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Show ROLE Mil ON RAILWAY RENT Roads Warned That Leasing Under Market Is Form of Rebate WASHINGTON. Nov 6. Railroads which lease lands along their right of way to private users must charge rentals equal to the sums which private pri-vate owners would charge for similar property, or the transaction thereafter will be considered by the lntorstat. commerce commission as a form of rebating In violation of the law. Concluding an Investigation Instituted Insti-tuted by Itself in 1M7 Into railroad practices In renting property in New York City. Fresno, Cal.. and Spokane, Wash , tho commission held today that in some cases the fixing of a low rental charge in leases of lands to large shippers had ben "In practical prac-tical effect" a reduction of transportation transpor-tation charges amounting to a refund. re-fund. Tho commission held in conclusion: chiefly upon facts brought out by ihe Investigation of conditions at Spo- kane where the Investigators found; that a city had practically grown up1 around the right of way Of the Northern North-ern Pacific, making the lease privileged privi-leged on tho lands offered thfl rall-roada rall-roada as well as others valuable. |