The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-10-01
c. & {. !. BLAMED
FOR COAL RATE
BOOST IN CAPE
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in blanket form.
The next step was by the C. & E.
in publishing supplement to the tar.
if they brought before the commits.
sion making the advanced rates be-
come effective on September 80. This
tariff contained the Cape Girardeau
coal rate.
The commission eventually publish
ed its decision September 16, allowing
the new tariffs. They then could be-
come effective without a new thirty
days notice that seemed to be absent
when the news of the advance was
first learned in the Cape.
c. l.. Harrison yesterday talked with
F. c. Reilly, general freight agent of
the Frisco, by long distance telephone,
and learned that the Frisco's attitude
toward the new coal rate is sympa-
thetic with the Cape.
Reilly said that the Frisco did not
wish the IS cent rate on coal to become
effective and had asked the C. & E. |.
to suspend the tariff till an adjustment
can be made.
Reilly declared that he and the Fris-
co.'s legal department were anxious to
avoid any controversy that easily may
grow out Of this rate advance. He
represented that the Frisco had I'M
Willingly concurrcd in the advanced
rate when it was presented in what
may be termed blanket form and the
significance of that one item had not
been pointed out.
In making the city's appeal to the
commission for rehearing in the
Cape's coal rate case, the Frisco con-
ours in the petition for re-opening of
the case. If the Commission decides
to reopen the case, it virtually would
place the Frisco ard ten Cape together
in trying to prove to the commission
that the c. & E. l. should not be al
lowed to advance the rate.
Harrison yesterday remarked that
the commission already had decided
that rate on its merits, that is, de-
termincd that the c. & E. l. is entitled
to a greater remuneration for the serv-
ice it performs than it has been get
ting, and as a consequence may refuse
TO order a return to the go cent rate.
He anticipates, he declared, that the
commission will say that the contract
between the city and. the Frisco is
thing to be settled between those two
parties and that on the merits of the
case, that is no reason why the c. &
f. rs rate should be cut down.
The c. {, f. l. is the only road that
will be allowed to participate in the
advance Of ID cents.
Such decision cutting off any hope
of return of the 60 cent coal rate will
mean that the Frisco's contract with
the city has been abrogatcd and that
it will be necessary for the road to
make compensation fixed by the
board of arbitration. The city will file
d notice of the contracts abrogation
with the roads receivers and warn
them of trcspassing.
''The road will become a transgres-
sor on the city's property Harrison
declared, "and it will be time for the
Frisco to jump and jump quickly. The
roa dsimply will have to come to time.
The city has made its declaration that
there is no compensation possible for
this loss of the coal rate.
at will be shown down. l believe
that the matter will come to this pass,
too. / expect the commission to refuse
the return of the old rate. That will
mean war. Why, it will be possible for
the city to simply get a sheriff, take a
chain down to the Frisco tracks and
tie up the freight service.
at would be out of the question to
stop passenger traffic because of the
L. S. mail.
additional train service in the new
Charlottesville accommodation is not a
compensating feature in this case. II
is money maker for the road and be-
sides the Mayor has plainly said, the
city did ont ask for that train"