El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-04
INCREASE IN RATES
SUSPENDED TO
OCTOBER 70
Suspension Order Affects
500 Railroads Through
Joint Agreement.

Washington, D. c., July 4.-There
have been filed with the Interstate
commerce commission by both the
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific sys-
TENS supplemental tariffs showing ad-
yances in the rates for refrigerator
cars. and changes in the regulations re-
garding preicing and preceding These
changes were TO have gone into
effect July /, but the commission in
an order issued the day before the
rates became effective. suspended the
operation of the rates until October Is,
pending an investigation and hearing.
The new tariff contains the follow
ing clause: when shipper instructs
that commodities loaded in cars, the
tanks of which contain ice, are not to
be reiced in transit. the full refr. gera-
ton rates published herein shall ap-
ply"
Another Of the new regulations pro-
vides that the privilege heretofore
permitted to shippers of citrus fruit to
preice carload shipments viii be with
drawn the carriers retaining ana ex-
ercising the exclusive right and con-
troll Of furnishing and billing all icing
and refrigeration OF citrus fruits IN
all cases where the shipper does not
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move solely under ventilation
In it's order. the commission says:
eft appeartng from a consideration
of the character and amount OF the ad-
yances and the circumstances under
which they have been made. and the
rights and interests OF the public al
fected thereby, it is the opinion OF the
commission that the effective date OF
schedules above specified should De
postponed pending the hearing and de-
eision. therefore 1t is ordered that the
operation of these schedules be sus-
nended and that the use of the regula-
lions and practices therein stated be
deferred until the 2Sth day of October
Az these new tariffs are known as
Joint regulations, that is concurred IN
and participated in by most or the
railroads Of the United States, service
in the suspension order was had on
almost 500 different railroads in the
limited States including the following
in the southwest: Alamogordo & sac
ramento Mountain Railway company;
Arizona & New Mexico Railway COM
many: Arizona Southern, A. T. & S. F.;
Chicago. Rock Island & FL Paso; Daw-
son railway; Eastern Railway company
OF New Mexico; FL Paso & Rock Island;
FL Paso & Southwestern; G. H & S. A.;
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient OF Tex
as: New Mexico & Arizona; New Mex
leo Central; Pecos & Northern Texas +;
Pecos River railroad; Prescott d
Northwestern; st. Louis Rocky Noun
tain & Pacific; Santa Fe, Prescott &
Phoenix; Santa Fe. Ration & Eastern;
Sonora railroad; Southern Kansas rail-
road of Texas; Southern Pacific, Rio
Grande & Ell Paso, and Texas Pa
cffic.
Postal Changes
The postoffice at Cuates, Union
county, New Mexico, has been moved
three miles to the northwest OF its
former location
Louis P. st. Louis has been appoint
ed postmaster at Sasco, Pinal county,
Arizona vice Lyman w. Martyr, jr.
B. Martinez has been appointed post
master at Colonias Guadalupe county,
New Mexico, vice B. Urioste.
Winnie D. Blackwell has been ap-
pointed postmistress at Nugent, Jones
county, Texas, vice T. J. Carr.
Lula BiIbrey has been appointed post
master at Oriana, Stonewan county,
Texas, vice E. Donaldson.
Reserve Agents for Local Bank.
The controller of the currency has
approved four reserve agents for the
First National bank of FL Paso, as
follows: National Reserve bank Of
Kansas City, National Bank of Com
merce of San Antonio. Whitney Gen.
trail National bank of New Orleans
and American National bank of San
Francisco.