APPENDICES. APPENDIX A. Extracts from docket and records of Interstate Commerce Commission, showing names of carriers which petitioned for relief under section 4 of the act to regulate commerce, and the action of the Commission in respect to each case. 1. In the matter of the application of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company : Apr. 1, 1887. Application received. Apr. 5, 1887. Petitioner heard. Request of Pennsylvania Railroad Company to be heard in opposition filed. May 24, 1887. Application withdrawn. (See No. 39.) 2. In the matter of the application of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company: Apr. 1, 1887. Application received. Apr. 7, 1887. Investigation had. Order for temporary relief granted. As the several temporary orders were substantially in the same form, a copy of the order in this case is inserted, as follows: [At a session of the Interstate Commerce Commission held at its rooms in the city of Washington on the 7th day of April, 1887.] In the matter of the petition of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. Application having been made to the Interstate Commerce Commission under section 4 of the act of Congress entitled an act to regulate commerce, by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, a common carrier subject to the provisions of said act, for authority to charge less for longer than for shorter distances in certain cases; that is to say, for the transportation of passengers from its stations between Plattsburgh and Albany to Detroit, Mich., and points beyond, by its several connections at Albany, Schenectady, and Binghamton, at higher rates than are charged from Plattsburgh over the same lines, and having presented as the reason therefor the alleged necessity of conforming to competitive rates to the same points by way of Rouses Point; and it appearing to the Commission, after investigation of the said petition and the facts presented in support thereof, to be a proper case for a temporary order authorizing existing rates to be maintained for the time being until the Commission can make a complete examination of the matters alleged in said petition as reasons for relieving said common carrier from the operation of said section of said act; It is ordered that the said application be, and the same hereby is, granted temporarily, subject to modification and revocation by the Commission at any time, upon hearing or otherwise, and the said common carrier is hereby temporarily relieved from the operation of the fourth section of said act, to the extent specified in the recitals of this order, and for a period of not greater than ninety days from this date; subject, 45 however, to the restriction that said common carrier, while this order remains in force, shall in no case charge or receive for the transportation of passengers from said stations to Detroit and points beyond, compensation which shall be greater than the local rates from said stations respectively to Rouses Point added to the rate charged from Rouses Point to said western points by the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. It is made a further condition of this order that a printed copy hereof shall be forthwith publicly posted and kept with the schedule of rates, fares, and charges at every station upon the line of said common carrier between Plattsburgh and Albany, where such schedule is by law required to be posted and kept for the use of the public. June 15. Ordered, That the temporary order heretofore made herein be permitted to remain in force until the expiration of the time originally limited. No further order to be made. 3. In the matter of the application of the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad Company: Apr. 2, 1887. Application filed. Apr. 5, 1887. Investigation had and application considered. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 4. In the matter of the application of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company: Apr. 2, 1887. Application filed; also brief in support of same. Apr. 1, 11, 18, 19, etc. Sundry protests and requests for hearing filed. May 27, 1887. Statement and exhibits filed by petitioner. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made upon this petition. 5. In the matter of the application of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company: Apr. 2, 1887. Application received. Apr. 7, 1887. Protest filed. May 20, 1887. Hearing assigned for May 25. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made upon this petition. 6. In the matter of the application of the Southern Railway and Steamship Association and others: Apr. 4, 1887. Application filed. Apr. 2, 1887. Petition of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce filed and committee heard in support of application for relief. Sandry other parties also heard and proofs presented. Apr. 5, 1887. Further hearing of various parties in favor and Apr. 5, 1887. Protest from Cincinnati presented by Hon. B. Apr. 6, 1887. Order for temporary relief granted. Apr. 7, 1887. Amended petition filed. Apr. 27-28, 1887. Hearing at Atlanta, Ga.; witnesses examined, May 4-5, 1887. Hearing at Memphis, Tenn. June 15, 1887. Decision filed in case of Louisville and Nashville 7. In the matter of the application of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company: Apr. 4. 1887. Application received. Apr. 15, 1887. Amended application filed; also petitions from business men, etc. Apr. 19, 1887. Investigation had. Apr. 19, 1887. Order for temporary relief granted. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 8. In the matter of the application of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad Company: Apr. 16, 1887. Application filed. Brief and exhibits filed. Pe titioner heard. Apr. 16, 1887. Order for temporary relief granted. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 9. In the matter of the application of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company: Apr. 5, 1887. Application received. Apr. 7, 1887. Application investigated and considered. Order for temporary relief granted. Apr. 16, 1887. Form of order modified. Apr. 29. 1887. Memorials, petitions, affidavits, and evidence filed, and full hearing had at Mobile. June 15. Same order as in No. 2. 10. In the matter of the export trade of Boston: Apr. 6, 1887. Application by Transportation Committee filed. Apr. 20, 1887. Applications filed by Boston and Albany Railroad Company, Boston and Lowell Railroad Company, New York and New England Railroad Company, Central Vermont Line, and Fitchburg Railroad Company. Apr. 20, 1887. Hearing had, testimony heard, and arguments Apr. 23, 1887. Ordered, That petitioners have leave to withdraw. 11. In the matter of the application of the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 16, 1887. Investigation had. Proofs and arguments submitted. Apr. 16, 1887. Order for temporary relief granted. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 12. In the matter of the application of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 15, 1887. Investigation made, proof and arguments sub mitted. Apr. 16, 1887. Order for temporary relief granted. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 13. In the matter of the application of the Terre Haute and Peoria Railway Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 15, 1887. Investigation had and arguments heard. Apr. 18, 1887. Further consideration postponed. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made upon this petition. 14. In the matter of the application of the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville Railway Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 15, 1887. Investigation had and arguments heard. Apr. 18, 1887. Further consideration postponed. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made upon this petition. 15. In the matter of the application of the Indianapolis, Decatur and Springfield Railroad Company: Apr. 5, 1887. Application received. Apr. 15, 1887. Amended application filed. Proofs and argu Apr. 18, 1887. Application considered and postponed. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made on this petition. 16. In the matter of the application of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received; also petitions of merchants, etc. Apr. 15, 1887. Proofs and arguments heard and considered. June 15, 1887. Same der as in No. 2. 17. In the matter of the application of the Illinois Central Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 16, 1887. Application investigated and considered. Order granting temporary relief made. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 18. In the matter of the application of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application and supplementary application received. June 15. Ordered, That no order be made upon this petition. 19. In the matter of the application of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 16, 1887. Application investigated and considered. Order for temporary relief granted. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 20. In the matter of the application of the Saint Louis and Cairo Short Line Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made on this petition. 21. In the matter of the application of the Tennessee and Ohio Railway Company and Aiken line of steamers: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made on this petition. 22. In the matter of the application of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 20, 1887. Application investigated. Order for temporary relief granted. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 23. In the matter of the application of the Meadville and Linesville Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 23, 1887. Amended application filed. May 24, 1887. Parties notitied and hearing had. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made on this petition. 24. In the matter of the application of the Jacksonville Southeastern Line : Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made on this petition. 25. In the matter of the application of the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made upon this petition. 26. In the matter of the application of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company; the Alabama Great Southern Railway Company; the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company; the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company; and the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad Company: Apr. 15, 1887. Application received. Apr. 19, 1887. Investigation had and order for temporary relief granted. June 15, 1887. Same order as in No. 2. 27. In the matter of the application of the Wisconsin Central lines: Apr. 12, 1887. Application filed. Apr. 16, 1887. Proofs and arguments heard and considered. Apr. 23, 1887. Application postponed. June 15, 1887. Ordered, That no order be made upon this petition. 10638 I C▬▬4 |