Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-11-06

q EasScIn RalIfodo company and the
Iron County Central Railroad are
arms OF the Sligo Furnace Company
that the Sligo Furnace Company and
the Sligo & Eastern Railroad Company
have so operated said railroad from
billiard to Bixby as to exclude the pnb-
lie from receiving service by said rail-
road as a common carrier to the great
advantage of said defendants and to
the great detriment and injury of the
public; that the Sligo & Eastern Rail-
road Company has continuously refus-
ed and now refuses to haul freight OF
passengers upon said railroad between
billiard and Bixby except such property
as is owned and furnished for carriage
by the Sligo Furnace Company and its
employees; that the Sligo & Eastern
Railroad Company hauls and carries
over its said road, ties, timber, char
coal and merchandise belonging to and
for the Sligo Furnace Company and
refuses to carry property for other per-
sons or to carry other persons as pas
sengers on said railroad; that the Iron
County Central Railroad, The Sligo
C Eastern Railroad Company and the
Sligo Furnace Company refuses to
serve the public as a common carrier
with said railroad from Bixby to the
end OF said Iron County Central Rail
road to the great damage and injury of
the public, Notwithstanding the fact
that the said Iron County Central Rail
road is organized as a railroad corpor-
alton under the laws of the State of
Missouri, and engaged in operating it's
road across the public highway by vir-
tue of authority granted by the county
court OF Iron county, Missouri; that
there is a great number of persons
living in the vicinity Of said line of
railroad from billiard to the end of said
railroad who are DESTROYS of travelling
as passengers thereon and of shipping
freight thereon; that there are large
amounts of freight to be shipped by
various persons upon said railroad con-
sisting of farm products, ties, timber
and merchandise all of which said de-
PENDANTS have refused and now refuse
to transport for the public; that the
defendants herein to the great advant-
age of the Sligo Furnace Company
have conspired together to refuse the
use OF said railroad service to any and
all persons except the Sligo Furnace;
that the Sligo Furnace Company by
reason OF the fact that there is no other
avenue OF transportation in the vicinity
OF said railroad, is enabled to buy at
greatly reduced prices the timber and
other products of said country, it hav-
ing by such conspiracy with the other
defendants herein obtained a monopoly
on the transportation service upon said
line Of railroad from billiard to the end
OF the line of said road; that the said
Sligo Furnace Company owns and con-
ducts a general merchandise store at
Doyle, which is situated upon the line
OF the Iron County Central Railroad
and ships its merchandise upon said
railroad from Sligo to Doyle, and that
defendants refuse to permit any other
persons to ship merchandise over said
railroad from Doyle to the end of it's
railroad; that the line OF railroad from
Sllgo to billiard and to Bixby and be-
yond to the end of the line is one con-
tlnuous line of railroad under one own
ershlp, namely, that of the defendant
The Sligo Furnace Company that the
Sl1go Furnace Company owns and con-
trolls the Iron County Central Railroad
and The Sligo C Eastern Railroad
Company, that the defendants and each
OF them have wholly failed, as required
by law, to furnish adequate transport
tation upon their said line ofrailroad
from billiard to Bixby and beyond to
the end OF their road for the public and
Tor the transportation of passengers
and property and have refused to ac-
cept from the public freights and pas
sengers for transportation over their
said line of railroad; that said defend
ants and each of them have wholly
failed to file with the Public Service
Commission Of the State of Missouri,
as required by law and to keep open for
public inspection schedules of the rates,
fares and charges for the t~ransporta-
ton OF passengers and property within
this State, between each point upon it's
route and all other points thereon.
Wherefore, complainant prays that
this commission order that the defend
ants be required to operate said railroad
from billiard to Bixby and beyond to
the end Of said line of railroad as a COM
mon carrier, and to receive and trans
port at reasonable rates all persons and
property that may be rendered it for
shipment over said line of railroad; and
to file a schedule of rates and charges;
that this commission order and require
that defendants run and operate at laast
one train of cars each way each day
over said line of railroad between Sligo
and the turminus thereof, for the car-
rlage OF persons and property; that this
Commission order that stations be es-
tablished upon said railroad between