| Show A i ISO S SANTAFE TA If R RAILROAD ll RO D For Pot Five Years Has las Been Heen Flag Flagrantly falt Wilfully and anil Continuous Continuously ly Iy Violating the Law LawIS LawIS IS ARRAIGNED IN A DECISION The Thc Tie Interstate Commerce Commission an I Important J Opinion COLO F I COMPANY INVOLVED Favors It Got Prevented Others Doing Business In tl tIme the Same Sale anie Field Washington Keb 3 Flagrant wil wilful wl ful tUI and continuous violations of ot the thel l law w during the this past pst live five years ear Is the tha thea way a In which the Atchison Topeka Santa Ka Fe l e railroad Is arraigned In a R de do clelon promulgated today by the Inter Interstate interstate state commerce commission on out 01 the al el alleged ll unlawful rates anti and practises of or that road Ill In Ito tho transportation of or coal conI and mule mine minI supplies 1111 Involving alto also all the lie Colorado Fuel Iron 1101 company 1011 The Tho Tim main of ot the lie decision summarizing izing the way WA In 11 which It Is II alleged tho the law 11 hiss has been violated anti ami Ind disregarded are sire as ac lS follows The Thu act to r regulate lale commerce re is requires 1 quires carriers to publish and Multi adhere to tariffs The he Atchison Topeka Topeka Santa Ke Fe railway company co 1 pa has ha for tor tho last live 14 yearn eal wilfully anti and contin continuously violated this provision o ot at the tho law In the Ito respects above 10 stated slated Fob 11 19 1 1803 1903 the bill bItt hi was nl enacted providing that car eRr carriers carriera riera should In 11 no ito 10 rase le transport rat tr flo dl 10 until n tt tariff hiss his hI t been n published nod that thai tIle tho tariff hum should houll bo be hI observed ob ene anti and all providing a n of tr not nt less than 1000 10 nor moro more than then 2 20 0 00 for tor ooch offense otense The rho provisions of ot this statute extend both lo io the thu rail rall rai wn which grants anti and th the party which I receives rp tho concessions t Both the Ito Suit San Santa ta tiL Fe nud 11 the tile Colorado lion lon company Com pi I unit and contin continuously d the provision of fe If that thata a act t In tn the mentioned from the I e day dRY of ot ltd Its It down clown to tu Nov No 21 2 1901 1101 lOt when the under r which I this coal COlli moved were reduced m lit Kit cit I cuBes cases It woud eem casio the tho XI gl i Ia o t railroad watt was also violating tho lie same Mille statute that period hilt but list hut company tics wai 81 not nota a Ii party to 10 this tills proceeding and has hili tInt not been heard t tIt It U should he be further observed that thiU March 20 2 1002 time tim III United States cir circuit court ourt In a suit begun llIn at al the lie In Instance stance antI and request of ot lbs Ihl hc interstate enjoined the At Atchison chilean chison Topeka II Sun Sami Fe 1 e com COlli lallY to In iii all ecu II respect Its 1111 pub 1111 I lI hell schedules of ot rates luttes That com company pany pallY Pail from the dale dais of ot title this Injunction down lo to Nov Not JT 27 tOOl 1001 was apparently continuous In ill disregard dl of o that hut order of or court In m Its lis failure to 10 maintain coal arias The Flie alleged Infractions Intra of ot the law ter to 10 the this attention of Ir ito J commission lolI by hy ii the lie claim of ot tue Cale Cole Caledonia donia Coal GOAl company operating a n con coal cOlli coalmine I mine at al N M 1 that Hint the tho FH I Ic fj road was discriminating against It ItIn ItIn In Iii favor of or the this Colorado Fuel Iron Iroll company A contract of or the Santa Fn V 1 with the this Caledonia company pliny ex ox expired I In use 1898 or am 1500 suit and was tins not hot noire re me renewed meI hewed I sod and when It II attempted to 10 flint flinta n II market for tor Its steam chase or of coal CORI It 1 I in charged It ascertained upper Inti that list con coal I both holh train from the Trinidad i Illon from tho the mines minea at was ties being supplied It at t is price which e th the freight rats rate alone stone from roma the lie point of or production to destina destination tion C The decision d says nys that No Na other In Individual mm Id do s In competition tion tiomi with the lie Colorado Fuel l A t Iron In thin tile field unless units h hI enjoyed the this same freight rate mute advantages that hen other r endeavored end to tomake Ic make contracts In competition with wHit Ihl tic Colorado Iron jyon company they tile were compelled om to pay the tile published rate flute ant and were ere therefore unable uMble to 10 fur tur furnish nish tush the coal anti and that under title this ar sir the lie Semite Santa Fe Ps the Colorado Fuel Illel tk Iron vir virtually tr Into R III In itt the tha handling of ot tilts this In Iii the Iho execution of or which tho the published of ot the th 8 Santa Bla nta Ft Fewer were utterly disregarded |
