The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-10
RAILROAD NEWS.
f. C. Maegley Testifies Before
Commerce Commission.
Did Not. Disclose Anything at
All Sensational.
EMBRY NOT AVAILABLE
Rock Island Freight Man Could
Not Be SubpOenaed.
Commission Adjourns to Meet in
Chicago ON January "A.

The principal witness at the afternoon
session of the interstate commerce COM
mission in Kansas City Thursday was
F. G. Maegley, of Topeka, the assist
ant general freight agent of the Santa
FTe road.
The commission did not get much in
formation of Importance from Mr..
Maegley. He admitted that while the
arbitrary rate existed from all Missouri
river points, it was not enforced at
ST. Louis, Chicago, Memphis or New
Orleans.
H. H. Embry, the assistant general
freight agent Of the Rock Island, who
was very much desired as witness,
could not be found by the deputies witt
subpoenas. He was not present at the
hearing. Mr.. Embry is said to have
been suddenly called away on very
important business just about the time
the deputy was headed toward Topeka.
The other witness at the afternoon
session was H. G. Kaill the assistant
cific, whose headquarters are at Kansas
City. Mr.. Kali was represented largely
in the interrOgations by n. H. LOOMS,
of Topeka, the attorney for the Union
Pacific.
Mr.. Maegley's testimony was taken
by Attorney Frank Hagerman of Kansas
City, who is acting for the commission:
Mr. Maegley said he knew nothing OF
an arrangement between his company
and Richardson & Co.
MIR. Hagerman asked: do you mean
to tell the commission that you have no
= knowledge whatsoever of Richardson &
Co, in any shape or form, directly or
Indirectly, having any advantage IN
the way of shipments over the Santa
Fe as against other dealers in Kansas
City,"
81 am willing to make that positive
statement" said Mr.. Maegley.
In reply to questions from Gardiner
LAT w a attorney
the Santa Fe, Mr.. Maegley told some
thing of the position of the through
lines in regard to the Kansas City grain
situation Mr.. Lathrop said:
II viii ask you what reason there IS
for the imposition of this one cent arbi-
trary. and, so far as the Kansas City
market is concerned, whether that arbi-
trary does or does not compensate the
railroad company for its car service on
grain that comes to Kansas City over
its car service to other points in Kan
sas?''
1.-The detention of cars consigned to
the Kansas City market has been ma
terially greater than the detention OF
cars at points on our line west of Kan
SaS City. In the. season just past we
were very short of equipment and de-
lays of our cars by reason of the Kan
sas City market privilege were very
great in comparison with delays at in
terror points This one cent arbitrary
would not, in my Judgment, compen-
safe the company for the delays We
had occasion to investigate the matter
last summer and found that the delay
of our cars at Kansas City would aver
age approximately seven days from the
time shipments arrived and conSigneeS
were notified to the time that cars
were released to us These cars were
very valuable to the company at that
time, worth possibly as much as $50 per
day, and the one cent arbitrary would
pay the railroad only 81 or IS a car
Mr. Maegley, to show that disturb
ance in rates was confined to the terri
tory east of the Missouri river, said
that as far as his observation had gone,
the bids made by Richardson & Co. at
Kansas points were based on the Kan
sas City market, less the full tariff rate
from initial points to Kansas City and
one-half to one cent profit.
He said the one cent arbitrary was
originally made as the result of an
agreement between G. A. Parker, the
traffic manager of the Missouri Pacific,
and the late A J. Vanlandingham, who
was then commissioner of the Kansas
City transportation bureau.
You don't know anything about
that?" interjected Mr.. Hagerman.
among the railroad men," said Mr..
Maegley.
IF you are talking about general I'M
derstanding, what is the general under
standing about Richardson & Coz"
asked Mr.. Hagerman. The laugh that
followed impelled Mr.. Lathrop to the
remark:
Il see the pikers are here in large
numbers
Douglas Dallam, general agent of the
freight department of the Santa F'e at
Kansas City, testified that he knew
nothing of an agreement between his
road and Richardson e. Co. w A.
Moses, grain dealer, and G. L. Brink
man, miller, were put on the stand to
corroborate the testimony already given
regarding the grain situation here, after
which an adjournment of the hearing
to Chicago, January "a, was taken.