Show interstate commerce commis Corn mis sion has ordered an investigation collus on with private lines charged and roads will be red to make answer by september 5 washington the inderst interstate corn inaree commission on its own initia tive as a result of complaints against private car lines on tuesday anex began an investigation of the relations of railroad and refrigerator lines both of which it Is charged are violating the act regulating interstate commerce in several specified lars the complaint is directed against the armour car line the am erlean refrigerator transportation company the santa fe refrigerator despatch depatch and eleven railroads in eluding the atchison topeka santa fe and the southern pacific ic the railroads and refrigerator lines are made respondents in proceedings which require that specific answer to allegations be made to the interstate commerce commission by september 5 it Is charged that by way of rebates or other devices the refrigerator lines are acting for the railroads as author laed agents and he railroads acting through the refrigerator lines are col electing and receiving tor for the aeration of fru t and vegetables lower rates for some sh apers than they are contemporaneously receiving for sim ilar service rendered to other shippers this is held to be in violation of sec see eions 2 and 3 of the act to regulate in ter state commerce another charge is that failure and neglect to publish at shipping sta eions and file with the interstate corn com merce commission the rates and charges imposed for the refrigeration of fru ts and vegetables constitutes a violation of section 6 of the interstate commerce act the commission alleges furthest that the charges published jo 30 antly by the refrigerator lines and the railroads tor for the refrigeration of fruits in certain specified terr tories are unreasonable and unjust and in violation of sect on I 1 the terri territory tor es deser bed include indian territory texas california Califor ula and kansas |