Show GOVERNMENT A IT UN UNON ON PACIFIC TARiff Brings Action to Frustrate At Attempt Attempt At- At Attempt tempt to Build Up Traffie Traffic fic fie Monopoly Washington 1 l Feb eb 27 TIme Tho The United n t Ana to n r. r 1 hn Interstate commerce commission to prevent pre what is called calle an attempt b by the time Union Pacific Railway company to monopolize all nIl the traffic bound for the Pacific northwest from points in the tho middle west est an and Great Grent Lake Lako points The action was brought through th the tho Interior department which alln nUn alludes es In Ho Itu petition that tho the Union Pacific on December 1 16 C. C 1911 published a Q tariff c covering through shipments rn points on the Mississippi and md an Missouri rivers and the tho Great I Lakes kes to points paints on the Oregon Oreon Short hort Line The Tho ra rates prO l provided ed the petition alleges were not applicable unless 8 shipments were turned over oer to the Union Pacific at t Its eastern terminals at Kansas CIt City Mo Council Bluffs Leavenworth Kan Omaha Fremont or Norfolk Neb It is the contention of or the tho Interior department that this provision pro In the tariff prevents pro the shipment of freight from Mississippi an and Missouri river and Great Lake Lako points over or th the Northern Northern North North- ern Pacific railway which It is con con- contended tended 11 Is a d shorter route Tho Oregon Short line Une is declared llred to b be a to Union Pa Pacific property ah and III l the thu latter road through Its tariffs tariff prevents pre vents th the former from promulgating through h rates over other lines from points mentioned In lu tho the petition to points on the Oregon on Short Line |