The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-18
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a lt.yos ,fihr a'andafi Oii Coturany.
81. trttlr. prral,snt ~ the Boston and
" nc n reported 10 have said
Tho n,at1nnnd Maine Railroad for ypars,
except M crrtlin sfar-sly asttlei sactiona
nj tNe country. has loinsd with roasla M
which u tpnlc originates In through sater,
ari ovrry shipper and reccivrr ~ oil has
lrrr treated exactly alike
IA shown in Chapter III 81 tho report.
,rr 1naton and Mains states In n sitter TO the
bureau that tho road does not prorate on
y PORTION ~ liz system. giving n list 81
wi stations affected. Some of tho cities
10 which that road does not pr8rate are:
Lowell. Lynn. Lawrence and fiaverhili,
Mass. Portland. Me-, and Portsmouth.
y II These n properly bc termed
tho sparsrly settled sections
ANSWER TO PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
MIR. Thayer. vice-president Of the Penn
svlvania Railroad. IA reported TO have said,
regarding the special rate from Clean TO
Rochester. that the trafic 10 be transported
under such rate was crude oil and I'M
finished products moving from one refinery
10 another, belonging to the same owners.
that the rate has not heel withdrawn;
than perhaps the rate was applied on re-
fined oil in a few instances, insignificant
as compared with the total traffic; and that
The wording Of the tariff was corrected ;;
that 1t Is not a secret rate and never has
been secret
luf a u " VIII u DhEItl NuS lSSutd
some years ago, was reissued and APP
proved by J. b. Thayer, Jr., on March 10,
1902, and applied to petroleum products
This tariff did not confine the shipments
to crude oil or unfinished products. More
than / 900 cars of illuminating oil, g~asolene
and other finished oil products were shipped
in 1904 on this rate from Clean to Rochester,
or on the corresponding rate Of 10cents per
barrel to Buffalo. A large portion Of the
States of New York and Vermont were
supplied in this way. This rate was I'M
known to independent shippers, and there
were printed at the top Of the rate order,
In capital letters and UNDERSIGNED, the
words, Not to be posted
Under date Of April IL, 1900, George D.
Dixon, freight traffic manager OF the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad, wrote to this bureau
that the Q cent rate order had been cancelled
and that a new order had been issued limit
ing this rate to unfinished petroleum re-
inery stock between Olean, Rochester
and Genesee Junction, and TINT regular
fifth class rates were then made to apply
to the finished products Of petroleum.
NJ Thayer Is further quoted as saying
that the rate was not made for the purpose
Of combination with other rates to produce
secret low through rates to New England,
and was never, to the knowledge Of the Penn
s~ylvania officers, used for such purpose.
THE records of the road show that the
agent of the Pennsylvania RAILROAD Com
pany at Olean In 1901 billed about 200 cars
Of oil to Rochester at this rate, the waybills
showing on their face consignments to Yer
mont points, and also tho route over the
New York Central and the Rutland railroads.
referring to blind billing, Mr.. Thayer
says that it is not a secret device. and is
simply another name used by railroads for
manifesting. It is sufficient To say that the
practice Of blind billing was discontinued
by the Pennsylvania soon after it's discovery
by the bureau.
interesting to read the statement OF Mr..
Everest, first vice-president. of the Vacuum
Oil Company, the Standard Oil Company's
subsidiary corporation, which operates the
refneries at Olean and Rochester. He is
quoted as saying that he knows Of no
from securing favorable rates for shipping
It's goods to and from points within the
State.
"li for any reason the railroad company
on the goods handled over Its line, / know
Of no reason why they should not be nc
cepted. OF course, the argument when the
interstate avs were made was to the effect \
that the railroads we're public carriers.
For this reason any special rates or rebates
'dNt 'ICN"tCh ''ehtNS "iu wv 'e"' n"
are now ILLEGAL. l know of no law which
prevents any company receiving these
rates within this State
CHICAGO AND RATES
"Mr. j. w. Blabon, freight train manager
Of the Chicago ndAlton road, is quoted as
saying that the 0-cent rate TO East st. Louis
did not apply from Whiting, but from Chap
pell, H.; that the shipment was entirely a
State shipment, and therefore one which
the Interstate Commerce law does not affect;
that the 6-cent rate was in effect before he
came to the road, and that because the
Scent rate was too low he had 1t raised to
10 cents, to which the Standard Oil people
readily consented.
The facts as shown in Chapter VII.
Of the report are that the East st. Louis
shipments were not State shipments. but
were in fact carried through from Whiting,
Ind, to Fast st. Louis, H., or st. Louis, Mo-,
or points beyond; that the records OF each
Of the roads hauling this freight showed
that agents and officers of such roads knew
Of the interstate character OF this traffic,
and that the freight charges paid to these
railroads actually covered the entire move
ment from Whiting to East st. Louis
or st. Louis. The rate was not raised to ID
cents until June, 1905. and as a result OF a
meeting of the officers Of the three railroads
making the 6-oent rate, which meeting
followed Immediately after the Bureau OF
CorDOrations made inquiry of them regard