The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-09-02

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The Ka1sss City Times Of Thursday
has The following article II reference
TO TIE eoutss, between Nh. J. C. Nc
Grew, q tAs city, and the Missouri
Pacific rAilrat.
Al The bottom Of Il al are the
strange and unaooouniable Taies The
Missouri Pae6e charges for hauling
coal For instance.
Frcm LsuagiOu 10 Boonville is
seyenfY-uiBr miles. The Missouri
Paeihe's rae for hs1ling coal Is 40
cents a ion. From Jeung'Ou TO HAa-
SIS City i i0uylwO miles. The Mis-
sO1u Pacidcs rate for this haul = IS
eeats a too.
Prom Lexington 10 IndePesdeace Is
thiuy-three miles The NISSAN
Paeihe's eoal tariff Is IS oeais a ioa.
1t s nine mic, further 10 KsasNs City.
The rate i The same&5 ceEis But
the Missouri Pacific hSnls oesl fron
Lexington through IndePea3euos sad
thirty-nine miles more oct The main
line to Holden for 50 cents atoa,
II l. the sane With the HArnSoauile
haul. The coal iron the LeNagiOn
mines is hauled to independence,
thirty-three miles, or nine miles fur
ther, to Kansas City, for IS cents =
ton. Bot the ff,y-hve mile haul,
through Independence, to Harrison
vile costs but 80 cents a ton.
From Lexington to Marshall, forty
seven miles, the coal tariff Is IS cents.
For the seveuty-nine mile haul directly
through Marshall to BOonyille the
tariff is but A. centsi
These glazing Determinations, and
dozens more like them, have been
noted by Mr.. ]. c. McGrew, the Lex
ington coal miner and miller. He has
filed three suits II the circuit court st
Lexington, charging the Missouri
Pacific with violating the laws Of Mis-
souri, in that 1t charges for q
short haul than a long haul; has
favored one set Of communities at the
expense of others, and has shown
special favors to certain individuals
and eorporations-all of which the
statutes expressly forbid.
COAL AT LESS THAN COST.
The instance cited TO support the
charge of fayoring n corporation
over another, by the way, is that OF the
Lexington Coal company Virtually the
Missouri Pacific ITSELF in connection
with the contract for supplying the
state peniientiary at Jefferson City
with 10000 tons Of coal, 500 cars.
The Missouri Paciic's published tariff
from Lexington to Jefferson City is
sllO a ton. The company gave this
rate to j. c. McGrew when he was
figuring on the penitentiary contract.
II costs Sl.2j a ton to take the coal
from the mines near Lexington. The
mining and transportation would then
make the actual cost Of a ton of Lex
ington coal, delivered at jefferson
City, S2.35. Yet the Lexington Coal
company contracted to deliver the
10000 tons at the penitentiary at 81. 80
a ton. Either it is deliberately making
the state a present Of 40 cents a ton, or
else it Is getting special rate from the
Missouri Pacific, contrary to law.
The McGrew suits are to come up at
the December term of court. Mean
time MIR. McGrew and the Missouri
Pacific are at war-%naturslly. As a
matter of fact Mr.. McGrew has for
years been a great trial TO the big
corporation. lie owns the second
largest mine at Lexington, second only
to the Missouri Paciic's own plants.
And yet he absolutely refuses to join
the coal combine or observe the COM
blne's rates. lie has two big Touring
mills besides his mines and ships 5000
to 1000 cars a year, so that he is no
small fry. There Is probably no big
ger shipper on the whole Missouri
Pacific system.
all this by way Of explanation that
the position Of the parties may be
appreciated.
RAILROAD GAINS TINE.
The railroad commissioners Of Mis-
souri,, Joseph Flory, W. f. McCulley
and I. T. Hennessey, met at the Coates