Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1906 — WANTED TO BE SHOWN [ARTICLE]

WANTED TO BE SHOWN

Mitchell Asks Questions as to Coal Mines and Coal Railways. While the debate was in full swing Mitchell said the public wanted to know the relationship between certain large coal companies and certain railroads, including the Hocking Valley, and what part of their profits is absorbed by freight rates which go to the railroads that own them. He asked what profits the Vandalia Railway company realized out of the Vandalia Coal compny; the relationship between the Big Four Railway company and” the O’Gara Coal company; between the ' Dering Coal company and the Rock laland-’Frisco Railroad company; between the Missouri Pacific Railroad company and the Western Coal company: the connection between Donk’s Coal company and the Eastern Railway company; what part of the profits of Peabody’s Coal company are charged up to the Pawnee Railway company. J. H. Winder stated briefly that be would say that every share of stock of the Sunday Creek company was owned by the Hocking Valley Railroad company. R. R. Hammond said that Rock Island railroad interests owned SIOO,OOO of the bonds of the Deering 'on I company* A. J. Mooresbead said • nme of the stock of the Madison Coe l

company was owned by stockholders of the Illinois Central railroad, but that was all. F. 8. Peabody said the Pawnee railroad was nine miles long. O’Gara said no railroad controlled his mines. Donk said his coal company paid the same rates as any shipper. A. M. Ogle, president of the Vandalia Coal company, explained that the Vandalia Railrod company owned no stock or securities of his company and ,>ll operators were given the same privileges by the road.