The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-28
MORE RATE aUDDLE.
Corrsspondence Of the Coanzasasioners
with AEr. A Y. T0uzaIfn.

OF the commissioners
with AEr. A z. I0uzalin.
After having ordered suspension of
Its former decision in the cases of
Usage City. Newton and Great Bend
against the Santa Fe road, the board OF
railroad comm ssioners yesterday is
susd-the following Ietser and sent it
out:
OFFICE OF
BOARD OF RAILROAD toEMTSEIoEBRs,
ToPEKA, Kans.. Feb. 2ad. 1854
a. r Touzslfn. Esq. Vice President A. T, &
5-f. b. 4.
DEAR SIR: We have been informed
that you sdoptt d freight tariff which
you designate "Inter Stste Tariff" the
rates prescribed in which are put in
force over your road. II appears that
this tariff raises the rates in number of
instances and at different points to term
inal stations over the fates hertt fore
prevailing.
would cslI your a tention 10 sec
ton 10 of the commissioner law, being
an act concerning railroads and other
common carriers, which reads as fol-
lows:
Sec. Is Neither SAID beard of railroad
commissioners nor any railroad compa-
ny ehan raise the charge for transplrta-
ton OF freight on railroad without first
giving sixty days public notice of such
change IN such manner as the cemmls-
sioners may determine.
By order of the BoAd
E. TURNER, Secretary.
.1s reply thereto Dir. Touzaliu sent TO
the board the following:
TOPEKA, Kas, Feb. %, 1884.
e. j. Turner. Secretary Board OF Railroad
commissioners. Topeka, Kansas:
DEAR SIR; Your letter of the ED
came 10 my hand this morning. II seems
very desirable that spirit OF concilIa-
ton should be sLo@ beta cen the hon.
orab1e board of railroad commissioners
and the representatives of this company
In order 10 bring forward results salts
factory 10 the people living upon the
line of this real, ami / appeal 10 your
own good sense whether The manner in
which you have raised the questions pre-
sented in your letter are likely to bring
forward these results.
We have already sent you copies O.
the tariffs nov in Use on this rosd, and
herewith send you 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 Febru.
airy 10Th by this company OF any business
between any pJints in Kansas, are The
rates on Kansas Traffic, which the ole
Board ordered into effect on the 18Th
day of February. The LoSition in which
ton of the old B BARD is shown forth il
tbs enclosed circular which has this ~
been senNby our traffic manager to the
patrons OF the road.
AS regards the question of our ratel
| on Interstate traffic, permit me respect
fully to say that have not understood
that the Honorable Board of Railroad
Commissioners claim any jurisdiction
| over this class of business.
AS regards the question of the sixty
days public notice, mentioned in you
| letter, you must know that if there ha
been any derelictIon of duty in this mat
| ter 1t has entirely arisen from the orde
| made by the old board. and You mus
| know that we have frequently calleG
your attention TO This and similar case
in which We thought You were proceed
Ing contrary to law. We V truly.
a. E. ToUZALIN, Vice President.
Still further, concerning the suspen
sion of the decisions of the commission
ers, Mr.. j. F. Goddard, general traffi'
manager of the Atehison road, YESTERDAY
issued the followingi
| Ats 8 F. RAILROAD Co..
OFFICE OF TBAFFiC MANAGER, :
| TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. 2Sd, 1884.
On the evening of the 22d day of Fet
ruary the honorable board of railroad
commissioners ISSUED an order to thi
company suspending the rates which
they ordered into effece the morn
| ing of the 10Th of February. The hon
orable board of railroad commissioner
| has also advised US that on the 9Th o
| March they will proceed to readjudicat
/ q W system of rates for this line.
The 81 stem of rates thus quickly suE
pended by The honorable bnard of raj
road commissioners, represented result
reached by them after one years. consider
alton Of the freight questions. and ate
too decisions and one rehearinq.
We are advised by counsel that III
order of February 22d, suspending tn
rates of February 18th, may not be lie
gally operative. However this may bt
the freightinR public will see that it
this time and the 9Th of March to formI
late any new tariff to take the place {
that suspended by the commissioner
Nor would it be useful to do so, for oW
ing to the varied and co5fiIcting dec
sions of the honorable board of rallroa
; com niesioners, 1t Is impossible Tor th
com pany TO tell what msy be the ne
decisions reached by the honorabl
board upon the 9th OF March.
ii Until some definite conclusion sha
, have been rescht upon this whole sd
iect, iht re is but one fare course in la
for the company tt pursue, paiml
to continue in effect the system
/ rates ordered by the old board of raj
road commissioners on the 1S,H
February
Thls company desires to assure Il
people living on its line, that as soon
these questions have been legally dete
min; d. or as soon IS the rate mskiI
| power shall have been intrustfd to u
} tracfi department of this road, We shi
use every reasonable measure in o
) power to give eat'sf4ctiOn to o
l patrons, j. GODDARD,
, Approved. Traffic Manage
A. E. ToUZALIN,
Vice President.