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Show i mission thought not, but declined to J issue a ruling, it being stated that It j had decided to take up tnc question and go fully into it. The law gives the commission tno right to order through routes whoro good and satisfactory routes do not exist. H A RR1HAN-KILL FIGHT TO BE SETTLED. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION COMMIS-SION WILL ACT. It-Will Begin an Investigation With a View to Determining rlght of N. P. to Close Gaiewa. Chicago. Feb. 6. Tho Record-Herald today prints the following news article: One of the bitterest tlgbts between 'the Harriman and Hill lines over passenger pas-senger business to the Pacific northwest north-west i to bo settled by the Interstate Commerce commission. That bociy lias given notice that on February' 17 iL will begin an Investigation or its ownmotion at Chicago with a view to determining the right of the Northern Pacific to close the Portland gateway to through business over the Harriman roads. Incidentally t.n case will go far toward determining the right ot ' the commission to oraer through j routes and compel railroads to join In through tariffs, ana therefore the right of a traveler to vy a tnrough ticket over any two or more linos which reach his destination j In the present case, the Northern ; Pacific has always refused to Join tho Harriman lines in a tnrougn rate to Seattle by the way or Portland. After j tho passage of the Hepburn act the Harriman linea. filed a through tariff under the theory that the general concurrence con-currence of the Normern Pacific la their tariffs , covered the Portland situation. sit-uation. The commission ordered this ! tariff taken out upon the ruling that ( each tariff should be accompanied with a concurrence of the coouectlng line, . which watj lacking in this cane. I -. Then the Harriman ::uei Hied a tar- Iff .which made the same rates from I Chicago to Portland as are maintain-i maintain-i od by the Hill lines from, Chicago to I Seattle and incorporated a provision I to the effect that any passengor could, ' by applying to the conaucior on the , Oregon Kallrcad & Navigation com-reny'i: com-reny'i: line, secure a free side trip from Portland to Seattle. This move was counrerea by the Burlington, who r,cnt a representative to the commission to a3k If it would be. allowed to file such a tarirr rrom St. I)iiis to Portlani with a rree service ser-vice side trip to Seattle. Thy corn- |