El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-19
Committee From the Cham
Der Of Commerce
PROPOSES TO DISCUSS
The Question OF Rates In And Out Of
Ell paso With the Members Of
the Interstate Commerce COM
mission Now In the City.

fhe condition of rates in and out of Ell
Paso.
The opportunity was an excellent
one. Probably, in one short In terv1ew,
more good can be accomplished for the
business interests of the city than
through months of correspondence.
The committee will meet the COM
missioners at O'Clock this afternoon.
No stated complaint will be made, and
DO appeal will be made officially until
avery effort has been exhausted In an
snaeavor to deal with the railroads
themselves.
Fl Paso is entertaining today mem
bers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, VINO, with their various
stenographers and clerks came in this
lunorning from San Antonio over the
g. H.: having for their especial use
special Pullman car, and q dining
car.
The entire party was under the
ehaperorage of S. F. B. Morse, pas
seDger traffic manager of the Sunset
ronts. In the party were Judge j. d.
YeOnans and Judge j. G..
Clements. mem bers of the interstate
commerce commission: Assistant
nograpbersJ J. j. McAuliffe and j. Il.
Fishback, Mrs George S. Yeomans,
Mrs. ]. G. Clements, Miss
Csaudine Clements Miss, Margaret
Clements. Mr. and Mrs w. H. Dulaney,
Miss Mary Dulaney, Mrs. M. S Decker,
and Mrs. J. 81. Fishback. The mem
bers OF the commission are en- route to
California on a business trip, but will
stop first at Phoenix, Ariz., where an
important hearing Is to be had
Said Mr.. Morse, II was In Washing
ton At the time they were preparing 20
leave, and they were scheduled to go
fhropgh without stop. l insisted that
they should see something of the
Southland en- route, and after some
persuasion they agreed to m axe sever
al stops. l arranged an itinerary, and
came with them to show them per-
sonal attention on the trip"
lrWe do not stop in Ell Paso for bust
meas reasons at ALL said Judge Yeo-
mans this morning, "but merely for
she pleasure of seeing the city we have
heard SO much about all over the east. |
/ myself am from Iowa. but L have
been in Texas frequently before. aud
/ an not at all surprised to see what |
wonderful strides she is making.
rive go to Phoenix In the morning,
and there we have an important hear |
ing on rate discrimination. From |
Raoenix we go to San Sernardino, and
10 Los Angeles, and at last to San
francisco, in all OF which places we
have hearings on complaints of dis
rrinination against the railroads"
The other member of the commits |
don in Ell Paso today, Judge 5. G.
Clements, was much impressed with |
The appearance of Ell Psso."
Georgia is my native state, "said the !
lodge, land of course l am as much |
soatherner as any Texan, and so l am |
g-atified extremely to see the marks of |
progress On every hand. L was especial |
IL Interested in the results of irriga-l
zion as shown down the valley. l am
coayinced that there is plenty of water /
il only a question of time when ways 1
md means will be devised efectuslly /
10 bring it up for practical use in
irrig alton. And then this country will /
b she wonder of the world.
"Of course | have had little opportu
nifty to see Ell Paso, but l have heard
much OF it, and even on the way in on
The train this morning. l was surprised
70 see the amount OF building and i'm
proyements going forward. You must
have an immense town here.
LAS to this hearing in Phoenix it
rsncerns more especially the retailers
81 that city. The complaint, believe,
ID concerning the discrimination in |
rases between car load lots and less
than car loads. Under the present ar
r aogement. the merchants there claim,
sstaiiers in Phoenix suffer.
we have had no complaint as yet
from the jobbers of Ell Paso. OF course
my comps amt that is made will receive
an attentive and impartial hearing"
The party was taken in charge, and
driven over the city by Harry Turner,
city ticket agent of the s. P, and
DIR. Reeves, 1.-The down town agent of the
5. p.
la Ave open carria yes they enjoyed
. ride through Juarez, and along the
principal thoroughfares of Ell Paso.
The entire day WAS spent in sightsee-
ing in the two cities.
AT Phoenix they will be joined by
ehs other members of the commission,
consisting of Martin A. Knapp of New!
York, chairman: Charles A. Prouty of
Vermont and Joseph w. -Fifer of Hi
neis.