Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-30
HALL AND THE RAILROADS.
His Ideas OF a Commission and of Running
the Railroads Decidedly Unique.

Il GAINESVILLE, Tex :, June %, 1890.
SsEditor Gazette.
Il L was very much struck with the re-
isport Of the speech of Mr.. Hall in the
( Houston Post of the Goth, where he ad-
,svances his commission ideas, that for
;soriginality are good, for I believe he
Islands alone in his way of running the
ssrailroads. He says that he would have
lSthe local rate no more than three times
Gas great as the through rate; for in
astance, if the through rate was FIVE cents
dper fifty miles per 100 pounds, the local
Srate should be no more than fifteen cents
;aper 100 pounds for fifty miles. Now ),
She-e is another illustration: The rate
5from st. Louis to Galveston is forty
Seight cents per 100 pounds in refrigera-
Istor cars; this is about 1900 miles. Now :,
Hitchcock and Highland, Tex, are
iSfourteen miles from Galveston. MIR :.
sHsll IS rate would be about two cents per-
4l00 pounds. Would Mr.. Hall have the
rsrailroads make such a sweeping reduc-
.ition as this? And yet the Cook papers,
gipat Mr.. Hall on the back and say
e. Good boyl' and Mr.. Hall is only a.
smoderate commission man. Again, the
crate in broken lots less than carloads
5from St. Louis to Galveston is 81 per 100
,gpounds, and on same class of goods from!
SGainesville, Tex.s tn Galveston is nine,
8ty-five cents per 100 pounds
Athough the distance to ST.
3Louis is three times as great!
Gas from Gainesville to Galveston. Ac-l
3cording to Mr.. Hall g rate, there WOULD
sbe no change in the GAINESVILLE rate if be-
considered it a local rate, and charged
sthree times the through rate, the result
4 would be that the Highland and Hitch:
scock people would find cars hard to getI
Sand the GAINESVILLE people would expe-I
Srienoe no relief.
. Well, the commission that the state of
sTexas will have under Gov. Hogg's ad-;
ADMINISTRATION will eQuslize matters, thel
railroads will not be obliged to haul
sfreight at loss, nor will the people be;
9fieeced any longer. Mr.. Hall says
further, that he would use the laws nowS
son the statute TO make the railroads dol
swhat is right. Well, now here Is let
9ter from Gen. Hogg TO a very humble;
ScitiZen who had been discharged by one.
corporation at the request of another COR
operation, which shows that the law is de-
Sticient in protecting some of its humble5
Scitizens, and also that Gen. Hogg is ass
iden citizen who has no influence as he Isl
Ito rebuke large body of men who ares
supposed to have great influence in their
counties. Here is the letter with per-s
ssonaiites left out, but factss
and names will be prof.
sduced If demanded, and no InsinuationsS
FOR inuendos will be INDUCED in nors
will We have to go to Chicago to gstE
them:
AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 10, 1889.
Mr.. -:
DEAR SIR-On the meager statement off
facts presented by your favor OF the 5thh
inst. it would be impossible for this de- {
ipartment to be of any service to you E
From what you say, however, il would I
seem that your attorneys might be ables
ito recover heavy damages. II you cank
show combination or conspiracy be- (
tween the companies referred TO thatE
would be in violation of law, this del
|partment would cheerfully take propers
action against them for their offenses.
Very respectfully. j. S. HoGG.
Now here is another very moderateE
facts and names produced If desired: AZ
gentleman shipped a pony log miles andh
the pony weighed $50 pounds, and beE
only paid $40 so for him, he could haveE
sent man after him on the train, paidk
SIS 20 fare and had him ride him back
and saved money, yet the rates are veryE
reasonable. Yours, j. s. c.