The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-18
FREE PASSES.
Railroad Companies Summoned
To Appear Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission
To Answer and Set Forth Before
That Commission
To Whom They Have Issued FREQ
Passes or Transportation,
And What Persons Other Than Their
own Officers or Employees and the
onlcers and Employees OF Other
Companies, and Reasons.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission has issued the fol-
lowing orders:
In tho matter OF free passes and FREQ
transportation, the Commission has or
derod the following railroad and railway
companies, namely: Tho Boston & Al
bany; Boston Il Maine; baltimore & Ohio;
Buffalo, Rochester q Pittsburg; Central, of
New Jersey; Central Vermont; Delaware&
Hudson Canal Company; Delaware, Lack
awanna d Western; Fitchburg; Grand
Trunk; Lehigh & Hudson River Lehigh
Valley; Maine Central; New York 4 New
England; New York Central 4 Hudson
River; New York, Lake Euo & Western;
New York, New Haven X Hartford; New
York, Ontario & Western; New York,
Philadelphia q Norfolk New York, Prov.
idonco & Boston; New York, Susquehanna
Il Western; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia %
Reading; Providence x Worcester; Rome,
WATERFOWL q Ogdenburg; Western New
York & Pennsylvania and West Shore. 10
appear before the Commission at It's Office
| in this city ON the 81 OF May next 10
answer aud set forth before the Commits h
sion the persons and classes Of persons, II 1
any, TO whom each OF them, respectively, 4
have issued free passes or free transporth-
ton TO persons other than lis own olllcots
or employees, aud the officers and employees
Of other railroad companies, and all Of the !
conditionsand limitations connected there !.
with in each instance and how they do this
branch Of their business.
The order Of the commission In this in
stance also says "As II Is intended 10
make this investigation full and complete,
each OF said carriers will save time and
expense by bringing with Il from lie
records true and correct list OF the nair ~
Of all persons, II any, 10 whom Il has h.
sued free passes or free transportation,
who are not its own officers OF employees
or the officers and employees Of other rail-
road companies, between November i,
1881, and time OF such investigation, II any
Of them have done such business, with an
explanation ~ 10 how aud WHY this was
| done In each Instance; and each OF SAT-
carriers viii al that time be expected
required, by the Interstate CommeiSs
J Commission, 30 present such list rs afore-
said for the purpose Of said Investigation
aud 10 verify tho same by proper proof;
aud the said Investigation VIII relate TO tho
details Of I'LL this kind Of business as dono
by each Of said carriers"
In the matter OF commissions on tho
sale OF tickets tue commission has ordered
the following railroad and railway compa-
Mes namely Burlington, Cedar Rap
ids x Northern; Chicago * Alton; Chs
cago, burlington x Quincy; Chicago, Bur
lington * Northern; Chicago, burlington
& Kansas City; Chicago. Kansas n Ne
buskn, Chicago, Milwaukee 4 81. Paul;
Chicago d Northwestern; Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific; Chicago, Santa Re &
California; Chicago, 81. Paul & Kansas
City; Chicago, NJ. Paul, Minneapolis q
Omaha; Wisconsin Central; Chicago &
Atlantic; Chicago K Grand Trunk; De-
troit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee; De-
troit, Lansing 4 Northern; Flint 4 PeTc
Marquette; Illinois Central; Lake Shore
x Michigan Southern; Louisville, New
Albany q Chicago; Michigan Central;
New York, Chicago q st. Louis: Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago; Wabash,
and Wabash Wosiorn-lo appear before
the commission at rs Office In this city on
tho 9Th Of May next, TO answer aud set
forth before the commission what COM
missions, II any, each OF them pays upon
the sale Of passenger tickets, and 10 whom,
aud how this business IL conducted by
each 81 them.
la the matter Of trackagc aud car mile
age, IL was ordered by the commission that
notice issue 10 each ol the following rail-
road and railway companies, namely, tho
| burlington, Cedar Rapids 4 Northern.
Chicago * Alton, Chicago, Burlington &
| Quincy, Chicago, Burlington 4 Northern,
Chicago, Burlington 4 Kansas City, Chi
| cngo. Kansas q Nebraska. Chicago, Mil
waukco x 81. Paul, Chicago 4 Northwest
| crn, Chicago. Rock Island < Pacific, Chi
cago, santa lie 4 California, Chicago, 81.
| Paul 4 Kansas City; Chicago, 81 Paul,
Minneapolis 4 Omaha, Wisconsin Central,
Chicago & Atlantic, Chicago & Grand
Trunk, Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwau-
kec, Detroit, Lansing 4 Northern.
Flint 4 Pcro Marquette, illinois
| Central, Lake Shore 4 Michigan
southern, Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago. Michigan Central, New York,
Chicago & 81 Louis, PitisbuR, Fort
| Wayne & Chicago. Wabash, Wabash
! Western, 10 appear doioro the commission
/ nj IL Offices In this city on the Sth OF May
next 10 answer aud set forth before tho
commission what allowance, II any, each
Of them pays for tfackage and 10 whom In
each instance, aud how this Is done, and
what allowance, II any, each OF them pays
| for different classes oil cars furnished by
shippers, ear companies, individual ship
pcrs or competitive lines, aud how this
| business Is conducted, and done by each
of them, and ~ 10 what Ia fair and Just
allowance for such different classes OF
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