The San Francisco call., 1910-07-02
$4,000 fine
IMPOSEDON
FOR REBATING
Railroad Pleads Guilty on Is
Counts Before Judge Van
Fleet
Accused of Discrimination in
Mating, Pine Box and
Wool Shipments

The Southern Pacific company was
fined $4,000 for rebating by Judge
William c. Ean Fleet yesterday in
the United States district court. The
fire was imposed after the corporation
had pleaded guilty to eighteen counts
Of the indictments fled by the federal
grand jury more than a year ago.
The indictments were based on evil
dence- gathered by Special United
states Agent H. B. Duncan. who is
now in Los Angeles, at the behest of
the interstate commerce commission.
The first series Of the indictments
charges the Southern Pacific company
and the Pacific Mail steamship com
pany with having departed from the
regular tariff on shipments of mating
from Kobe, Japan. TO points in the
United states. through the port of San
Francisco. on these shipments the
federal grand jury found altogether
four indictments. In all, 5S shipments
Of mating from San Francisco were
involved.
MORE INDICTMENTS
Later an indictment was returned
charging the Southern Pacifc company
with having given rebates TO the Cali
fOrnia pine box company on shipments
from Verdi, New, 10 points in the Sac
ramento valley. The Indictment en-
brsce1 19 counts relating TO separate
shipments.
Another Indictment was returned
against the railroad for discrimination
Ia having given. Miller and Lux pref
erence on local "a 'ss in the shipping
Of wool This rebate was made, ac-
Cording TO the government, to interest
IN fnFn 70 +n Shf
of wool. These shipments originated
sr Firebaugh and ButtonWillow, in this
state, going from there, by way of
Stockton. over the connecting lines of
the railroad company TO New York
and Massachusetts.
Assistant Attorney General William
s. Kenyon had charge Of all the cases.
X kenyon. and the interstate commerce
commission took up the matter of set
tlement OF these cases at Washington.
ID. c. with the railroad company. AS
q result il was agreed that if the rail-
road company would plead guilty to
eighteen counts, TO be distributed
among the various indictments and re-
SUItiug ia a. fine Of $4,000. the govern
melt would be satisfied with the pen
atty. United States Attorney Robert
T. ,Devlin was instructed as 10 the
agreement between the government and
the railroad. With this understanding
the cases were c6lled IN the United
States district court yesterday morn
ing. The government was represented
by Assistant United States Attorney
George Clark while c. W. Durbrow ap-
pesred for the Southern Pacific COM
psny.-
BOX COMPANY. INDICTED
of the total amount of the fine $4,000
was on the mating shipments. $4,000 in
the case involving the shipments of
lumber from Verdi for the California
pine box and lumber company and
$1,000 for the concession made in the
shipment Of wool by Miller & Lux.
In addition 10 these cases there is
an Indictment pending against the Cali
fornia pine box and lumber company
charging the firm with having accepted
a rebate: This case while il relates
70 the same transaction as that on
which the Southern Pacific company
was indicted, has not been settled by
the government