The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-20
BRIDGE TOLLS AND
!. RATES PROTESTED
by FREIGHT BUREAU
Exceptions Will Be Filed to
Report of Examiner Said to
Discriminate in Favor Of st.
Louis Against Memphis.

Bridge tolls amounting to cents per
hundred pounds on first-class freight
and to about Sc per carson other classi-
.fications, in addition to the regular
Memphis freight scale. as recommended
by Wilbur LaRoe. examiner for the in
terstate commerce commission, in his
tentative report TO the commission in
ths Memphis. soutliwsstern rate case.
win Be fought TO d finish by the Mem
phis freight bureau, especially IN view
81 the fact that the report does not
recommend that bridge tolls be added
To-. the st. Louis rates. !.
James s. Dayant, eommlssloner aor n.t
have been working for weeks on study
of the report which comprises nearly
200 ltypewritten pages, and in .prepar
ing exceptions to the examiners flno-
ings, where Memphis Rterests ave ,s:, dis-
criminated against. Eight exceptions
viii probably be filed,
In fhe matter of bridge tolls, the .hu-
reali contends that charges OF bridge
tolls at Memphis and not at st. Louis
is a clear case OF discrimination against
the city which at Sc per car would
amount to an enormous sum.
The bureau also CONTENDS tnAt sne
peTcentage relation between classes pre-
1
'er rbe eyaminer's report limits the terri.
torv in which the prescribed scale OF
rates should apply to points Soutn "a ut
Cane Glrardeau- Springfield, MO, uhe,
while the local bureau WIZ con.ehu me antire
| the scale should apply 10 tne ehNle
south half of Missouri
Rates Held. Unfair.
| The. tentative report found that Mem, =,
| nhis was subject to discrimination ~
| the delivery Of. cotton from ot. L9u,S n,,,
ever fhe Missouri Pacific railroad, puI
Dot from other railroad lines. II Is to
he contended that the discriminanlalooh
exists on all lines, as well as the Mis-
As to the concentration. Of cot.o,h o,l
4 the examiners findings tnat cer'a,r =,
/ differences between the. practices !, y
| Arkansas and at Memphis were mo-
i,stjfieS do not meet with the ap'
| proyal of the local bureau, 49,
| Il is stated in the report that as tht
| railroads had abandoned their appnca'
| tion for authority to charge lower rates
between river points than to. interme,
| date points, that the commission shoult
| deny what Is known as fourth sectioI
relief, which in effect would mean tina!
| rates to points between st. Louis ant
| Memphis would have to be lowered e
| the through Memphis-St. Louis rate
1 or that the Memphis-St Louis rats
! would have to be raised toIthe rate fo
intermediate points. AS this point Il
| involved In the Meridian rate case. thu
local bureau asks that the commits
sion hold up it's decision until tn,
Meridian case Is decided
1 The recommended Scale betweei
4 Memphis and Kansas City and Mis-
souri, river points is higher than thu
scale from Chicago to the same points
and inasmuch as Memphis and Chi
cagoi have always had the same rate
to these points, the change will be op
posed.
/ The exceptions to the examiners re
port must be filed In Washington b,
Sept. j.. There win then be an ora
argument and the tease win finally b,
submitted to the commission. 1t Il
hoped to have the case disposed of b,
the first of next year, :