The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-08-18
,PlKANE DECISION
SUPPLEMENTED
.,.rrRsrArE COMMISSION ISSUES
~ ,,rp ORDERS IN RATE
CASE.

Material Reductions Are Made In
' ss and Commodity Tariffs From
Atlantic Points of Origin to Inter-
;, Cities-Expect Carriers
70 Contest Decree
washington, Aug. 1o.-Former
,.s in the Pacific coast freight
O' oos4s supplementing the deci-
'4' az. rendered two weeks ago, were
issued today by the interstate com
n4rce commission.
Material reductions in both class
- commodity freight rates are
ado from Atlantic coast points OF
,rin to inter-Rocky mountain
.ities-spokane, Reno, Phoenix and
others similarly situated-althoush
.ho carriers are permitted, on ac-
unt Of water competition, to exact
.otos somewhat less to Pacific coast
.o,minals than to the intermediate
points.
divided Into Five Zones.
Tho orders issued today define ex-
,,icitlv the rates indicated in the
nninions as reasonable and request
tbo carriers engaged in transcont1-
nortal traffic to establish the rates
6vod by the comission on November
* 1910. To insure construction
Of the long-and short haul provision
Of the law. the commission divides
tbp United States into five zones, de-
scrbed as follows:
Zone ALL territory lying west
Of line called line No. 1, which ex-
tends in a general southerly direc-
tion from a point Immediately east
of Grand Portage, Mimi, southwest
erlv along the northwestern shore of
Lake Superior to a point Immediate
" east of Superior, Wis, thence
southerly to the intersection of the
Arkansas and Oklahoma state line;
thence along the Kansas City South
ern railway to the Gulf of Mexico.
Territory is Defined.
Zone 2-All territory lying east
of line No. 1 and west of line call
ed No. 2, which begins at the Cana
dian boundary Immediately west of
Cockburn island, in Lake Huron,
passes westerly through the Straits
of Mackinaw, southerly through Lake
Michigan to Paducah, KY, thence
southeriy to the Gulf of Mexico.
Zone 3-All territory lying east OF
line No. 2 and north of line ex-
tending from Norfolk, Va, to Pa
ducah, KY. and west of line No. 3
from Buffalo, New York, to Wheel
ing, w. Va, and thence along the
Ohio river to Huntington, w. Va.
Zone ALI territory east of line
No. 8 and north of the Norfolk-Pa-
ducah line.
Zone ALI territory lying south
of the Norfolk-Paducah line and east
of the Mobile & Ohio railroad, known
as the Southeastern territory.
Spokane Rate Case.
The railways are not permitted to
exact higher commodity charges from
points in zone 1 to intermediate
points than to Pacific coast termi-
mails. From points in zone 2 per-
mission IS granted to charge COM
modify rates to points intermediate
to Pacific terminals Z per cent higher
than to the terminals; from zone 3,
10 per cent higher and from zone 4,
% per cent higher. No order is
made as to the rates from zone 5.
The order in the Spokane rate
case which affects the rates not only
10 Spokane, but also to Walla Walla,
wash, and La Grande, Baker City
and Pendleton, Or, follows precise
ly the principles and rates laid down
IN the long and short haul order, the
ol1erentials of 7, Is and rs per cent
IN favor of Pacific terminals being
maintained.
Salt Lake Rates Fixed.
In the Salt Lake City case, which
involves the rates on both classes
ana commodities to all Utah points
from and to Chicago, the commission
uirects that the first-class rates shall
NOT exceed $2.45; from and to Miss
iSslppl river points, 1927; from and
10 Missouri river points, $3.50. Rates
vi other classes are made proper.
uonately lower.
Rates on hundreds of articles are
Inscribed as commodities not in.
ciuded in classifications are fixed be.
tween the same points, specific
.narges in cents per 100 pounds be.
lug named by the commission. II
every instance the rate fixed is lower
'nan the existing rate, the percentage
VI reduction varying according to the