The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-17
WANTS IT STOPPED
NEW YORK CITY COMPLAINS U
DIsCRIMIn ATl0N.

prodpce Exchange OF That City wants an
Investigation of the frachce OF the
Tr.ric Association in DivertinS TO
oth.r Seaboard Cities Business on
vUhtch New York seems to Think She
has Some Sort of Pre-Emption-Saieo OF
,h. valley Road-Shenandosh Division
the Norfolk and Western Sold.
washington, Sept 1.-THE New York
Produce exchange has signed very
rnportant complaint against the ran
roads comprising the Joint franc as
.ociatfon, which carries produce 10 uiie
,eab-oard. charging them with making
rates and regulations and giving term
NAL privileges for the purpose OF oi'err-
ing traffic which should naturally go 70
N4zw York. to other seaboard cities, m
.s1,dinp Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nor
folk. Newport News and Boston. Inc
commission asks for an investigator
md for the establishment by the COM
mission of Just rates, changes, ETC., Tor
Interstate transportation from Chicago,
Buffalo and the west to the seajboar1
cities and markets.
The railroads made defendants by
the complaint are the Baltimore and
Ohio and its connection, the Big -Four,
the New York, Lake Erie and Western,
the Chicago and Erie, the Grand Trunk
Of Canada, the Delaware and Lacka-
wanna, the Lehigh Valley, the Pennsyl-
vanSa and New York Central, the Lake
Shore. the West Shore, the Wabash, the
Philadelphia and Reading, the Central
New Jersey, the Boston and Albany,
the Erie, the Detroit and Grand Haven,
and the Grand Rapids and Indiana
The complaint recites the exceptional
trade facilities of New York by rea-
son of the natural and artificial water
ways connecting 1t with the primary
markets OF the west, northwest and
southwest. 1t says it is favored by the
great concentration of business, its
large Import trade, its superior ocean
service. its hrarbor and general terTni-
nal facilities. and says that the other
cftie,s are localities competing with
New York for the export trade OF the
limited States The defendants are
charged with violation of the first, sec
ond. third and fourth sections OF the
Interstate commerce act, in that they
have established and maintained rates
and regulations and even given terminal
privileges to the other cities, which are
unreasonable Discriminate against
New York. The complaint quotes the
Established rates in grain, flour and pro
visions showing that they are from two
to three cents per hundred pounas high
er to New York than r1ey are TO other
cities. except Boston, where the rates
are two cents higher than to New York
On grain the Boston and New York
rates are the same, and range about
one cent higher than to Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
Rut the complaint declares, in the
case of Boston, the railroads grant the
shfppers two days free storage and free
insurance, which privilege are NOT
granted to New York. These discr-m-
;natnone,. the complaint charges. nulldfy
the advantages of New York, both mat
u,,a,b and those created by the expend-
iture of public and private funds. and
uniustly and unlawfully divert trade
and commerce from New York.
In conclusion the petition asks an IN
vt-stigatbOn. specifically charges the v1o-
etSon. prayS that the defendent5 be re-
trained from continuing the d1scr1rnnIl-
atoms. and requests the comission 10
fix rates and charges to the seaDoard
critics and markets
VALLEY" ROAD SOLD.
Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE valley road
was sold at auction today TO Leslie Car
ter and George Z. Admans, represent
ing the first mortgage and the extern
sn.n hondholders, the price bid being
slOO dollars over the upset price or ga
400 600. Twenty-four lots belonging TO
the road were sold separately for $780,
200. the total amount realized on the
sale of the property being, therefore,
s41Go100 Plans OF reorganization are
expected to be completed in the near
future II IS stated that electricity VIII
he substituted for steam power and the
property thoroughly renovated At
torney Eastman who tried yesterday
afternoon to get the injunction to stop
the sale appeared at the sale and serv-
ed notification that he would appeal
from Judge Gibbons decision denying
the injunction. and carry THE case TO
tho appellate court He represents
holders of 500 shares OF stock.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
Roanoke Va. Sept 16.-The Shenan-
doah Valley division OF the Norfolk and
W-esb tern railroad was sold this morn