Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26
Fort ryoRTH. TEN. Sept. 30, 1897.

n Tie EH."Ay IOHh4lsalVn OF Texas, j. IL,
pa.-s. Es.. Chairman. Austin, Tex.
C-,-r evss-L can readily appreciate
,,.-...... NANNY elections. both personal and
a. .. Tie part of the commission, TO
r-r- .uerous changes and modiiica-
~ promulgated tariffs upon sug-
--- NJ general freight agents. / take
:. ........ rnat the first and vital cOnSid-
lin which should influence the commits
.',.f-.u..u Justice to the railroad interests
.a.,-,. rr your tariffs; or, perhaps it
r.-Er be- more properly expressed, insaTirg
..s railroads AGAINST injustice on the part
Of your yummission;
In rHr tarif No. l you establish the
,-.-..a. fLlI he railroads in Texas, inter
.r-.g. business with their Texas con-
,-.,.r- should receive 90 per cent less.
han .L.ir local tariff, or that percentages
.-,, ,a.L -lay would receive on business
lar;-ro.igiu and destination on their o3n
~-4,a. bot iutcrchanged with connectionAf
III. .-'iOeOt the advocation of this 2YeeN
,.,r u.s-s depends largely upon tho equity
u-af railroads Of the local rates estab-
r...t ~ any one line. 1t is a recognized
r-rr.pe OF traffic throughout the United
t...es hat rates, for the same mileage on
f.s SAME class Of commodity of freight in
GLANCED between connecting lines, shall
b.. Greater Thau il is for corresponding
r..a.r. uu any one line. The recognized
Isis VI This principle Is, that We're ii other
wise and the same rate for the same mile
aF. Oh the same class or commodity of
freight charged on business iuterchanEed
with connecting lines as on a local line, he
rarga4e accruing OGt of such business
would he entirely diSpToportiOnate 10 the
venue accrain~ on local shipments having
origin and destination Oh one l:ne, - such
oct CT ,,a.ac
would make he business Improbable, the
.-,-.t of which is not only loss OF legiti-
la'e revenue TO the roads intcr-hanging
~ BUSINESS. but is tax upon the people
aud tuaIS en- and tributary to the local
road from the fact that they are compelled
20 hau. freight Tor people not living on
t.eir line al much less revenue than they
do for people living on auI tri 5Itary 10 II;
thereby dapriyiug the road of that revenue
which is necessary to the proper mainten-
Gace Il. track, bridges, depot buildings, and
cher he'tcrMeuts which go to insure not
UaIy Grste.ass service, but life and safety
70 the patrons of the road. There are. of
course. exceptions to this rule, as in the
rlr.f through or competitive freight, 10
bear aly participation in which roads have
70 accept very thin revenue. This is just
fade and not tax on local interests of
The road us long as the revenue derived
permits of auyprOtt. To apply this princi-
DIE. however. on all traffic would bankrupt
our road
The tai. way commission Of Texas is not
a..} under obligation by oath, but under a
. 1Eal uh. CATION, which should be equally
aam-, 20 establish just and equitable
freight rates for the railroads within the
STATE Of Texas Many applications may be
placed uruu what shall be considered just
al yI-'aaie rates, but there is only one
an.ia nv which men of such intelligence
a. compose the railway commission of
"N-- '.u be governed, and that is, rates
'.-' "a- return Il Iair and equitable return
l"u Tie U0u,y expended in their con-
s.rlr'IHu and betterment. No body of men
By m. 70 raasswork, or by taking tariffs in
-a r .r more populated state as a frame
! 'rH. and reducing the rates in this state
g. Pes which those very tariffs them
Yes, 30 connection with surrounding
s-.4ms-auneg proclaim to be unjust, Cau
i1.,y ~ just and equitable freight rates
ln return % the immediate effect of the
commissioners straight mileage rates pro-
Do gated .u their tariffs subsequent to the
ISSUANCE ul tariff No. l, il strikes me it
4rrot be possible that the commission
CURED oJt and arrived at the exact result
70 'Ae railroads. Of the application of their
ar..H-..r.r in the effect these tariffs have
20 business GterChanged between connect
-.u- Tie commission must not lose
--' "i ,la fact that these tariffs applied
A.t which refers to lines having the
A-se h.l., and consequently deriving
b -ea.a based ON the gross rate. very mate
'-. -,i seriously affect the revenue of
l' r'a,s as compared with the revenue
-H'.' ol the roads from tariff rates in
.e't previous 10 being superseded by the
-...'1 of commissioners traffic.
BIS .-s ' itself is vital and serious one,
W. "a,- taken in connection with the APP
...' 1i straight mileage rates on tariffs
-' 'l between connecting lines and
3 .. roads situated as the Fort Worth
" u...ar City and Wichita Valley rail
-.. whore over 80 per cent of the en-
Up tonnage transported is interchanged
.. connecting lines, the effect on the
CREME H hose companies, if persisted in.
%. disastrous to their earning or self
.. ports. capacity In veritication of this
'~.'Wel. II being borne i'll mind that oyer
- lfI rl.- of the tonnage of the Fort |
''E,a a-s Denver City railway and Wich- |
', Na.E railway is interchanged with |
"-t'.H- Ines, | cite the commission TO |
.lr. l-a-e Of revenue which the Fort /!
.-.A SAT-. Denver City railway would de- |
,t " -e of the commodities promul- |
-..t d. ."s.c tariffs, as compared with the |
'".-e which one line would receive on |
mar t'ImoGities for the corresponding |
aus ".eU business originates and has |
5'. aa.s.u on said one line:
VI .,'u seed. straight carloads, the |
-a i. Inl miles or over eighty miles is
cents; Tor 200 miles and over $50 miles, |
'--., On haul of 2O0 miles inter
-'.-ea with 4 connecting line, the revenue
''- line would be 4 cents as against
GEMS for a 100 mile haul on any one |
@e' Ni. over 80 per cent of the cotton seed