Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-10-27
OPENS AND CLOSES CASE
IN RENO YESTERDAY AND
NOW SEEMS THE FIGHT
Is WON

Final arguments on the pe'i'ioh oo
fore the Interstate Commerce COM
mission oil the City oil Reno LOT ter
mlnal rates, were heard yesterda! u!
the four members of the commission
present and che matter will now De
,submiAed ON briefs which VIII pe
nled January next. The arguments
wer, of intense interest locally as
favorable decision will involve the
elimination OF II back haul charge ior
the distance form Reno to Sacrament
to-. against which Reno merchants
complain.
The arguments were made d! JUGS
H. r.. Bartinc, chairman OF the NeVaaa
Railroad Commission and couhsei III
charge; G.. W, Durbrow' conhse' 'o'
the Hartman lines, and Seth Manu.
attorney for the Tratic Bureau ol the
Merchants Exchange Ui San FRANCIS
TO, Judge Bartine opened and closed
the argument, concluding in time 10
Allow the Commissioners to go 10
ments In tae Salt Lake rate case
With "A vigor that aroused the pie
Id members of the Commission 10
many expressions OF interest ana III
the close OF the hearing evoked con
gratulations on al, sides. Judge iiaf-
tine yesterday fairly outdid himsen
In an analysis and dissection oi the
disorganized defense OF the railfoao
company opposing the granting or TER
uinal rates to Reno. Time and again
he scored u papable hit IN uncoVerlhS
Inconsistent positions taken by the
defending company ana IN MS hhai
address he condensed into hait-hoif
exposition, so many shafts OF ridicule.
aud logic that the railroad attorneys
plainly az u loss. seemed beaten to u
standstlll,
Water competition, ;ac buSahoo
which San Francisco and the railroads.
have so often held up rs the real
cause OF the high rates, was III the
hands Of the speaker, made so insiS-
nificant q saowing that 1t appeared
to have scarcely any bearing on the
ease at all. lie showed that In mos
cases ,ac railroads owned the vessels
from which they claimed competition
arose, and that in any event water
rates ywerc, by the testimony OF thei'
own witnesses, advanced every time
the railroads advanced their own
thus following instead OF compelling
changes,
IN. railroad attorney, Mr.. Dui brow
labored under a disadvantage in be
ing substituted with little advance
notice Tor attorney Dunnc who wa
more familiar with the subject mat
ter, and he showed that III many way
he WAS not "A matca for Bartine. Se>
.ral times he was at II loss Tor il r.
ply to pointed questions shot At MI
by commissioners Clark ana Prout
and ON occasions he referred
eight Traffic Manager Jones FOR Il
explanation OF point made and dis
covered that he had made nisstat
ment.
When he began to talk about wat'
competition and the prospect oil II
ducing east bound rates, Mr.. Durbro
even yentured to say that Keno itse
was in the zone Ol influence of |.
sea benefits. Judge Bartine the
asked why Reno did not have termin
ate projection. Durbrow replied th
IL was because We had % harbor, b
hc could not point out where the hi
Dor of Marysville was which had pr
lection.
Judge Bartinc In ais final rep
made II clear that Reno's case sto
ON It's own merits and was not ane
ed by any other decision: He DEM
that Reno was engaged In jobbe
fight but made 1t plain that the &C
sumcrs were vitality affected. I'll
he said was because 1t was inevital
that II jobbers operated In Reno. t
San Francisco houses would op
branches here and also there wot
a.. tac uyliest kind of competition
commissioners ShaugEnessy a
Thurtcn watched the proceedings W
great interest and Secretary Wall
was also present to witness the
umph of Judge Bartine.-Reno Jo
nal.
1870
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