B. INFORMAL COMPLAINTS FOR YEAR 1903.

2336. Failure to furnish cars for produce shipments from St. Johns, Nebr.

2337. Alleges advance of 5 cents in rates on flour per barrel from Milwaukee, Wis., to various points.

2338. Rates on live stock from Kansas City, Mo., to Versailles and Griggsville, Ill. 2339. Rates on coal from Elmgrove, W. Va., to Washington, D. C.

2340. Alleges overcharge 1 car lumber shipped from Garner, Ark., to Kent, Iowa. 2341. Railroad fare paid by man in charge of 2 cars of live stock shipped from Edgeley, N. Dak., to Curlew, Iowa.

2342. Rates on lumber from Jersey City, N. J., to Paterson, N. J.

2343. Alleges overcharge on 1 car cypress lumber shipped from Whitecastle, La., to Flatonia, Tex.

2344. Routing and rates on shipments of lumber from Doerun, Ga., to Nicholasville, Ky. 2345. Alleges discrimination in rate on grain from Louisville, Ky., to Germantown, N. C., as compared with rates from same point on same commodity to Walnutcove and Winston-Salem, N. C.

2346. Alleges higher charges on unfinished than on finished vehicles, carload, from Pontiac, Mich., to La Crosse, Wis.

2347. Alleges discrimination in rates on grain from Winfield, Kans., to Texas points. 2348. Alleges overcharge on shipment of sewing machines from Chicago, Ill., to Salton, Cal.

2349. Alleges discrimination in rates on grain from Zumbrota, Minn., to Chicago, Ill., as compared with rates on same commodity from Red Wing and Hastings, Minn., to same destination.

2350. Alleges excessive charges on one bundle of dry goods shipped from Philadelphia, Pa., to Atwood, Kans.

2351. Alleges delay in returning empty tank cars to Cleveland, Ohio.

2352. Classification of paper cones for wrapping yarn.

2353. Alleges refusal of railroads to furnish cars for loading coal at Meyersdale, Pa. 2354. Alleges excessive charges on 1 car buckwheat shipped from Penn Yan, N. Y., to Lavalle, Wis.

2355. Alleges excessive charges on shipment of canned goods (car oysters) from Biloxi, Miss., to Carrollton, Ga.

2356. Alleges discrimination in shipments of coal to East Pepperell, Mass.

2357. Alleges discrimination by railroads in furnishing cars for shipment of coke to Marshalltown, Iowa.

2358. Alleges delay in shipments of cars of coal to Crawfordsville, Ind.

2359. Alleges additional charge of 50 cents per ton on coal loaded otherwise than by tipple at Mount Pleasant, Pa.

2360. Milling in transit of grain on Pennsylvania Railroad.

2361. Alleges advance in rates on fire brick from Ashland, Ky., to Chicago, Ill. 2362. Alleges higher rates charged on coal from West Virginia to Syracuse, Ind., than to Chicago, Ill.

2363. Alleges refusal to receive shipments of coal at Crawford, Nebr.

2364. Alleges refusal of railroads to furnish cars for the shipment of coal from

Monessen, Pa., to Jackson, Mich.

2365. Alleges overcharge on coal shipped from Trenton, Ill., to points in Nebraska in January and March, 1900.

2366. Alleges refusal of railroad company to furnish cars for the loading and shipping

of coal at Meyersdale, Pa.

2367. Alleges discrimination in shipments of hay to various points in United States. 2368. Alleges shortage of cars for loading coal and coke at points in West Virginia. 2369. Alleges higher rate charged on lumber from Griffithsville, Ark., to Imogen,

Iowa, than to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

2370. Rates of freight from Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., to La Crosse, Wis., Winona, Red Wing, and Lake City, Minn.

2371. Alleges failure of railroads to furnish cars for loading coal at mines near Irwin and Penn Station.

2372. Alleges discrimination by the railroads in rates on coal to Norfolk, Va. 2373. Alleges overcharge on 1 car coal from Kernshaw, W. Va., to Rosslyn, Va. 2374. Alleges issuance of tariff charging 1 cent per 100 pounds extra on all grain entering Chicago over their line and sent to some other line at that point for eastern shipments without previous notice to the public.

2375. Alleges cancellation of through rates on lumber.

2376. Alleges unreasonable rates on lumber from Dalton, Ga., to Roanoke, Va., and local points between Roanoke, Va., and Bristol, Ga.

2377. Alleges loss of commutation ticket good between Vienna, Va., and Washington, D. C.

2378. Alleges the refusal to allow cars to be loaded with wood.

2379. Alleges overcharge on 1 car of American field fence shipped from Waukegan, Ill., to Marysville, Mo.

2380. Alleges excessive charges on car of coal shipped from Coalvale, Kans., to Garden City, Mo.

2381. Alleges refusal of railroads to furnish cars for the loading of hay at Fowler,

Mich.

2382. Alleges delay in the shipment of oil to Waukesha, Ill.

2383. Alleges loss and damage on shipment of potatoes from Lake Preston, S. Dak., to Oxford, Nebr.

2384. Alleges discrimination in rates on lumber from Dalton, Ga., to Cincinnati, Ohio, as compared with the rate from Chattanooga, Tenn.

2385. Alleges certain railroads refuse to receive shipments of hay from Dryden, Mich., to Washington, D. C.

2386 Alleges excessive charges on shipment of show cases from St. Louis, Mo., to Flatrock, Ill.

2387. Alleges he has been compelled to pay unreasonable demurrage charges at Mun

cie, Ind.

2388. Alleges overcharge on 1 box of castings shipped from Libertyville, Ill., to Marietta, Kans.

2389. Alleges delay in shipment of lumber from southern points, to Paterson, N. J. 2390. Alleges discrimination in rate on burlap bagging imported into the United States.

2391. Alleges railroads require full name on each barrel on shipments of oil from

Cleveland, Ohio.

2392. Alleges railroads require full name on each barrel on shipments of oil from Cleveland, Ohio.

2393. Alleges railroads require full name on each barrel on shipments of oil from Cleveland, Ohio.

2394. Alleges shortage on shipment of flour valued at $57.44 at Meigs, Ga.

2395. Alleges refusal of railroads to receive and ship freight on its published tariff to southeastern points, including Nashville, Tenn.

2396. Alleges excessive charges on shipments of ranges from Beaver Dam, Wis., to Silver City, Iowa.

2397. Alleges refusal of railroads to carry freight over branch line at Tobasco, Colo. 2398. Alleges higher rates on stoves, carloads, from Springfield, Mo., than on same commodity from same point to Gainesville, Tex.

2399. Alleges excessive charges on 1 car building paper from Chicago, Ill., to Nampa, Idaho.

2400. Alleges higher rates on bags from St. Louis, Mo., to White Cliff than to Texarkana, Ark.

2401. Alleges overcharge on 2 boxes of box shooks shipped from Watertown, Wis., to Newcastle, Cal.

2402. Alleges discrimination in rate on lumber from Dennyville, Me., to Union Market, Mass.

2403. Alleges rate on carloads furniture is 40 cents from Houston, Tex., to Pine Bluff, Ark., while in opposite direction it is 72 cents.

2404. Alleges railroads charge local rates on shipments of lumber from points in Georgia to Ohio River points when destined to points beyond instead of proportional rate.

2405. Alleges higher rate charged by the Illinois Central Railroad from Omaha, Nebr., to Cherokee, Iowa, than to Sioux City, Iowa.

2406. Alleges excessive charges on 1 tool chest and 1 piano shipped from Fayetteville, Ark., to Temple, Ariz.

2407. Alleges damage to 1 mold shipped from Ellwood City, Pa., to Philadelphia, Pa.

2408. Alleges discrimination in carload lots, minimum weight of car 35,000 pounds. 2409. Rates on furniture from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark., as compared with rates to local points south thereof.

2410. Alleges overcharge on 1 car corn shipped from Grove, Ind. T., to Marshall, Tex. 2411. Alleges delay in the shipment of household goods between Chicago, Ill., and San Diego, Cal.

2412. Demurrage charges at New Kensington, Pa.

2413. Alleges shipment of old machinery from Mount Calm to Bienville, La.

2414. Alleges overcharge on 1 car of lumber, shingles, sash, and pickets shipped from Whitecastle, La., to San Angelo, Tex.

2415. Alleges excessive rate on singletrees from Asheville, N. C., to Henderson, Ky. 2416. Alleges need of depot at station of Miller, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

2417. Alleges discrimination by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company in parlor-car rates.

2418. Alleges excessive weights and rates charged on horses in less than carloads from Bayou Sara, La., to Memphis, Tenn., and St. Louis, Mo.; also from Chicago, Ill., to Bayou Sara, La.

2419. Classification of petroleum in official classification.

2420. Alleges overcharge on 2 cars of wood shipped from Pipestone, Minn., to Brookpark, Minn.

2421. Alleges excessive charges on 2 horses shipped from Rectortown, Va., to Benning, Va.

2422. Alleges that on malt shipments under transit from Red Wing to eastern destinations the railroad company refuses proportional rate on grain east of Chicago, while grain malted in Minneapolis and Chicago from Minneapolis to same system is allowed proportional rate from Chicago.

2423. Alleges discrimination in rates to Mountain View, Okla., from Anadarko, as compared with rates from Chickasha, Ind. T., Mountain View.

2424. Alleges excessive charges on 1 buggy shipped from Elkhart, Ind., to Duncansville, Ill.

2425. Alleges overcharge on hay shipped from Neal, Kans., to Chicago, Ill., in July, August, and September, 1902.

2426. Alleges delay in routing of shipment of fruit from California to Duluth, Minn. 2427. Alleges discrimination in passenger service and rates between Cleveland, Tenn., and Dalton and other points in Georgia.

2428. Alleges increase of rate of $5 per car on shipment of hay from points north of Cairo, Ill., and Evansville, Ind., and reconsigned.

2429. Alleges excessive charges on shipments of household goods from Stuart, Iowa, to Mooers, N. Y.

2430. Alleges excessive rate on vehicles less than carloads from Dallas City, Ill., to Farmington, Iowa.

2431. Alleges excessive charges on cultivator teeth shipped from Walnutgrove, Ill., to Tipton, Iowa.

2432. Alleges advance in rates on apples and potatoes to various points in Kansas. 2433. Alleges freight rates from Waterville and Jordan, Minn., to Peoria, Ill., on grain is twice the rate from Minneapolis, Minn.

2434. Alleges different ratings in the classification of cracklings and tankage. 2435. Alleges overcharge on 1 car of lumber shipped from Elizabethtown, Iowa, to Washington, D. C.

2436. Alleges advance in rates on empty tin cans in carloads from Chicago, Ill., to Biloxi, Miss.

2437. Alleges advance in rate on empty tin cans in carloads from Chicago, Ill., to

Biloxi, Miss.

2438. Alleges excessive rate on 1 box suspenders from Stockdale, Tex., to Nashville, Tenn.

2439. Charges on reshipment of milled products of grain in mixed carloads at Arka

delphia, Ark.

2440. Alleges excessive charges on camel's-hair press cloth from Memphis, Tenn., to Philadelphia, Pa.

2441. Rates on ice in carloads between points in the State of Mississippi on the Illinois Central Railroad as compared with rates between points in States of Louisiana and Mississippi.

2442. Rate on rice from Crowley, La., to Pomona, Cal., as compared with rate to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.

2443. Alleges overcharge on 1 car of coal from Whiteside, Tenn., to Woodstock, Ga. 2444. Train service between Boston, Mass., and Hancock and Keene, N. H.

2445. Alleges excessive charges on 1 case of hardware and 1 coil of rope, shipped from San Francisco, Cal., to Salt Lake City, Utah.

2446. Alleges excessive rates on brick from Calhoun to Orme, Tenn., and on coal from Tennessee mines to Calhoun, Ga.

2447. Rates on lumber from points on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to Boston, Mass.

2448. Alleges overcharge on egg-case materials from Cardwell, Mo., to Greenfield, Ohio.

2449. Alleges excessive rate on insulator pins from Newark, N. J., to Walhalla, S. C. 2450. Alleges overcharge on 68 carloads of saw logs shipped from Bruce Siding (Billing Swan River), Minn., to Duluth via West Superior, Wis. 2451. Delay in delivery of carload of lumber shipped from Rennert, N. C., to Passaic, N. J.

2452. Rates on coal from Chandler, Colo., to Dexter, Kans., as compared with rate from same point of shipment to Arkansas City, Kans.

2453. Ohio Coal Tariff Association I. C. C. No. 16, and Ann Arbor Railroad Tariff I. C. C. No. 565.

2454. Rates on oats, carloads, from New Orleans, La., to Columbus, Miss.

2455. Rates on shoes from North Adams, Mass., to Western points via Boston.

2456. Alleges delay in the delivery of shipment of lumber from Damascus, Ga., to Paterson, N. J.

2457. Alleges overcharge on 2 cars of potatoes shipped from Mankato, Minn., to Pennsylvania points.

2458. Application of Cairo, Ill., rate on coal from Cumberland-Piedmont regions to intermediate points between East St. Louis and Cairo.

2459. Alleges overcharge on 5 barrels of fish shipped from Washington, D. C., to Roundhill, Va.

2460. Rate on coal from Centerville, Iowa, to Jamesport, Mo., as compared with rate to St. Joseph, Mo.

2461. Alleges overcharge on 1 car hay from Glenelder, Kans; also distillers dried grain, in less than carloads from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Ormond, Fla.

2462. Alleges refusal of railroads to use interchangeable switches near factory in York, Pa.

2463. Alleges wrongful routing of 3 cars lumber shipped from Dario Station, S. C., for New Brunswick, N. J., delivery.

2464. Alleges illegal advance in rate on a shipment of veneer machine from Fulton to Paragould, Ark., and reshipped from Paragould to Cardwell, Mo.

2465. Delay in shipment of groceries and provisions from Cincinnati, Ohio, to points in West Virginia.

2466. Failure to furnish empty cars to the Cumberland Coal Company at Douglas, W. Va.

2467. Alleges discrimination at Vicksburg, Miss., in declining to transport freight as consigned.

2468. Alleges damage to shipment of lumber to Birmingham, Ala.

2469. Rates from Atlanta and Buford, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., to Fayetteville, as compared with the rates from Fayetteville to same points.

2470. Alleges overcharge on sticks from Sylvan Lake, Fla., to New York City, N. Y. 2471. Alleges discrimination in passenger rates in transporting laborers from Kansas City Mo., to various points in Missouri and Texas.

2472. Bridge toll charged at Augusta, Ga.

2473. Alleges discrimination in rates on grain for export from Kentland, Ind., to New York City, N. Y.

2474. Redemption of 5,000 mile-exchange order by Central Passenger Association. 2475. Rates on grain from points in Missouri, Kansas, and Indian Territory to Arkadelphia higher than from same point to Texarkana.

2476. Alleges discrimination in rates on tin plate from eastern points to Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, as compared with rates to San Francisco, Cal., and Portland, Oreg.

2477. Rate on first-class freight from New York to Shaniko, Oreg.

2478. The matter of more prompt delivery of shipments of grain from Kansas City, Mo., to Louisiana points.

2479. Alleges excessive charges on 2 cars of cattle shipped from Wessington, S. Dak., to Chicago, Ill.

2480. Charges on 1 car emigrant movables and 3 cars cattle shipped from Hutchinson, Ky., to Washburn, Tex.

2481. Alleges overcharge in passenger fare from Cordele, Ga., to Hattiesburg, Miss. 2482. Alleges discrimination in passenger excursion rates, and also in freight rates,

from Pinehurst, N. C.

2483. Alleges charges were collected on prepaid freight shipped from Trenton, N. J. 2484. Alleged excessive charges west of Chicago on shipment of 2 bags buckwheat flour shipped from Howell, Mich.

2485. Alleged overcharge on 1 box tools shipped from Plantersville, Conn., to Port Angeles, Wash.

2486. Alleges refusal to receive coal unless it comes from certain railways with which they have a contract.

2487. Demurrage charges on cars of coal at Eureka Springs, Ark.

2488. Alleges higher rate on corn from Marion, Kans., than from Kansas City, Mo., to Bridgeport, Tex.

2489. Alleges excessive charges on shipments weighing less than 100 pounds from Baltimore, Md., to Clarksville, Va.

2490. Rates on lumber from stations as published by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway in Joint Freight Tariff I. C. C. No. A 1277.

2491. Rate on corn from Deerfield, Mo., to Detroit, Tex., as compared with the rate on same commodity from same point of shipment to Texarkana.

2492. Bridge toll charged at Memphis on passengers and cotton.

2493. Refusal to grant permit to erect grain house or flat house at Faulkton, S. Dak. 2494. Alleges delays in shipments of oil from points in Ohio to New York City, N. Y. 2495. Alleges excessive charges on 1 car of apples and cabbage shipped from Lewiston, N. Y., to Houston, Tex.

2496. Discrimination in furnishing cars for shipments of grain from New Holland, Ohio.

2497. Alleged excessive charges on emigrant movables from Hawley, Minn., to Portal, N. Dak.

2498. Distribution of cars for loading coal at Charleston, W. Va.

2499. Alleges overcharge on 4 cars stock cattle shipped from Arlington, Iowa, to Kansas City, Mo., in March, 1902.

2500. Rate on doors, carloads, from Macon, Ga., to Bristol, Tenn., as compared with rate on same to Roanoke, Va.

2501. Alleges excessive charge from Washington, D. C., to Vienna, Va.

2502. Alleges excessive charges on 2 organs shipped from Norwalk, Ohio, to Western, Nebr.

2503. Rates on classes from Memphis, Tenn., to local points on the Kansas City Southern Railway to Howe, Ind. T., Kansas City, and intermediate points. 2504. Alleges unsatisfactory train service at Willula, Kans.

2505. Shipments by express companies to Breda, Iowa.

2506. Has the railroad the right to place an embargo on the shipment of any grade of coal?

2507. Alleges overcharge on shipment of shells from Swanton, Vt., and peanuts from

Yale, Va.

2508. Alleges advance of 2 cents per 100 pounds in rates on yellow pine lumber to Ohio River points.

2509. Alleges excessive charges on shipments weighing less than 100 pounds. 2510. Alleges discrimination in sale of passenger tickets to traveling men.

2511. Rates from Denver and Greeley, Colo., to Price, Utah, higher than to Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah.

2512. Excessive charge on lambs from Gordonsville, Va., to Washington, D. C. 2513. Alleges delay in shipments and refusal by railroads to furnish cars at Broadlands, Ill.

2514. Alleges advance in rates on hay from Las Animas and Eads, Colo., to Texas points.

2515. Alleges discrimination on mixed carloads of buggies and wagons by official

classification committee.

2516. Alleges discrimination in rates on grain and grain products.

2517. Interchange of cars at Tottenville, N. Y.

2518. Alleges loss on some shipments of grain at Farwell, Nebr.

2519. Routing of cotton by railroads in Arkansas and Southern States.

2520. Rates on cabbage from Frenier, La., to Chicago, Ill., as compared with rates on same commodity to same point from New Orleans, La.

2521. Alleges refusal of railroads to furnish cars for shipping cord wood from Buena Vista, Va.

2522. Alleges excessive charges on live stock in less than car loads from Amelia, Va. 2523. Alleges overcharge on shipment of 1 car buggies from Detroit, Mich., to Stamford, Tex.

2524. Rates on cotton-factory products from Laurel, Miss.

2525. Alleges discrimination in freight rates in and out of Nebraska.

2526. Rates on wire, filing of tariffs at Fort Dodge, Iowa.