Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-01-12
Complaint Against Wells
Fargo By Railway Com.
ALL ARIZONA CONCERNED
Effort to Secure for the
Rest of the Territory
Rates in Harmony With
Those Given to the Salt
River Valley.

Herewith is published a copy of a
complaint filed before the Interstate
Commerce Commission on December
30. 1870 by the Arizona Railway
Commission against Wells Fargo &
| Co.
The rates complained of are the
merchandise and general special
rates between Kansas City. Denver.
FL Paso, Albuquerque. Deming. Los
Angeles. also San Francisco. and all
points in Arizona other than Phoe-
nix. Tempe and Mesa.
Rates TO Phoenix Tempe and Mesa
were established on an order of the
Interstate Commerce Commission. eff
fective July LIST, 1909. and Wells
Fargo q Co has declined To publish
rates to other points in Arizona on
the same basis unless they are COM
PEELED to do SO by the federal COM
mission.
II has always been the policy of the
Arizona Commission to use every
effort to secure reasonable rates
without appealing To the Interstate
Commerce Commission and it has
been corresponding with the express
company for several months i'm line
with that policy, but its efforts in
this instance have not met with the
success il had anticipated, and in
order to secure an equitable adjust
ment of the express rates to all parts
of Arizona, il has been deemed ne
ccssary to file this complaint.
Three tables accompany the COM
plant showing the distances. and
merchandise and general special rates
now in effect, which the Arizona
Commission deems unreasonable.
This is the third formal complaint
filed by the Arizona Commission
against Wells Fargo Il Co. on ac-
count of unreasonable express rates
to and from Arizona points since the
reorganization of the Commission
on April LIST. 1910. and during the
same period. two formal complaints
have been filed against railroad com
panies operating in the territory.
Following is copy of the COM
plant, paragraphs l and III being
omitted. as they only formally state
the authority of the commission and
the nature of the business of the de-
PENDANT:
The Arizona Railway Commission,
Against
Wells Fargo Company.
The petition of the above named
complainant respectfully shows:
III. That the current rates be-
tween Kansas City. FL Paso, Deming.
also Los Angeles. and Phoenix. Tenn
pc and Mesa, Arizona. as shown in
Table No 3 herein. were established
July /. 1909. by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Docket No. 1926.
as maximum rates between the said
points. and that the report of the
Commission in that case contained
the following statement: 1T must
also he remembered that Wells Fargo
g. Company operates largely in ter
ritory where the level of express
rates is much the same as here and
that whatever reductions are made
here must finally be applied to its
other business i'm that territory"
" That the defendant now main
tains i'm its tariffs on file with the
Interstate Commerce Commission. the
Merchandise and General Special
rates shown in the accompanying
tables:
A-F'igures in Column A are dis
tances i'm miles.
B-Figures in Column are Merchan-
disc rates.
C-Figures in Column are Gen
eral Special rates.
V That the rates between San
Francisco, California. also Albuquer
que, New Mexico. and Phoenix. Tenn
pc and Mesa. Arizona. as well as
other points i'm the Territory. should
have been automatically reduced in
the same proportion and at the same
time as the other reductions of July
|, 1909. referred To i'm paragraph 3.
instead of which. they are practical
ly the same as before the Order of
the Commission i'm Case No. 1926 was
issued
vi That the rates shown i'm
Tables Nos / and are unjust un-
reasonable. excessive and disCrim
inatory being on much higher level
than those shown i'm Table No. 3,
and that the maintenance of such un-
just. unreasonable. excessive and
discriminatory rates works a hard
ship on. and retards the development
Of other portions of the Territory.
VII. That with reasonable and just
rates established between the express
offices named i'm Tables Nos. 1 and
9 on a level not higher than those
named i'm Table No 3. all portions of
Arizona would he on an equal foot
ing. and such an adjustment would
result in stimulating the express bus
mess to and from Arizona and in
materially promoting the development
of the resources of the Territory.
VIII. That by reason of the facts
herein set forth, the defendant has
been and is now subjecting the To-
calities i'm Arizona, named i'm Tables
Nos 1 and 2. to unjust dscrimina
ton and undue and unreasonable pre-
iudice and disadvantage. all Of which