The Winslow mail., 1914-03-07
LOWER FREIGHT RATES
ON FLOUR FOR WINSLOW
|. C. c. DOCKET NO. 5423.
Arizona Corporation Commission VS..
Arizona & New Mexico Railway
Company ct al.

Under date of December 2h 1912 the Arizona Corporation
Commission attacked unreasonable and unduy preuda
Arizona the rate flour and grain
products published in R. H. Counties Continental Freight
Bureau West Bound Special Tariff ICC which publishes rates
grain and grain products from Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma
Colorado Iowa and Missouri points Arizona and asked that
the California terminal applied maximum at
Arizona intermediate points with the percent spread between
the rates on wheat and flour prescribed by the Interstate
Commission in the of the Valley Mills VS. A. T. s. F.
Ry Co.. ct al ICC Docket No 73 After the filing of the com
plant Docket No 542 by the Arizona Corporation Commission
the defendant railroads filed tariff with
Commission the existing
Arizona points basis ofapproxmate 50 Hobroo 81 5
at Wnsow $09 at Flagstaff and Sill Kngman and from 68
cts Phoenix 9 that by doing they might preserve
II percent derent between wheat and -four prescribed
Howard Case, without decreasing the Upon
application the Arizona Corporation Commission Investigation
Suspension Docket No 266CC this tariff advancing rates
on wheat suspended The hearing of this suspension
heard before Commissioner Albuquerque No
vember 22nd 1913 and oral arguments Docket No
well as No 5423 heard Washington January 9Th
1914 At both of these hearings the Arizona Corporation
sion presented its person decision the Interstate
Commerce Commission saws
Complainant asks that the flour made to grade
gradually toward to the terminal
why this adjustment should not be required
no justification for rates of flour and other grain ques
ton from the territory of involved proceeding which
are higher to intermediate points in Arizona than the California
terminals we ma tat the defendants flour to points
Arizona from the territory of origin question
and undu peuda the that they exceed the rate
the California terminals What said with respect to the
rate -four applies also in principle we
find the rates proposed tariffs under suspension nves
cation and Suspension Docket No 6 to
shall order them to be cancelled An order will entered
codngy In Docket No 543 shall give the until May
ls 1914 within which to revise the therein involved sub
stanta accordance with findings herein this done by
that date, order will be entered in that case
Appended hereto will be found schedule Of the rates on
wheat and flour existing the complaint filed by the
Corporation Commission well schedule of the approximate
rates based the decision OF the Interstate
mission 1t highly probable that the 81 % 33
respectively from the Mississippi on package
cereals will be materially affected by this decision nasmuch as
combination of the from the East Mississippi
River points plus the flour from the mentioned
sa will afford much lower through than the existing
In instances the reduction in the approaches a
poxmaey 40 ct hundred pounds and should
value to the ultimate within the State of Arizona
giving publicity to these and
order that the be fully apprsed reductions
and the extent thereof hundred pounds and will
by We are not in accord with principle allowing pescr
the absorption reduction by other
than the and that end and with this view
fully and completely setting forth the figures which
should rebound the benefit of each
State OF Arizona who hard wheat -four The shipments
from the points affected by this decision appoxmaed
pounds per the hearing The average rec
ton of 40 cts hundred pounds clearly exemped by this
decision should net the Arizona a saving S01 an
nually.
FROM GROUP FROM GROUP
Old New Old New
Flour Wheat Flour Wheat Flour Wheat Flour Wheat
Santa Fe System
Main Line Points
HI ol