The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-26
Petition FLED
FOR UPPER CITIES
Discrimination Is Charged by Iowa
Railroad commissioners In
Rates From keokuk
to Dubuque.
REASONS ARE SET OUT
Decision Of Commerce Board Is Cited
In Putting Upper Cities
on Parity With Lower
Crossings.

The charge that there is an unjust
discrimination in rates from the cen.
trail freight territory to Keokuk and
Dubuque over the rates from the
same territory to lower river cross
ings, Is made in the petition which
has been filed by the board OF railroad
commissioners for the state OF iowa
against the A. T. & S. F. railroad, ct
al. Copies OF the petition have been
received here. The petition asks for
a change in rates from central freight
territory to the upper mississippi
river crossing cities, Keokuk to Du-
buque, inclusive. The petition Is the
result of a recent conference OF the
Upper River Traffic association mem
bers.
The mplaint is against the pres.
emit rates on classes between central
freight association territory and the
upper Mississippi river cities. The
Complainant alleges that in the case
known as the Mississippi river cities
case, docket No. 4424, class rates
from the trunk line territory to the
Mississippi river cities were involved,
and from New York and Trunk Line
territory it was found that the basis
Of rates was unjust, excessive and dis
criminatory, and the commission in
it's first opinion ordered that the rates
to the upper Mississippi river cities
should be on first and second class,
two cents higher than to st. Louis,
and on the remaining classes one cent
higher, which order was subsequently
changed December 20, 1914, placing
the upper river cities on a parity with
st. Louis and the lower cities.
No Reason for Change.
The petition states further that
there has been no change in the orig
inaI order, affecting rates to and from
the central territory and placing all
river cities on a parity. 1t Is claimed
that the same reasons exist why the
rates to and from central freight as
ISOLATION territory should be placed
on the same basis to and from all
river cities.
"That all Of the defendant carriers
have published the rates which are
now effective, charging the rates be-
tween the central freight association
territory and the upper Mississippi
river cities, the arbitrarfes names in
4424 over ST. Louis and that the rates
so charged are unreasonable, unjust
and excessive in the amount they are
in excess of the rates published and
effective to and from ST. Louis and
the lower Mississippi river cities, and
that there should be no additional
charge over the ST. Louis rate be-
tween the central freight association
territory points and said upper Mis-
sissippi river cities, than a reasonable
arbitrary to be applied for excess in
distance between central freight as
ISOLATION points and upper Mississippi
river cities" the petition says. Rates
so charged unjustly discriminate
against the upper Mississippi river
cities, Dubuque to Keokuk inclusive.
in the amount they exceed the rates
charged to or from the lower Missis-
sippi river cities Quincy to ST. Louis,
and therefore rates are in violation
of the act to regulate commerce and
are unlawful"