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RELATIVE RATES-Continued.

Localities-Continued.

Claremont Terminal, Jersey City, N. J.: Fifth-class rate on china-wood
oil, in tank-car loads, from, to Brooklyn, N. Y., found not unreasonable
when compared with the rate from Bayonne, Bayway, and Constable
Hook, N. J., to Brooklyn, N. Y., there being no movement under the
latter rate; or with a lower rate from Newark, N. J., since fifth-class
rates applied from all New York Harbor points for short hauls. Val-
entine & Co. v. Lehigh Valley R. Co., 781.
Columbia City and Flora, Ind.: Rates on rough lumber from Columbia
City, Ind., to Lansing, Mich., and from Flora, Ind., to Chicago, Ill.,
found not unreasonable as compared with commodity rates between
points in the same territory for comparable distances. Peabody
Lumber Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 56.
Commerce, Ga.: Fourth-class any-quantity rate on cotton piece goods
from Pell City, Ala., to, found unreasonable as compared with rates
between various points in the same territory and to the extent it
exceeded a rate equal to third class, on shipments moving prior to the
date lower commodity rates were established. Reparation awarded.
Globe Superior Corp. v. Southern Ry. Co., 456.

Crawfordsville, Ind.: Rate on bituminous coal from Oakwood, Ill., to,
found unreasonable when compared with rates in effect and with those
prescribed for comparable distances in the same general territory.
Reparation awarded and reasonable rate prescribed for the future.
Crawfordsville v. Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co., 87.
Dallas, Tex.: On further consideration, on the commission's own motion,
findings in 128 I. C. C. 215 and 142 I. C. C. 172 were reversed in so far
as they concerned the fourth-class rate on lead and certain lead articles
in mixed carloads from Joplin, Mo., to Dallas, Tex., and such rate was
found not unreasonable as compared with class and commodity rates
then and subsequently applicable on the mixture involved from Joplin
and St. Louis, Mo., to Monroe, La., and other points in the Southeast
and Southwest. Fisher Supply Co. v. Alabama & V. Ry. Co., 711.
Duff and Knoxville, Tenn.: Combination rates on hardwood lumber
from, to Cowansville and St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, found
unreasonable in comparison with rates from competing points in the
same general territory for comparable distances, and to the extent
that they exceeded a joint rate in effect to Montreal and St. Johns,
Quebec, Canada. Reparation awarded. Atlantic Lumber Co. v. Louis-
ville & N. R. Co., 236.

East Orange, N. J.: Rates on imported anthracite coal and coke from
piers in Weehawken, N. J., to, found unreasonable in comparison
with distance rates between points in the same general territory
and to the extent that they exceeded rates equal to those found
reasonable in 156 I. C. C. 258 from Jersey City, N. J., to Newark and
Port Newark, N. J., for comparable distances. Reparation awarded.
Feigenspan v. Erie R. Co., 176.

157 I. C. C.

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Localities-Continued.

Evansville, Ind.: Rates on broomcorn from certain points in Oklahoma
and Kansas to, found unreasonable in the past to the extent that they
exceeded rates from the same points to Paris, Ill., subject to rates
resulting from the southwestern revision as minima; and rates from
Colorado points found unreasonable to the extent that they exceeded
40 per cent of the distance scale of first-class rates prescribed in the
southwestern revision. Reasonable rates from Colorado points pre-
scribed for the future, and reparation awarded. Southwestern Broom
Mfg. Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co., 724.

Florida points: Rates on fuller's earth from Quincy, Midway, and
Jamieson, Fla., to Fort Worth, Tex., and other western points found
unreasonable as compared with rates from San Antonio and Mc Donna,
Tex., to destinations in southern Louisiana and between other points
in the same general territory. Reparation awarded and reasonable
rates prescribed for the future subject to specified minimum weights,
except on cars loaded to full visible capacity, when actual weight
should govern.
Transcontinental Oil Co. v. Atlanta & St. A. B. Ry.

Co., 322.

Florida, western Alabama, and Mississippi points: Rates on lumber and
forest products taking the same rates, from points in northwest
Florida, western Alabama, and Mississippi to points in eastern trunk-
line territory, in harmony with the rates prescribed from Vicksburg,
Miss., in 85 I. C. C. 270 upon fourth-section applications, found not
unreasonable as compared with rates from eastern Alabama and
Georgia groups, established in harmony with the rates prescribed
in the cited case from Albany, Ga. Adams-Bank Lumber Co. v.
Aberdeen & Rockfish R. Co., 280.

Fort Smith, Ark., and Spiro, Okla.: Rates on potatoes from, to Lib-
eral, Kans., found unreasonable as compared with rates from Colorado
and Wyoming points. Reparation awarded.
Reparation awarded. Hutchinson Produce
Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co., 27.
Hallsboro and other Virginia points: Rates on excelsior from, to Louis-
ville, Ky., St. Louis, Mo., and Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus,
Ohio, found unreasonable for the future in comparison with rates
from points in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Michigan, and Wisconsin
for comparable distances. Reasonable rates prescribed for the future.
Hallsboro Mfg. Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 124.
Hartford, Conn.: Fifth-class rate on hammered granite from Concord,
N. H., to, found unreasonable as compared with rates prevailing in
New England and other territories, and to the extent that it ex-
ceeded 90 per cent of the contemporaneous sixth-class rate from and
to the same points, prescribed in 156 I. C. C. 107. Reparation
awarded. Concord Chamber of Commerce v. Boston & M. R., 427.
Hastings and Grand Island, Nebr.: Fifth-class rates on green or green
salted hides, pelts, skins, grease, and tallow, from, to Chicago, Ill.,
and Milwaukee, Wis., found unreasonable, as compared with rates
from Lincoln and Norfolk, Nebr., to the same destinations. Reason-
able rates prescribed for the future and reparation awarded. Hast-
ings Chamber of Commerce v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co., 653.

RELATIVE RATES-Continued.

Localities-Continued.

Huntington and Markle, Ind. Sixth-class rates on lumber from, to
Detroit, Mich., found not unreasonable as compared with lower
commodity rates from Columbia City and Warsaw, Ind., competitive
producing points. Perrine-Armstrong Co. v. Erie R. Co., 22.
Ivorydale, Ohio: Rate on red oil from, to Dallas, Tex., found unreason-
able to the extent that it exceeded a rate equal to that prescribed in
136 I. C. C. 651; 147 I. C. C. 330, on packing-house products from
Chicago, Ill., to Dallas, Cincinnati taking the Chicago basis. Repara-
tion awarded and reasonable rates prescribed for the future. Procter
& Gamble Co. v. Alabama, G. S. R. Co., 547.

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Jersey City, N. J.: Rate on salt cake from, to Howland, Me., found not
unreasonable or otherwise unlawful, but rates from South Wilmington
and Everett, Mass., to same destination found unreasonable in
comparison with rates between points in the same general territory
for comparable distances. Reasonable rates prescribed.
Bag & Paper Co. v. Central R. Co. of N. J., 317.
Lapel, Ind.: Fifth-class rate on glass bottles from, to Sheboygan and
Manitowoc, Wis., found not unreasonable as compared with lower
commodity rates from St. Louis and Alton, Ill., or with those between
other points in the same general territory. Carroll-Graham Bottle
Co. v.
Lincolnton, N. C.: Joint fifth-class rate on cotton yarn from, to Phila-
delphia, Pa., found not unreasonable as compared with commodity
rates from other points in North Carolina and South Carolina, but
unduly prejudicial to the extent that it exceeded the rate paid by
complainant's competitors from Columbia, S. C. Nonprejudicial
rates prescribed for the future and reparation denied. Boger &
Crawford v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co., 227.

Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co., 43.

Little Falls and Sartell, Minn.: Following 139 I. C. C. 173, rates on
fine coal from Duluth, Minn., and other head-of-the-Lakes points
to Sartwell, Minn., and from these origins and Ashland, Wis., to
Little Falls, Minn., the same as lump-coal rates, found not unreason-
able, discriminatory, or unduly prejudicial as compared with rates on
fine coal to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. Watab Paper Co. v.
Northern Pac. Ry. Co., 37.
Long Bottom, W. Va.: Group rates on lumber from, to destinations in
central territory, States adjacent thereto, and Canada found not
unreasonable in so far as they applied or apply within the United
States, when compared with rates from other points within the same
and adjacent groups, or with rates between various points within the
same general territory. New River Lumber Co. v. Chesapeake &
O. Ry. Co., 329.

Lynchburg, Va.: Class A rate on pulpboard from Cedartown, Ga., to,
found unreasonable as compared with commodity rates from Gordon,
Ga., to Lynchburg, and with commodity rates from Cedartown
through Lynchburg to Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Pa., and New
York, N. Y., as well as with a commodity rate subsequently estab-
lished. Reparation awarded. Smith Agency v. Seaboard Air Line
Ry. Co., 464.

RELATIVE RATES-Continued.

Localities-Continued.
Mideastern mining district: No revision of rates to the so-called mid-
eastern mining district in Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and
Kentucky was warranted, as that district was in the vicinity of the
Virginia cities and the lower portion of Eastern Trunk Line Territory,
to which rates were previously found not unreasonable. Adams-
Bank Lumber Co. v. Aberdeen & Rockfish R. Co., 280 (306307).
Milford, N. J.: Rates on wood pulp from Mount Tom, Mass., Berlin,
N. H., and Madison, Me., to, found unreasonable as compared with
rates between various points in New England and in trunk-line
territories, and to the extent that they exceeded rates equal to those
under the distance scale prescribed in 122 I. C. C. 543. Reasonable
rates prescribed for the future and reparation awarded. Warren
Mfg. Co. v. Boston & M. R.,. 419.

Monroe, La.: Combination rate on lettuce from Granby and Yampa,
Colo., to, found unreasonable as compared with rates for comparable
distances in the same general territory, and with the joint commodity
rate subsequently established. Reparation awarded. Strauss &
Son v. Denver & S. L. Ry. Co., 371.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Applicable fourth-class rates on Shredded
Wheat, not compressed, from Niagara Falls, N. Y., to, for export,
found unreasonable as compared with fifth-class rates from Niagara
Falls to all points in the United States on carrier's line between
Niagara Falls and Montreal, and from Niagara Falls to destinations
generally throughout official territory, which rating and rates were sub-
sequently established to Montreal. Reparation awarded. Shredded
Wheat Co. v. New York Central R. Co., 479.

Nashville, Tenn.: Less-than-carload rates on animal or poultry feed,
other than condimental or medicinal, from, to points in Buffalo-
Pittsburgh, trunk-line, and New England territories, found not
unreasonable or unduly prejudicial as compared with rates between
various points in the same general territory. Rose, Louisville &
N. R. Co., 155.

New Orleans, La.: Class rates on iron or steel barrels or drums from,
to all destinations in southern territory and certain points in Missouri
and Illinois and to Helena, Ark., found not unreasonable as compared
with rates from Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and other named points.
National Steel Barrel Co. v. Louisville & N. R. Co., 75.
New York and New England points: Less-than-carload rates on paper-
winding cores, returned, from New York, Mt. Vernon, and New
Rochelle, N. Y., and points in New England to certain destinations in
Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, found unreasonable compared
with rates from points in trunk-line territory to destinations in New
York and New England, and to the extent that they exceeded fifth
class. Reasonable rates prescribed for the future. American News-
paper Publishers Asso. v. Bangor & A. R. Co., 729.
Ohio points: Fourth-class rate on secondhand burlap bags from Toledo,
East Toledo, and Wagon Works, Ohio, to Chicago, Ill., and Gary, Ind.,
found unreasonable as compared with rates for comparable distances
in the same general territory and with the commodity rate subse
quently established. Reparation awarded. Western Burlap Bag
Co. v. New York Central R. Co., 391.

RELATIVE RATES-Continued.

Localities-Continued.

Omaha and Lincoln, Nebr., and Council Bluffs, Iowa:

Rate on raw peanuts, in shell and shelled, from Suffolk, Va., to
Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Lincoln and Omaha, Nebr., via Cairo,
Ill., and Memphis, Tenn., found unreasonable to the extent that
it exceeded a rate comparable to that prescribed to Kansas City,
Mo., via Memphis, Tenn., in 136 I. C. C. 353. Reasonable rate
prescribed for the future. Gordon Candy Co. v. Atlantic Coast
Line R. Co., 563 (568-569).

Rates on raw peanuts, in the shell and shelled, from certain Virginia
and North Carolina points to Omaha and Lincoln, Nebr., and
Council Bluffs, Iowa, which compared favorably with rates pre-
scribed to Hutchinson, Kans., and other points in the same general
territory, found not unreasonable or otherwise unlawful. Id.
(568-569.)

Paducah, Ky.:

Rates on petroleum gas, in tank-car loads, from Burkburnett and
Borger, Tex., to, found unreasonable as compared with the rate
to Louisville, Ky. Reparation awarded but no rates prescribed
for the future as proceedings of a broader scope are pending.
Kendrick Oil Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co., 11.
Joint rates on gasoline, kerosene, refined oils, and refined distillate
from Group 3, Oklahoma points, to Paducah, Ky., over northern
routes via St. Louis, Mo., and over routes via Memphis, Tenn.,
found unreasonable in the past as compared with rates to Cairo
and Metropolis, Ill. Illinois Or Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry.
Co., 381.

Parkville, Mo.: Rate on brick from Chanute, Kans., to, found not un-
reasonable when compared with rates from Chanute to other Missouri
destinations and between points in the same general territory. Build-
ers' Asso. of Kansas City v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 403.
Philadelphia, Pa.: Fifth-class rate on abrasive grains from Anniston,
Ala., to, found unreasonable as compared with rates between various
points in the same general territory, and with those subsequently
established. Reparation awarded. General Grinding Wheel Corp. v.
Southern Ry. Co., 34.

Pittston (Forest Castle), Pa.: Group rates on wood pulp from New York
Harbor, N. Y., to Forest Castle, Pa., found unreasonable when com-
pared with rates in effect and prescribed between New York and
points in New England and trunk-line territories. Reasonable rate
prescribed for the future and reparation awarded. Pittston Paper
Corp. v. Lehigh Valley R. Co., 264.

Port of Lake Charles, La.: Distance and group rates on clean rice and
products thereof from points in southwestern Louisiana to shipside at
the Port of Lake Charles, La., for export and coastwise movement,
when moving direct or milled in transit, found not unreasonable when
compared with group rates to New Orleans, La., and Texas ports from
the same origins. Lake Charles Harbor & Term. Dist. v. Brimstone
R. & C. Co., 723.

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