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$ ,W . G > - h . for transi'Qrtailon between different points on its own route arid ’between points on its own route sad points on the route o f any other ©airier by railroad* by pipe line or by water, when a through rout® and join t rate have boon established*. This rate* howegtr, it will be understood is not published as the rate of the transfer ©08$>6ny* a common carrier, but as a ’bh&rgs for transportation* by the railroad ©oa^anies confusing the through route. Charges of transfer companies for handling gasaUftra and baggage between depots and residences, assuming that their esjploymeiit is not obligatory upon the patron o f the railroad comp any and that the patron is free to have himself or his gooai transported by any other transfer company or other agency, are not a part of the charges for transportation and should mt b© published. Contracts of railroad ooifanies with transfer companies for privileges of solicitation on trains prescribing charges etc. need not be file d with the Interstate Commerce Commission. 1C0RD3. 1. This is a matter which, in say opinion, w ill be governed by the order of the commission. There does not appear to be anything in the Interstate Comoro e Law which makes agreement*? between carriers, when filed with the commission, records open to the inspection of the public m a amfcttr of course. In the absence o f any such provision in the law, the commission can make such regulations upon the matter as -it my deem proper. IfflTOHANGK. 1. This question involves a point of law upon which a very