The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-27
WICHITA TO
HAVE HEARING
Interstate Commerce Com
mission viii Come Here
BEFORE 18Th OF JUNE
Complaints are Filed by Com
mittee at St. Louis,
BEFORE 18Th OF JUNE

The United States Interstate Commerce
commission has agreed to hold ses-
sion at Wichita at some date between
the present time and June Is. to hear the
case Of Wichita against the railroads and
unjust freight rates. Judge T. Prouter
and Ex-Governor Fifer, accompanied by
Special Attorney 8archant. viii come to
this city.
This agreement was made with the com
nittee Of Wichita gentlemen sent TO St.
Louis by the Chamber Of Commerce to
present Wichita's complaints before the
commission. They were ]. Z. Howard.
s As5augh and James Allison. The
latter member Of the committee returned
20 this city yesterday
Nj Allison said to reporter for the
Eagle.
The Interstate Commerce commission
VIII give Wichita "A hearing between
now and June Is we arrived at St. Louis
Thursday night and the commission was
busy. Later. when they had adjourned,
we presented our business to them and
received very courteous treatment at their
bands. 7 was surprised to find that Judge
Prouty and Ex-Geverror Fifer knew SO
u,uch about Wichita yet 7 found they
had only a shadow Of an idea as 10 this
city's magnitude. Both gentlemen ex-
pressed surprise when told the great
amount OF business done here. We ex-
200 600 bushels Of grain in the last three
wears We al felt thar we had met with
extrsor6iuary success in the undertaking.
which we had made. The commission had
heard something OF or case while at
Kansas City through the papers we filed
while il was sitting i'm that city. We
lied yesterday the complaints that were
endorsed and signed by Mayor Mclean
and al the work the commission has to
DO in Wichita VIII be to look into the
freight rate schedule.
The complaints signed by Mayor Nc
Lean BY order Of the city council and
He'd with the commerce commission are
as follows:
BEFORE THE INTERSTATE COM
MERGE COMMISSION.
The Mayor and City Council of Wich-
its, Kansas,
VS.
The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Re Rail
way Company, the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe Railway Company, the Chi
cago. Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Company, the Southern Pacific Railway
Company. the Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company. the Chicago, Rock
Island & Texas Railway Company. the
r fTv-a-
Company. the Texas & Pacific Railway
Company. the Missouri Pacific Rail
way Company. the St. Louis & San
Francisco Railway Company, the Texas
Midland Railway Company, the Illinois
Central Railroad Company. the Calves
ton, Houston & Henderson Railroad
Company. the international d Great
Northern Railroad Company.
The petition Of the above-named com
plainants respectfully shows:
THAT the complsinants the mayor and
council OF Wichita Kansas, constitute a
municipal corporation under the laws
OF the state Of Kansas and this proceed /
ing is brought on behalf of said city of
Wichita and the merchants, dealers and
shippers therein.
2-That the defendants above named are /
common carriers engaged in the trans (
portation Of property by continuous car
riage or shipment wholly 10y railroad. +
and their various lines OF routes may
run between points in tho states of
Kansas and Missouri on the one hand.
end points n tae states or Texas and
Louisiana and other e.atas on the other
hand. and as such common carriers the f.
said defendants are subject 20 the pro- (.
visions OF the act TO regulate commerce. /
approved February 1857 and acts
nmendatory thereof or supplementary f.
thereto.
3-That Wichita. Kansas. is located on f
the line Of the defendants tha ALchisan. +
Topeka G. Santa Ire railway company. The /
Chicago. Rock Island q Pacific Railway
company. the Missouri Pacific Railway .
rompany and tae ST. Louis 81 San Fran- /
cisco railroad company. being distant /
from Kansas CITY. 40. Via the Atlhison. /
Topeka & Santa Fe railway. 256 miles.
and via the Chicago. Rock Island & Pa
rlhc railway. 5-5 miles, shipments from 4
Kansas City to Galveston when forward
ed via the two last-Damed defendant /
hines passing through Wichita. That th7 +
Ehort-ine distances from Kansas CITY
and Wichita 10 Galveston. Texas. and
New orleans Ia. are as follows
From Kansas CITY 70 Galveston. RS
miles; TO New Orleans 6-6 miles. from
Wichita 70 Galveston. 20 miles. 90 New
Orleans. e23 miles.
4-That notwithstanding the favorable
position OF Wichita with reference So F
distance 70 Galveston ana ite relatively
favorable situation with reference 20
New Orleans ana although by the afore-
said routes shipments from Kansas City
and Wichita TO Galveston ANA Sew Cr-
Jeans are US follows:
Published r1tes On wheat export from
Kansas City 1lissour,. and Wlcl5a.
Kansas. - Galveston Texas and o1ew
Orleans Louislasa. rates per - pounds
To Galveston. TcNas. ard Sew Orleans