Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-21
The Bill Under Discussion
in the Senate.
Baltimore and Ohio Replies to
Charge Of Discrimination.
Early Adjournment Out Of Respect TO
Late Rep. Castor, Penn.

Washington, Feb. 20.-The Senate lis
tened foT three or four hours today to
discussion of the details of the pure
food bill. A number of minor amend
nentS were suggested but under the
agreement to vote on all amendments
tomorrow none Of them could be acted
upon today. Mr.. Rainey presented by
request reply by the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad to the charges of dis
elimination made against it by the
Red Rock Fuel Co. Of West Virginia.
The communication was signed by Vice
President Bond, who declared that
there had been no discrimination; that
the Red Rock Co. was treated as We're
all others and that to meet it's re-
qGirements was impossible for lack Of
equipment.
The Senate adjourned few minutes
after o'clock out of respect to the
memory Of the late Representative
Castor Of Pennsylvania.
The reply Of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad to the statements recently
made III the Senate on behalf of the
Red Rock Co. of West Virginia, was
presented i'll the Senate at the begin
ming of today's session by Rainer, who
was very careful to say that he did so
by request, adding that he assumed no
responsibility in the matter. The doc
ument was signed by Hugh S. Bond,
Jr, second vice president Of the Balti-
more q Ohio.
Mr.. Bond says that when the Fuel
Co. purchased it's mines which are in
Ups nur county, West Virginia. it knew
that the Baltimore & Ohia Railroad Co.
had informed it's predecessors that that
company could not afford railroad ia
ciiities until it could enlarge it's equip
mcnt, but that the Fuel Co. Immediate
ly notified the railroad company that
the Red Rock Co. would at once locate
a coal tipple 1000 feet from the rail-
read and construct a single track
therefrom to the road and demanded
tina: the Baltimore & Ohio permit it to
make a physical connection with the
new track and furnish cars at the tip
pie for the shipment of coal. He said
that the Baltimore e Ohio road at that
point is a single track road ana that
the proposed point of connection is ap
rroximately midway between two sta
tions. He said that no coal is hauled
over the line between Weston and Bu-
channon with which the Red Rock
seeks connection and no rates for coal
in carloads have ever been made or
published from or over that line. He
refers to the lack of special switching
service and adds:
''Thc answer of the railroad company
to the demand of the Red Rock com
paTy was the same that had been given
to their predecessors in title, namely.
that until the railroad company could en-
large it's equipment il could not provide
special service to develop a now coal ter
ritory. Thercupon the Red Rock compa-
ny filed its complaint before the inter-
state commerce commission
Mr.. Bond further SAYS that the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad Co. is not 4 stock
holder in any coal company in the Fair
mont district 1t has for many years
owned a majority Of the stock Of the Con-
solidated Coal Co, 4 Maryland corpora
ton. In 1903. the Consolidated Coal Co.
acquired bare majority of the stock
of the Fairmont Coal Co. The commits.
sion finds that the alleged stockholdings
of the Baltimore & Ohio in the Farmont
company is the reason the Red Rock COM
pany's demands have not been complied
with. The finding. Mr.. Bond declares
is absolutely untrue and is purely upon
assumption.
Mr. Bond declares that the Fairmont
company has received no better treat
ment than the Red Rock Company
Mr.. Gallinger presented four petitions
from residents Of Oklahoma praying for
prohibition in the proposed state of Ok
lahOma.
The pure food bill was then taken up
and Hepburn and McCumber presented
number Of petitions endorsing the bill. a
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