Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-05-21
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Court-A Club House aud other
Improvcments-The Des Moincs
Branch of the Irish. American
League. 5
DIES MONIES, Iowa, May Is, lS9l.--
Especial Correspondence. I'm the U.
5. Circuit court now in session in this
city an important civil case is being
tried which is of interest to people Of
Iowa and all the western states, and
especially to corn shippers, The case
is the suit of ii. A. Junod, ct al, against
the Chicago & Northwestern railway.
Ill. A. Junod is member of the firm
OF Junod q Culbertson, of Carroll,
grain dealers. He sues the Northwest
crn for 1881 ovorcharge ON corn ship
ped to Chicago in January and Fobru-
airy, 1888. He claims that no was
charged 10 cents per hundred on corn
shipped on tho Northwestern TO Chi
cago, while NJ the same time the same
road was making a through rate to the
seaboard from Nebraska for 36I to Al
cents, which they refused TO give TO
Iowa shippers, and out of which the
Northwestern got only II cents for the
haul TO Chicago. At this time through
rate from Iowa points to tho seaboard
was 10 cents higher than the rate from
Nebraska, because the Northwestern
,.nfItSnl n M lyn fhrAnnh a., h,t
charged its regular local rate. There
fore the plaintiff asks TO have refunded
the difference between | and 10 cents
per hundred on the freight he shipped
under the long and short haul clause
of the interstate commerce act. There
arc sixteen other suits exactly similar
TO this brought against the Northwest
ern by grain shippers in the same ter
ritory west of Carroll.
The compauy's defense is that the
circumstances warranted them in re-
fusing To make the same rate TO Iowa
shippers that was made to Nebraska
shippers. At that time the Wabash
was making very low rate to seaboard
points from Nebraska via ST. Louis
The Northwestern was compelled 10
make the rate TO meet this cut, which
only affected Nebraska business. They
were obliged to haul this corn through
Iowa, so the haul from Carroll TO Chi
cago was a part of the long haul and
could not be charged more for under
similar circumstances and conditions"
as the interstate commerce law re-
quires. But the company claims that
the circumstances and conditions were
dissimilar and that therefore they were
permitted to charge more, though they
claim that they received more than | |
cents as their share Of the through
rates. The 10 cent rate is not claimed
to be unreasonable twas never lower,
and is not now. Tho discrimination
was in force only five or six weeks
during the cut, after which the Ne
braska rate was raised to equali2e the
Iowa rate. The shippers appeared be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion at Dubuque, nearly three years
ago with this complaint, and there Is
no doubt that the bringing Of these
suits is an organized effort TO test tho
question whether railroad can under
any circumstances violate the long and
short haul clause of the interstate COM
MERGE law. The case is only fairly
commenced. G. c. Nourse appears
for the plaintiff and n. NJ. Hubbard
and Frank Dawley Of Cedar Rapids,
for the defendant.
One Of the latest improvements pro-
posed in Des Moines is the new club
house to be built by the Des Moines
club, an organization composed Of
many of the young enterprising bust
ness and professional men of the city
Of Des Moines. For some time the club
has been looking for site for the club
house. They have at last decided up
on location, and have bought u piece
Of ground 44Xlj0 on the east side Of
the extension Of Fifth street, paying
therefor SIS, 1000. The house will cost
$50, 900. 1t will be a home for business
men. Amusements will be provided,
and cafe will be feature. IL will
be a place where business men will
meet, and become better acquainted.
The Rawson block the Turner block
and the Bottsford block are all pro-
crossing finely, and the center of the
city is envelopcd in brick and mortar
sand and stone. The rebuilding of the
Marquardt block is well-nigh com
pleted. The over-hauling and enlarg-
ing of the York block, recently bought
by Geo. III. Ragsdale, state printer is
almost finished, and the state printers
Office will be moved into it within a
month,
At a meeting of the Des Moines
branch of the Irish American League a
few days ago. called to considcra letter
received from Messrs. Kelly, O'Con-
nor, Harrison and Redman represent
atives of the Irish parliamentary party
led by Parncll-asklng if il would be
possible TO organize II meeting in Des
Moines for tho purpose of supporting
the independent Irish party, rcsolu-
tons were unanimously adopted rs fol-
lows: I'VE do not consider il advis-
able to give financial aid or encourage
ment to the leaders of the parliament
AIRY Irish parties until they are united
under one leader
A TOUGH CHARACTER.