The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-08
RAILROADS
IN ANOTHER
TURNDOWN
Interstate Commerce Ggmnis-
sion Denies Freight
Rate Request

(BF Associated Press9
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ieast Tw0 sears fne FEAstsag rates
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4 Cstg last Fr81zF an arralg geme1t aAs
made tar 4 conference 1E Elis GlfE
Z befNnea eastern gaslroz9 gEelais
and the members ot the nommlssisn-
Participates ln 4ae conters3rt
here were Pres 3e1t III. O. Brown and
E General Solicitor cly6e BrpMn 0s the
( NeE YORK CentTai. President James
Z gctres and Ge1erzi G0u1Eei d. A.
4 GoKen d ne Pennsylvania. Press-
1ant Danlel W5Iizrs and General
! lAounsel H1gh G. Bond o. fae Ba1fl-
more 4 Ohio. President Frederick
! Underwood ard General Counsel
I George Browne1l os tie Erie and
f Walker b. Hlnez- representing TIE
Z LlelaN are. Iaeka waauz 4 western
# s. wzs agfeed 20 The eOmmisss
thzf TIE carriers iH Official el&sssn
czgi0n territory be peEEaiEies 70 SIS
pend voluntarily the tariffs proposals
adranees from March IS 1nsil NOFem
! Der aeKi. il order thar t.aey mig
have opportunity 10 ascertain ms
Il general results Of this fiscal ye4ri
tuslnesK TAe5x eo8fentioE w2s ina
fhis yearK business might shOw
szIlsng 81 0s ire refeaaes d 1919
7 which w0ai8 s4Dfd them an opD9f
: itanItv again To agk the commission
to consider zn 4asance il rates. HeI
hsps some tlaae iaie next aglBmn
when theg w0nss W eaabAea to mak
better showing Id support OK th
request than iaeg made in the n
cent eases
They desired also 10 aseertai
whether tse record made in the rs
4 cent cases would 5e available in an
future proceedings they might inst
tate.
Denlal Of fhe request Vas made
ieitsr to President Brown o. ID
New YORK Central wFitfea by Con
missioner Proutg OF behalf Of %
commission
The commission Of which you ~
Z chairman requests that different a
rIers ia the eastern rate adFane
rase. No. s.s90. be allowed 70 pos
: pone t6eIr tariffs Of advanced rate
Z until November ! next Instead
= fcanceIIlng the same as nov require
Z by the commission.
III After considering the reasons q
= duce5 81 support Of this reqnes
those members Of the commits siC
: who are il washington are unaE
mOusly Of the opinion tnat il mn
be denied and that we must adnei
10 the report which clearly stat
\ the attitude o. fbisc body toward z
future
i VIII respect 10 the suggestion fl
N ID ans future proceedings the pre-
n ent record will not be available
" tLese tariffs are cancelled. if is Dro
4, er To observe that tAis pF0ceedii
~ was Instituted by the commission
u self and that the record is entire
Y. s1bpect 10 It's control either wih !
speet 10 further proceedings on q
II same record or with respect 10 ne
u proceedings investigating the san
~ issues
TUESDAY AT The New York Cemtr
lr- Offices In Nex York City a geneI
aL meeting Of eastern railway ofieia
Rlll De held AZ which participants
ia iotiay's conference win make th'
i. report il is probable that decisi
d. will be reached 10 cancel the pl
re posed advances IN accordance 81
Or The direction Of the commission al
ryIin the light of developments let .
is future take care of itself