The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-10-15


Cabinet will attend the funeral at Pen
~acola
Foridians lament the demisc of heir late
Executive and deeply sympa'hizc with his
-adly bcreavel lamily.
Rei.crinIinasi nta~ iva s'rei..las-.
REGARDLESS % chapter II, section II. ~
NcClriun' Di est pa.1iu1 ii "a crime 10
u~ managers Of any r..iirDti 70 'ii>ciiuii-
n..te IN tgti-h'~: md rcg ,rdl">s ot n tpi.'
3SG2 ACTS % $50, sections > and ! maxim
i special provision against unIawsni
charges and unjust Determinations. tn
ROAD entirely Gj>rcga!ls ne law wlih"u
fhN me or reason. uul buds open Hcfan"c I"
the State and Is authorizes. l. Can b.
shown bv afii i,viis OF the merchants OF
Crawiordvilte thar, notwithstanding III. '
receive bills Of through laden from A laniA.
Ga, Augusta aud other points. prepaid 10
ST Marks, that their goods are unreason-
ably detained al Chattahoochee and extra
charges made before they are forwarded.
1t is almost impossible to receive goods from
Atlanta GA. 10 St Marks with any as
.ured expectation of receiving them with
| in four weeks time from hlpment-gOOds,
| 100, that are prepaid to such destination
| Hon W. w. Walker, one OF our most
prominent merchants, is constantly sub
jrcted to the most veXatiOus Ordeal IN OBJ
aiming many articles Of goods that are OF
absolute necessity to his business ana
steam mill interests; and besides he assures
us that he has TO pay the same rate
freight from Chat ahoOchec 10 81. Marks
distance of 60 mle.-as he does from
jacksonville to ST Marks, distance o. 1870
miles Can this difference in the mileage
no compromised. Is not this discrlmina-
ton? Is not This treating the law with
ridicule-the r. K. Commissioners with
contempt, and acting like bOndlers towards
he people? We, in behalf OF the op
pressed merchants of Crawtordvlle, call at
Itntion of the Railroad Commissioners al
Tallahassee TO this direiui wrong, and
throw ourselves on their mercy for protec-
'oD.-Wakulla Times.
The above charges are Of a sweep
ing and very serious nature, are
made against the +. G. & P. Co.,
and we sympathize with all persons
who have cause for complaint OF this
character. But general charges
against either railroads or Commits
sioners, or that the law is defied, or
is not enforced, are impracticable.
There is Commission, whose dnty
| it is to enforce the law. When the
law is violated, or the regulations or
rules or rates of the Commissioners
are not observed, let the aggreved
parties complain to the Commission.
| As regards the correction OF evils,
nothing can be accomplished by
broadly asserting that railroads are
defving the law and disregarding the
| Commission. Good can be accom-
plished and relief secured, so far "a
the Florida Commissioners have pow
er to give relief, if the party ag-
grieved will file written complaint
with the Commissioners. Such com
plant need not be in any particular
Iform-need not be made by lawyer
need not be presented by an attor.
ney. Any person who can get a
postage stamp, and can write 80 as
to be understood, can make COM
plant to the Commission.
Then the matter ought, can and
will be investigated and corrected
by our State Commission, if it is a
violation Of the State law. The rem
edy-if there is remedy-can only
come through complaint to, and in
vestigation by, the Commission.
How else are the Commissioners to
know of violations of law? They
cannot proceed against railroads
without complaint being filed any
more than a court would proceed
against a party without suit being
instituted against said party.
The Commission law has been in
existence long enough, and both the
law and the rules and regulations OF
the Commissioners have been pub
lished sufficiently for matters relating
to rates and DETERMINATIONS to have
taken practical shape. Every mer-
chant ought to know the rates, and
he ought to know that if he is over
charged, it is his duty to make writ
ten complaint to the Commission.
The Commissioners are at ITALIA
hassee, with open Office all the time
it is their duty to hear and investi-
gate complaints, and to then enforce
the law with respect to all these mat
tiers, aud we believe they are ready to
DO so and that they do SO.
So we say to parties suffering at
the hanHs Of tho railroads Ela vouy