Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-03
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Especial Correspondence to The JournaIl


Especial Correspondence to The Journal.)
Santa Fe, March 2.-The state
corporation commission has been
kept busy the last few weeks with
matters before it. These officials
have just closed twelve formal
complaints which have been hang
ing for some time. These covered
railroad rates, stock affairs, coal
shortage and things of like char
acter. The matters were closed by
mediation of the complaints and
there was no formal hearings. The
compliments were thoroughly sat
isfied with the settlement OF all
cases.
Col. George w. Plftchard APP
piled to the corporation commission
for a settlement of rates on hand
milling material shipped from Pas
tura to Abo, as the amount fixed
seemed decidedly excessive. 1t ap"
pears as If the actual amount due
Col. Pritchard was not less than
5000. The matter has been taken
up with j. r. Koontz, of the A., 7.
& S. f. railroad for adjustment.
Narcisus Francis, of Servilleta,
has asked that train No. stop at
Laguna, as there is great inconven-
fence under the present conditions.
The answer of the A., T. & S. F.
Railway company is to the effect
that they would be much pleased
to do this, but cannot see their
way clear and hope the commits
sion will not see fit to enforce 1t,
but the commission cannot look at
it in this light and prefers that the
original request be granted.
A petition has been forwarded
by the state corporation to the di-
rector general to be taken up by
the United States commission re-
questing that the discrimination OF
rates on wheat going into Tucum-
carl be made more fair. AS the con-
dition now exists, Texas has all the
advantage as against New Mexico
and the elevators at Tucumcari
suffer under the present rates.
The state corporation commission
is acting as attorney in the matter
for the compliments and ask an
answer within twenty days.
There is a mix-up in the town or
Springer. The village council has
asked the right to open Fourtn
street and the request was con-
sidered fair, but M. W. Mills, a
resident of the town, has entered
protest and the matter will be con-
sidered by the commission at the
request of the parties interested.
1t is intended to have the repre-
sentative of the A., T. & S. F. rail-
way, who favored the plan and
Mr.. Mills present at the meeting
for consideration of the matter.
This will be held within the next
few days.
The Logan Grain company, of
San Jon, has been in trouble re-
garding lack of cars for the trans
portation of grain and protest has
been sent to Manager German OF
the Rock Island. Answer has been
received to the letter and Mr.. Cor
man states that there is a demur-
rage assessed and cars have not
been available. Manager German
says that there are now three cars
that can be used in this case, but
it has been difficult up to the
present time to handle the matter
as there are several hundred thou
sand bushels of grain now lying I'M
protected in Texas and that this
must be cared for first as the loss
would be very great If no effort was
made to handle 1t.
An effort has been made by the
commission to get different rates
on sugar but the answer is that all
rates are the same on different roads
and there is no cause for correc-
ton. However, Arizona will take
the matter up and make an effort
to have rates graded as they are
not considered fair as at present
arranged.
AIbuquerque-A lgOdones Road.
Project 26 is in fair way to be
on the map in very short time as
Lee Moor has filed bond and the
contract signed for this important
road construction. This will be
good news for Albuquerque and the
sooner the better will be the feel
ing among those specially inter-
ested in this line.
Thomas O'Brien. so long man
ager of the Dawson coal properties
and recently transferred to Ari-
IONA, is back in the state and in
Dawson where he was so well
known and highly regarded. While
Mr.. O'Brien will continue his work
in the Arizona position, he will re-
main a citizen of New Mexico and