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Show ' J J.NEW DECISION AS TO 1 ROUTING OF TRAFFIC. J f CHICAGO, Doc. o Tho Tribuno to-4 to-4 f oay pnnta the following news article - H f nic,e. "cw railroad iariff mlo: I .r bh,PPrs of Chicago and other V i wv.,e.6 ro considerably exercised over '.. they regard as another attempt ii F?,n to part of tho railroads to deprive I. iVier? .f H10 neht to specify the Touting JfoigM, shipments beyond the line I?; x, -1,,XV1) car"'er to which the f treight is delivered. I nF T,IuB question hns becu the subioct . n staudiilg contTOvorsy between 'x ;i ?hinPfvs and the ronds. Its rc- ,J ?t tho preseut time is caused bv :!W i n nSw westbound tranconti-i tranconti-i proijJcs" ' cacctivQ in January, This f Uil' !Thi r.ates thGroi ro subject to hr ; lHs-ol,ute d uncpialified right of i in? nf !al -Cfr"or to dutermino the rout-f. rout-f. ?Z freight beyond its own lines.' i anlSi c"lorcCfl "rictly this rulo is re-aSm; re-aSm; '?s "Pttrently m conflict with tho !' oS ratlV0 r-Hl of tl10 interstate . corainorce comnnssion and mav lead to ( ParSlv0 fuestin which was Pwtmlly eottlcd by tho supremo court several years ago in the California fruit case. "Tho decision at . that time was against the shippers, but as interpreted by tho interstate commerce commission, the latter has the right to specify tho terminal routing and tho intermediate routing as far as a choice between all rail and rail and water rates is concerned. con-cerned. The commission's order further fur-ther specifies that ".the carrier shall not routo.,tho freight by a more expensivo of two or moro possible routes. "Railroad officials . said yesterday that under tho commission's ruling the rulo could not be enforced literally, but the fact remains that it is stated in bulk and in the tariff, and the shippers ship-pers aro wondering -how far tho roads will go when tho tariff takes effect. "Tho National Industrial Traffic league which since its organization has insisted on the . right of the shipper to control the routing is now preparing an amendment to the Hepburn law securing secur-ing this right which will bo presented to congress at tho coming session." |