Weekly journal-miner., 1909-09-01

| the common carrier or carriers of the act to regulate commerce, in accord
 ance with the rules of practice and procedure of the Interstate Commerce
 commission asking for the relief to which entitled, and shall prosecute or cause the same to be prosecuted dili- gently to a final hearing"
 During the time which has elapsed since its creation the commission has been diligently investigating the many features of the traffic problem which affect Arizona shippers, and the ae- ton thus taken in the more impor- tant cases is here stated.
 On request of the Phoenix Whole sale Meat and Produce company, the commission has secured from the A. T. & S. F. Ky. intermediate appli- cation of the $50 per ear rate on hogs from Hutchinson and Wichita. Kansas, to Phoenix, and an agreement to refund to that basis as soon as permission can be secured from the Interstate Commerce commission on two ears on which the rate at the time of movement was SITS per ear.
 On request of the Phoenix Wood & Coal company, the commission has secured from the Southern Pacific company the publication of $2.50 per ton rate on fuel wood from Smurr, Arizona, and intermediate points to Los Angeles, California.
 On behalf of the Arizona Territor- ial Fair commission and in the inter est of the fair, the commission re- quested Wells-Fargo & Company Ex- press to handle free the race horses returned from Phoenix to original points of shipment, this concession having been made by the railways, as to points within the territory. The Express company was also requested to permit stop over privilege in Phoe nix on race horses en route to Cali fornia points with protection of the through trans-eontinental rate plus the local rate from MaricOpa or Ash Fork to Phoenix and return. The question of free return of race horses is still pending. The Express com pany declined to grant the request for stop over privilege at Phoenix, in sisting that reshipment from Phoenix to California points must be treated as a separate transaction. The com mission was led to make the request for this stop over privilege by reason of the large extra cost to horsemen who shipping from St. Louis, for ex- ample, to California, wish to exhibit at the Territorial fair. At the time the request was made the rate on horses, Fl Paso to Los Angeles, was $425 per car; Fl Paso to Phoenix, $500 per car; Phoenix to Los Angeles, $500 per car; but shortly afterward, in compliance with a ruling of the Interstate Commerce commission af feeting express rates in Arizona, new rates went into effect and are now in force. The present rate from Fl Paso to Los Angeles is $425 per ear; Fl Paso to Phoenix, $375 per car; Phoenix to Los Angeles, s400 per ear. This decision of the Interstate Con- meree commission was a result of complaint made by the Maricopa County Commercial club as to express rates from and to Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa.
 On complaint of the Pacific Cream cry company of Tempe that they are unable to do jobbing business from Benson to other Fl Paso & Southwest ern points on account of discrimina- tion against Benson, the Fl Paso & Southwestern system has agreed to eliminate the discriminatory features and the commission is now awaiting the proposed figures before deciding if further action is necessary.
 The Foster Mercantile company of Stafford filed complaint against the Southern Pacific company and the Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Rail- way for not furnishing empty cars for loading as ordered. The railway officials have assured the commission that, while there was a shortage of cars, they were doing all possible to fill orders and would be able to do so in a few days.
 On complaint of the Globe Chamber of Commerce that the reight rates from California to Globe were ex- | eessive. and after carefully investi- | gating the case, the commission re- ! uuested the Southern Pacific company and the Gila Valley, Globe & North ern railway to reduce class and com | modity rates from the California | points mentioned to Globe. The re-