Arizona republican., 1910-10-04


 The hearing yesterday before EX- aminer Charles F. Gerry, representing the interstate commerce commission resulted in the taking of the testimony of the principal witness in support Of the complaint of the Maricopa County Commercial club against the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and other railroads respecting messenger rates; the ad- iournment of the further hearing of that case until o'clock this morning in view of a possible compromise of the parties at issue, and the final dismissal of the case, and the entlre hearing of the next case, that of the complaint of the Arizona Railway Commission against Wells, Fargo X Co. respecting rates on race horses to and from Phoenix. both east and west, and the submission of the case on briefs to be filed by November b.
 Accompanying Examiner Gerry IS F. B. Elsen, the official stenographer' who recorded all proceedings Appear ing for complainant, Maricopa County Commercial club, were Attorneys Ii. H Howard. E. B. O'Neill and F. A. Jones. The Santa Fe, as the principal defendant. was represented by E. w. Camp. solicitor for the coast lines, and F E. billiard of Chicago represented the Southern Pacific interests. Seated within the rail also were numerous officials of both the raiload systems as well as General Manager Drake ana associated officials of the Santa Fe Prescott & Phoenix and several local railroad men. The three members of the Arizona Railway Commission Messrs. w. P McNair, F. $. DePass and George J. Stoneman were also interested spectators during the morn ing session and active participants Tn the afternoon hearing. The Wells Fargo representatives were also pres ent as spectators in the morning ses- sion and as parties to the afternoon proceedings.
 Nothing of a sensational nature oc- curre1 during the day and but little was brought out by either side of either hearing that appeared to sur prise it's opponents, az all part ies to the matters in hand seemeu to be well informed on the facts under discus sion and the chief differences seemed 
 whether the facts as shown were warranted by the conditions. In that matter it was made very plain that there are two sides to each question. Though no acrimonious situation de- veleped during the hearing of the case concerning passenger rates, MT. Dll- lard. on cross examination, grilled the complainant's witness, F. A. Jones, rather sharply a time or two by his questions. and in one instance he brought out a rather surprising fact, the only real surprise to the com plainant That was that there is on file a tariff effective on the first and third Tuesdays of each month giving a round trip rate from Kan sas City to Phoenix of $55, which is cheaper than any rate from Kansas City to California. This Mir. Jones said he had failed to find in his search of the tariffs in both the local offices and he believed he would find if if the tariffs had been properly published and arranged. Mir. billiard then asked him if it was his purpose to intimate that the tariffs were not properly displayed and he said he had no such purpose, but reiterated that he had failed to find the tariff re- ferred to. MT. billiard said that If il had not been sufficiently advertised they would proceed to advertise it and Mir. Jones said. in substance, thai he was glad there was such rate as he thought there ought to be some thing coming this way for the benefit of the valley
 Morning Session.
 The morning session began at 1' o'clock by the reading of the com plaint by title. followed by a brie explanation and the noting of thos' who appeared for the opposing par ties. The case is brought by th' Maricopa County Commercial clu' against the Atchison. Topeka & Sant; Fe the Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix the Southern Pacific. the Maricopa S Phoenix, the Galveston, Harrisburg ( San Antonio, Fl Paso & Southwest