Arizona republican., 1909-03-23

II was an imposing array Of counsel and railroad men that gathered in the district court room yesterday morning cases of the Maricopa Commercial club against the trans continental rail- roads of this territory, the MaricOpa and Phoenix. the Santa Fe. Prescott and Phoenix and thirty eastern lines which connect Arizona points with the Atlantic seabOard.
 The hearing was conducted by Spe- cial Examiner Lyons Of the interstate commerce commission. who arrived in the morning from Washington. D. C.. accompanied by his stenographer. W. F. Phillips. There had arrived in the morning from the south. O. F. Butter field of the legal department of the New York Central: W. H Durburrow of Chicago, assistant counsel for the Southern Pacific; F. c. billiard of Chi cago. of the legal department of the Southern Pacific, and his private sec retary. J. H. Wilson; H. A. Jones of san Francisco, freight traffic manager of the Southern Pacific: J. c. Stubbs of San Francisco, assistant general freight agent of the Southern Pacific; Ralph Stubbs Of San Francisco, who is to be assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pa cific. with headquarters at Tucson; Edward Chambers Of San Francisco. assistant traffic manager of the Santa Fe. H. P. Anewalt. assistant freight agent of the Santa Fe; George T Nicholson Of Chicago, vice president of hE swa fafa rrr1. f.F Tr-gfT T. J. Norton. general counsel for the Santa F'e: W. G. Barnwel. general freight agent of the Santa Fe: J. F.. German. freight traffic manager of the Santa Fe; W. J. Black. passenger traffic manager; w A. Drake. general manager of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix; Paul P. Hastings. general freight agent of the same line; Paul Burks. of the legal department: F. P. Cruice, secretary to the president; F. F. Partridge of Tucson, of the Ran dolph lines: Seth Mann, attorney for the Jobbers' Association of San Fran cisco and J. w. Chapman and J. A. Kuhn. representing that organization: F. P Gregson of the Los Angeles Job bers' Association and local railroad men.
 Col. M. J. Egan and representatives of the Arizona and New Mexico rail- road were present rather as spectators. Judge H T. Andrews Of Prescott, Sims Ely of the Arizona railway cOmmis- sion. Albert Steinfeld of Tucson. per haps the largest shipper in the terri tory, and many local shippers and merchants were spectators. All were interested at least, in the procedure for it was something new in Phoenix though several years ago Interstate Commerce Commissioners Clements and Piper had conducted a similar hearing here.
 The hearing was begun by Special Examiner Lyons shortly after ten o'clock and continued throughout the day with a single witness on the stand, F. A. Jones, traffic manager of the complaining Maricopa Commercial club. MT. Jones will probably occupy the stand the greater part of today. His testimony consisted rather of complaint of the shippers who win later furnish proof of the allegations of the complaint
 The Maricopa Commercial club is represented by Edward COstigan of Denver
 The main point brought out by the testimony of Mir. Jones related to the isolated situation Of Arizona in the railroad world, it's occupancy of a pc culiar zone removed from the region of terminal or intermediate rates.
 The Proceedings Begin.
 Special Examiner Lyons, calling the hearing, suggested that the case re- lating to intra territorial lines be considered first, but at the sugges- ton of General Attorney Norton of the AtchisOn, Case No. 1796, was taken up. This is the complaint against the Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific and thirty other trunk and branch lines between Phoenix and New York. on the motion of MT. Dur burran of the Southern Pacific, the complaint was amended by sub stituting the word denies" for ''ad- mits" in one of the allegations of the complaint.
 George F.. Tralles. representing the Tucson club, moved to intervene on the part of the Arizona Commercial association, which had been organ ized since the filing of the com Tlaints.
 NIT. Costigan prefaced the pro- ceedfngs with a recitation of the complaints, the list of which he said was by no means exhaustive, long as