The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-19
ANOTHER COMPRESS CASE.

The Houston East and West Sustained by
the Commission Rules
The following letter from commissioner
storey TO Galveston parties is solf-cN-
planatory and will be found of interest
to shippers and parties Interested
Messrs. Kuhn & Franssen, Galveston
Texas
Austin. Texas. December l6.--Gentlemch'
your letter of the 18th instant is Just re-
ceived inclosns Correspondence petWetn
YOU ana Mr.. Downey' General i'y W.,
agent of the Houston has' -, an the ia
'rrxas Hallway company, as 10 the na,
bilitV of ilje railway company " pdS
for COMPRISING cotton shippe PEN on s smd
road from SaCogdoches TO ralN'"lV'i ""'
ronnnressod at Galveston.
we understand you to contend thht
the railway company is requiren 10 pay
for the COMPRISING at dalVcstotl, 1t' co., a.
the 60 cents per ivo p9 Gum Npacoadoches
transporting the cotton 'ro'''
to Galveston. -,,,,l, ,h,.
It is no; liable for this conlptesSd1"E NY ,bis
the tariff and rules prescribed ny inns
liberalization because there is no compress
nn lis line of road over seventy nlics
from Galveston at when IL co"iu nave
had The cotton compressed ,
~ And Won say that some export
| boilses'' are enjoying the beuotlt OF com .
nresslnr out of the Nacoyuoches 9t-tcut
rate and YOU further say we would me
"a cl,d am whether II ever was the inten.
10 a., di' af vour honorable body to grant said
railroad such Il high rate OF ireis s VIM" obii-
out imposing upon same the SAME l ona,
| cations of COMPRISING that SoN p'"eV'
And in reply we have to say IN me
| first place We never intehueu 70. mU,
have We In fact Even Nn n riS n lHn TO ali
! other roads similarly situated, nor -
! ,here any authority emanatiug from tHls
commission authorizing tlis OF any LII,
Z pif mi q
rentiy. for or against any shipper o'ei 40
4 We know of no rule, regulation o., or
IInW that compels a shipper 10 nave ms
na|,on CON, pressed. on the contrary. his
| vii In this matter controls the shipment.
| 4 our cotton tariff, maze elIeuiiNo
| Tuiv II 1906 among other Things proNluvs
| In Section 8 that in all shipments OF col
| tnn mo same must 20 through "uncom-
| pressed" or compressed in transit, ~
The shipper may prefer Aha , sngi W vi lad u.
| the shipper * inserted Ia the OH oil Ia"-
ing, and must he obeyed. ,..,t.,, 70,
! l. At any time prior to the adoption vi
| the original compress regulations AusHS,'
IT, fsq4. the railroad companies tnrousi
! NOT rcurcsentatives, almost without eN-
contiou contonded Tor "A RUE reguiuNns
tbc' COMPRISING Of cotton IN order !.
| I,o,ouize space and prevent freight
biockades. and expressed willingness 10
nav for COMPRISING as paFl OF VIZ
freight rates ii compressed suII'Stetit ~
far from the point OF dostlnallun " 49, HsSia
| hem in doing 50, the commission PROVIDED
Ia august 1891. that the railway conpa-
Nos should assume the payment OF tn'
| io,,rrass charges when compressed sever
~ miles or more from the point OF ues-
tination. and this is. still the rule.
H!'' i, so happens that there is no com
~ - Ns',neiocbes or at any point on
said road between Nacogdoches , ana
I IiI5u and as Houston IS only fiiIy
mis- from Galveston II c9hla no, DC oI ,hc
prTgss."d romnanv. And there can be no
S ison Tor requiring the railroad company
to pay for conpressns at ,hs gna made OF any ,ns
shipnle.,I Or this or any other road, OK
suon !, hcn il became necessary to com
cept N6o,ion effectively compressed IN
transit. 49,. sugpestions TO make
~ 10 proper rules on this or any sup'ee'