The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-05-26
THE OBJ ECTIONS RAISLD
Bf THE RAILROADS TO THE
RATES PRESCRIBED BY THE
RAILROAD COMMISSION.

The Hearings Before the Railroad
Commission Continued Wednesday.
The CHRONICLE. at the time. gave no
tlce that a hearing wouid be given by
the Railroad Commission to all the rail
roads OF the State be fore the rates pre-
scrlbed by the Commission should 60
into effect. Hearings which began on
tuesday We're con iuued on Wednesday
The Passenger Rates.
The general trend of the arguments
made by the represent tatives of the rail
roads Is that the reduction Of rates made
by the Commission would bring loss
to them. TGey asked for relief fron
specific rates established by the Com
mission. The representatives of the
Richmond Il DalvIiie and tho Whining
ton Il Weldon railroads stated that Their
roads were willing to a reduction III the
passenger rate to the 3 for first class
and 3 4 for second class fare on their
main lines, but that they were unwilling
to make reduction upon their branch
lines, and asked the Com missioners to
change their rule in regard to passenger
rates on branch roads.
The @ F. & Y V. road through Mr.
Percy Gray, acting president, and Mr.. j
w. Fry, superintendent, protested
against any reduction in the passenger
or freight rates.
MIR. III. X. King, superintendent,
and Mr.. Hudgings, Freight and Passen
ger agents appeared for the Norfolk 4
southern road. They claim that having
water competition, by the sound on one
side and the canal on the other, they
could not afford the reduction ordered
by the Commission.
Richmond aud DanvilIe Railroad.
Col. A B Andrews, Second Vice Presi-
dent; Sol. Ha s, General Traffic Agent;
J. H. Drake, General Freight Agent:
JAS. L. Taylor, General Passenger Agent;
and W. A. Turk, Division Passenger
Agent, appeared before the Commission
tor the Richmond IL Danville railroad
They mainly discussed the freight ra es,
expressing their willingness to accede to
the pass nger rates prescribed except on
their branch roads.
The A X Y. c. II. K.
Mr.. S l.. Dill, superintendent, ap-
peared in behalf OF the A Il N. G.. r r.,
aud asked that this road, which belongs
to the State, should not be required to
make any change in existing tariffs.
The Roanoke & Southern.
Application was made by Mr.. G. W.
Masslin, Superintendent of the Roanoke
4 Southern railroad, asking to be re
iieved from the rules and regulations
made by the Commission.
As to Freight Rates.
There were long discussions before the
Commission upon the freight rates pre-
scribed Il was stated by one Of the
roilroad officers that the rates pre-
scribed would mean a reduction of 40
per cent. upon some Of the classifica-
tious, and too much reduction upon
others Some of the roads asked to be
allowed to retain their present tariff
Others asked percentage of increase
of from ten to twenty per cent over
the tariff prescribed by the Railroad
Gofn mission. These requests were
mainly on the letter cla,ses which in
ciude chiefly grain, corn meal, and other
articles OF prime necessity which the
Railroad Commission had so classified
as to give low tariff rate. The Com
mission, in their classification, sought
10 make their reductions upon such ar
ticles as corn, salt, &C, which even the
poorest people are compelled to have.
Most Of the roads asked for change
in the classification Of fertiliz ers, cotton
seed meal and oil cake So rs to conform
TO the present special rate used in trans
porting these articles. The Railroad
Commission had placed cotton seed meal
and cotton oil cake in class X. They
had placed fertilizers by the car load ip
class n less than car loads in class X
The price for five miles for 100 pounds as
prescribed by the Railroad Commission,
on class X is cents. In class II the
price is So cents per ton.