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August 24, 1906* Mr. % % CMllett, General F re ig h t i Passenger Agent. Bes? S i r | I h&vs to acknrwledg© re c e ip t o f yours o f the 3rd in s t* w ith l i s t o f question* bearing upon the In te rs ta te Commerce Law to which you request answers. To u r questions have covered so much o f the In te rs ta te Corners® Taw tha t I have been forced to give consider­able study to son* o f them in order to a rriv e at s a tis fa c to ry answer*. The fo llo w in g answers w i l l apply to q ue stio ns o f c o rre s­ponding numbers: PA RTIES IN C LTO D. 1. T ra n s fe r cosapanics engaged in tra n s fe rrin g passengers and baggage between depots in the same place and between depots and re s ­idences are not subject to the In te rs ta te Commerce Act in the sense o f coming under the d e fin itio n contained in th a t Act o f "common c a rrie rs " . I f a charge fo r the ssrvie © ©f the ve hicles o f a tra n s fe r company in tra n s fe rrin g -passengers from one ra ilro a d depot to another fig u re s in and becomes a p a rt o f the jo in t ra te s o f a th ro n g ro u te , the ra te should be published, in compliance w ith th a t p o rtio n o f amended Section 6 o f the In te rs ta te Commerce lav/, which p ro v id e s’ •That o v e ry common c a rrie r subject to the p ro v isio n s o f t h is Act s h a ll f i l e w ith the OonKaission created by t h i s Act and p r in t and keep open to p ub lic in sp e c tio n schedules shewing a l l the ra te s, fa re s and charges