The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-07
BEFORE The COMMISSION.
Texas koads Filed an Answer Last
Friday.
~ GENERAL ORDER OF OCTOBER :.
Ihe Hearing wna Then po.,,or,s
tntii Tomorrow-An Advance 4.
Freight Rates IL Wanted.
D GENERAL ORDER OF OCTOBER 3

whereas. The Fort Worth and Rio
urande Railway company; the Houston
East and West Texas Railway oom,anv
the waco and Northwestern Railroad ron,
pany. the Fort Worth and Denver city
hallway company, the Texas and p,o,s,c
Hallway company, the San Anto,io o.,
Arkansas Pass Railway company. the Texa.
Midland Railroad conn any. the Gulf. Col.
oFado and Santa Fe Railway compauv tho
81 Louis Southwestern Railway compap
Oh Iexas. the Tyler Southeastern Railway
company. the Missouri Kansas and Texos
halfway company OF Texas. the Houston
ana lexas Central Railroad company. tn,
galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
runway company. the Texas and New Or.
ieans RSiircad company. the New York
ieNas and Mexican Railway company. The
"uif' Western Texas and Pacific Railway
company, and Chicago Rock Island and
IeNas Hallway company have flee
with the railroad commission of Texas an
application representing. in substance, tina,
the lines of railway petitioners have been
operated during the fiscal year ending
June 20, 1896, as cheaply as practicable an ,
mat petitioners have secured rs much rev
enue from interstate rates as practicable
but that nevertheless in tonse,ls,,ce os
reduced rates established by the railroad
commission, there has been foi that year
a serious reduction in 10th the gross earn
lhGs ana net earnings OF peti toners pre-
venting petitioners, as is ALLEGED, from de
! irving from ,rplr httsiuns. no
which they arr Justly entitled.
And. whereas Petitioners pray that their
Application be set down for hearing and
that after hearing the commission will
ma';e such increase in the freight rates
now in effect as Will Yield to the petition
CTS the revenue to which they are Justly
entitled.
And whereas, The commission has mal,
considerable reductions Of the freight
rates, applying within the State of Texas.
upon large number OF articles;
And whereas Tie commission is not sat =
isfled that Interstate rates. to which petit
TONERS are parties. have been so fairly al
justed as to yield to the carriers The com
pensation which they should receive from
interstate commerce and as at the same
time to operate justly to shippers within
the State,
AMI whereas, The commission is DESTROYS
of securing TO shippers within the State
such relative adjustment of State and in
terstate rates as viii protect them against
disadvantage In competing with shippers
whose interests are fostered By interstate
rates, and is determined, 50 far as II can
icsitmately be done, to prevent railroad
companies from practcng that Kind vi dis
elimination whereby interstate traffic may
be transported for rats less than cola-
pensatory aud the resulting shortage In
! revenues recoupcd against the Internal
commerce Of the state;
I And whereas. Tie commission desires
such full information respectlng all mat
tors to the conduct Of tho carrying bus-
ness of petitioners and the operation Of
/ their lines of railway MS will enable tbs
commission to act intaligently and Justly
upon said application so as to prevent th'
inflicticn of wrong upon the shippers b!
the carriers and nj the Same time 20 Sc
cure to the carriers su Ii revenues rs may
be reasonably compensatory so far 10 the
condition CT the carriers with respect IL
/ population aud business viii admit OF thoii
! cnrning ouch revenues
Now, therefore, it is ordered by the rail-
roed commission OF Texas that nctico lie
and II Is hereby given to all persons N
tort sted that the commission VIII take up
end consider at is office in the city II Aus
tin. Texas. on the 20ih day of October, 1876.
the application Of roiitiNuora To- an In
crease or the 'fci8nt rates arp YlhE l
Croiglts transported betwe n Iolis wit =
In the State Of Texas, ard Y i'll, II en-
rcction herewith take up and ccnsid r
the question Of the proler re ljrstnont,
with respect 10 each other, of tha ia $
npnlving within the State OF Texas AMI
the interstate rates, to Viii ret! ion' rs
are parties by increasing or dint ishr :,
so far as may be necessary 20 en- q SUI n
readtustmc the rates now aprl ing n
1 brtu-efp Ia tina
state OF Texas ana ny insisting that peii-
TONERS will Increase or &c nee the iat'r-
state rates now existing. ard to which pc
titloners arc parties, so far as may be
necessary TO secure such r adjustment.
With The view to the prone, d termIna.
ton of said subjects the c>mmi'a!o VIII
submit for discussion the following in
qures. viz:
\. Arc the existing frois HI rates april
ing within the State of Texas just and req r.
sonable? II cxis,iag rat ayc, or appear
10 be- lower than hoy ousht TO lie IN lor
q different circumstances, arc they lower
than they should be uadcr exiting ci'cum-
stances. having in view the pTe'ailing!
business depression Of the country. md
are petitioners suffering, IN the dmi1u - !
e their revenues disproyort!onatel r. TO nc
rlsfortuncs which are bcrne b. ell 9th r
classes Of business?
If the freight rates applying wi hin
tho state e Texas ere not Just and r a
sorable under the clrcumstsnc $, ard i,
as consequence, such rates shn1ld be
inoroascd. on what articles should here
he Increases. End what should be the aus.
M NATION Of rates in each case?
a. Arc interstate ratos, to whi'h- reti-
TONERS are parties. just and rtaso1ao.e
under the circumstances
4 II interstate rates are st AID a
sounblo within themselves. arr t ey, cor
s,dercd in eli en- TO the State ra e7. 50 al
ius,od as to operate fairly TO TIL produce s.
manufacturers merchants and c5ngune's
Ct Texas .,. nv,
reasonable within thcm7clv S. or II they
lao so adjusted as not 10 cp "a Q justly u
me- producers. manufacturers. mcrcnen 8
md 'o5sumors Of TeXna. N what inaaucc
Sre they not just and reasonable or !,
What Instances arc they mt so adJust. f."
with regard to stete rates as 70 oper4t'
fairly 10 the produc rs. manufacturers,
INGREDIENTS aud consum r. OF TeNasF Ar
where tho are rot just aud reasonaDi,'
yitbin themselves should ih'y be rails .
or lowered and how much shocll be rais ~
mr. lowered. and on what articles? Ana