The Washington herald., 1920-11-18
LEGAL NOTICES (continued)

Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad was
not maintained and opera ted In such man
ner as to adequately meet the trsnsporn'
tion needs OF the publie. II did not pos.
sess adequate rolling stock Of It's own and
rnder its financial structure and crsanisa-
tion it did not possess the means OF credit
to acquire the same. and main tain It's rail-
road In efficient condition to serve and de-
veiop the natural resources and Industries
dependent upon II for transportation. Incl
dent to and as o condition prscedent 10 the
acquisition Of said rsiiroad By the appli'
cant, IL entered into contrpct wih the
Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago AID u; Louis
Railway Company under which said last
named Company undertook 20 furnish soiiinG
stock including locomotives and. a. agent
ana manager. to operate said railroad Tor
applicant and since such acquisition By ap-
plicant has furnished such rolling stock In
GLIDING locomotives and has ehicisnty op-
Grated said raiiroad as such agent and
manager for applicant and has greatly i'm
proved the service and ussfulrsAs OF said
rnilrosd NJ common carrier. The prae-
teal results Of the ownership and opera
tion OF said railroad by applicant. through
Its operating agent, the said cieveia nd.
Cincinnati, Chicago and 81. Louis Railway
Company are illustrated By the following !;
The largest In tonnage and most inpor-
tant single commodity moving over the nitr
transported over the road In any year prior
to Its acquisition by applicant was In the
year 1918, and was attributable 20 the war
necessities. The coal moved over the road
for that year was approximately 100000
tons. Since the acquisition Of the railroad
by applicant, June 10, 1920. the coal moved
over the road has been at the rate Of np-
proximateiy one and three-qparter million
! tons or almost double the highest previous
years movement. The trafie officials Of
the road estimate that for the year 1921
NE road will transport approximately 5000,
oVO tons OF coal IL the railrosd 10 put Into
condition 10 ha ndle It, The general or mis-
eellaneous freight movement over the road
has increased in practically equal proper.
! tions with coal and in the opinion Of traffic
officials will continue to do %.
I by reason OF the foregoing facts and ia
/ geographical location and It's valuable ter
minals In the city Of Terre Haute. serving
: large proportion Of the Industries OF said
ciy Imany Of them exclusively; the yslu'
| hbie agricultural regions served exclusively
~ this railroad; the large acreage Of vsiu
able coal contiguous and sermane TO thil
line OF railroad; the large amount Of mis-
cellaneous frstgat derer dent upon it and
| the great number Of people who sre de
pendent upon II for transportation, "a is re-
spectfuliy submitted that Il was and is q
| public convenience and necessity for the
applicant to acquire, own aud operate thi,
! railroad and TO enable IL TO properly meet
the transportation needs Of the public.
Accompanying this appiIea tion is a writ
Service Commission Of the STATE Of India NJ
! That in their opinion the acquisition and op
grafton by applicant Of the railroad il
question was and is OF public convenience
and necessity.
~ Applicant respectfully requests th.t
the Interstate Commerce Commission FIX
( time for hearing upon this, Its applica
tion. when applicant may appear and pre-
sent such other and further proof in sup
port OF Its application as may appear TO b,
, proper and necessary.
sl In submitting this appllca tion. sppiI
cant does not Intend thereby to either ID
nit or deny the applicability Of the pro
visions Of said Paragraphs ~ TO - ihcln
siye, OF said section ] Of the lnterstat I,
Commerce Act, as amended by section 20:
Of the Transportation Act, 1890, to the &c
qnisition Of M existing railroad wholly b,
and through . foreclosure and rsorGanizs
lion under local applicable State laws, ai
In the case Of applicant. and applicant
| hereby expressly reserves In its own behHl
| and in behalf Of all other parties in inter
est. it full right TO question or deny TIM
spplica biiity Of said section Of said act d
the acquisition and opera tiOn by applican
Of said railroad unaffected BY the makihl
and hlinE OF this applica tion which is mad,
and hled out Of Difference TO The expresse,
views Of the Interstate Commerce Commis
| sion that the same is required OF conten
plated by the act In question.
te) Applicant respectfully requests tn
Interstate Commerce Commlssion to eaus
such Investigation TO be made Of the ma
tiers and things recited in this applica tiO
as to the Commission shall seem proper an
Ia grant TO the applicant a certificate O
public convenience and necessity for the &C
qulsition and opera ton Of said railroad a
Of such date and In such manner and forr
as TO make the same effective for all pun
poses contemplated in applicable cases b.
paragraphs Is TO - Inclusive. Of section
Of the interstate commerce act. as aBhends,
by section 402 Of the transportation act
1890.
EVANSVILLE. INDIANAPOLIS 4 TERRI
HAUTE RAILWAY COMPANY.
(sisnedj BY JOHN T. BEAsLEY,
Vice President.
vERIFICATIoN
State Of Indiana, County Of Nigo. S..
John T. Beasisy being duly sworn upo
oat tn says that be 10 the vice president o
the Evansville. Indianapolis and Teri
naute Railway Company; that he has care
fully examined zach and all Of the state
ments contained In the foregoing statement
that they are true aud correct 10 the hes
OF his knowledge and belief and that IN
foregoing application is made with the az
proyal aud at the directiop Of the boar
Of directors Of said applicant and OF IL
executive committee appears by the miu
utes OF a meeting Of said boa I'd hsld on Oh
5th day Of October, 1870, and by the mir
utes OF a meeting OF said executive com
mittee held on the I'D day OF October. 1874
JOHN T. BEASLEY-
Subscribed and sworn TO before me
notary public in and for the COuhty an
State above named this 5th day Of Noyen
Der, A. D., 1890.
tsigaedD RALPH E. LLEwELLyN,
Notsry Public.
Il My commission expires February 10, 1872.