The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-11-18
I1MAKE joint RATE
sr,plyG IN The NATTER At
COLFAX ENDED.
,,sslon, After Long Executive
session, Hands Dow" . nemo-
rsndum-Goods to Easier" wash
,,o,on Must Be Sent BY Quickest
ooufe-Rate on Coal.

cO,fsx Nov. 14.-After an execu-
eossion of nearly three hours, the
w; ,.ood commission met in the supe-
1'n' oonrt room at 8 O'Clock last even
io ~" and handed down the following
iDs .orsndum of its findings In the
O The commission has unanimously
..eed upon the following general
S.;uciples governing the decision Of
this cause, VIZ:
". ST. is satisfied by the evidence that
~. srployes of the Northern Pacific
uailwsy Company have for many years
allowed rule, regulation or practice
~ Wv rontipg goods from Puget sound ter
finals to practically all points in
ro.teru Washington situate on the lines
Il the oregon Railroad and Navigation
u;a portland, Or, and this practice
AVID cnstom has prevailed for such q
l0nctb of time that the company is
.bsrgesble with knowledge thereof,
and that such practice and custom,
undar the circumstances, constitutes q
mile governing shipments as alleged in
the complaint.
Causes Delay and Expense.
That such rule and regulation
esuses unnecessary delay and addition
al expense, thereby injuring both ship.
ners and consumers, and is therefore
rnfair and unjust and unreasonable.
THE commission will therefore
cspse an order to be entered abrogating
this rule and in lieu thereof will pro-
vide that such goods be routed via
such gatewsys in Washington as are
most expeditions and economical, un-
less otherwise directed by the shipper.
THE commission is satisfied that
the sum of the locals now charged on
shipments over two or more railways
in the state is an unjust and unreason-
able rate, and that joint rates on the
goods mentioned in the complaint 60
ing in either direction should be estab-
lished
1.-THE evidence is practically unoon-
tradicted that for nearly eleven years
joint rate was voluntarily esta blished
and maintained by the 0. r. & N. and
The Great Northern companies which
met the local rate of the Northern Pa
cifc railway and also the rate Of the
O. R. & N. to Portland, and the pre-
SUMPTION must maintain that these
products can be profitably be carried
we're joint rate esta blished.
Joint Rate Should Be Fixed.
The commission is satisfied from the
evidence introduced that joint rate
on coal from Roslyn to Colfsx and in
Immediate points should be established.
From 1894 to 1902 joint rate was in
force and voluntarily maintained by
the Northern Pacific Railway Company
and the 0. z. & N. company, when it
was sbrcgated by the o. r. & N. CON-
pany, as it frankly admits for the BEN
sat Of the Union Pacific Coal Company
and the Union Pacific Railroad Com
psny, and a prohibitory rate was
placed on Roslyn coal from Wallula
junction to Colfax.
The commission will establish q
pint rate on coal from Roslyn to Col
Tax and intermediate points.
The details Of all these joint rates
VIII require careful consideration and
Will De embodied in the formal find
Jugs, which will be promulgated at an
early date
The entire day was given up to the
Hsnc officials Of the three railroads
wmf planned of. Shortly after 8 O'Clock
"e last witness had left the stand,
auu IL was announced by the commits
sOn that at O'Clock announcement
would be made of the findings Of the
yeaEa IN the event of an agreement on
'ue points involved.
o.R. 4 N. Puts in new Rate.
after the testimony was in, Attorney
p'aes u. Wilson, representing the O.
~, announced that within the
r., ras' .hree days on his recommendation
w. aue u 4, & N. had reduced the rate
40 40 eoal from Wallula to Colfax from
a as at on to 1896 a ton. This, he
.. ,s' Will put Roslyn coal into Colfax
oaaI ue same price at which Wyoming
O, ,sI Is seld here, and will at once DEM
s, -s'a1e whether Roslyn coal is consid-
cls superior to the Rock Springs arti-
tho as claimed by the complainatns in