Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-26
AT THE
 fR9NT IN CHICAGO
De Pass of Phoenix Attends Session of New Railroad
 Commission There


 PHOENIX, July 25.-E. S. DePass, secretary of the Arizona Railway commission left last night via the Santa Fe for Chicago, for an indefi- nite stay. He goes to attend a ses- sion of the newsly created executive committee of the National Asso citation of Railway commissioners, to which he was recently appointed.
 At the last annual convention 0. the national association of railway commissioners a committee com, posed Of one commissioner from each state and territory, was appointed to make an investigation of express rates and coalitions generally, gov erning the express business of the country. Mir. DePass was named as the commissioner for Arizona
 This body was found to be too large and unwieidly to successfully perform the functions expected of it so an executive committee has beer appointed composed Of the follow ing named seven gentlemen:
 c. F. Staple of Minnesota, chair man; Martin S. Decker Of New York, 0. P. Gotirin, of ohio, Halforc Erickson of Wisconsin. L. B. Finn of Kentucky, E. $. DePass Of Ari. zona and Oryille r. Berry of illinois The committee will meet in Chicago July 27th and the length Of its sessions cannot now be determined It is possible that after the Chicago
 meeting sessions will be held il some other places if desirable. The duty assigned to the committee is to make a careful study of condi l tions governing the express business
 rates, etc, the country over and embody its findings in a report to be made to the National association ! of Railway commissioners at it. next annual meeting.
 To accomplish this the committed ! is extending an invitation to any and all persons who are interested in the express business. either a. company officials, railway officials l public service commissioners or as 1 shippers, or to any other persOr who desires to be heard on the sub 1 ject of the express rates or the ex press business. The representative of the express companies are invited 1 to present facts and conditions from their view points as are the patrons ! Of the companies. 1t is planned tc compile the data and report it to the | National association as a sort oi a hand book for it's use hereafter; volume that will give state com 1 missions generally q great deal ol information needed in the conduct oi | their business. A great many facts ' can be be compiled that will bs l generally useful to all.
 l The committee proposes to heai i testimony on any timely subject 1t may decide to take up in respect ! Of rates Or other matters. If 1t shal be developed at the Chicago hearing
 that the committee can to adyant
 age hold other hearings at con
 venient central points it will cal
 them, otherwise it will finish its
 work in that city. 1t is the initiatine
 of new movement in the study oi
 the express business and the com
 mittee is not only inviting the at
 tendance of all concerned but vii
 be glad state commerce commission
 has announced that the interstate 1 commerce commission is to under take a similar line Of investigation ! but that will be an entirely different ! enterprise.
 l The subject of this investigation is
 one of national interest and import
 ance at the present time and owina [ 10 the case Of the Arizona RailWay I commission against Wells Fargo S ! Co. recently heard in Phoenix, Ari
 zona is more Vitaily interested than
 any other state. The way the Ari
 zona case was presented to the inter
 state commerce commission has al ] tracted a great deal Of attention and favorable comment As is vel
 we'll known the case was prepg ! largely by Mir. De Pass who vas the
 chief witness for tue complainant
 and undoubtedly his selection as one of the seven members of the eHgc
 utiVe committee Of the national as | siciatiOn, is due in large part tC j hi seiiicient work 1t is not oniy
 a deserved recognition of the ef forts of Mr. DePass but it places