The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-21
R. K. ShiveIey for Commercial
Club States the Organiza-
ton Is Pursuing the Proper
Method.
WORK FOR INTEREST
OF GENERAL PUBLIC
Freight Interchange Question
Will Go Before Interstate
Commission When the Time
Is Ripe.

In an interview given out today r.
X. Slveley, attorney for the CONNER
c1tl cub in its fight before the Indiana
railroad commission to obtain stat.
interchange of freight for local manu-
facturers and merchants between tho
r. Z. c. 4 st. l.. and the c. G. 4 l.
attacks the motives of James P. Good.
rich, receiver of the c. C. 4 l.. rail-
road as published in yesterdays issue.
Mr.. Goodrich is a sly fellow. at
least he thinks he is stated Mr..
Shiveley this morning. 1T is an old,
Old joke for some outside party to
step in and tell an organization what
1t should do, as he hid in last evenings
publication. The Commercial club is
endeavoring to do something for the
benefit Of the manufacturers and mer-
chants and it is accomplishing results.
There will be time enough to take up
the matter with the interstate COM
merce commission at Washington. but
the first object is to get intrastate in
terchange," shiveley remarked.
Considered the Source.
when we consider the source of
this criticism and the motive which
prompts 1t, 1t can hardly be considered
seriously and the Commercial club
will hardly hinge it's course upon such
advice. In order to obtain the inter-
change of business within the borders
of the state OF Indiana, it was neces-
sary to go before the state railroad
commission. and their efforts In this
direction have been successful so far
as they have gone," Shiyeley contin-
ued.
The first step was to get physical
connection between the roads. This
has been accomplished. The second
step is the establishment of the inter-
change of freight at reasonable rates
over the connection. This is what the
Commercial club is now attempting to
do. When this is accomplished and
interchange of traffic originating in
and destined to points in this state
has been established, then it will be
time enough for the Commercial club
to go before the interstate commerce
commission and take up the broader
object of interchange of interstate
club has quite enough on its hands to
obtain an interchange Of Indiana busi-
ness. The interstate commerce COM
mission has nothing whatever to do
with commerce moving exclusively
within the state of Indiana, and on tho
other hand. according to the opinion
OF courts and lawyers. the state rail-
road commission has nothing whatever
to do with interstate commerce. The
jurisdictions and powers Of the two
bodies are entirely separate.
To Benefit Road.
Il am inclined to think that the ad.
vice offered by Mr.. Goodrich was not
for the benefit OF the shippers Of Rich.
mond. but for the benefit OF the road
of which he is the receiver.
AT any rate the Commercial club will
rot be distracted from its well defined
policy in this matter. but will contin-
ue to take these question up in the
Proper order and at the proper time.
The people of Richmond are enti-
tied to the advantages of reciprocal re-
lations between these two railroads,
| and there is no reason why inter
change relations should not be estab-
lished between them. Each road
seems to be afraid that the other will
gain some advantage by the free pass
age of freight to and from their re.
spective lines. Whatever may be the
truth as to how the railroads will be
affected by interchange, still the inter-
0f tf0 f0h
be protected as against these private