commissioners and ths Afeni-
son, sTepeko . SAINTS 1e- EhOf lasess
Action Of the CouGmissiersss- "a
The following correspondence aeewcen
the Railroad C0mmisi0nezs md thg1 fhison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad explains itself:
OgvIc1 oRIHE BOARD or RAILROAD CoMus-
10 A.. 6. Tousalin, Rsq. vice President Of the
Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe Railroad
Company: - r-sTE ia ~, c4.t
DEAR SIR-We have been informed that
you adopted freight tamil which you
designate Interstate Tariff" the rates
prescribed in which are put in force over
your road, it appears that this tariff raises
the rates In q number OF instances and at
b terminal stations over ne
rates heretofore prevailing. We would
your attention to section sixteen OF me
Commissioner law, being an act concerning
and other common carriers. which
reads as follows: Section IL Neither
said Board Of Railway Commissioners nor
any railroad company shall raise the charge
for transportation Of freight on any rail-
road without first giving sixty days puonc
notice of such change in such manner as
the Commissioners may determine. by
order of the Board.
Ell. TURNER, Secretary.
- - Topeka. KAN, Feb. %, 1884.
WHEREAS, The Board of Railroad Com
missioners of Kansas, on the LIST of January
1854, rendereda decision upon complaints
prepared by the Mayor and Council Of the
cities of Usage City, Newton and Great
Bend, in said State, complaining Of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad COM
pany, and charging that the rates charged by
it for the transportation Of freight over said
cOmpany's railroad in Kansas to and from
the said cities were unjust, by which de-
clsion said board decided what rates at said
points were Just and reasonable; and said
railroad company having put in force part
of such rates only, which rates are applied
contrary to the intent and effect Of the said
decision; and whereas, the Mayor and C0un-
Gil of the city of Great Bend aforesaid, on
the 21st day Of February 1884, filed cum
plant with said board of Railroad Com
missioners, complaining of said rates and
the other compliments, the Mayor and
Council of the city of Newton. and
the Mayor and Council Of the city
of Usage City. in said State, have filed a
petition for rehearing of said matters, 1t
Is ordered by the board that said complaint
and petition for rehearing be heard and ex-
amined on the 5th day OF March, 1854, at
the Office of the Board of Railroad Com
missiOners, in the city of Topeka, commence
ing at 10 clock q. m. 1t Is further ordered
by the board that the orders and decisions
heretofore made on the LIST day of january,
1884, and the further orders and decisions
10 tI,e of
said board In cases of the Mayor and COun-
Gil of the Usage City, complaints against the
AtchisOn Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Company, and the Mayor and Council of
the city of Newton, complaints against the
last named company, and the Mayor and
Council of the city of Great Bend, com
plants, against the same company, then
pending before the board, be suspended
until said matters have been examined into
by the board upon said complaints snd pc
titiOns, and the final orders of The board
thereon. Given by order of the Board OF
Railroad Commissioners of Kansas this, the
cd day of February, 1884.
[sEAL-] Z. j. TrRNER, Secretary.
TOPEKA, KAN, Feb. 90.
~. Turner. Secretary of the Board of Rail-
way Commissioners, Topeka, KAN:
DEAR Sns-YOur letter of the 22d came
to my hand this morning. 1t seems very de-
sirable that a spirit of Cancellation should be
shown between the honorable Board OF Rail
road Commissioners and the representatives
Of this company in order to bring forward
results satisfactory to the people living upon
the line of this road, and i appeal to your
own good sense whether the manner IN
which YOU have raised the questions pre-
xc,,r I<.xx In,
ward these results. We have already self
you copies of the tariffs now in use on this
road, and enclose you herewith duplicate
copies. BY an examination of these tariffs,
you will find that the only rates
now in use, or which have been
in use since February 10 by this
company on any business between any
points in Kansas, are the rates on Kansas
traffic, which the old board ordered into
effect on the 10Th day of February. The po-
sition I'm which our company has been
placed by the action of the old board is the
fourth in the enclosed circular which has
this day been sent b. our traffic manager to
the patrons of the road As regards the
question of our rates ON Interstate traffic
hermit me respectfully to say thai. / have
not understood that the honorable board OF
Railway Commissioners claimed any juris-
diction over this class of business; as re-
CARDS the questions of the sixty days pub
lie notice mentioned i'm your letter, You must
know that if there has been any dereliction
of duty in this matter it has entirely
arisen from the order made by the old boarrl.
and you must know that we have frequently
called your attention to this and similar
cases in which we thought you were pro-
ceeding contrary to law. Yours truly,
[Signed.l ...., A. E. ToCzALIS,
~ " j Ns' Vice President
ATCInsoN, TOPEKA, q SANTA gFE RY1
Co., OFFICE OF TRAFFIC MANAGER,
g., TOPEKA, KAs., Feb %, 1854.
On the evening of the 22d day Of Febru.
airy the honorable Board of Railroad Com
missioners issued an order to this company
suspending the rules which they ordered