| Show S OPI 0 PIPE E LINES lINE lINEON ON RG I GenI Freight Agent of the Santa SantaFe I IFe Fe Railway Admits the Fact BUT HOW DID IT HAPPEN In Iii II l HondO Dont FI ht n fC of Public Il I I il gt 11 ial lou Kansas Kansis City March 14 Half u n doz doe dozen dozel en el witnesses were wore still stI to be he examined when then the Interstate commerce slon resumed Its I hearing here today In Inthe Inthe the charges harge l of ot rate rato discrimination made by 1 tho the Gil Oh 01 Producers 1 ca thou J R n Koontz general freight agent of pt the Topeka Santa Kc Ic railway the tho lie witness was wo asked aked by b Mr 1 Marchand for tor the com COl mission Are the pipe pillo lines of or the Oil 01 company upon the tho riGht of or wa way of oC the tho Santa Ko railway Yes YeH sir lr they lire are lre for tOI or a 1 east diet NI l lot of ot Crick l an IM City ID tI tl a I a point somewhere In Illinois where herc they branch off of West of reek Creek the Iho pipe line Is II upon the SIght lUht of ot WRY way of ut the Southern Kansas lol of the Sunlit Sunil Fo Fe for tor a I distance How 1101 low did the Oil ou get this right of or way WI I 1 do du not know That Is a matter mater with which 1 I do lu tb not lot come in tn contact conla I Ih Mr h Koontz UI about the thel meeting l of or of fr different railways in Kt HI Louis Joul in June JI at nt which the oil 01 rate rato Ia to east CI Kansas Kansan points WS la raised rained train from ten to 10 seventeen cents a I hundred H I lie said paid that h hl his was nt ut that meeting lie II did Ill not nt know who coiled called It ItI I I l was wax by Mr 1 our freight continued Mr Mn h hI Koontz I to In represent the FanU tanta talta F Fe at that hut meeting l lid Did 11 he ho give you a y instructions In None Non lit itt nil all ni Mr r Koontz Koont said that Mr Ir of ot the Standard Oil 01 company wan ue nt at lt the th lug asked Who Invited Mr lr li wee wag W i I do not n t know WIK ulM any Rny record kept kepi of ot the proceed proceedings lags ings of ot that meeting No 0 sir ell Mr Ir Koontz cross examined by Thomas R It I Morrow attorney for tor tho thu plaintiff was naked asked Are Arc the oil 01 freight rel established by the tho legislature com coma compensatory I II J I do consider them How 10 do time the railroads look upon them I Ii em 7 themAn An As Al arbitrarily established hElt without the tho railroads been b en given Ihen u ii chance to 10 be heard It I was nn an In effort on cli the putt patt of ot the legislature to meet tho thin scale In ill force In with wih thin difference that while th time the rate Is hue the name Caine MS us lB the tho Texas rate rato rt upon crude rudu and fuel tuch oil 01 It Is IB much lower than the Texts Texas rate rat rt upon all 11 thu tue products of o petroleum such luel us as and null Wh there ben been no assault 1 by bytho byth tho th railroads upon the Iho Kansas rate Ite Mr Mi Koontz was Wal asked In deference to public senti sentiment sell ment replied the witness The of ot the Santa Fe Ft and I think of or other Kanae l roads roadA think that hint the tho Kansas rates would hints have been heen con COIl contested contested tested long before this thin but In iii view of tho the agitation and condition of ot the public mind tIme the policy 01 of ot tho tiu th railroads has haM been to In submit quietly lullY to 10 the tl rates forced upon them by b the legislature of Kansas There hilts has been heen h En a 0 great greal deal teah of or egi both hothi In the press preps at it It political meeting and ono one way W amid nl another Yes antI and nd bemuse because of ot this the rail railroads mi roads decided to submit for tor the pros pres present ent lInt nt Mr II Koontz said that the tie raising of the rate nt at lt the Bt 81 t Louis luls meeting was wn by b trade conditions coalitions made necessary ar utah Ind the tIle action neton was WIP not Ilot taken to harass any on one or nt at the th holiest behest of ot Interest or to benefit t one Interest Ic the detriment of ot aOl any nn other |
