United labor bulletin., 1910-10-06

Louis & San Francisco Railroad COM
pany, The ST. Joseph & Grand Island
Railway company Union Pacific Rail-
road company, The Wabash Railroad
company.
The Peulion of the Above Named Com
plainant Respectfully Shows:
1. That the complainant, The Vulcan
Iron Works Company, is corporation
duly organized and existing under and
by virtue of the laws of the state Of Colo
rado, with its principal office and place
of business at 1400 West Colfax avenue,
Denver, in said state, and is engaged In
the manufacture of mining machinery,
pit cars, frogs, switches and other sup
plies for steam and electric railways.
smoke stacks, steel riveted pipe, iron and
steel tanks, and other products manufac-
tured out of iron and steel; and that the.
complainant brings this proceeding not
only in its own behalf. but in behalf OF
all others similarly situated.
| II. That the defendants above named
are common carriers engaged in the
transportation of property by continuous
carriage or shipment, wholly by railroad.
from st. Louis, in the state of Missouri.
and other points in the states of Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Iowa, located on the
upper Mississippi river and commonly
called Mississippi river points, to Den
Yer. in the state of Colorado. and as such
common carriers are subject to the pro-
visions of the Act to Regulate Commerce,
approved February 4, 1887, and the acts
amendatory thereof or supplementary
thereto.
Ill That the complainant in the course
of its business purchases and uses, in
the manufacture of said machinery and
other articles manufactured by ii, large
quantities of iron bars, steel bars, steel
plates, steel sheets and structural steel,
not fabricated, which are produced and
sold almost entirely at points east Of the
Mississippi river, and is required to ship
these materials to Denver. Colorado,
from the points where they are thus pro-
duced and sold. That the said defend
ants are now charging and requiring COM
plainant and others similarly situated to
pay for the transportation of said mate
rials above mentioned from st. Louis and
said other Mississippi river points to
Denver, Colo, the sum of seventy-two
cents (72c) per hundred pounds. at car
load rates, minimum car thirty-six thou
sand (S6,000) pounds, as shown by the
tariffs of the several defendants on file
in the Office Of the interstate commerce
commission. which tariffs are hereby re-
ferred to and made a part hereof. That
in shipping said materials as aforesaid,
the said complainant is charged for their
transportation from the respective
points east of said Mississippi river, the
rate fixed for the carriage of said ma
terials from such points TO said Missis-
sippi river points, plus the said rate of
seventy-two cents (z2c) per hundred
pounds from st. Louis and said other
Mississippi river points to Denver, Colo
rado. That by way of illustration COM
piainant shows that It is charged for tho
transportation of said materials at car
load rates as aforesaid. the sum of nine
| ty-four and one-half cents (94hc) per
hundred pounds from Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania. to Denver. Colorado and said rate
| is made up as follows: From Pittsburg
to St Louis and each OF said other Mis-
sissippi river points, twenty-five and one
half cents (22hc) per hundred pounds.
and from st. Louis and each of said
other Mississippi river points To Denver.
Colorado. seventy-two cents (72c) per
hundred pounds. That there are no other
routes or rates offered by the defendants,
or any Of them, or available to the COM
plainant. that are moro favorable than
those above set forth. for the TRANSPORTER
tion OF said materials above mentioned
| from said points east OF the Mississippt
river to Denver. Colorado.
| Nv. That tho said defendants are nov
charging for the transportation OF said
materials above mentioned from -.
Louis and said other Mississippi river
points to Salt Lake City. In the stats ~
Utah. the sum OF ninety-scven and one<
half cents t97tsc) per hundred pounda
at car load rates. minimum car thirty-siK
thousand f36.0o0). as shown BY the tartR
/ OF the defendants on file Ia the once of
the intersfate commerco comminnfou.