The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-06
E. J. TURNER, Secretary.



E. J. TURNER, Secretary.
TOPEKA, KAN, Feb %, 1884.
WHEREAS, The Board of Railroad Com
mssiOners of Kansas. on the 1st of January
1884, rendered decision upon complaints
prepared by the Mayor and Council of the
cities of Usage CEy, Newton and Great
Bend. in said State, complaining OF the
AtchisOn, Topeka d 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 We're unjust, by which de-
clsiOn said board decided what rates az said
points were Just and req Unable; and said
railroad company having put in force a part
of such rates only, which rates are applied
contrary to the intent and effect of the said
decision; and whereas, the Mayor and COun-
Gil of the city of Great Bend aforesaid, on
the 21St day of February 1884, filed COM
plant with said board of Railroad Com
miSsioners, complaining of said rates and
the other compartments, 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
petition for a reheaTing of said matters, II
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, cOmmenc-
ing at 10 clock a. N. 1t is further ordered
by the board that the orders and decisions
heretofore made on the 1st day of January,
1884, and the further orders and decisions
made on the 30th day of January, 1884, by
said board in cases of the Mayor and COun-
Gil of the Usage City, complaints against the
A. 10 Doll nd
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 and pc
titions, and the final orders of the board
thereon. Given by order Of the Board of
Railroad Commissioners of Kansas this, the
22d day of Febu airy, 1884.
SEAL Il. }. TURNER, Secretary.
TOPEKA, KAN, Feb. 23.
E. J. Turner. Secretary of the Board OF Rail
way Commissioners, Topeka, KAN:
DEAR SIR-YOur letter of the 22d came
to my hand this morning. 1t seems very de-
sirable that a spirit of Cancellation should be
II
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 L appeal to your
own good sense whether the manner IN
which you have raised the questions pre-
scented in your letters are likely to bring for
ward these results. We have already sent
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'll 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. oar traffic manager to
the patrons of the ROAD. As regards the
question of our rates on Interstate traffic
hermit me respectfully to say that L 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 in Your letter. You must
know that if there has been any derelictiOn
of duty in this matter it has entifely
arisen from the order made by the old boar1.
and you must know that we have frequently
called your attention to this and similar
cases ia which we thought YOU were pro-
ceeding contrary to law. Yours truly,
[Signed. 4. f. TOUZALIN,
Vice President
ATCHISON, TOPEKA. & SANTA FE RY ! |
Co., OFFICE OF TRAFFIC MANAGER,
TOPEKA. KAS.. Feb. %, 1881. J
On the evening of the 2@d day of FebrI- |