The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-03
ID 70 DISCRIMINATE
e...r,l Crane Gets After
't II Rock island
Lr,,Io, RULES WERE VIOLATED
.-o.. claim the R"iir"""
|Fsade' y,.ced Them at IA Dis
Fsnp..,. ,,age in shipping

February 1.-The follow
:. :ls Of the attorney genera 3, rsxas p VS.
ne case Of the State OF leAas 70,
y ~ Rock Island and Texas railroad
s MA violation of the railroad COM
~. ~, compress regulations; ,,.
500 !, Texas VS.. the Chicago. ROCK
sn'e Teyas Railway company; SUIT
strd anu ~ district court Of Travis
psiy ,,,, issai District Court of Travis
Fsu1y ieN' tho state of Texas, by her
~ ~, general. NJ. NJ. Crane anu com u,
y" The Chicago, Rock Islanu any
y e !" company, hereinafter styieu
~, with respect showeth'
~. ,hs chicago, Rock Island ana
ia n.,,aav company is and was at the
- h a" mentioned railway com
g XII incorporated under the laws OF
IVY =, TEXAS. operating Il railroad
sn eI,v Of Fort Worth. in Tarrant
nv Twas ava" northwardly through the
i ~. ~ Tarrant. Wise and Montague TO
Eli an the northern border oil tho
n' rsyss That said railway company
ssr and has been for about three years
n,si engaged in operating i's sun
y r,ilrosd from Fort Worth ieXas'
s,hvardly to aud beyond Rinsso'u' IN
Est,re county. Teas A.
ria, George II. McFadden. George NC
IN / Frank McFadden and John H.
' as.Si mariners and doing business UNI
~ firm name and style of George II.
.rsSasn G Bros; Felix Bath. doing
.,sss nnder the firm name of Felix II.
&c. n A. Birge. w. b. Birge and
-, Forbes, partners and doing bust
4 rrser the firm name and style NJ
q, rcrbes & Co: John Martin. w. II.
" md Frank Fiiahugh. partners and
n, business under the firm name ana
M Of Martin. Wise Il Fitzhugh. are and
~ hsen from a time anterior TO the 2"d
4 n septenber. 1896, and still are re-
ct,irelv engaged In the business as cot
|. b,okers ard cotton merchants. OF buying
N calling cotton IN bales and shipping
r. an railroads in the state Of Texas to
N from various poluts in the state OF
kTas an and along the line of respondents
Ilway. -
.,a cotton merchants above named are
1, 49, heen since time prior to Sep
E-hsr, issG ,he lessoes of compress To-
Ia =, powie Texas known as the In
[s.rden, compress and that as such les
u they have been, during the contin-
Eee 0. their lease. entitled to all the
knlpgs Of said Independent compress.
n TIA, mic time there is and there
I Neon continuously since a time anterior
ssn,e,,her 1895 auothor compress To-
III =, Rowie Texas and known as the
w. ccmnress the same having been dur
= srsh nerioa and now owned by the
l.;e ccmnress and Stornpe company. Ia
Aieh ira chicago Rock Island and Texas
,llvay comnany has heen and is n stock
oasr Ia ,he extent of about one half Of
II M s,ork
L That there are rail connections hetweon
ttpondents main limo of railway at Bowie
nd each Of said COMPRISES. and so have
cen during all the time aforesaid. and that
No oi ,ald congresses is and has been
urips said time as accessible by the
rains Of respondent as the other. and that
ne Of said congresses is pnd has been
iung all said time as well eou,pped for
be compression OF cotton as the other. and
ID one OF said congresses now and dur
h til said time performs and has per
ssrd A. s,,,ssac,o-,, ,,'o,i, al -
lr Of the same capacity as the other.
( That the compression Of cotton is in
tr,tely connected. with It's transportation,
u that Its object is to redure the size of
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