Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-22

inNr MackIcy. the cxHminnr urged
|tnet thn Testimony "a. Higen a. rtp-
IDLY na poHlDi1 aH nn u4slfcG -
ieaFc AiouQucrqua tonINh1
Judge Biednoe called state Rasa
Expert p. n SesToFHon to the stand.
Mr.. sogHeraon tostIfIod that he waa.
while IN ki faHo. connected first with
the santa Fo gnd litter with tho ~
Paso and Southwestern. Replying -
questions AIR. ScFgeraon anld thn8
during his service With the santa ~
20 per cent of the inbound froiahc
went into Mexico,
Mr. SegRcEson was then tnken hy
IudNo franklin, representing the
Rock Island and lMn ~ Faro ana
southwestern. The witness said The
complaint4 regarding ratee from
points on these tive llnea in New
y Ill naraes. general freight ngunt
81 the ~ fneo and HouihHealobn.
was the principal witness ot fhe
mvsnlng. MF. BARNES testified that
he had been familiar with the ratea
% II fano and Southwestern points
Tor ten years, that ho knnw ~ N.l
changes made daring that period aud
that during All that Slime eYcFv
change had been reduction.
on Mrect examination ~ Judge
Franklin, SIR. ilarncs held that fasl-
roads entering ~ pnHn could not be-
held responsihle for making the rafrn
Into El Paao. hut that a WA deter
mined ~ tho waiter eonpetanun. AR
Barnes prcccufed aeKIe4 Of ee4nn
carefully prepared exhibits curnr1hR
in extended detail rates ON the M
PnAo and SouthweafeFn II Nou MeN4
leo with spSclnl references fo the ~
i'Nsp rates he supplemented his oN-
tending to support hiA cunlontloh
that existing rates are fair.
Referring specially 10 outbound
rates from New Mexico puInia on TIM
southwestern, Mr.. Hnrnea described
the products 0f tho country holwQon
~ Paso and Santa Rosa. These
products. he said, Included fruit. hoy
livestock. ore and few beams Tho
ore rate from ORC Uran6e 10 El pnao.
he said. was lower than actual cost
Of handling the tonnage. and Was
made va order % stimulate develop
Both IN direct and cross oxamina-
/ tim Mr. Barnes went carefully into
/ the Mexico situation with regard lo
the Influence Of Mexico freight hual-
ness On the fixing ~ the Ni pasn
rate. mir. Barnea testified that tho
~ Faao rate WAS cOnNldered Zoo low
1y an rate men, but chat when qho
southwestern went into El naa0 th6
fateg already had been fixed hr fho
Texas and Pacific and tho Soufnwoafs
ern simply met the rate. Tho Wit
ness was subjected 10 q severe cross
examination o@ judge Cowan, both
On the water line competition ataee-
ment ana the taect Of Mexico busi-
ness on the III FaAp rate
Taxes RAISED Fifty Per CtnG
ine nNatton Question was brought
np ~ judge Franklin IN a series of
| questions 70 Mr. hafnes, who testl-
ucd fhat last year, 1919. the IN paao
ara southwestern paid taxes N New
MeNico 90 the amount OF 3207. aS0.f8.
| re estimated the Increase 4nla ehttf
~ a result of the raises by the state
BOARD ot oquullxntlon af from so to
wv per cent, and the auditor OF the
rnnd estimated that the Sonfhwent-
ern's lakes this year. 1al1. will he
aetween sano,UO0 and sf0e. 0oe
Judse Hledsoe, replying To Z niatn-
ment by judge c0Wan, fhnt the rails
-oaas had failed 20 pay sheir taxes
IN New Mekieo. said that tho Santa
~ IN 1919 paid a little trifia ~ eG1o.-
o0o and that In 1918 the taxes would
amount tp not less fhnn $3.50. coo
stHrAWCitnef nn Istius Tnnlrore.
| HeutfHi superintendent Gee stark
weather. of the Santa Fe. wish head-
quarters at AMARILLO. Was tho next
witness called. he was rut On fho
stand BY Judge Bledsoe to testify
( WIN rcierentc % general operating
conditions on the pec0s valley iiuea
with especial reference 10 the move,
mont uf hay Mr. SfarkWeafher de.
Hicd That there had ntan any aeflou.
car shortage iu the valley. btlt that la
many cases cars were ordered. which
when placed wore not used.
Man With No E,xhlhits.
~ J.. Shubcrts general frelanl aEen
Or tho Rock Island at Kansas city
Was the next witness called 81 JudNl
franklin Mr. ShuheFt. WINS has beer
in tie general freight service fol
80 years. surprised the examiner ans
the court room ~ Announcing tina
hc had no exhibits. Every 0tht
traAlc official thus far examined hh|
, had from an armful % a huahoL Mr
shuhert, however took up the afg
sorson cNhlDita nad went Into a care
iul statement TO show that the slnl
rate experts comparisons wert un
fair. Ho then Nent into 4 coH+pafI
4 sen Of rates on the Rock tslafAl be-
, tween New Mexico poiula wiz sim
; llar distances On other paris ~ th
. system.
Paper llalc Taken Up.
H. A. Macpherson ~ the Mornin
h 10""ual and James d nlack pf th
p EvtninR Herald were called to tcl
Il tif, regarding the iNcuualily ~ ID
r. rate on print paper a. AibunnaFQu
+. and El paso. The Nl pa4o rate ~ !
!. rcnia on the hundred lower than ln
/. | Albuquerque rats Hud this Nf1pIfa th
fact That most 81 lNo papcI Hf4llre
o for Ei raso passes thIopsh AAnp0uel
81 que Nn route.
y J a stpnhs of Tucson. of IN
souihevn raeiflc'a wosieEn llneA ~