Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-30
R. R. COM MISSION
CUTS MILK RATES
RAILROADS ORDERED TO MAKE RE-
DUCTIONS III CHARGES RUN
MING TO 20 PER CENT.
FRATERNITIES WIN OUT.
Rate Body Decides Telephone Company
Cannot Class "Frats" as Char
liable Organizations.
OTHER DECISIONS HANDED DOWN.

MADISON, Wis, April IA Special
The railroad freight rates for shipment
Of milk and cream were reduced from
approximately > to 20 per cent. on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road, the
Chicago * North-W estern, the Wiscon-
sin Central, the Omaha and Illinois Cen
trail lines by the railroad rate commits
sion today. Frank Shultix Of White
water and about seventy other shippers
Of milk and cream from that city to
Milwaukee made a complaint on the
rates on milk and cream.
Rates Unreasonable.
The commission ordered an independ-
cnt investigation of the milk and cream
rates and ordered the reduction which
has resulted in double classification,
the cream shipments paying a higher
rate than milk shipments. The greatest
reduction ON shipments Of milk Is on
distance not to be less than thirty miles
nor over eighty miles. The rates for the
distance of fifty and sixty miles remain
practically untouched.
In view of the facts as given III our
decision of June IA, 1908, as well as the
present decision, it appears to us that
the rates on milk and cream as a whole
in this state. and as well as the rates
on milk and cream which are Included
| in these proceedings, are in many re-
SpectS unreasonable and so adjusted as
to fail to meet the conditions which now
obtain. From this we come to the con-
clusiOn that the present rates on milk
aud cream in the state shall be discon-
tinucd and that the rates made on the
following list shall be put III effect i'll
their place:
The New Schedule.
Distance Of five miles-Fiye gallons of
milk, cents; eight gallons Of milk, dis
lance of five miles cents; ten gallons
milk, distance miles, 10 cents; five gal
Ions Of cream, five miles, Z cents; eight
gallons Of cream, five miles, 10 cents; ten
gallons OF cream, five miles, y cents.
Distance Of twenty miles-Five gallons of
milk, 81 cents; eight gallons, 1U1a cents;
ten gallons, 10 cents; five gallons cream, IL
cents; eight gallons Of cream, 10 cents; ten
gallons cream, IS cents.
Distance Of 100 miles--Five gallons Of
milk, 16 cents; eight gallons of milk, q
cents; ten gallons of milk, % cents; five
gallons of cream, 10 40 cents; eight gal
ions of cream, 81 cents; ten gallons of
cream, 80 cents.
The classification runs up to $40 miles.
Fraternities Win Case.
In the case of Conrad 2. Olson and
others. members of the Phi Alpha Delta
law fraternity Of Madison, the commits
sion today decided that the fraternity
should not pay the high rate charged
to charitable institutions. In other
words. the commission held that fra
ternity is not a charitable institution,
but should be classed as a dwelling and
pay the dwelling rate. This classified
ton will save the fraternity about Sc
per year. 1t is the complaint against
the Wisconsin Telephone company.
I'VE think the testimony is conclusive
to the effect that the petitioning party is
somewhat similar to the numerous lodges
or rooming houses in the city of Madi-
son." says the decision, land in our judg-
ment should be allowed the same rates
for the same service.
Railroad Not Responsible.
In the case of the Joannes company of
Green Bay against the st. Paul road the
commission established the principle
that carriers can no more be held re-
sponsible for the errors Of shippers than
shippers can be held responsible for the
errors of the carriers"
The company consigned a shipment of
goods to Rhinelander which should have
been consigned to HobsOn and when the
error was discovered attempted to get
rebate from the railroad which charged
for reshipping as if it were an original
shipment from Rhinelander to HobsOn.
The commission denied the petition.
The petition of r. w. Crary for diff
ferent classification on canned goods was
denied.