The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-29
RATES TO REGULATE
COMPLAINT COMES TO THE BAIL
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.

ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Rice County Party Calls the Board to Duty.
Alleging Everything What 1t should
Not be In the Matter of Charges for
Freight Carrying Over the Santa Fe-
Board Holds the Matter to be of Great
Importance aud Expects Tussie In
the Courts - The Complaint, as Filed
With the Com missioners.
Topeka, Kan, July 2s.-Tne state board
Of railroad commissioners has al last re-
ceived a complaint against the present
freight rates. Il is against the Santa Fee
company and comes from Rice county.
Now the board will proceed 10 put in
some rates along the entire Santa Fe
system in Kansas and endeavor TO en-
force them. The complaint is that all
rates charged by the Santa Fe in Rice
county are unreasonable.
The board is Of the opinion that ii is
a matter of great importance 10 the
state. and should the finding Of the
board be sufficient upon which 10 make
an order, il can readily be seen that
such an order would effect the rate on
all commodities named throughout the en-
tire state. 1t is probable that the compa-
MES will contest the order OF the board,
If one shall be made. THE. it is believed,
will bring the matter into the Rice county
district court Il is not clear whether
an appeal from the district court may
be taken directly into the federal court
or whether it must come before The state
supreme court but in any event. the pow
er Of the railroad board under presen.
laws will be thoroughly tested.
THE COMPLAINT.
The complaint filed from Rice county
is as follows:
To the Honorable Board Of Railroad Com
missioners Of the State of Kansas:
The undersigned township trustee Of
Of Rice, in the state OF Kansas, respect
fully represents and shows 10 your hon.
orable board as follows: to-wit:
First-That ne is the duly elected. quail
flied and acting trustee OF the said town.
ship Of Atlanta. and that the said town
ship surrounds the city of Lyons, and is
also contiguous to the townships Of Mitch
el ana Lincoln in said county. That
there is located and IN operation through
the said township of Atlanta a line Of
railroad owned and operated by the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
company. That said line Of railway ex-
ell, Lincoln and Atlanta, and through
the corporate limits Of the city Of Ly-
ons. That in said township of Mitchell
is station and depot on said line Of
railroad known as Mitchell. and at the
city Of Lyons q station and depot on the
said road known as Lyons, and in said
Lincoln township a station and depO.
on said road known as Chase. That said
stations are the stations on the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad used
by the inhabitants Of said township OF
Atlanta for the purpose Of Transporting
freights over said Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad operated by said Atch
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway COM
pany. That the said township of Allan
IA is an agricultural township well se.-
tied and improved. and produces annu-
ally large quantities Of wheat, corn, oats
and Agricultural products.
That the inhabitants thereof annually
use large quantities Of lumber, coal, agri-
cultural implements, groceries. dry goods
wagons. and all articles of freight OF each
and every classified ton classified by said
railway company. That al. OF said art:
1,,f~ a
from or into or consumed or used there
in are mainly shipped over the road OF
the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
way company. That said articles are
shipped to and from all points in the
e:ate of Kansas on said Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe railroad TO said sta
tjcns at Chase, Lyons and Mitchell; and
that by reason thereof the said inhabi-
tants Of the said township OF Atlanta
through which said road runs are interes:
ed in the rates charged for transporta-
ton Of freight over the line Of the said
Topeka and Santa Fe RAILROAD |
from ali points in Kansas TO said sta
tons, and from said stations TO a.. points |
in Kansas.
Second-That the charges made by the |
said railway company for the Transport !
tation Of wheat, corn, oats and ali kinds |
of grain, all farm implements and ma
chinery and all classes and kinds OF |
freight shipped over its said road from !
each and every point in the state OF |
Kansas 10 said several stations. end from /
said stations TO all other points in Kan /
sas on said road are unreasonable. and |
the rates charged for freight from said 1
Stations Of Lyons, Mitchell and Chase |
10 al points in the state of Kansas on |
said Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe |
railroad. and from al points on the said !
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad /
IN the state OF Kansas 10 said stations |
are unjust, unreasonable and extertion- !
ate. That the said rates charged as afore- |
said for the transportation Of grain, eg-
r;cultural implements, lumber. coal and 1
al classes OF freight by the said rail- |
way company from said points 70 all 9TH I
er points on said railroad in Kansas,
and from al other points in Kansas on T
said railroad 10 said stations are unjust.
and extortiona,e For a |
specific and detailed statement OF the 1
schedule OF rates now inforce and charg-
81 by said company, reference Ia made /
70 the attached schedule OF rates nog en-
forced by said railway company, and .
charged by II. as shown by such schedule
hereto attached. marked Exhibit a.
and made a part hereof. This complain,
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