The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-10-04
DONE pocKrNa.
No More Cotton to be Weighed at
the Depot.

.ir that have existed with respect t,
the weighing of cotton m Pulaski
The whole cause of complaint ma
is now been removed by the action o
ss Supt. Geddes. The farmers asso
citation appointed a committee
r at its last meeting to inter
: view Maj. Geddes, and Dr. HarweI
submitted the report of the action
last Monday which resulted in the
y following
e LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT.
NASHVILLE, Sept. Goth 'S3.
: DIR. L. b. HARwELL AND OTHERS
! = Gents Your letter in regard to
I weighing cotton would have had
more prompt attention had l not
been engaged at court here. knew
t nothing of the controversy that
seems to have existed in your coun-
ty, between the cotton sellers and
the cotton buyers. / have no dis
position to participate in that con-
trOVersy and have no motive to in
jure either party to the controversy.
The L. d. n. r. r. Co. has nothing
to do with the public weighing of
cotton. Buyers and sellers have
the perfect right to have their cot
ton weighed by any one whom they
may select. The only thing that
the L. & N. r. r. Co. has to do
with the weighing of cotton is to
see that it is correctly weighed, so
that freights are charged and paid
on the weights actually transported
by the company. The company
claims the right to weigh cotton for |
it's own information, just as it
weighs pig iron, lumber, wheat. |
corn or any other freight offered |
them for transportation, but it
makes no charge to any one for
such weighing, and if an agent of
this company has undertaken to in
terfere with the weighing of cotton
between the buyers and sellers or
has insisted upon dividing the fees
OF any public weigher of Giles coun-
ty or any other county, then he
has certainly, though perhaps unin-
tentionally, exceeded his authority.
The farmers of Giles county have
the perfect right to have their cot
ton weighed by the county weigher,
and no agent of this company will
be allowed to interfere in the least
with that right. But as to weigh
ing the cotton upon the platform or
in the depot of this company at
Pulaski, a very different question
arises. The station agents of this
oorop apv ra upJar bopI o-1 4bor- /
and their securities are held re- {
sponsible for all freight lost or l
misbilled at their respective sta I
tions. The numerous claims that s
nave been paid for cotton lost f
through confusion, mistakes, &C.,
will satisfy any one VINO will take
the occasion to look into them that i
it would be unfair to the agents and v
their securities to permit any one d
else to weigh cotton or handle any i
other freight upon the platform or u
in the depot of the company with p
out the consent of the agent. AS f
long as the company holds the a
agent and his securities response p
BILE for all freight delivered at the |:
depot, the company must allow the |,
agent to control the depot and its p
lppurtenances. Mre left has the a
perfect right to refuse Mr.. Ross t
permission to weigh cotton upon is
5he platform or in any other way to p
interfere with the business of the b
company at that station, but Mr.
reft had no right to demand any
part of Mr.. Ross fees as a consid-
,ration for permitting Mr.. Ross to \
transact his business upon the plat
orm. Mr.. left and his securities
will be held responsible for every
)ale of cotton lost by mistake or
confusion at that point and there
ore unless Mr.. Ross can get Mr.
Fefft to agree to let him weigh cot 4
on upon the platform, l cannot
interfere to compel Mr.. left to do
t, for if were it would release Mr..
Tefft and his securities on his Off
ial bond. have every DISPOSE
ion to oblige you gentlemen and
will gladly pursue any course that
,ou will indicate that will leave
IIr. Tefft and his securities bound
o the company for such cotton as
nay be lost at that station, but un-
ess some such plan can be sug
rested it will be impossible for me
o interfere. Yours respectfully
nd truly. JAS. GEDDEs, Supt
A meeting of the citizens of Pu-
ask was held at the court house
asst Thursday at which Capt. Jno.
}. Wilkes presided, where after
much discussion q motion prevailed
O appoint a committee to visit
Nashville in person and see Supt.
5eddes, and another committee to
perfect plan in the meantime for
he satisfactory handling and
of cotton in the event no
elief could be had from the compa-
ly.sThe latter committee were HIM.
Chas. Buford and S. A.
swan. The former were DIR. L.
3. Harwell, f. Arrowsmith and
1aps. D. McCord. The latter two
vent to Nashville Friday and saw
daj. Geddes. They found him pc
lite land pleasant and anxious to
ender any possible assistance in
he matter to the extent of his au
hority. The committee came back
veil assured that the Co. would no
onger permit the depot agent to
the county weigher or
n any manner interfere, and on :
sunday the agent here was given :
which forbid him to
Weigh cotton for any purpose, eli
her for pay, for nothing or for ac 8
Neither the agent nor any one en- i
,loyed By tie Co. mast s0eigh any cot
on for any one, nor aOiH the agent hare
rnytting to do NTH sanspIing, grading
Or docking cotton.
This is an absolute settlement Of
5he question so far as the railroad !
is concerned. 1t ought to be stated
and borne in mind just here that
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