Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-12-13
WAUWATOSA WANTS WEST Al
LIS RATES.
LONG HAUL COSTSI. LESS
People Of Nearer Place Pay Three
Timas as Much as Those OF Three
Times Farther Place-Rate Com
mission Has Hearing on Demand
for Equality.
Madison, Dec. IL.


Why should more be charged for
Transporting cars Of freight from Mil
waukee to Wauwatosa than for the
same service from Milwaukee to West
IAllis, more than three times the dis
| taEce2
This query was the subject of a
hearing before the state railroad rate
commission yesterday, brought about
by the complaint of II. p. Bradley, fuel
and feed dealer OF Wauwatosa
against the Milwaukee railroad com
Ipany. The company was represented
Iby William Ellis as attorney and the
complainant was represented by Al.
torney Charles b. Perry mayor OF
! WauwatCsa.
The company offered "A number OF
witnesses in traffic officials of the
road to show that the reason for the
apparent discrimination in favor OF
West Allis and against Wauwatosa
was on account Of the fact that West
lAllis is in the terminal switching
district" and WauwatOsa Is not in that
district. Mr.. Perry sought to draw
| from the company's witnesses the
reason for placing West Allis in this
favored district and not placing the
nearer place, Wauwatosa, in the same
district. While no satisfactory eX
Iplanation could be obtained, it seemed
that the reason was that West AIUs
had at some time been greatly favored
in the matter Of rates Of reight, AMI
that low the other growing suburbs
of Milwaukee are Clamoring for equal.
lily of rates and the company is r.
sisting strenuously, lest it be con.
PEELED to give to all the other districts
of greater Milwaukee, what is now
enjoyed by West Alls. The com
pany is emphatically denying that low
rates make more freight than highci
rates This Is seemingly a denial Of
the well established economics Law
that freight rates, as they are higher
or lower, boom or doom a community
or locality.
The company offered testimony to
show that the conditions at West Al,
lis and Wauwatosa with reference 70
traffic are such that the very low rates
for the farther place are reasonable
while the three or four times highL
rates for the other place about one.
third of the distance from Milwaukee
are not unreasonable
1t appears that the shipments To
West Alis from Milwaukee are car
lied on the switching charge of So a
car for any weight From Milwaukee
to Wauwatosa the distance tariff -
charged, 40 cents a ton The plainl
IFS offered a large number OF SNIP.
ping bills for cars Of coal ana other
freight on which they paid, from Mil,
wauke6 TO Wauwatosa from $l2 to
1918, while the same cars could have
been carried three times and more
the distance, that is, from Miiwauiee
to West Aiiis, for the flat charge o,
Sc car. The matter was not con,
pleted Yesterday
Complaint Adjusted.
The complaint of w. II. Andrac on
ieating to the alleged inadequate pas,
songer facilities between Milwaukee
and Corliss. was dismissed, it having
been adjusted before reaching hear
ing.
The complaint of Harvey Clark SD.
perintendent of the state school for
thO blind at Janesyille. regarding
switching at that place was not
reached on account of the Wauwatosa
ease, 1t will he taken up for hear
ing Friday.