The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-15

circumstances.
Courtland, depot on the Mississippi
and Tennessee Railroad, was found to he
without suitable accommodations for
passengers, and the depots at Carriers
and at Oakland were not provided with
q sufficient number of seats for passen-
gers in waiting. To remedy these evils
the Commission have taken such steps
as are authorized by law, which are
deemed sufficient.
On the Louisville, New Orleans and
Texas Railroad the depots were found
| to be ueat and substantial structures
sufficiently C mmodious and with suita
bic reception rooms, except that at
Erwin there was no stove or seats; at
LongwOod, Wayside, saltwater and
| Magenta there were no seats, and at Ar
cola there was no stove. The attention
of the company was called to these de
fective accommodations, and they were
requested to apply the remedy. Special
mention is made by the Commission of
=, the passenger depot of this company at
Vicksburg, which is superior, they say,
in all appointments to any depot in the
State. 1t is furnished with separate
sitting rooms for the races, both being
roomy and comfortable, and it is pro-
vided with retiring rooms in charge of
attendants. This depot is commended
to all the railroad companies in the
State as an example to be initiated by
them, especially at the principal towns
and cities.
The Illinois Central and its branches,
embracing about $50 miles of road in
this State, as to its road-bed, is in excel
lent condition. The depot accommoda
tions for passengers are in the main SUI
ficient-some of them, notably, at Yazoo
City, Holly Springs, Aberdeen, Wesson
and Oxford, being substantial and neat
brick buildings. With but few excep-
tons the law in regard to bulletin boards
and the posting of tariffs of freight
charges have been complied with, and
the exceptions are at new stations on
the extensions, where the road has not
, fairly gotten in a working condi ion.
| The Commission found insufficient re-
ception rooms at KOsciusko. Pickens,
| Canton, Hazlehurst, Jackson and Sum
NIT. At Pickens the accommodations
for passengers are entirely inadequate
| At Canton and Hazlehurst there is only
one waiting room at each place, though
there is much travel from these points.
| All classes, coiors and sexes are forced,
unless they go TO hotels to wait for the
arrival Of trains, to occupy the same
room. This is true of Summit, also,
where the waiting room is smaller, and
is used for telegraph and express of
P.ckens are condemned without qualifi-
cltiou. The depot at Jackson has two
reception roorns-one for white aud an
other for colored passengers; but no
separate accommodations for ladies, as
there should be in a city of its poPula-
ton and importance, and which is a
railroad center where passengers are
oftentimes compelled to lie over for
hours. awaiting trains. Moreover, this
depot is used by the Vicksburg and
Meridian, the Nltchez, Jackson and Col
umbus, and the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley railroads, as well as the Illinois
Central. The Commission being salts
fed that it is insufficient for the accom-
dation of the travelling public, condemn
it.
The Commission is of the opinion
that there should be union depot at
Jackson, and have earnestly recon-
mended it to the authorities of the sew
eral roads.
An inspection of the Vicksburg and
Meridian Railroad showed that the man
agement pays but little attention to the
requirements of law. The bulletin
boards are not such as are contemplated
by the statute; the tariff of charges for
carrying freight has not been posted,
and it seems not only determined to set
erence to freight charges and unjust dis
examinations, but it seems determined
also to disregard the police regulations
of the State, relying, possibly, upon the
Federal Court to protect it from the en-
forcement of the penalties for its viola
lions Of the laws of the State and the
rules and regulations of the Commission.
On the Nstchez, jackson and Column
bus Railroad, the Commission found
repairs and bridge work in progress at
various points. New cross-t ties are be-
ing put in for a broader gauge. This
road is without a passenger depot at
Jackson, and that at Utica is, in the
opinion of the Commission, unsuitable.
AT this important point there should be
additional accommodations. Improve
menis looking to the comfort and &C.
commodation of passengers at various
points on the line Of this road were rec
commended to the company by the Com
mission.
The above IS, in brief, condensed
statement OF the reports made by the
Commission and entered on their min
utes, and certified copies of them have
been furnished to the management of
the roads with the request that the mat
tiers complained of be remedied. Ex-
pecting this to be done, the Commission
will not, for the present, take further
action.