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H r PARTIES INCLUDED 1* At© 'transfer companies engaged in transferring passengers and baggage between depots in same place, and between depots and residences, such as Pamelas Transfer Co*, hioago, Union Transfer Company, San Francisco# New Orleans Transfer Company, New Orleans, subject to the Act? Must our contracts with any such Companies for privileges of solicitation iiW J B B iH B n p H m our trains, prescribing charges, etc* be filed? L \. RECORDS 1* When any arrangements between carriers are filed with connlsslai are they to be open to the inspection of any person? INTERCHANGES 1# Will the law compel or give the Commission power to order and interohasge which a company objects to, account short haul against long haul? For instance. Northern Pacific refuse to interchange at Portland on business fro® or to points #ast of the 9?th meridian. Does the law obligate th m to make such exchange, or, does it vest in the Oaomisslan power to direct them to do so* 3* Similarly, interchange at Butte, Mont* with Great Northern and Northern Pacific is for restricted territory only# is there any legal obligation to extend it or power with the commission to extend it? 3* Paragraph two of section fifteen states the Commission may establish through routes and rates “provided no reasonable or satisfac* iory through route exists** Question whether the existence of a through rout® and joint rate such as Northern Pacific via St*Paul from Chicago to Puget sound would preclude the commission from ordering the establishment of another through route via Missouri River and Portland between same points?