The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-27

live stock and for all classificatiOns OF
freight. And that said defendants rail-
road between said city of st. Louis and
the city of Wichita with its western and
southern connections with other rail
roads at the said city of Wichita collsti-
tutes one of the principal thoroughfares
for the freight traffic between the Miss
issippi river and the Gulf of Mexico at
the city of Galveston.
And your orator further AYERS and
shows unto your honors that said de-
PENDANT has established, and for long
time has maintained in force and still
maintains IN force on the line of its rail-
road between the city of st. Louis and
the city of Wichita aforesaid rates, rules
and regulations governing all freight
traffic between said cities over the said
railroad which are unjust and unreason-
able in this: that the charge for services
rendered by said company in the trans
portation of property and freight of each
and every classification between the city
of st. Louis and the city of Wichita is
excessive and exorDitant, to the great
detriment and hindrance of commerce
and trade between the cities and be-
tween said localities and TO the irrepar-
able injury to the public and to the peo-
PIE OF the Cntted States.
| And your orator further AYERS and
| shows unto your honors that said de-
PENDANT has established, and for long
| time prior hereto has maintained in force,
and still maintains in force upon its said
| railroad tariff and schedule of freight
rates, rules and regulations governing
all freight traffic passing between the
| city of Omaha and the city of St. Louis
and all traffic passing between the city
Of Wichita and the city of st. Louis by
means of which said defendant charges,
demands, collects and receives greater
compensation for the trans
portation of properly and freight
Of each and every classification
over its railroad between the city of
Wichita and the city of st. Louis than it
does for the transportation OF property
and freight Of the same kind and same
classification between the city of Omaha
and the city of st. Louis, notwithstand
ing the fact that said shipments are
made at the same time and contem-
poraneously and under similar circum-
stances and conditions and that the city
of Omaha is a greater distance from ST.
Louis than the city of Wichita. That the
tariff rates, rules and regulations In
force on its railroad and the charges de-
manded and collected and received by
defendant upon its railroad for ship
ments between the city of Wichita and
the city of st. Louis are an unjust and
unreasonable discrimination against per-
son shipping property between said city
of Wichita and the city of st. Louis, and
that said tariff rates, rules and regula-
tons subject persons shipping between
the city of Wichita and the city of ST.
Louis, and subjects said localities to an
undue and unreasonable prejudice and
disadvantage by reason of the fact that
the charges made in pursuance of said |
tariff rates, rules and regulations are in |
excess of the charges made by said de-
PENDANT for like and contemporaneous |
service for the transportation of property |
between the city of Omaha and the city !
of ST, Louis under substantially similar I
circumstances and are unreasonable, ex- |
cessive, exorbitant and unjust.
And your orator further AYERS and |
shows unto your honors that the tariff |
and schedule rate and charge for the |
shipment of cattle on foot between the |
city of Omaha and the city of st. Louis
over defendants railroad is III cents /
per hundred. That the tariff and |
schedule rate and charge for the ship |
ment of hogs OH foot from the city of |
Omaha to the city of st. Louis over de-
PENDANTS rairoad1s 20 cents per hun
bred. That the tariff and schedule rate
and charge for the shipment of cattle on
foot between the city of Wichita aud the
city of ST. Louis over defendants rail-
road is 2S9 cent per hundred. That the
tariff and schedule rate and charge for
the shipment of hogs on foot between
the city of Wichita and the city of st.
Louis over defendants railroad is 30
cents per cwt.
That the tariff and schedule rate and !
charge for the shipment of the various
classifications of freight between the city
of Omaha and the city of st. Louis
over defendants railroad is as follows,
to-wit:
First class freight 55 cents per hun
dred-weight.
Second class freight 40 cents per hun
dred-weight.
Third class freight 80 cents per hum
dred- weight.
Fourth class freight % cents per hun
bred weigt.
Fifth class freight 20 cents per hun
dred-weight.
Class A 22t cents per hundred weight.
Class B III cents per hunored-weight.
Glass G 10 cents per hundred-weiget.
Glass d 124 cents per hundred-weight.
Glass < II cents per hundred-weight.
That the tariff and schedule rate and
charge for shipment of the various class
ifications of freight between the city of
Wichita and the city of st. Louis over
road is as follows, towit:
First class freight 115 cents per hun
dred-weight.
Second class freight SO cents per hun
dred-weignt.
= Third class freight 10 cents per hun
dredweisht.
Fourth class freight 6ei cents per hun
dred weight.
Fifth class freight SO cents per hun
dred-weight.
Glass A 81 cents per hundred weight.
Class Il 39l cents per hundred-weight
Glass G 80 cents per huDdred-weight.
Class ID % cents per hundred weight.
Class L 20 cents per hundred-weight. I
That SAID tariff and schedule rates and |
charges above set forth constitute III this
an unjust and unreasonable discrimina-
ton against persons shipping freight
between the city of Wichita and the
city of st. Louis, and subjects such
persons and the localities from
which they ship 70 an un-
just and unreasonable prejudice |
and disadvantage to the great hindrance
and detriment of trade and commerce
between said localities and to the ire
parable injury to the persons shipping /
from said points and to the people of the