Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-11
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Tntersfate Commerce Communication
Thc Georxfa Railroad Case.


WASHINGTON. Arm l0-rhe Interstate Com
fnrrce Commission to-day heard the case OF WI
laa u. Heard w. tho Georgia hailroad con-
PAM Tue pntitioucr complains that hi travel
Lag over the defendants ROAD from Augusta 10
H.lnt4 bee Wa compelled 70 accept secohd-cless
a.ronmoia.lonA so that he was obliged 10 occu-
rt q rOmpnrtmcat-cur. although be had pur-
cn44el s. ticket allowing him frst-class accom-
In.IauOns. The complainant IN his petition
rrsss nat whole cars be furnished for Inc use ot
fn- rniorei people on the defendants roa1, the
fauo as are furnished 90 whiio people, or thar
500 Old ker's car no located la some portion OF
fn. train other than IN tho compartmcpt-car
Nllru Ihe colored travellers are reluued t. oc-
rtIv The dispositions concerning the condition
oi f.r accommodations on the road were read by
Attorneys on both sides. j. W. Cromwell, coun-
30. ior the complainant. then began his afgu-
rTauut he dlJ aOt desire % sfsao TIE casr AT
lelrfh. De said. tnGsIuch as tho facts IN thc case
wore u-arucslly tho same as those In - previous
complaint against the DEFENDANT and az which
fuo the commission issued al order requiring
the company 10 cnaso ana desist from sub}ecuhg
CoioreI psseehgor1 70 unreHsohaole proiuuco
ami Disadvantage regarding accommodations.
Counsel, however, desired % Say mat Tue SIX
f1-nfh section OF the Interstate act had not boon
urdefsipoI OF ha1 been disrogArded 10y tho COM
fany This section provides that Whenever any
common carrier subject to The provision oil Al act
shall violate " refuse or nsgi"rt 10 OBEY OF per
form any requirement OF uhe Interstate Com
Irif.i0n &c shall pe lawful for tho commission or
r. any company OF person 10 such order 81 re-
quir9mont 10 apply by petition 70 me Sl,cul'
deuce, ana The Court shSll have power 30 hear
arl determine The matter. etc. Before pro
cseImg O. answer IRE argument j. Il. cumming,
counsel f1r mo TaiirSad cOmpany, called Hs VII
mes ~ NJ Martin who testified 10 the am pie ac
comfnodatious on the Georgia roai for white an1
c.iOrud passengers. except between Augusta ana
"a local point ON the Inc where the cars were
frequently crowded. but where white ana cOiofeu
rassongers faro1 alike Gun ming thea took up
ID detail the charges made 10y the complainant
and denied that there Wa any attempt at dis
.HrlIrt
o. which the complainant was Obliged 20 roe
was = question Of economy with the company
Eat cor is SUFFICIENT for the amount OF travol
Tho BOOKS Of the company showed tnkt tho
eneunt Of space furnished for coicfed people
waa 10 excoss OF that furnished for white people
IL vas not a race question, and There was DO in-
dignity or slirnt 10 tno oolorod people IN furnish
lng them win half cars. After further argument
Tue commission look the case under sdvissmenI
THE SAMOAN TREATY CONFERENCE.
It's aushorilaiivsIy stated at tho Department
Of state this morn'ag that NE three uoey
powers concerned in samoan Gnairs-hnsland,
Cermxny and the United Statss-have reached
an understanding BY the terms OF which ihey
will each keep but one vessel ~ Samoa pending
the termination Of the Berlin con ercnco. The
vessel 60 - sect there BY tho Unitoi States VIII
~ tho Alert 1.0oJ-tOn ship now at Honolulu.
gbe Gerurzu corvette sophie. nov on Der way out
from LaDzibAr, wll represent Inc German IN
tercstA while Rpglant will doubtless order tho
Caili0fss " return 10 SatoOs from sydney. or viii
Replace ber n she was MAORI ally damaged oy
Tie hUfftcanf.
SPIRITED CONTEST
Tho contest for the poeition o. Superintendent
II Foreign MATHS ina the Posi-Oflco Department
b becoming spirited. She salary attached %
me once 10 $500 per annum. aud the TACT
nat the new superintendent will attend an I'M
portaBt Postal Congress in Europe during tue
year has created unusual Interest among sspli
cants.
OTHER hA1TERS
Admiral Thomas II. Patterson trstiredl
died lasf night at bis residence Ia this city irom
exhaustion consequent upon long illness us
funeral VIII take Fleco tomorrow. and De STRICT
II private lie was sixty nine years o. ago.
The order Tor the Richmond 70 proceed from
De nOulh o. tho La Platte river, South America,
% samoa has been cogn terrnaDded. and Work on
the Adams nov ~ Mare Island, which Was aiso
20 have gene TO samoa. viii not be pushed with
Bgch expedition. -.
An Of tie ofbcers Of tho new Hunpoat York
town except Commander Cbadfck, have been
ordered " report on board at'Leag1e-islenl
nagJ yard today As the furnishing Of the vos-
sel haS not Doou completed. the ofhcere Will have
70 live elsewhere for fortnight
Secretary Window was la conference with
The President for several hoars fhis afternoon ~
regard 70 appointments under the treasury pe-
part u Is ssid that quite q number were 40
terminod upon ana will be announced IN q lew
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