The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-13
EXPRESSRATES ATSTAKE
AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION.

The United States Express Company
Fighting Against the Forced Reduc-
ton of 20 Per Cent-A Claim That
It Is Doing Business over the Chat
tsnoo9s, Rome end Columbus Road
at g Loss.
ATLANTA. Ga, Oct 12-The United
States Express Company asks the United
States circuit court TO snjoin the Georgia
railroad commission from interfering with
its business. Commissioners Trammell,
Fort and Powers have been notified 10 ap-
pear before Judge Newman on Saturday
and answer the express compsny's COM
plant. The company, in its bill of com
plant, attacks the commission, charges that
II is acting unconstitutionAlly, and wants
the board checked from further interference
with the business Of the complainant. or
from any effort to enforce tariff rates,
rules and clsssifcstions against the COM
pany The United States Express
Company does BUSINESS in this
state only along the line Of
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
railroad. When the railroad commission
undertook to control joint express rates the
United States Express Company refused to
pay any attention to the boards rules. The
commission then brought suit in Floyd SUI
perior court for So 900 against the company.
This SUIT was removed to the United
States court here and ia stillpending To
prevent it from going any further the ex-
press company asks for an injunction, and
the case has been set for hearing on Sat
urday of this week. The complaint is made
in the name OF Theodore F. Wood OF New
Jersey and Chauncey H. Crosby OF Illinois
Mr.. Wood is the treasurer of the company.
CLAIMS OF THE COMPANY.
They recite the contract the company
has with the Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus road, and which was made m
July, 1885 Under that contract the eK-
press company was to fix its charges for
forwarding express matter at not less than
one and oneShalf the railroad company's
6rst-class tariff rates or arbttraries that
would be charged If the same matter was
carried on the railroad company's freight
trains The railroad company was TO get
ore-half the gross revenue derived from
carrying the express matter, and the eI-
.zssS co1pSny guaranteed the railroad
company : -sVs-o5 u a. lsasc 8 ESQ
month. TcAtGlc, Las nsrsr cas1 raA1s. Ens
CON 9iA,na1es ssr tc9L ia o1ntfAc5 '7As
nnAds under rts 20 a. ,osc t&.sosl NJ
lrhcfeA . -Eh ans lf tx hAh-l -tF-- 20
l,ssi1g tvs suc1 Developments -Cuia fJt-
~ IN. ~s4l4oLl Ac -us psc,ion 81 cne coun-
~ ch-c1k1 when It y4ss,6, tns. tEB con-
. So you'd GnSly cscc-la shiusols &C. 10;
cut sbs express company was disappointed
in these calculations. The country
has not developed owing to the de-
preston of the times, aud the bust
ness of the company has not in
creased to any considerable extent.
On the contrary. it has been doing business
at loss. The recent orders Of the COM
mssioners reduced the United States Ex-
press Compsny's rates 20 per cent The
constitutionality of the proceedings OF the
commission is attacked on numerous
grounds
This is test case and II the injunction is
granted the other express companies will
follow it up, but just at present they are
standing with hands off.