The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-20
CEyTRAL'S COMPETITORS.
Points Where The DaRVille and the
Central Come in Contact.


Been Extravagant in Purchasing
Equipments-Th Minutes of the
Southwestern Brought Into Court
and Points Made in Regard to the
Tripartite Bonds-The Testimony
Taken in Baltimore.
Examinations in the Central railroad
cases before Master in Chancery George
w. Owens began here again yesterday
and they viii probably continue during
theweek right up to the time of the hearing
! before Justice jackson, which takes place
next Monday
Calhoun, King and Spalding gave notice
| yesterday that they will be here to ex-
anime witnesses to-day
! The examinations yesterday took place
in the Office of Special Master Owens
There were present among others, Mr.,
Frank H. Miller of Augusta, Judge Henry
B. Tompkins of Atlanta" Mr.. w. w.
! Mackall, Col. George A. Mercer, Mr.
| Marion Erwin of Macon, and Messrs
Lawton & Cunningham.
There We're three separate examina-
| tions; that of Mr.. Frank S. Jette by
| Capt. Cunningham to show that there
| had been no extravaganza on the part of
the Central in the purchase of equipments,
of Maj w. f. Shellman by Mr.. Marion
Erwin, representing Mrs. Rowena Clarke,
| the original complainant; and of Mr.. w.
| 5. Brantley, secretary and treasurer of the
| Southwestern, by Attorney Frank H.
| Miller of Augusta.
NO ExTRAvAeANT PURCHASES.
The examination of Mr.. Jette by Capt.
! Cunningham took place first. He was
called on behalf of the Central railroad,
and his testimony showed the number of
cars per mile on the road was much less
in proportion TO the number used on the
| East Tennessee system, the Central hav-
ing an average of only !. IA box cars per
mile and the East Tennessee an average
of 2.76. The propOrti0nate number of
cars per mile on the Richmond and Dan
vile and the Louisville and Nashville is
also greater.
There was necessity for an increase
in the number of cars Mr.. Jette informed
Mr.. Wadley, as the Central was paying
| other roads $40, GOO per year for rental of
cars. 1t was more economical, he said,
to use cars they owned than foreign cars,
yet they were sometimes forced to use
foreign cars in local business. There were
not half enough cars owned by the road
to do the business and locomotives were
also short. They had only enough coal
cars to do their own business and could
not handle coal for other parties.
His testimony went to show that the
! Central would save money in the cars re
Gently purchased, as it was better to pur-
chase good cars than poor ones. The
| Wadley drawbar was also brought into
the discussion, and an explanation of its
working given by Mr.. Jette.
IN BEHALF OF THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINANT.
There was no connection whatever be-
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! Capt Cunningham and that of Mai. w. 4.
Shellman, trafic manager, by Marion Err
! win, Esq MIR. Erwin represents Mrs.
Rowena NJ Clarke Francis S. Hesseltine
! and others, the original compliments
| against the Central, whose bill precipi-
| tated the receivership.
Mai. Shellttiah HAD been traffic manager
of the Central since1ss3. He was familiar
| to some extent with the competitive lines
| of railroad within the state The East
| Tennessee and the Central were parallel
| lines from Chattanooga to the coast, and
| they competed for freights moving in
! either direction from Rome, Macon, At
lanta and Savannah They were COM
| petitive lines between Chattanooga ana
the eoast so far as the large distributing
| points were concerned. They were com
| petitive on all independent lines south of
| Macon and from other points outside
| their immediate territory from when
they drew freight. In fact, they were
strong competitors In every way,
WHERE THE DANvLLE COMES IN.
It was shown that the Richmond and
Danville takes cotton to Atlanta and de-
| livers it to the East Tennessee for Bruins
| wick and Savannah, and points that can
also be reached by the Central through
the Georgia railroad. Before the lease of
the Central by the Richmond and Dan
| vile the principal movement of cotton
from Carolina was over the Port ROYAL
| and Western Carolina. The Richmond
and Danville never came into the terri
tory of the Central and the Central never
went into theirs, and cotton for Augusta,
Savannah and Charleston went over the
| Central's lines.
After the lease the Danville of course
got all the business 1t could, and took this
cotton from South Carolina to and
through West Point, Va. The Richmond
and Danville, and the East Tennessee
operated together were in competition
with the Central at all junction points
such as Atlanta, Macon, Rome, Augusta
Athens, Chattanooga, and others.
CAN RUN IN COMPETITION.
Roads could be competitive, he said,
and use the same trunk line. The Rich
| mOnd and Danville and the Central com
peted in cotton at Athens, yet neither of
them went there. The Richmond and
Danvifle and the Central worked by two
different ports, the first through West
Point, Va, and the second through
| Savannah.
''Take Atlanta and New York for in
stance" said Mr.. Erwin, do these rail
roads compete vigorously for freights at
those pointsgn
very vigorously said Mai. Shellman.
"At Macon?' was the next question
"Same way was the answer.
'tAugusta9p
"Some way said Maj. Shellman.
Mai Shellman said no matter which
way the freights were moving there was
vigorous competition between the two
lines. There was competition also from
western points, The Danville and Cen
trail competed for shipments from Birm.
ingham, Ala. In fact Mai Shellman's
whole testimony went to show that these
two lines are strongly competitive be.
tween almost every point in Georgia
THE S. W. AND THE TRIPARTITE BONDS.
Another examination was held during
the afternoon. MIR. w. S. Brantley, sec.
rotary and treasurer of the Southwest.
ern railroad, was the only witness intro.
dueed. The minutes of the Southwestern
Railway Company were produced, and
Mr.. Brantley certified that they were
correct.