The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-16

freight agent Of the Southern Pacific
Company provided. by voucher dated
July 81. 1906. for tile payment TO ar. in
terstate shipper o. One-half Of the To-
cal rate which such shipper had paid
TO another railroad for the movement
from point of origin to a Southern Pa
cihc terminal where the traffic began
it's interstate journey over the South
ern Pacific lines.
O. That there existed for years an un-
Outstanding between the Southern Pa
ciic Company and the Santa Fe Com
pany and certain shippers OF dried fruit.
that the traffic which moved into points
OF concentration for transcontinental
shipment should be entitled at the end
of the shipping season 10 a refund of
one-half Of the local State rate charged
at the time of the original movement.
10 That the voucher books contain
ing the so-calIed refunds on state ship
ments also contained records of re
funds given upon interstate shipments.
II. That some Of such refunds upon
interstate business were 1aid by the
special written direction Of freight Off
Gals after the claims had been denied
by the auditing department.
Preacher Given Rebate.
The Commission charges among its
separate offenses that rebate was
granted to a preacher on his piano.
that in September last over $4,000 was
paid IN rebates; that the California
Pine BOX and Lumber Company has
received 81, 600 in rebates since the San
Francisco IRE, when destroyed all pre-
fiCus records: that. the Associated on
Company said 10 be secretly operated
b. the Southern Pacific. got a rake-ofi
OF Sl3.0lO; that Baker & Hamilton, OF
San FraHcisco. got $1,000 in rebates.
Wakefield Baker, of The firm, is said
10 have testified that they got conces-
sions through disseminating a steamer
because the Southern Pacific was
jealous Of merchants being in the trans
povlatiou business" J. J. Dillon, OF q
lumber company, testified that hi
concern was given a big rebate. wai
influenced to give its business TO the
railroad and that many Witnesses are
sail TO have testified that j. 9. Stubs
assistant general freight agent OF the
SoutheFn Pacifir, --rrang d for ;heir re
hates, and Often secured them over th'
opposition OF higher officials.
c. g. I. Deserves Consideration"
The commission makes public a Iette
from ". X. Mckllister. general agent
Denver, under date Of September Il
1906 and marked personal" advocating
the allowance OF claim Of the Gel
orado Fuel and Iron Company for love
charge" in rate on a shipment OF nail
and stables from Minnequa. Col, c
Globe, AriZ. Among other things h
said:
Il realize the conditions under whicl
we are laboring. but IL We are TO turl
down our good friend. whose bushes
We have been soliciting strenUously 70
several years and have worked up
nice tonnage. We a-e going 10 be ser
iOusly handicapped IN the solicitauos
Of their future shipments"
The original is said 10 have contains
a pencil memorandum: This IS o. X
VIII you voucher this or do you prefe
US t02 J. @. S"
J. NJ. Brewer. freight claim agent, ties
I tined that the signature was that Q
Assistant General Frelgn agent Stubb
I and that previous 10 January ] Of thi
year. Stubs could voucher claim tina
. Brewer turned down. He would no
saw that such a claim could not nov
be paid over his head. but did say tina
he had never known any &c be sine
January J.