The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-14

hopeful They only ask that Oklsho-
ma City Dc given no advantages over
their own market, and this s no, ask
81 by Oklahoma City zentauyes.
ne railroad men went away as they
had came. knowing that they viii De
forced 70 adjust the rates
The advantages which we're given
10 For Worth las, winter were blam-
cd 1y the Other lines 10 me Gould
lines entirely. ard n fairrsss 10 the
CIa11ua city lines. -he.- repres.
tatlyes stated on The stand hat 'hev
desired 70 help the Oklahoma CITY
uarse, as much as any other. They
will not De very adverse 10 -u,,ing
into e1ect equitable rates.
Before the Morris plant vas estab-
Ushed At Oklahoma Civ. Traffic Man
a2er Johnson Of the Rock Island tes-
,hed mat Z conference 10 make rate
aiustments was held at Kansas City
.n April 1910 Attending f. we're rp-
resentatiyes OF all the railroads, and
the packer, OF Wichita Oklahoma
City and Fort Worth. A. that time
Mr Johnson suggested that the pack
ers make q far adjustment. which he
said the railroads would have been
willing 10 put in, but the packers ne
sid. could no, a-ree.
George g. Henshaw. who conducted
The Oklahoma City case for the cor
pora,ion commission, interposed 10
ask how il could be expected that they
would agree, when Wichita and Fort
Worth had all the advantages and
Oklahoma City was the only one 10
desire an adjustment
Mr. Johnson did not answer that
but said that the railroads then went
ahead 70 fix the rates. Oklahoma
City was placed. he said, on a half
way basis between Wichita and Fort
Worth on northbound shipments OF
fresh meats and packing house prod.
ucts. On fresh meats the Oklahoma
City rates was placed seven cents
higher than Wichita. and seven cents
lower than Fort Worth, and on pack
ing house products 1t was made four
and one-half cents higher than Wich-
ita and the same amount lower than
Fort Worth on each shipment OF 100
pounds. These rates applied to Mis-
sissippi river crossings.
He then told how, later, the Could
interests begun the fight for lower
rates into Fort Worth and obtained
them, presumably on the promise
from the Fort Worth packers that
they would switch the business TO the
Gould lines II is said that these re
suits came about. Other lines, stated
Mr.. Johnson, objected 10 the reduc.
tons, but when asked by Commits. +.
sioner Prouty he would not state that
he considered the action unfair to
Oklahoma City He said he would
leave that to the commission,
Mr.. Johnson was followed on the
stand by f. D. Levy, assistan. &n
eral manager of the Frisco lines, and
head OF the operating department
He attempted to show how the rail
reads could not afford to reduce any
'ates because Of the cost of the serv
ice. On a general average he stated
that the cost of transporting live
stock. packing house products, fresh
meats, dairy products and the like is .
more than double the cost of trans
porting ordinary freight. On the 9th
er hand he gave the difference IN
earnings between the two classes as .
from two TO three mills per ton in ia
For Of the ordinary freight. But it
was brought OUT by Commissioner
Proutv that the average haul on live.
stock. packing house products and
the like is from 200 10 400 miles or
twice farther than on the ordinary
freight and railroads do not expect
as large an earning per mile when
the haul is longer
The elements which he gave as en-.
tering into the greater cost of trans
porting livestock and the products,
We're lesser tonnage per car. greater
speed in Transporting. additional cost
OF ice, greater wear on cars and
tracks, and more loss from damage
and loss claims. He gave a peculiar
theory that the brine from the salted
ice in these cars drip; onto the tracks
aud steel bridges and wears them
ont sooner, also makes the danger
OF wrecks greater. The American rail
way association now is working to
equip cars so that this brine will not
drip down
The representative Of the Rock
Island Frisco, Santa Fe and Katy