St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-18
NO DECISIONS RENDERED.
The Interstate Commission Takes
Testimony in Com piaintS.

The Interstate Commission Take9
Testimony i'm Complaints.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 17.-The
interstate commerce commission met in
this city to-day. 1t was the first session
since the summer adjournment. The
full board was present. The first case
called was that of the Heel Mill
ing company, of st. Louis, against
the st. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute
Railroad company. which on request OF
the company was postponed. The
charge was unjust discrimination Cd
rates. The next case taken up was
that of Charles Ii. Br0wneil, Washing
ton Court House. o.. ys. the Columbus
& Cincinnati Midland Railroad COM
pany, charging unfair classification.
No representative of the defend
ant company was present, but a
letter was read from the attorney
of the Columbus 81 Cincinnati road.
stating that the company was willing to
allow the commission to decide the
questions involved in the brief Of the
petitioner to the commission for consid-
Grafton later. The Pennsylvania COM
pany. operating the JeffersOnville,
Madison & indianapolis road, made a
complaint against the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago road
for the improper use of lin
tied thousand-mile tickets. General
Solicitor Brooks, for the Pennsylvania
company, said the case in point and a
similar one against the c., c., G. d St.
l.. had been settled, and the tickets in
question had been for the present with
drawn. The commissioners after a
short consultation
DECIDED TO TAKE NO ACTION
in the premises. In the next case the
Pennsylvania company was defendant,
Bennett D. Mattingly, distiller of
Louisville, being the complainant.
Mr.. Mattingly wants grain brought to
his diStillerY over the Pennsylvania
company's tracks from the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago and the L., f.
Il st. l.. roads, which the Penn
sylvania company refuses 70 do be-
cause by so doing it would deprive it.
self of the traffic which 1T claims should
properly come over its own lns The
defendants held that the questions a.
issue were not within the jurisdiction
of the commission, because all were de-
pendent upon the action of roads in
side the same state; and further,
that they had to do not with
transportation property. but with only
terminal facilities. The petitioners
cited several cases to prove that the
commission had jurisdiction. The next
case taken up was that of Harvey Bates
and Harvey Bates Jr., operating the In
dianapolis Hominy mills. against the
Pennsylvania Railroad company and
the Pennsylvania company for unlaw-
full discrimination in rates in favor Of
corn over corn products. The hearing
of testimony and arguments in this case
occupied the larger part of the afternoon
session. The case of the Amer
lean Wire Nail company against
the Queen & Crescent Railroad
company and others for alleged
unlawful discrimination in charging a
rate of 10 cents for 100 pounds of cut
nails from Cincinnati to Chattanooga,
and 20 cents for 100 pounds of wire nails.
Attorney Hoadley, for the Queen &
Crescent, said that such discrimination
had existed, but the abuse had been cor
rected. He submitted the case to the COM
missi on without argument. This COM
pleted the docket. No decisions were
made and the commission adjourned in
defnit civ. The members will remain
in the city several days longer and the
decisions in all the cases will probably
be rendered before they leave.