Newman Lumber Co. v. N. O. & N. E. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 33.)

43. Demurrage charges at New Orleans, La., on 11 carloads of lumber shipped from Hattiesburg and Sumrall, Miss., to New Orleans for export found to have been unlawfully assessed. Reparation awarded.

Matthews & Bro. v. C. & E. I. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 36.)

44. Double first-class rating in the official and western classifications on incandescent lamp guards, not nested, not shown to be unreasonable. Complaint dismissed.

Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Co. v. N., C. & St. L. Ry. (47 I. C. C., 39.) 45. On rehearing, rates on low-grade cedar logs in carloads from certain points in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia, to Atlanta, Ga., found to have been unreasonable, and reparation awarded.

Milwaukee Switching Absorption. (47 I. C. C., 41.)

46. Absorption by the Pere Marquette Railroad of intermediate switching charges at Milwaukee, Wis., on bituminous coal in carloads moving to Milwaukee over its line and destined to points beyond over the Chicago & North Western Railway, found to have been without tariff authority. Orders of suspension vacated.

Kath Co. v. A., T. & N. Ry. (47 I. C. C., 42.)

47. Charges on three carloads of mussel shells from Cochrane, Ala., to Muscatine, Iowa, found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded. 48. Fourth section relief denied.

Crown Willamette Paper Co. v. S. P. Co. (47 I. C. C., 44.)

On complaints attacking the rate applied from Jacksonville, Fla., to Sanford, Fla., on unprinted fruit wrapping paper in carloads from Camas, Wash., and Floriston, Cal., and various rates applied from Floriston to Jacksonville on the same traffic, destined to Sanford, Held:

49. Component from Jacksonville to Sanford not shown to have been or to be unreasonable or unduly prejudicial.

50. Components from Floriston to Jacksonville found to have been unreasonable to the extent that they exceeded 88.5 cents per 100 pounds.

51. Reparation awarded.

52. Fourth section relief denied.

Swift & Co. v. U. P. R. R. Co. (47 L. C. C., 49.)

53. Rate on packing-house products from South Omaha, Nebr., South St. Joseph, Mo., and Kansas City, Kans., to California terminal points not shown to have been unreasonable. Complaint dismissed.

Kruger Lumber Co. v. St. L. & S. F. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 52.)

54. Carload of nut coal from Scammon, Kans., to Abilene, Kans., moving interstate, not shown to have been misrouted. Complaint dismissed.

Coulbourn v. N. Y., P. & N. R. R. Co. (47 1. C. C., 54,)

55. Rate on lumber in carloads from stations on the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad in Accomac and Northampton counties, Va., to Wilmington, De... and Philadelphia, Pa., found to be unreasonable, and a reasonable maximum rate prescribed for the future.

56. Fourth section relief denied.

Pacific Coast Shippers Asso. v. N. P. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 57.)

57. Carload of fir lumber from Eagle Gorge. Wash., to Gordon, Nebr., found to have been misrouted. Reparation awarded.

Van Dusen Harrington Co. v. C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 59.)

58. Charges on corn in carloads from points in Iowa to Minneapolis, Minn., reconsigned thence to points in California, based on combination of rates to and from Minneapolis, found to have been illegal. Reparation awarded.

Wallace-Smith & Co. v. B. & M. R. R. (47 1. C. C., 62.)

59. Rating on horse blankets in official classification territory not shown to be unreasonable or unduly prejudicial. Complaint dismissed.

Ramsey & Co. v. A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co. (47 í. C. C., 64.)

60. Rates on beer in carloads from St. Louis, Mo., and Milwaukee, Wis., to El Paso, Tex., justified. Complaint dismissed.

New Era Milling Co. v. A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 67.)

61. Switching charges at Arkansas City, Kans., on a carload of wheat from Sterling, Kans., milled at Arkansas City and reshipped to Hartford City, Ind., found not to have been unlawful. Complaint dismissed.

Alexander Brothers Lumber Co. v. P. M. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 69.)

62. Demurrage charges at Detroit, Mich., on a carload of lumber from Cass Lake, Minn., found to have been illegally assessed.

Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. v. C. & N. W. Ry. Co. (471. C. C., 71.)

63. Rate on transplanters, other than tree transplanters, knocked down, without barrels, in less than carloads, from Racine, Wis., to Portland, Oreg., found to have been and to be unreasonable to the extent that it exceeded or may exceed the contemporaneous second-class rate. Reparation awarded.

Kindred v.

C., N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 73.)

64. Defendant's refusal to place cars for loading on its spur track about 2 miles south of Rockwood, Tenn., not shown to have been unjustly discriminatory or otherwise in violation of the act. Complaint dismissed.

Flanley Grain Co. v. G. N. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 74.)

65. Rates on bulk corn in carloads from Green Valley and Cottonwood, Minn., to Kansas City, Mo., not shown to have been unreasonable or otherwise unlawful. Complaint dismissed.

Temco Electric Motor Co. v. B. & O. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C.,

76.)

66. Third-class rating in official classification territory on double coil springs in less than carloads not shown to have been or to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory. Complaint dismissed.

Lewis Co. v. L. & B. R. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 79.)

67. Class and commodity rates between Beaver Falls, N. Y., on the Lowville & Beaver River Railroad, and points on the New York Central Railroad outside of the state of New York, higher than the corresponding rates to or from Lowville, N. Y., the point of junction of the two lines, found not unreasonable or unduly prejudicial. Complaint dismissed.

Continental Can Co. v. A. C. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 82.)

68. Rates on empty tin cans in carloads from Baltimore, Md., to Philadelphia, Pa., Camden, N. J., Hickman and Seaford, Del., Hancock, W. Va., Melfa, Va., and to Bethlehem, Md., moving interstate, found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

Creamery Package Mfg. Co. v. K. C. S. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 84.)

69. Reparation on egg-case fillers in carloads from Coffeyville, Kans., to Gentry, Ark., denied. Complaint dismissed.

Southern Can Co. v. S. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 85.)

70. Rate on empty tin cans in carloads from Baltimore, Md., to North Wilkesboro, Elkin, Ronda, and Roaring River, N. C., found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

Southern Lumber & Mfg. Co. v. T. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 87.)

71. Rate on lumber in carloads from Nick's Creek, Tenn., to Cincinnati, Ohio, not shown to be unreasonable but found to be unduly prejudicial as compared with the rate from Norma, Tenn., to Cincinnati.

Official classification No. 44. (47 I. C. C., 91.)

72. Proposed change in ratings and increased minimum weight on natural stone justified.

73 Proposed change in ratings on tailors' woolen clippings and increased ratings on roller bearings not justified.

74. Present rating on certain roller bearings found unreasonable.

75. Reparation denied.

Grain Transit at Michigan Stations. (47 I. C. C., 104.)

76. Proposed cancellation of waiver of back-haul or out of route charges on grain milled in transit at certain stations in Michigan north of the main line of the New York Central Railroad and consigned to Bryan and Toledo, Ohio, and points south and east thereof, found justified. Orders of suspension vacated.

Western trunk lines iron and steel. (47 I. C. C., 109.)

77. Proposal of respondents to increase or cancel practically all commodity rates on iron and steel articles applying within western trunk line territory and from points east of Chicago and the Mississippi River to points in western trunk line territory found generally not justified, but authority given to publish higher rates than are at present maintained. Suspended schedules required to be canceled.

Galion Iron Works & Mfg. Co., v. B. & O. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 136.)

78. Rate of $1.95 per ton on coke from the Connellsville, Pa., and Fairmont, W. Va.. regions to Bucyrus, Crestline, Galion, and Marion, all in the state of Ohio, not found to be unreasonable or unduly preferential or prejudicial.

79. Mere distance comparisons of the nearer points in the complaining group with specific points in lower rated groups, without reference to the group adjustment as a whole, he'd not to warrant the making of another group to include the complaining points.

80. Carriers' attention called to a fourth section departure occurring in connection with a route which is not used by the carriers but which is available under their joint tariff. Complaint dismissed.

New York Harbor Storage. (47 I. C. C., 141.)

81. Proposed reduction from five days to two days in the free time allowed for holding of respondents' terminals at the port of New York domestic freight consigned to New York lighterage," justified. Proposed increased storage charges, applicable on both export and domestic shipments, shown to be reasonable.

Cement to Nebraska (No. 2). (47 I. C. C., 160.)

82. The respondents having offered no justification for the proposed increased rates on cement, the suspended schedule is ordered canceled, and the application for approval for filing is denied.

Export freight free time. (47 1. C. C., 162.)

83. Respondents having failed to justify the proposed reduction from 15 to 5 days in the free time allowed on export traffic at the north Atlantic ports; and from 10 to 5 days at the Gulf ports, schedules under suspension required to be canceled; without prejudice to the filing of new schedules providing for not less than 10 days' free time at the north Atlantic ports, and not less than 7 days at the Gulf ports, which periods are found to be reasonable under existing conditions.

84. Proposed reduction from 10 to 5 days in the free time applicable to bunker coal at the ports of New Orleans, Mobile, and Pensacola, found to have been justified. Emery & Co., v. B. & M. R. R. (47 1. C. C., 200.)

85. Defendant's practice of "expensing forward" customs duties and brokerage fees on shipments imported from Canada through Newport, Vt., when its agent at Newport acts as the customs broker, and refusing to "expense forward" customs duties and brokerage fees on shipments handled by other customs brokers found unduly preferential to shippers who employ the railroad agent as their customs broker. Reparation denied.

Cape Girardeau Portland Cement Co., v. St. L. & S. F. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 204.) 86. Upon petition divisions prescribed for joint through rates on cement in carloads from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to points in southern Illinois, found reasonable in 35 I. C. C., 109.

Minnesota & Ontario Power Co. v. B. F. & I. F. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 208.)

87. Two carload shipments of news print paper from International Falls, Minn., to Little Rock, Ark., found to have been overcharged. Refund directed.

83. The Commission is not empowered to award counsel fees or to direct the return by carriers of claim papers filed by shippers.

Perdue v. B. & O. S. W. R. Co. (47 I. C.C., 210.)

89. Complaint alleging that the rate on a less-than-carload shipment of household goods from Fairmont, W. Va., to Portland, Oreg., was unreasonable, dismissed.

Standard Roofing Co. v. M., K. & T. Ry. Co. (47 1. C. C., 212.)

90. Rates on prepared roofing and building paper in carloads from Chicago and Chicago Heights, Ill., to Tulsa and Muskogee, Okla., found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

Price Iron & Steel Co., v. G. T. W. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 215.)

91. Rate on scrap iron in car loads from Elsdon, Ill., to East Chicago, Ind., not shown to have been unreasonable. Complaint dismissed.

Kansas Buff Brick & Mfg. Co., v. M. K., & T. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 217.)

92. Rate legally applicable on brick in carloads from Chanute, Kans., to Jefferson City, Mo., not shown to have been unreasonable. Complaint dismissed.

Eagle Pass Lumber Co., v. G., H. & S. A. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 219.)

93. Rate on iron pipe, pipe fittings, and boiler tubes in carloads from New York, N. Y., to Eagle Pass, Tex., found to have been legally applicable and not shown to have been unreasonable. Complaint dismissed.

94. Carrier's failure to complete a transportation service contracted for is not a Lasis for an award of reparation under the act to regulate commerce.

Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co., v. H. & B. V. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 221.) 95. Rate on sulphur in carloads, from Bryan Mound, Tex., to Connable, Ala., not shown to have been unreasonable. Complaint dismissed.

Rapier Sugar Feed Co., v. L. & N. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 222.)

96. Reparation denied on certain tank-car loads of imported blackstrap molasses shipped from New Orleans, La., to Owensboro, Ky. Complaint dismissed.

Du Pont De Nemours Powder Co., v. P. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 224.)

97. Complaint against rate on cotton factory sweepings in bales, in carloads, from Philadelphia, Pa., to Hopewell, Va., dismissed for lack of proof.

Thomas McFarland Lumber Co., v. St. L. S. W. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 225.)

98. Charges on carloads of lumber from Carryville, Ark., to Cairo, Ill., found to have been legally assessed. Complaint dismissed.

Practical Drawing Co., v. C., H. & D. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 227.)

99. Rate charged on a less-than-carload shipment of blank white paper cut to size and ready for immediate us?, in boxes, from Hamilton, Ohio, to Atlanta, Ga., found to have been legally applicable and not shown to have been or to be unreasonable. Complaint dismissed.

Trexler Lumber Co., v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 229.)

100. Allegation that charges on two carloads of lumber from Prentiss, Miss., to Waterbury, Conn., were excessed on excessive weights found not sustained. Complaint dismissed.

Procter & Gamble Co., v. C., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 231.)

101. Rate on coconut oil in tank cars from San Francisco, Cal., to Ivorydale, Ohio, found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

Gund Brewing Co. v. C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 233.)

102. Rate on beer, in carloads, from La Crosse, Wis., to Lemmon, S. Dak., found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

American Bridge Co. v. N. & W. Ry. Co. (47 1. C. C., 235.)

103. Reparation awarded against initial carrier for damages due to the misrouting of six carloads of bridge builders' outfit shipped from Kenova, W. Va., to Greenville, N. J.

Advance Lumber Co. v. S. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 237.)

104. Rate on lumber, in carloads, from Maylene, Ala., to Chattanooga, Tenn., found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

105. Fourth section relief denied.

Muskogee Produce Co. v. St. L. & S. F. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 239.)

106. Rates on apples in carloads from certain points in Arkansas to Muskogee, Okla., found to have been and to be unduly prejudicial to the extent that they exceeded or exceed by more than 5 cents per 100 pounds the rates contemporaneously applicable from the same point of origin to Fort Smith, Ark.

American Sumatra Tobacco Co. v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 243.) 107. Rates on secondhand cheesecloth in carloads and less than carloads, from Windsor Locks, Conn., to Quincy, Fla., found to have been and to be reasonable. Shipments found to have been undercharged and overcharged. Reparation awarded. 85178°-18

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Lafayette Chamber of Commerce v. A. & V. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 246.)

108. Rates on salt in carloads from Rittman, Ohio, and grouped points, to Lafayette, La., found unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

Cutler-Magner Co. v. M., St. P. & S. S. M. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 249.)

109. Following Kaye & Carter Lumber Co. v. M. & I. Ry. Co., 17 I. C. C., 209; Held, That charges collected on a carload of bulk salt from Duluth, Minn., to Calgary, Canada, based on the marked capacity of the car furnished, were unreasonable to the extent that they exceeded charges that would have accrued on the basis of the marked capacity of the car ordered. Reparation awarded.

Memphis Merchants Exch. v. F. E. C. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 251.)

110. Rates on imported blackstrap molasses in tank-car loads from Key West, Fla., to Memphis, Tenn., found to be unduly prejudicial.

Schall Co. v. B. & O. S. W. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 254.)

111. Rate on stone, rough, sawed four sides or less, in carloads, from points in the Bedford, Ind., district to Omaha, Nebr., not shown to be unreasonable, but found to be unduly prejudicial to the extent that it is not 2 cents per 100 pounds less than the rate contemporaneously applicable on dressed, planed, or sawed stone in carloads from and to the said points.

Harrison v. M. C. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 259.)

112. Following the principle applied in Central Commercial Co. v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 27 I. C. C., 114; 33 I. C. C., 164; and Doran & Co. v. N., C. & St. L. Ry., 33 I. C. C., 523: Held, That defendants should have provided for the diversion of a carload shipment of lumber from Epley, Miss., to Hanover, Pa., at Potomac Yard, Va., on basis of the through rate from Epley to Hanover plus a maximum charge of $5 for the extra service incident to the diversion. Reparation awarded.

113. The absence from defendant's tariffs of a "two to one" rule in connection with shipments of cattle from Clay Center, Kans., to Kansas City, Mo., found to have been and to be unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

Royal Milling Co. v. G. N. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 263.)

114. Maintenance of a charge of 2 cents per 100 pounds for milling in transit of wheat at Great Falls subjects complainant to a disadvantage as compared with terminal mills for which defendant alone can not be held responsible.

115. Total charges exacted by Great Northern Railway on wheat which is shipped from points in Montana on its line between Butte and Great Falls and between Great Northern Junction and Great Falls, to Great Falls, there milled into flour and the flour shipped to destinations in North Dakota on the line of the Great Northern Railway found to be unduly prejudicial to the complainant in violation of sections 3 and 4 of the act; to remedy which the defendant should publish and maintain through rates from the points of origin involved to destinations in North Dakota observing as maxima thereon the basis outlined in the report.

Harmon & Co. v. N. Y. C. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 277.)

116. Rate on metal extension curtain rods, in less than carloads, from Ogdensburg, N. Y., to Tacoma, Wash., found to have been unreasonable. Reparation awarded.

Sioux City Live Stock Exch. v. C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. (47 I. C. C., 279.) 117. Rules governing the free transportation of caretakers accompanying carload shipments of live stock from points in southwestern Minnesota to Sioux City, Iowa, found unduly prejudicial in comparison with the rules governing from the same points of origin to St. Paul on traffic to South St. Paul, Minn. Undue prejudice ordered removed.

Stonega Coke & Coal Co. v. L. & N. R. R. Co. (47 I. C. C., 282.)

118. Through routes and joint rates on coke in carloads required to be established and maintained from Stonega, Osaka, Glamorgan, Esserville, and Dorchester, Va., to destinations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee, not to exceed joint rates contemporaneously in effect from Appalachia, Blackwood, Josephine, and Norton, Va.

Canned goods from San Francisco. (47 I. C. C., 285.)

119. Proposed increased proportional rates on canned goods originating at interior points in California, applicable to transportation by water from San Francisco, Cal., to