. Railroad traffic and rates . n Pacific the sole defendant; the reasonableness of the ratesfrom the east to Nevada were not attacked, excepting in sofar as they are based on the rates to further western points,and include a back-haul charge. As the complaint then stoodthe petition was that this Commission should hold it to beunreasonable for the Southern Pacific, delivering freight atReno and other points in Nevada, to charge for a back haulwhich is not in fact given, and that we should adjudge the ratesto Sacramento to be reasonable as applied to the intermediatepoints. Later the complaint w
. Railroad traffic and rates . n Pacific the sole defendant; the reasonableness of the ratesfrom the east to Nevada were not attacked, excepting in sofar as they are based on the rates to further western points,and include a back-haul charge. As the complaint then stoodthe petition was that this Commission should hold it to beunreasonable for the Southern Pacific, delivering freight atReno and other points in Nevada, to charge for a back haulwhich is not in fact given, and that we should adjudge the ratesto Sacramento to be reasonable as applied to the intermediatepoints. Later the complaint was amended by adding carrierseast of Ogden forming a single through route from the Atlanticcoast. So that the petition of Nevada now is that from allpoints upon this through route reasonable rates shall be fi:xedwhich shall not exceed those now applicable on shipments fromsuch points to the more distant coast terminals. It is sug-gested by the complainant that we bring in other carriers as 400 a A«(^^f ^^fo^°4<S -NEW YORK. ^pNaaoo Siiiliii^ *01N3nvU3V8 a « 401 DECISION IN RENO RATE CASE defendants, so that the entire eastern territory may be coveredby our order. This we think unnecessary, assuming, as we do,that the conclusions here reached as to a through route fromthe east to the west will be adopted and established by otherlines similarly situated. CONSTRUCTION OF NEVADA BATES To reach a clear understanding of the basis upon whichNevada rates in general are now fixed, it is necessary to bearprimarily in mind the fact before referred to, that the carriersof the country have united in establishing a zone 2,000 milesin width from which rates are practically uniform to what areknown as coast terminals. There are 152 of these coastterminals, 97 of which are in California. They are pointsmore or less arbitrarily established by the carriers, but whichare either upon inlets from the ocean or rivers running tosuch inlets, oj* are but slightly removed from such water
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