Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-28
WANT RAILROAD
RATES REDUCED
Hearing by Inter-
state Commerce
Commission.
PETITION IN INTERVENTION
New Mexico Jobbers Alive
to Situation---H. B. Cart
wright Interviewed.

AT the railroad rate hearing before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
held last week in Denver petition in
intervention was submitted to Com.
missioner c. A. Prouty by wholesale
merchants Of New Mexico in the case
of George ]. Kindel Of Denver VS.,
New York New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company ct al H. B. Cart
wright Of this city was one Of the
committee sent from the Sunshine
Territory as representative of the
Wholesale Grocers' Club of New Mex
leo.
Want Freight Rates Adjusted.
I'VE are working to get the freight
rates adjusted more fairly to the cJi
zens of New Mexico Mr.. Cartwright
said when asked by a reporter of the
New Mexican concerning the suit filed
in Denver. I'VE made our complaints
to the Interstate Commerce Commits,
sion through Mr.. Browne our secer
tary. Commissioner Prouty told us
we could file petition in interven.
tion and it would be given considera-
ton which We did.
New Mexico Disseminated Against
"The way we are situated here Den
Yer and Colorado common points have
much lower freight rates of many com.
modities on the north and FL Paso
has cheaper rates on the south which
places the New Mexico jobbers be-
tween two fires. The Denver suit was
brought with the view of having the
rates reduced to Colorado common
points and we interviewed TO have the
rates lowered proportionately to New
Mexico. General freight agents and
attorneys of all of the principal rail
roads of the West were present at this
hearing and we have assurances that
the most glaring determinations will
be adjusted in the near future.
Rates from East Unfair.
New Mexico jobbers have no par
tfcular fault to find with the distrih.
nting rates charged The discrimina-
ton that we want to have corrected is
in the through rates from the East. The
distributing rates from jobbing towns
in the Territory over the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad are
reasonable. The Santa Fe Central
rates discriminate against the jobbers
of the Territory, however, as for in
stance fourth class rate is made
from Santa Fe TO Willard of As cents
and to Torrance Of 61 cents, whereas
the other roads make rates in the
same class from % to 25 cents for
the same distances. The Santa Fe
Central In connection with the Colo
RADIO and Southern and the Rock Island
makes a rate of 75 cents from Den
ver.'
Many Jobbers Attended Hearing.
Besides Mr.. Cartwright other job
bers from New Mexico in attendance
at the hearing in Denver were NJ W.
Browne, of Las Vegas; George Arnot,
of Albuquerque: c. D. Remsberg, of
Ration, and c. N. Cotton, of Gallup
The following is a copy of the petition
of intervention:
zf InAn
George j. Kindel
VS.. Petition in Intervention
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company, ct al.
Now come
The Remsberg Mercantile Company,
Ration N. NJ,
Gross, Kelly & Company, Las We
gas, N. M,
Gross Kelly & Company, Albuquer.
que, N. NJ
Browne & Manzanares Company,
Las Vegas, N. NJ.
H. B. Cartwright & Brother, Santa
Fe N. NJ
l.. B. Putney, Albuquerque, n. NJ.
Jones, Downes & Company, Silver
City, N. NJ, and
G. N. Cotton Company, Gallup, n M.
and respectfully ask to be permitted
to intervene in said cases; and, for
grounds thereof, the above named pc
titioners show:
/. That they are respectively, en-
gagged in the wholesale grocery bust
ness in the Territory of New Mexico,
and have their places of business at
the points above respectively men,
toned.
2. That they purchased goods at
Chicago, st. Louis, Missouri River
points, and other points east thereof,
all of which are shipped to their re-
spective places of business over the
roads of the Atchison, Topeka, and
Santa Fe Railway Company; the Dem
yer & Rio Grande Railway Company;
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway Company; the Southern Pa
clffc Railway Company; the Santa Fe
Central Railway Company and other
railroads.
3. That they distribute the goods
and merchandise in which they re-
spectively DEAL at various points
within the Territory of New Mexico
and the Territory Of Arizona
4. That the rates of freight
charged petitioners for shipments
from eastern points to their respec-
tive distributing points are largely
based upon rates from such eastern
points to Colorado common points,