Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-07-25
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MIR. EpIToR-Sonetime since Twas
appointed by the County Alliance
and Pungoteague Grange to inquire
into and ascertain as far as possible
what action the Interstate Com
merce Commission had taken IL ref
erence to the application OF the farm.
ers Of Delaware, Eastern Shore OF
Maryland and Virginia, for a reduc-
ton of the freight rates on the N. T..
P. & N. and Penna R. R., in accor-
dance with sec. OF "IThe act to regu-
late commerce. which went into ef-
feet April, 1887, and amended March,
1880. With your permission Will
report through ENTERPRISE,a as briefly
as possible, all the information have
been able to obtain relative to the
matter, also some statistics which may
be Of interest, suggested by a para
graph in the decision rendered by
the Commissioned the end that the
public as we'll as the Alliance may be
informed in the matter.
The Commission in rendering its
decision says 1.-The rates charged up
on the freight in question are very
considerably higher than the rates
charged upon other lines Of road In
other parts Of the country upon like
traffic for very much longer distances,
as is shown in tho settlement of facts
= & The reduction which the
Commission have determined ought
to be made, growing out OF the in
herent unreasonableness of the pres
ent rate is as follows: On peaches
and berries from all stations on main
lines twenty per cent. On potatoes
on main line from all stations twenty
five per cent. Even with this reduc-
ton the rates on some of these COM
modities will still be much higher
than the Norfolk rates, where low
rates exist on account of water conf
petition at that point. TIE evidence
indicates quite conclusi, ely that the
present difference between the Nor
folk and Peninsula rates is operating
very injuriously to the Peninsula
farmers II i But the evidence
while it hos demonstrated this fact
and further that the Peninsula rates
are excessive independent Of their re-
lation to tue Norfolk rate has failed
to show the circumstances attending
the traffic from their respective To-
calities sufficiently 10 enable the Com
mission to determine with satisfac-
ton to itself what the relative rates,
ought TO be-" The railroad applied
for rehearing, and in the meantime
seeking to show to the Commission
that the rates charged by the road
were reasonable and just everything
considered" secured atIidavits signed
as follows: John Birmingham. E.
Evans, j. T. Lilliston, Geo. T. Mar
shall, Fl. G. White, ST., W. II. Parker,
Samuel Kellam, John e. Bell, John
E. Lewis, Accomac county; L. s. Not
tinghan and r. S. Coston, Northamp-
ton county. Certificates signed by
the following were also fled: VIM.
NICK. Taylor, S. T. Jones, W. NJ.
Henry, A. J. Parks. w. S. Byrd. Ed.
Wright. Jr., II. R. Bennett. Up to
July the 18th, the Commission had
not taken action upon the applica-
ton for rehearing.
I will give some figures showing
the cost of growing an acre of pota-
toes in order to come as near rs pos
sible at the actual cost Of raising
barrel and placing it at the station
for delivery which will, l think, be
surprising to those who have not
given the matter their careful con-
sideration: