Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-23
TWO new RULINGS
interstate Commerce Commission
Sends Out Circulars Of Cen
eral Interest.
CARRIERS 10 PAY FREIsHT
When chipping Materials or suppIIss
Over LInes q Another Company
Regular Legal Tariffs
Must Be Paid.

Washington, May 1S.-An import
ant circular. issued Friday by the In
tsrstats Commerce commission. con-
tains two administrative rulings
which are Of special interest both to
tho railroads and to the shipping
public. In the first" the commission
expresses the opinion that under the
law Q carrier or Q person or corpora
ton operating . railroad Oh other
transportation line cannot as a ship
per over the lines Of another carrier
DO given any preference in the appli-
cation Of tariff rates on interstate
shipments. In other words, one car
rier shipping Its fuel, material, or
other supplies over the line Of an
other carrier must pay the legal tariff
rates applicable to the same commodi-
ties shipped by an individual. The
commission suggests that there may
DO some instances, such as the move
ment Of needed fuel. In which, in
order to keep the trains or boats NOV
ing, such traffic could be given
preference in movement without
Grating unjust OF unwarranted dis
elimination"
It is said there probably Is not q
railroad in the country that has to
pay the regular tariff on all Of It's
supplies from the initial point to the
point Of destination. This Is especial
ly true Of coal used by the railroads
for fuel purposes. Coal shipped to q
given point from the mines for q
railroad at a rate far below that
which a dealer at that point would
have to pay in freight charges. The
commission holds, in effect, that this
10 discrimination and that the railroad
must pay the same tariff as the in
dividual.
The second ruling relates to the re-
turn Of astray shipments. Instances
occur" says the commission" in
through error or oversight on
the part Of some agent or employe,
q shipment Is billed to an erroneous
destination or unloaded short Of desti-
nation or 10 carried by. The commits
sion is Of the opinion that In bona
rlde instances Of this kind carriers
may return such astray shipments to
their proper destination or course
without the assessment Of additional
and may arrange for such
movement Of such astray shipments
or each other on mutually acceptable
erms without the necessity Of pub
lshing posting and filing the tariff
Inder which 1t will be done" !,
The commission will soon issue one :
ariff circular containing in revised
nd correct form all the live matter
Vhich has been contained in Its tar.
Il circulars la to 13-A, inclusive, 9
nd which will cancel former issues. Il
No surrender for Them. el
Dickson, Tenn, May 18.-The sew a
nty-seventh session Of the general In
ssembly Of the Cumberland Presby. st
'rian church Friday elected Rev. A. Il
!. Eastman president Of Radnor col Il
go Nashville, as moderator. Gen
J. F. Russell, Of Tennessee, who as
resented the new moderator with a Gu
lvel made from wood Of a tree which Sc
God in the old Meadow yard ex- al
'essed the hope that the new moder. &C
or would not be stopped in his duty w
Injunction nor threatened by i'm ne
DR.. Essman in his reply :.
that 1t was weakness which ue
fused the leaders to make y