Graham guardian., 1911-03-03
RATES ARE HIGHER
Arizona Railway Commission
Requests Adjustment Of
Freight Rates

PHOENIX, Feb. 24.-The Arizona
Railway Commission is evidently not
satisfied with the adjustment of
class rates from Eastern shipping
points to Arizona localities outside
of the Salt River valley, as estab-
lished at the time of the reductions
ordered by the Interstate Commerce
Commissi 20 Phoenix, January I'd
of thiS .t~r, End the Commission
,!as voiced t:,at opinion in letters
re"t NJ! W;it:eH to tbs va. ious car
'ieys operating n anI through the
ferlilrry. la til sc COMMUNICATIONS,
he e. Eml'a aS!Nn iu,I'.a;Gs that it
%.il !as!>t ups" mere rqui;"bc adj
justment Of the genera ,ate stua-
ton.
1t seems that the, carriers have
established the same rates from
Eastern points to stations on the
main line of the Southern Pacific
Company in Arizona east of Mari
copa as apply to, Phoenix, except in
the case of those stations near Ell
Paso, where the Ell Paso combina-
ton makes lower rates. while TO
stations west of Maricopa the rates
advance in even greater proportion
for distances than did the old rates.
To stations on the Southern Pacific
branch and tributary lines east of
Maricopa, the rates are made by
adding the locals of those lines to
the rates up to the main line juno
ton points. this method resulting in
higher rates to those branch line
s ations than the current rates in
effect to Phoenix, notwithstanding
the former are considerably nearer
the Eastern shipping points.
In some instances. notably on the
Ell Paso & Southwestern Railroad,
the Arizona & New Mexico Railway
and the Morenci Southern Railway,
some of the new class rates are even
higher than they were to the same
points prior to the adjustment of
January I'd.
On the Santa Fe main line, the
rates to stations west of blackberry
are higher than those to Phoenix,
even though these main line stations
are nearer the Eastern shipping
points than Phoenix, located on a
branch line, while to all stations in
Arizona east of blackberry end Ash
Fork, the same rates apply as are
named to Phoenix, this adjustment
being manifestly an injustice to
nearly all the Santa Fe line stations
in the Territory.
The Arizona Comm: ssion has trans
mitted to all the carriers mentioned
it's opinion that these adjustments
are unjust, unreasonable and dis
criminatory, and asking of the lines
in the Southern part of the Terri
tory that the same proportionate re-
duction be made to all other points
as was made to Phoenix an January
2, 1911, and the Santa Fe was re-
quested to establish class rates to
all the stations on its main line west
of Ash Fork not to exceed the rates
to Phoenix, and also that rates to
stations east of Ash Fork and nearer
the shipping points should scale
downward.
The Commissions communication
to the officials of the Southern Pa
cifc Co. and the Arizona Eastern
Railroad, relating to the rate situa-
ton in this part of the Territory, is
as follows:
"GENTLEMEN:---The current class
rates from the Eastern shipping
points named in Trans-Continenta!
Freight Bureau West-Bound Tariff
No. 12-B to stations on the main
line Of the Southern Pacific Com
pany in Arizona, Maricopa and East,
are the same as to Phoenix. except
to those points near Ell Paso, where
combinations over Ell Paso figure
lower, while to stations west of
Maricopa, the rates advance in much
greater proportions for distances
than did the rates in effect prior to
the adjustment of January I'd, the
rates to some of these stations equi-
distant from shipping points as
Phoenix being higher than those to
Phoenix.
Also the current rates to branch
line and Arizona Eastern stations
east of Maricopa are combinations
over the main line junction points
except where these combinations
prove higher than were the old
rates in effect prior to January I'd.
Under this arrangement the rates
to these branch lines and Arizona
Eastern stations, Notwithstanding
these stations are much nearer the
shipping points, are higher than the
rates to Phoenix.
The Commission is of the opinion
that this adjustment is unjust, un-
reasonable and discriminatory, and |
Il Al l.