473 FEDBEAL EEPOKTEE. �interfering with, or disturbing in any manner, the enjoyraent by the Adams Express Company of the facilities now ac- corded to it by the said defendant upon its lines of railway, for the transaction of the business of the said Adams Ex- press Company, and of the express business of the public confided to its care; and from interfering with any of the express matter or messengers of the Adams Express Com- pany; and from excluding or ejecting any of its express matter, or messengers, or employes, from the depôts, cars and lines of said defendant, as the same bave been hereto- fore and are now enjoyed and occupied by the said Adams Express Company ; and from refusing to receive and trans- port in like manner, as the said defendant is now doing, over its lines of railway, express matter and messengers of the said Adams Express Company ; and from interfering with or disturbing the business of the said Adams Express Com- pany in any way or manner whatsoever, and from refusing to permit the Adams Express Company to continue the trans- action of its said business over the lines of the defendant on the same terms, conditions, privileges, facilities and ac- comodations as are or may be permitted or accorded to any other express company, or to or by the defendant itself, in the conduct of an express business over its railway lines, npon the payment by the said Adams Express Company of ail lawful and reasonable charges which may be properly de- manded by the said defendant, or paid by such other express company or by the public to the defendant therefor, not in excess of the rates authorized by its charter, and not in excess of the rates charged to others for similar services, nor of those received by the defendant from shippers of ex- press matter to be carried by the defendant as such ; in the last case, less the reasonable cost of the accessorial service rendered by the railroad lines, and at the stations and on the trains of the said defendant, and with liberty to the parties to make such further application herein to the court as they may be advised is necessary to fix what is and shall be a lawful and reasonable compensation, or for any other matter growing out of the case. In event of a dispute betweea the ����
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