El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-18
FL PAsO REGISTERS
FREIGHT RATE KICK
One Wants Refund on Rail
road Ticket; Red Cross
Stamps Tabooed.

Washington, D. c.. July 1S.-The ar
bitrary routing of cars SO as to give
to the road originating the business as
long haul as possible is attacked in
complaint filed with the Interstate
commerce commission by T. B. and Al
len Holder against the Southern Pa
cific, the G. H & S. A, and the NJ K
& T. The complaint recites that the
plaintiffs on November 5, 1909, shipped
five cars of goats from Lordsburg, n. NJ,
to Kansas City. The cars were routed by
way of Ell Paso, San Antonio and the
NJ. K. & T., and plaintiff alleges that
at the time of shipment. the S. P. agent
at Lordsburg insisted that the route
above mentioned was the quickest, as
cheap as any, and the best that could
be selected A rate of $500 car was
made. divided s26 a car Lordsburg 10
FL Paso, and 10 IL cents q hundred Ell
Paso to Kansas City, by way of San
Antonio. Plaintiffs allege that route
mentioned is not quickest, nor cheapest,
and that had the cars been turned over
to the Ell Paso and Southwestern at FL
Paso not only would they have gone
by a shorter route but the rate from
FL Paso to Kansas City is only II cents
q hundred as compared to rs IL paid
by complainant. A refund Of s51 is
asked for, and an order restraining the
defendants from such routing in the
future
Ell PasOan Complains.
E w Parker, of Ell Paso, Tex, has
also filed complaint with the interstate
commerce commission against the
Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and others.
asking a refund of $40 which he had
to pay because defendants refused to
honor a ticket he held. He alleges that
with his wife he bought two tickets
to Portland returning by way of San
Francisco on May 81 1909. The return
limit OF the tickets was October 81. Be-
cause of the illness of plaintiffs daugh-
ter, he was compelled to stay in Boise,
Idaho, until October % He arrived in
Portland, October %, and the agent for
the Southern Pacific refused to honor
his ticket from Portland to San Fran
cisco. He was compelled to buy two
additional tickets at cost of $50 each
between these two points, and he now
asks that the $40 be refunded on the
ground that the road has collected
more than the published tariff between
the two points.
Darbyshire and Evans, of Ell Paso.
have filed suit again the G. H. & S. A.
and the Ell Paso & Southwestern for
alleged overcharge of s42.6S. Fifty
cases Of German safety fuse were
shipped from Galveston to Naco and a
rate charge of S2.94 a hundred, amount
ing to s156.S5. The petitioners claim
that the rate should not have exceeded
S214 at the most Of $114.17 for the
whole shipment, and they ask the es-
Enlistment of the latter rate and a
refund of s42.6S.
No Moe Red Cross Stamps.
No longer may Red Cross stamps or
stamps of any other kind except post
age stamps be affixed to the address
side Of domestic mali matter. This is
In accordance with a ruling handed
down by the postmaster general The
same order also forbids the affixing of
any but postage stamps, if the stamps
in any way resemble the postage stamp
in design or form, or Dear numerals on
the face.
At the postoffice department upon in
quiry, the following explanation was
given out During the holiday rush of
the past two years thousands of pieces
of mail matter have been sent to the
dead letter office. because the senders
believed that the affixing of thest
Christmas stamps would pay the post
age, and being affixed in the proper
corner. receiving postmasters were de-
ceiyed into accepting the mail matter
until, upon closer inspection it was
found that the stamps were not post
age stamps. It was also declared that
many of the foreign countries with
which the United States exchanged
mail refuse to accept mail matter with
any stamps other than those ssed for
the prepayment of postage affixed to
the address side of the mail matter So
it was thought best to insist that these
stamps be affixed on the reverse side
of the letters or packages.
Postal Cban~ex
Mrs. Elizabeth ]. Igou has been ap
pointed postmaster at Whitewater,
Grant county, n. NJ, vice l.. H. McNett
Eduardo Ccr5ova has lteen desig-
mated acting postmaster at North Des
Moines, n. NJ.
The name of the postoffice at Leach,
Roosevelt county. n. NJ, has been
changed to Garrison.
The postoffice at San Pedro, Santa
Fe county, has been discontinued. Mail
henceforth goes to Golden.
The special mail service from Abbott
Colfax county, N. VI. TO Vernon, has been
discontinued