Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
HELPS TUE COLORADO COMPANY.
Decision Of the Interstate M
Com mission on n Rnte PropOsition.

Decision of the Interstate
omission on n Rate Proposition.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-(Special) 1.-THE
Interstate Commerce commission has in an
opinion by Commissioner Clements announced
its decision in the case of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company against the Southern Pa
cific company and other carriers, relating to
the legality Of rates on steel rails. bar iron
and other iron and steel articles from Pu-
eblo, Colo, to San Francisco.
The complaint alleged that the defendants
charged an unreasonable and unjust rate
Of SLIGO per hundred pounds on these articles
from Pueblo to San Francisco, while from
Chicago the rate was only so cents per
hundred hounds on steel rails, and so cents
on bar iron and similar iron traffic. II also
appeared that the same rates were In force
to San Francisco from Missouri river and
Mississippi river points as from Chicago, and
that these rates Of go cents on rails and so
cents on bar iron were also in effect from
New York to San Francisco. In their an
swers the defendants offered conditionally
to put In the same rates from Pueblo to
San Francisco as those in force from the
among other things as follows:
Water competition Is altogether made
quate to account, for the general relatively
staples or heavy goods 10 or between inland
modlties, including iron and STEEL, to San
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slssippi river and Missouri river points.
Whatever may be the merits of carriers
f for pionser a. a f aslea Shorter tel if hssIs. ra the
former involving greater service and ex-
pense on the part Of the carrier. better
where, under higher ones, the traffic Is
subjected to such DISADVANTAGES, or pref
Tn The ' Shipment Of iron and Steel from
foreign countries to San Francisco at low
rates by water affects tbs, iron and steel
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points In respect to participation In supply
ing that market.
cisco prohibit the movement of iron and
steel articles from the former pace to the
latter, while greatly lower rates from other
and far more distant points prevail on such
traffic to San Francisco, and the carriers
cost of transportation Is much less from
Pueblo than from such more distant points
Held. upon all the facts and circum-
stances in the case. that such rates from
subject complainant, the localities in the
state of Colorado where it's industry Is
articles to San Francisco. to undue and un-
reasonable prejudices and disadvantages,
and result in giving undue preference and
in tho United States of iron and steel over
the defendant roads to San Francisco.
The order of the commissioner is that the
rates from Pueblo to San Francisco should
not exceed As cents per 100 pounds on steel
rails and railway fastenings or 37h cents
per 100 pounds on bar iron, cast iron water
pipes, pig iron, billets, blooms. rivets, nails
and spikes. nor should the rates from Pueblo
to San Francisco on such traffic or on other
iron and steel articles be greater at any
time than IS per cent Of rates contempo-
raneously in force on like traffic from Chi
cago to San Francisco over any Of the de-
PENDANT roads.
The cass is held open for such further
proceedings or action as may at any time
appear necessary on account Of changes in
the present relation of rates applying to
San Francisco. Columbus, Pittsburg and
other eastern points over the various routes