Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-05
HIS ANSWER is A REPORT
Made to Him, at His Request, by Hem
OoTS Of The Interstate Com
meTCe Commission.
ONLY DEFINITE FACTS KNOWN
Are Those Appearing in An.
nual Railroad Reports.
SOME OF The FIGURES ARE SUBMITTED
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Washington, Feb. b - President
Roosevelt TO-DAY transmitted L. the
House the following report submitted
to him 10y the Interstate Commerce
Commission, in response to resolu-
tion regarding the allege1 combination
of the PEN 81 lvauia kailroad Co. and
certain other roads named therein in
violation OF the Antitrust law:
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Washington, Feb. 2. 19J6.-The presi.
dent; The Interstate Commerce Com
mission has the honor to submit the
following IN response to your request
OF january 29.h, inelosing a resolution
adopted that day by the House Of Rep
Tesentatives, which reads as follows:
Resolved, That the President Of
the United States be, and he is hereby,
requested, If not incompatible with
the public interests, to report to the
House Of representatives,, for it's in
formation, ali the facts within the
kn lwledge Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission which show OF tend to
show that there exists at this time, OF
heretofore within the last D. ? months
has existed, a combination OF arrange.
ments between the Pennsy syvania
Railroad Co., the PennaylSania Co.,
the Norfolk & Western Railway o.,
the Baltimore j. Ohio Railroad Co.,
tine Philadelphia, Baltimore q Wash
ington Railroad Co., the Northern
Central Railway Co. aud the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railway Co., or any two
OF more of said railroad companies, in
violation OF the act passed July ID,
lS9), and entitled An act to protect
trade aud Commerce against unlawful
restraints and monopoies, or acts
anne mendatory thereof.
1.-The only definite facts known to the
commission believed to have bearing
upon the subject matter Of this reeolu-
tion are those appearing in the annual
reports filed by the companies named
in compliance With section 20 of the
I act TO regulate commerce. except as
| the same facts, OF some Of them, have
| been disclosed from time TO time in
proceedings before the commission.
/ From the latest Of thess reports, Gov
ering the year ended June 30th, 1905,
| the following figures and other data
have been complied.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Go. has
an authorized capital stock of 800,
600. 600 Of which $500, 5l3, 800 has been
issued and is now outstanding. This
company appears to control, and is
understood TO control all the lines en-
braced IN the Pennsylvania system, So
called, having an aggregate mileage Of
| 10 $50 Sc miles and gross earnings for
the year named of S23s, l72, 523. The
term Pennsylvania system, as here
used, inclLdes the lines OF the Penn
sylsauia Railroad Co.. the Pennsyl-
vania Co., the Philadelphia, Baltimore
& Washington Railroad Co. and the
Northern Central Railway Co., but
does not include the Baltimore & Ohio
KailfoAd Co., the Norfolk q Western
Railway Co., or the Chesapeake q
Ohio hallway Co.
1.-THE Pennsylvania Co., which con-
trolls ali the lines OF the fennsy ylvania
system west OF PittsbuTg and Erie,
bas an authorized capital stock Of
sd OO1. ODO Of which $40, 600, 600 has
been issued. All this issued stock is
owned by the Pennsy lvania Railroad
Co.
"The Philadelphia, Baltimore 4
Washington Railroad Co. has 50 au-
tborjzed capital stock OF SO, 800, 400,
Of which s23, 493 $50 has been issued
an is nov outstanding. OF this
issued stock the Pennsylvania Kali
road Co. owns S23, 400 70.
1.-THE Northern GENITAL Railway 20.
has an authorized capital stock ol
s2O. Goa. coo, Of which Sl7, 1913, 400 ha'
been issued and is now outstanding
Of this issued stock, the Pennsylvanii
, Railroad 20. owns 80 4Ol, 800.
fTbe Baltimore & Ohio RailIoaS
Co has an authorized capital o
J seO OOO. 600 of preferred stock ant
, sf25 OlO. eco Of common stook,o wnlci
$40 ESQ. i64 OF preferred and STA,
80 O6O of commtn have been lssue'
and ate outstanding. OF this issue'
b stock the Pennsylvania Railroad 20
owns s2l, 4sO, 600 of preferred an'
= s3O soe. 200 OF common, the fennsyi
e vania Go. owns f5, 600, 600 OF preteiFe'
. and sIl O4a. GOO OF common, the noe 70
: ern Central Railway Co. owns Sl,OOOOO
~ nreferred and s7Sl, 500 OF common
a tbe PHILADELPHIA, Baltimore a WASH
A ingtou Railroad Co. owns cl,OOuUO
d m nreferted and $751;, 500 oi common
Il dTbe Norfolk & Western Kan wa
J. 10 has an authorized capital @
:, ~. O0O 600 Of preferred stock an
\ s68 OoO. GOO Of common stock all !
whioh has been issued and Is o%1' %
4 standing. OF this issued stock, ~
!. rennsylvauia Railroad 90. % oNn va
IS SOD. 600 Of preferred and s29 o5O, " y.
of common, the Pennsyl7ania 20 % 0w6 ~
81 00O, 600 Of preferred and 81, SUO, =. "
al common, the Northern Cehtl'
~ RAILWAY Go. owns 100000 Of prs
); ierred and $1,000. 600 Of common,
i; 1.-THE chesapeake & Ohio kallws ,
10. with az unlimited anthofite INC u
d osnital stock, has issued 81 2O9 nI' mr.
2, referred. $500 second preferred an
y 10 5g1 400 common stock, whlch
Is outstanding. OF this issued COZ. oomWo y,
sioek. the Pennsylvania hsilroao -
90. owns $40, 10000, the fennsJi9S,nl 9,a.
a. OoO 600 and the No5tns'n oon Os'
tral Railway 20. 81, 500 600. =,
"The ioregoi nR statement sn3ws ~. :.
10 sxtsnt 70 which the sioux Of tne Se' :,
AZ eraI railroad companies nameo 10 :;
,asalution is owned by any otneT 70, >,
es road company named therein. n. 10 =
dision 10 these facts Of stock owne