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Show COMMISSION MAKES IMPORTANT DECISION WASHINGTON", May IB. The Intcr-slntc Intcr-slntc commerce commission today held that where a. railroad lias a wharf to which Its tariffs offer delivery and at which a part of the shipping public Is served, the wharf becomes a. public terminal, ter-minal, and if all shippers arc not (jlven access to it by the boats they choose to employ it becomes the carrier's duty to make deliveries at other ducks at the same rate. This decision was given in the case of (he Mobile chamber of commerce against the Mobile & Ohio railroad and other carriers, but It applies In principle to all railroad carriers doing a connecting business busi-ness with water lines anywhere In the United States. The commission's order Is effective July 1. |