The morning news., 1894-10-01
WORKING ON The BUREAU.
The Subcommittee Will Begin Can
EaSSinS To-Day.

Summers Reduced Rates Bring
About a Suit Against the Southern
Railroads-Workingo on Reorganiza-
tion.
The sub-committees appointed from the
general committee on freight bureau or
gauization will start upon their work to-
day and expect, during the week, TO com-
plete a canvass among the business men
Of the city in the different lines which
they have been appointed TO represent.
They will complete their work this week,
and will report to meeting of the gen
eral committee to be held next Monday
night at the residence of Capt. D. G.
Purse As soon thereafter as is possi-
bic, this general committee will report to
a general meeting TO be called at
the city exchange, probably Tues
day or Wednesday of next week. Every
member of the committe realizes the
Importance Of the work which it has in
hand, and no doubt a thorough canvass
will meet with favorable responses. They
are all impressed with the necessity of
procuring as 4 commissioner one Of the
best practical railroad and trafi men
lndk Cdu DC udAs anu LLt uldbLtI VI organ
ization will be carried forward with that
end in view.
MATTER OF DIRECT INTEREST.
One of the first matters that Savan-
Dahians would like to see taken hold of is
the matter of tourist rates, especially as
IL is now being contemplated by the
Southern Passenger Association to re-
move stop over privileges altogether from
tourist tickets from the north
The Southern Passenger Association
has for a long time agitated the question,
il is said, of whether or not to allow stop
over privileges on these tickets The dis
advantage it is claimed lies in the ease
with which such tickets can be disposed
of to scalpers TO the injury of the roads
The Central Traffic Association. which
covers all the territory north of the Ohio
river and as far west as the Mississippi
has decided to take action on this ques-
tion, and is now sending out blanks TO its
members to gain an expression on the sub
iect. If a ma ority is in favor OF stopping
the stopoyers, no more of it will be al
lowed in that territory.
The roads claim that the extension of
this privilege is taken advantage of by
the ticket brokers and those who deal
with them. The matter has been fire.
quently discussed by the Southern Pas
senger Association, and il is not known
any such action would be seriously deuri-
mental TO Savannah and the coast cities
in this section, TO which much tray is
attracted by these privileges, and it is not
only desired to stave of any such action,
but TO see about procuring a tourist rate
for Savannah.
REDUCED RATES CAUSE LAW SUIT.
The tremendous rate cutting among the
southern railroads last summer and the
action of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association in putting the
rates down for period of sixty days, in
order to stop it, has brought a suit in the
United States court at Cincinnati against
the railroads engaged in cutting and re-
ducing rates. in which the complainant is
the interstate commerce commission.
The action, il seems, has been brought
about through the Cincinnati freight
bureau. of which Mr. h. p. Wilson is
commissioner. The Cincinnati freight
bureau made some complaints with re-
gard 10 determinations that existed
there some time ago, and the consequence
was schedule of rates for that point was
made out and the roads had to knuckle to
1t. Cincinnati, therefore, makes a com
plant on account of the reductions that
were made and the schedule that went
back into effect Aug. /.
The complaint charges that the Cincin-
natl, New Orleans and Texas Pacific,
Samuel L. FELTON,, receiver; the Louis
vile and Nashville, East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia, Southern Railway Com
pany; Western and Atlantic; Nashville.
Chattanooga and st. Louis; Alabama
Great southern; Atlanta and West
Polnti Central Railway and Banking
company Of Georgia; Georgia Pacific:
Norfolk and Western, and twenty
four other railroads have violated
the provisions of an act to regulate com
merce, and that after MAY 30 1894. have
published, kept into effect and charged
certain freight rates below those estab-
Iished by the commission and have cut
rates more than so per cent. less than the
rates ordered and again on June % and d
thelr receivers and agents and their sue
cessors kept a continuance of lower rates
IN force for more than month thereafter.
ana on Aug. l raised the rates consider
ably In excess of the rates established bv
the interstate commerce commission. and
since then and at divers times have viii
fully violated, disobeyed, disregarded and
wholly neglected and refused to comDlv
with the provisions and requirements Of
the orders Of the interstate commerce
commission
Judge Sage issued an order directed
to the officials of all the roads named in
lhe petition, and ordered that the de-
PENDANTS file answers TO the petition be-
1Ore unouuayi OCI. ~, and appear in court
Monday, Nov. 10, and show cause WHY
the order of the commission should not he
deemed and held lawful II is also ordered
that the proceedings shall be conducted in
summary manner that will speed the
nearing and determination of the matter
involved without the formal pleadings
rules and proceedings applicable to order
ing suits in equity.
The secretary of the commission is An
thoriZed TO make service of the order of
the court to the president, vice president
secretary, general manager or general
superintendent of each of the corporate
defendants.
WORKING ON REORGANIZATION
Receiver Conner of the Central railroad
is now in New York where he has gone 10
confer with those who have in hand the
Centrals new plan of reorganization
During the summer months, while the
attorneys, financiers and others who had
ihe matter in hand were out of the city.
The work on the plan was held in abey-
ance. II was taken up again, however
shortly after Sept. 20, which was the
time agreed on, and it has been about a
week since Mr.. Conner went to New
York.
The various reports and rumors with
egard to the plan that have been circu-
ated have in all proba bility grown out of
he fact that those in charge of it took a
ummer vacation, with which they did