The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-15

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possible to the rule laid down by the
supreme court of the United States to
the effect that the apportlunment Of
expenses should follow the use Of the
property as closely as possible
The importance the testimony Of
Mr. Conrad will hr In the case Is due
to the fact that the formula which
he had Il hand in preparing and
which he Is presenting 10 the court in
behalf Of the railroads will lay
premises on which the representatives
ol the railroads will base their claims
Of low or no income ON the railroad
property Of their companies.
II will be upon this formula that
the several railroads have secured the
data which will be- offered and It Is to
show the manner in which this data
was secured that the formula has been
prepared aud which Is said to be the
best ever prepared on the subject.
Five Months 10 Prepare II.
In speaking Of the case this morn
ing MIR Bledsoe Of the Santa Fr stint
eel that after the formula had been
prepared his roud had spent five
months In securing the Information
suggested In II aud that great dead
OF time had been spent by authorities
In their several branches In preparing
the data for presentation In the case
II Is estimated that the value of the
result of this ease tu the people "
this state alone with reference 10 the
amount Of refund slips out ON fares
paid Is In the neighhurhood Of four
million dollars.
In reviewing the work NJ the com
mlttcc selected to draw up the formu
la II was stated by Mir Conrad ON
the stand that the scope of the plan
included the appOrtioumrut of rI
penses between states, separation Of
expenses Of the state under review OF
terminal and line expenses .apportlon.
ment uf both line aud trrmiua between
| freight nnd passenger. upportlunment
Of freight EXPENSES both line and ter.
mlnal, between state aud Interstate.
In securing the data which win be-
| presented 10y the railroads they will
| cuntiur themselves tu the expenses of
the several departments wherever nos.
slblc as located In this stat, This will
also be- the case In the vutirc line.
malnlnnnuur " terminals. freight
revenues. passenger revenue, under
the head ~ revenues from transpor
tation and revenues from other than
| transportation
Expenses In Divisions.
Five divisions have been established
10y the committee In charge W the
drafting ~ the formuu with reference
To- the assignment " expenses Ia the
state 10y primary accounts These ARE
shown IN the formula us maintenance
Of ways and structures maintenance
Of equipment traffic expenses. trans
portatlon expenses aud general cr
penstH
will be shown q division NJ the road',
expenses into llG different items. In
all ~ these the railroad companies
have cndcnrorrd 10 place the crpens,
to the state In which located
II was announced by some thl
morning that Il would probably TAX,
three week, fnr the railroads Ia I'm
troducc the duN In accordance win
the formula which has been introduce,
In part and In which all OF the rail
roads have agreed tn present thpI
case The flrt session NJ the specln
court will probably last until thn
time after which recess will bc hcl,
for short timc II was said I'm som,
quarters that the cause would cuntlnu
throught the summer some being %
the opinion TINT II would continue
with recesscs for at least six or clgh
months