Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
THE COURTS
U. S. Commerce Court.


Associate Judges Archibald. Hunt. Car
land and Mack.
The following attorneys were admitted
to practice: Isaac R. Hit of Washing
ton, ID. C.; Herbert NJ. Griffith of Wash
ington.. D. c.: Leverett F. Englesby of
Washington. D. c.: Charles V. Clark of
Chicago. III.
No. 30. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company ct al. agt. United States, known
as the fuel case: a suit to set aside the
order of the interstate commerce commits
sion of February "A. 1911. affecting the
rates on coal destined for use as fuel by
other railroad carriers. from point OF
origin to the junction point Of delivery to
the line of the consuming carrier In this
case 1t was ordered that the motion of
the interstate commerce commission to
strike out be argued Immediately after
the conclusion of No. q.
No. 3S. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company ct al agt. United States: John
Arbuckle and William A. Jamison and
the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal,
interveners on behalf of the petitioners,
and Federal Sugar Refining Company, In
tervening respondent Mr. E. A. Bigelow
concluded his argument on behalf of the
Federal Sugar Refining Company on the
motion of United States to dismiss and
the motion for temporary Injunction. Mr..
P. j. Farrell commenced argument for
the interstate commerce commission on
said motions.
At 1870 recess was taken until
o'clock.
United States Commerce Court, Wed
nesday, after The Stars report closed
The following attorneys were admitted
to practice: William " Dykman OF
Brooklyn. \: Y, George F. Brownell OF
New York city, William A. Glasgow. jr..
of Philadelphia, Pa, Frank Pierce of Los
Angeles. Cal, Henry B. Closson of New
York city. r. c. Butler of Chicago. John
F. Lacey of Oskaioosa. Iowa. Herbert
A. Taylor of New York city. Eugene G
nj n Fred
erck R. Whippler of Washington, D. G..
William A. Parker of Baltimore. Md,
Alexander Britton of Washington. John
F. Shafroth of Denver. Col:, and Douglas
Swift of New York city.
No. A. Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe Railway Company, Southern Pacific
Company and San Pedro, Los Angeles
and Salt Lake Railroad Company agt.
United States of America, known as the
'pre-icing case: a suit to set aside an
order of the interstate commerce COM
mission reducing from $50 to $50 per car
the charge for refrigeration of citrus
fruits where such fruits were preceded
and pre-iced by the shipper. The Airing
ton Heights Fruit Company ct al were
granted leave to intervene as parties
respondent.
No. 8. Interstate commerce commission
agt Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
railway, operating the Western and At
lantic railroad. known as the Georgia
Edwards case" involving the question OF
equal accommodations for white and col
ored first-class passengers. Ordered that
a decree be entered striking TINS case
from the docket.
No. %. Delaware LackaWanna 60
Western Railroad Company agt. Inter
state Commerce Commission and Ran
way Valley Railroad Company. known as
the Switch Connection case A suit to
set aside an order of the Interstate COM
merce commission requiring the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad to es-
tablish a switch connection with the Kan
way Valley railroad at Summit, n. }.
Ordered that a final decree be enter
d setting aside the order Of the interstate
commerce commission of June "A, lsoS
and it was further ordered that an In
junction issue, directed to the interstate
commerce commission and the Railway
Valley Railroad Company, perpetually
enjoining and restraining them from tax
ing any action to enforce said order OF
the interstate commerce commission:
No. 80, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company ct al. agt. United States. re-
spondent and Federal Sugar Refining
Company, interviewer: involving an order
of the interstate commerce COMMISSION
in which 1t was alleged that the carriers
had Disseminated against the Federal
Sugar Refining Company in lighterage
charges on sugar from Yonkers to the
west shore of New York harbor, and re-
quiring an allowance to be made to the
said Federal Sugar Refining Company.
John Arbuckle and William A. Jamison
and the Brooklyn Eastern District Ter
minal were granted leave to intervene on
behalf of the petitioners. 1t was ordered
that the motion Of the United States to
dismiss the petition and the petition for
a temporary injunction suspending the
order of the commission be heard to-
gether Mr.. George F. Brownell COM
menced his argument for the petitioners
Mr.. Henry B. Closson spoke on behalf of
the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal.
interviewer on the motion for temporary
injunction, and was granted leave to file
brief Mr.. William n. Dykman spoke on
behalf of Arbuckle and Jamison. inter-
veners on said motion. Mr. Esterline
spoke for the United States on the mo-
ton of the United States to dismiss and
the motion for temporary injunction. Mr..
E A. Bigelow spoke on behalf of the Fed
eral Sugar Refining Company. intervening
respondent.