Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11
President Ripley
Makes a Statement
Declares Emphatically That q
Re>Hearing Will Clear The
Santa Fe Company Of All
Illegal Dealings

i'es'ucht L. L. RIPLEY Will appear
before the interstate commerce com.
mission at Chicago to testify in the
Colorado Fuel and Iron case next Fri.
day.
Mr.. Ripley declares emphatically
mat a rehearlng will clear the com.
pany and Secretary Paul Morton OF
all charges of illegal dealings. The
management of the Santa Fe admits
that the matter was badly handled be-
lore the commission, but offers az an
excuse the desire not TO furnish any
evidence to assist the Caledonian
Coal company in its s400,000 suit for
damages against the railroad. The
legal department should, 1t is said,
nave allowed the witnesses to make
a clean breast of the entire matter.
Had this been done, it is claimed,
there would not have been a suspicion
OF wrong.doing on the part of the
company.
The basis of The Santa Fe's de.
tense will be the through tariffs on
file with the commission on coal from
the Trinidad district to the Arizona
smelters. The tariff bears the inter.
state commerce commission file No.
1909, and is headed Santa Fe Sys-
TEN Tariff No. GAG" Then follows
the statement:
The Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe railway, in connection with the
FL Paso and Southwestern Railroad
company. Applying on coal and
coke, car loads, minimum weight 40
900 pounds. Issued June 10, 1902, and
effective June "a, 1902.
The tariff is as follows: In dollars
and cents a ion of 1000 pounds. On
soft coal, C. /. from Trinidad, Colo, to
Douglas, Ariz, $5.95; from Trinidad,
Colo, to Naco, Ariz., 1928; On run Of
mine from Starkville, Colo, to Bis
bee, Ariz., $6.2S; from Starkville,
Colo, to Douglas. Ariz., 1857 IL; on
coke, car load, from S~tarkville, Colo,
to Naco, Ariz, $500 10; from Stark
vile, Colo, to Bisbee, Ariz., $500 IL.
This tariff, it Is claimed, was strict
ly observed, but it was agreed with
the Ell Paso and Southwestern that
= on coal shipments for industries along
their lines the Santa Fe would ac-
cept $3.50 up to Deming. Formerly
they accepted $3.45. 1t appears that
the Ell Paso and Southwestern was
building toward Ell Paso. The Santa
Fe naturally did not wish to have an
other line enter their center. AS part
consideration for the abandonment of
construction, the Santa Fe agreed to
livered at Deming than 1t had been
charging on coal delivered at Eel Paso.
"This rate was open to all indus
tries" declared Mr.. Ripley, and con-
s%equently there vas no discrimination.
As a matter of fact, three-fourths Of
the coal for this district came from
points in New Mexico and not from
Colorado. There was nothing In the
agreement which prevented the smelt-
ers from buying their coal from any
company, and therefore there was no
favoritism shown the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company
Engineer Lee Wright is laid up with
an attacr Of ~rhtInatisr..
All engines running out OF this di-
vision point have been provided with
snow plows.
The electric lights burned out at
the depot last night and utter dark
ness prevailed.
John Murphy late Of Denver has
po'b 49,
gone to work at the local shops as a
machinisls' helper.
Conductor Sekins has been assigned
to Conductor Fugate's passenger run
for a trip or two.
Engineer Schubert reported for duty
TODAY and was assigned to a switch
engine temporarily.
Supt. r. ]. Easley and Stenographer
Marshall went down 10 Albuquerque
last night in the superintendent pri-
vate car.
About forty gallons of milk and ten
gallons of cream are shinpe1 daiy
from Las Vegas to Albuquerque for
the Harvey eating houses.
lanes f"Scotty") Sturrock, who is
All the throttle and lever on the 753,
employed on the Glorietas. is the old
est and wealthiest engineer on TINS
division of road. Besides having a
fat hank account and seldom drawing
nnn'f hovn a fo11inO