The record-union., 1896-12-14
common points to Pacific Coast terminal

truth ana effect OF the facts as herein
stated, will cause investigation thereof,
to be made, with opportunity to your
said petitioners to furnish proof and
that hearing be granted to your petit
TONERS on this their said application,
and that your honorable commission,
pursuant to the authority vested in
you by section four of the Act to Reg
ulate Commerce" will make and enter
an order authorizing your several pc
titieners in the special cases herein
stated to charge less for longer than for
shorter distances for the transportation
of property; that is to say that your
several petitioners may, either upon
their own lines, or upon the lines of one
or more of them connecting with each
other, charge more from Colorado COM
mon points to points east of California
terminal points (and from points west
of Colorado common points to California
terminal points, and from one such in
termediate point to another, than your
several petitioners do contemporary
eously charge on like traffic from Colo
rado common points to California ter
minal points; subject, however, to the
condition that all such charges on in
termediate traffic shall be just and rea-
sonable, in themselves considered, for
the service actually rendered.
(Signed), The Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railway Company, The Den
yer and Rio Grande Railroad Company,
The Rio Grande Western Railway Com
pany, The Southern Pacific Company,
George w. Ristine Receiver Of the Colo
rado Midland Railroad Company; S. II.
H. Clark, Oliver W. Mink, E. Ellery
Anderson, John w. Doane, Frederick
r. Coudert, Receivers Of the Union Pa
cific Railway Company.
SET FOR HEARING.
At a general session of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, held at it's Of
flee in Washington, D. c., on the 2lst
day of November, A. D. 1896. there
were present Commissioners Hon. Will
lam r. Morrison (Chairman), Hon.
Martin A. Knapp, Hon. Judson c.
Clements, and Hon. James D. Yeomans.
The following action was taken:
In the matter of the petition Of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
way Company; the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad Company; the Rio
Grande Western Railway Company;
the Southern Pacific Company;
George w. Ristine, receiver of the
Colorado Midland Railroad Company,
and S. H. H. Clark, oliver w. Mink,
E. Ellery Anderson, John w. Doane
and Frederick r. Coudert, receivers
of the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany, for relief from the operation of
the fourth section of the Act to Reg
ulate Commerce.
On reading the verified petition of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
way Company; the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad Company; the Rio
Grande Western Railway Company; the
Southern Pacific Company; George w.
Ristine, receiver Of the Colorado Mid
land Railroad Company; and S. II. III.
Clark, Oliver w. Mink, E. Ellery An
derSon, John w. Doane and Frederick
r Coudert, receivers of the Union Pa
cif1c Railway Company filed November
8, 1896, and praying for relief from the
operation of the fourth section of the
Act to Regulate Commerce in respect
Of the transportation of property from
Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Ell
Moro, Trinidad, and other places in the
State of Colorado, called and known as
Colorado common points" to San
Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, and
other places in the State of California,
called and known as California term
inal points, so that the said petitioners
may be authorized in the transportation
Of like kinds Of property charged less
compensation in the aggregate for the
longer distances between Colorado com
mon points and California terminal
points than for shorter distances over
the same line, in the same direction,
the shorter being included within the
longer distance;
1t is ordered that a hearing be had
upon said petition at the office of the
commission in the city of Washington,
D. c., on the 18th day of December,
1896 at 10 o'clock a. m.
1t is further ordered that the petition
ers herein be and are hereby required
to make and file with the commission
on or before the date of such hearing
a verified petition or statement setting
forth specifically or by reference to ac-
companying tariffs the rates now es-
tablished and in force over their re-
spective lines for the transportation of
the various kinds and classes of prop
erty from Colorado common points to
California terminal points; and also the
rates now established and in force for
like transportation for all shorter dis
tances over said lines in the same d.
rection between said Colorado common
points and said California terminal
points; and also showing the rates pro-
posed to be charged by the petitioners
under suspension or modification of
said fourth section for such transporta-
ton for said longer and said shorter
distances respectively; and that the pc
titioners also set forth in said supple
mental petition or statement the names
of any and all common carriers, If any,
other than themselves which may be
interested in the rates now charged lor
proposed to be charged for the trans
portation in question.
That any person, firm, company, cor
poration, committee, or commercial or
ganization having an interest in the
matter may appear and be heard at
said hearing; and that any interested
party may submit by mail, written or
printed statements or arguments in re-
lation to the matter prior to the date
of said hearing, and the same will be
duly considered by the commission.