The morning call., 1893-09-07
TRAFFIC TOPICS.
Novel Method of Paving
Off Employees.
Important Decision of the Interstate
Commerce COmmission-Traffic
Association.

Ihs executive committee of the Traffic
Association held its monthly meeting yes
terday afternoon, but little business out
side OF routine business was transacted
Traffic Manager Leeds made lengthy
verbal report of the progress made with
the projected railroad line through the San
Joaquin Valley. and stated that, although
progress was necessarily slow, owing to
present business conditions. the outlook
was OF hopeful nature, and more definite
information would be Forthcoming in a
few days.
In the statement of reduced rates in
steamship lines published in MONDAYS
CALL mention was only made of one COM
pany in this connection, when 1t seems
that the Ham burg line was the
first to make the reductions and deserves
credit for the same. The Hamburc-Amer-
lean line is one of the best equipped and
most prominent of the transatlantic COM
panles.
L. r. Gabel. general superintendent of
the Atlantic and Pa ific road, is in the city
Inc demands Of west-bound traffic now
call for extra sleeoers on all the roads.
Claus SpTeckelS left the city last night
in the private Pullman car Coronet, for
Chicago. Five persons comprised the
party.
John Parry, who occupies the position
OF Outdoor Superintendent of Governmental
Railways in New South Wales. is in The city
His trip to this country is for the purpose
of investigating the latest Improvements is
IN methods Of railway traffic.
Employees of the Louisville, Evansville
and ST. Louis "AiT Line" road are dissat-
lShed over the manner in which they were
paid for services rendered in August The
checks given the men were dated Srptem.
n,
get them cashed. The company refuses to
rebate the checks or TO pay cash, and the
men are considering how they shall secure
their money.
Freight rates by the lake lines from Mil
wankee and Chicago to New York are
down to 10 cents per 100 pounds on grain
ana Hour ana 10 cents on provisions, owing
TO a rate war.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
mas decided an important case regard ng
UNJUST discrimination and undue prefer
ence against localities. The case was
brought some time ago by the Board of
Trade of Troy, Ala, and IL charged the
Central Railroad of Georgia with giving
Montgomery and Columbus an undue
preference in respect to certain COM
mOdItles and classes OF freight: that
higher rates are charged for the shorter
distance than the longer one. The de-
cISion OF the commission in brief is as fol-
lows:
The fact tnat the property and affairs OF a
carrier have been placed by a United States
court IN The hands OF a receiver does not affect
The jurisdiction OF this commission under a
complaint charging such carrier with viola
lions OF the act TO regulate commerce. The
continuity of the carriage of freight over a line
formed by Two or more roads il not broken in
fact and cannot be bt oxen In law by tue CHARGE
of local rate by one (or more) OF such roads as
IT'S proportion OF the through rate. The oblIga-
lions IMPOSED by the statute cannot be evad~d
by the demand OF the local charge for the hau
over lis own road by one or more OF such car
rlerS or by the declaration on The part Of one or
more OF sa1d carriers that as 10 tn transpOrta-
lion over It's road IL Is local and not a through
carrier. Nhrre proportion or through rate
lOr part OF through naul Is greatly dispropor-
llonate 10 the balance Of the through rate the
KnOWlrdge OF the circumstances nd conditions
Qf any Justifying such dlsproportionate rate
being peculiarly in the possession OF the car
rler. the burden is on the carrier 10 make proof
tions.