Arizona republican., 1911-06-27

Special Examiner John s. Burch- more of the interstate commerce com mission conducted a hearing in the United States court room yesterday. on the complaint of the Arizona railway commission against Wells Fargo & company. asking for lower rates be- tween all Arizona points and between all Arizona points and all outside points. The case covers a wider scope than any vet brought against Wells Fargo S; company for if the rates ask ed for are secured it will establish a precedent for similar TeviSiOns throughout the west, though Arizona is believed to be more greatly disCrimi- mated against than any other section The commission through its principal witness. F.. :. DePass, secretary of the commission. and a number of shippers from various points in the territory, is believed to have made out very strong case and that opinion was strengthened when counsel for the ex- press company at the conclusion of the hearing asked for the privilege of fil- ing dispositions to be made by its New York traffic officials. said depositions tO become a part of the record. The examiner was in doubt as to whether such depositiOns would be admitted by the commission after the company had been given it's opportunity for submit ting evidence as had the complaining railway commission. He said he would refer the request to the inter state commerce commission for it's de- fr,f ia introduced by the express company were B. F. McKibben of New ! orl. as sistant traffic manager. and Captain T. C. Cornell. agent of the company at Phoenix
 The first business of the day was the hearing of a complaint brought by the Arizona railway commission against the Fl Paso & Southwestern and Southern Pacific railway companies asking for a through rate on bottles from Bisbee to Los Angeles, not ex- Ceeding the combination rate and for the reparation of S54O excess freight paid on a shipment of bottles under the alleged excessive rate. This case required but a few minutes. The rep resentatives Of the railroads agreed to establish the rate asked for and to make reparation if the interstate com mission ruled that the statute Of lmisI tations had not run against tiIe claim.
 Examiner John $. Burchmore. Mrs BurchmOre, and Ike Benjamin. the of ficial stenographer. arrived here yes tcrday morning. and left last night at the conclusion of the hearing for Los Angeles. Wells Fargo & company was represented by its counsel J. H. MoOers and Assistant Traffic Manager E. F. McKibben. both of New York City. General Freight and Passenger Agent Eugene Fox Of the L. P tS <. W. railway and Attornev Squires of the Southern Pacific Co. san Francisco. i were in attendance to look after the bot l tie case and were interested spectators | in the express hearing. They all left | the city last night.
 For the Arizona railway commission | in the Wells Fargo case in addition to ! the testimony Of Secretary F. <. De | Pass. five shippers from various parts l Of the territory appeared as witnesses. They are: Sidney F. Mauk of Globe | Ben Franhenburg of Bisbee. J. r. Bark ] CT of Tucson, O. D. NJ Gaddis of King | man, and Joseph Calisher of Douglas The examination of witnesses in behalf 1 of the railway commission vas con- 1 ducted by George J. Stoneman of i Globe. counsel for the commission. Mir | StOneman's manner of conducting the | case demonstrated his studiouS inves- tiSauon of traffic matters and his thorough insight into the duties de- volving upon him as railway commits sioner. Chairman w P McNeir of i Douglas was also present and took q ! lively interest in the days proceedings. |
 The greater part of the day was de- voted tO the testimony of Mir DePass during which he introduced a number of tables comparing rates to, from and | between all Arizona points with rates that obtain in all other sections of the | country which comparisons showed conclusiyely that the Arizona rates are | considerably higher than any other | rates existing. also that the rates to | other points in the territory are high | CT than they are to Phoenix The | commission therefore seeks to secure | rates that are not only equitable as | between all points in Arizona. but low | CT rates to and from all points in Ari- zona. As an illustration of the ineuua1-i ities of the existing rates in Arizona, {; Secretary DePass gave the following i examples:
 Arizona Rates.
 The rate established by the comms-