The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-15

Il Total Illa4szillCOI1G VI kDOnuhCAA AbA
Pie attne Period was Gre than 100
PEG pent. gmater thai tA2t Of W
CIV 15s mas, or abdAt 3 Hr G t.,
bf en- South@9n system, Sput o4sa tMtal
lanileaMe Of .as654 miles, Haxe Nhilea to
! earn operating expenses, or Are ''dead
roads" as described by Mr.. ST. John,
and these are untmpUrtaUt brancr-
HPes Tyr Cghieff me Through tgraaflliH
It SEauuard AirzI1fn n. 26z nIitns,
out Of n totaLof 926, or 30 per cent,
all eAfbranedff3 MS )h6f1 thrPtehI lime,
have Viewer ebrbed opSfdtihgl bKprnsf s
any yeaY i'm its 6iAbE5I UnclhdFd In
this dead road. " as Mr.. st. John is
t~pfra~rvf -tutrrur n, is-tttrr TtTutu-Uf tfirIt
part OF the Seaboard system included
ii asthe St2tesDo6f South cardllipq1 bad
.fRis IS nqsfti9n III disti6gi d5hed
weak pSss 8bish has, nc. parallel qIpopg
tle q E ~ stfrps of of.tBe United
NE It, 1oSd st5aates hat: , on 42o o9n
s9Srhe, Seahoagd, tAiFsl ine cAas ,hal7peTn
sistentfy toAgbt effoEtst 10 Create phT4
sicai pools OF traffic, and TO resist ,b9E1
cebts raade Against itsSf(5uooH ,aI'''
cHs negleoisr hq rstate1thab that SeRs
boards qAjps3ionSnt9 RhMsical poolsiaf
traffic are d9f aRlte Feoagt sBa tea ESQ
receptlEras theebsgina algrefsthedpoHe-
mentra6 th@flastl epttQn eE0nolhe WAS
n party. NY Regpemeuhto thb phEsiead
aplYortioFgnente3o at othab 9hrai6oB iie
withdra,y the rSeabearth LiRe fFom
the the Southern Stat kreiaht0A
ciationc INSTRUMENTATION the
agyeemeRt. for such fappGrtjonm ant)
for. the sQlaYmleged reason .thabuthe
Observation-Disclosures elected. mipernrtf
neat baaFd Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
eWrred at the saBle time a4C and in
dtnect connection withothe EeaboarIRs
appeal te,arbitration upon the percent
age OF snch aPportionmeBt, andawheh
tAe Seaboard Air Line -had no other
CASE awaiting aBbitratorsa decision.
He. ReeleeEs. 10 state to yon that Tie
ea1eG and g@vcI ming cause Of'the boN~
cett, 50 euhttl, ,~aBcthcap eDsis temt9ee-
oFets and, nhorefone. unlawtIbmaEjpu'
latipn hp-lis Gue ef tiTough rates from
she3ANess by means fof billing to fieti-
ti0Ns destinations and rtheachanga' Of
destinations en- routes under which his
Company q secretly Disseminated in
favor OF oBeiSetdof shippers against adj
others, and fraudulently deprived it's
most friendly and important connec-
tians sof.. their gust. proportion of the
revenues aeoruing upon sI1chstrafiic.
Rhese frauds were proven, and the
Seaboard AIRLINE made restitution IN
money to its defrauded connections.
MIRO ST. Johns statement as to the
threatened danger to the States prop
erty. the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
igl,scarcely worthy ofin denial The
unexpired termGof tl1etpresentelease lis
a sufficient safeguard ofoF' some time
toIcome.cand witho the. continued own
erSlaip by3t3Ie Louisville and Nashville
Company i'm the lease of the Georgia
Railroad, no fearauill be- created with
youior with the people Of Geogia that
the earning power and vsiEte dof tile
WESTERN and ATTAIN tie1wii fall so low
tfatsthel State authorities will BEGUN
able becamply protect the State 's1prop-
erty at the expiration of the leaseeV
/ beg to assure your Honorable Com
mission that the Southern Railway
Company is not, and does not iAtend1to
beg a1violator ofothe laws of Georgia.
Any statement to- that effee3isIen tireIy
gratuitoHs and untrue9 1t has IaedIir-
ed no railroads in the State Of Georgia
whichitrhas not a perfectriglft to cor
troll and operateluntlpr the laws of your
StateJaaft -93l Il, gmass1E
oft holds itself amenable 10 those
Eef@s, and is ready and willing at an
times to Have It's acts Submitted to
and passed ub6nB the courts or otter
tribunals of competent jurisdiction,
and it asks your ftUTruTTble Commits
sienland the people, or Georgia, not to
accept the sensational and untrust-
tV3pthy stdtementg of IFS traducers on
the g9aSe question of yphe ther die laws
of the State have or have not been
welatedl CSC ~ +. rgoM -T9oA
7ad6sbas no Idesire Boz m0nopDlise sthe
hnsinessof ltfaRgin, OBGas AiTyiSst: dol1n
would haYeoyou EoefieyRy ter UIH0DeEs or
iainre oitsQ1Gompet itOna cor sRIIy other
EG&kedoiRdereSt within or mi hhOut9fae
dtate7Qu5a thesooatfaFy sit Reeognizes
to she 6nllest 8egree, that itIss own sue
eess5s dependepbeup tbeeprosERGi8y
of ali these interests amfc0f the dD1n-
Enppities whieRcit seEKss. o9a q aaB
!, If, as9Mr. StoeJpHns asks -YegDto be-
Heve the purpose of the Southern Ra8l-
way Company waste crush ont and iR-
5ure the Seaboayd AIRLINE, it would
not have asurrende Tered voluntarily as
it did the lease of the Northeastern
Railroad of Georgia, which, tapped
most effectively. the next to the larg-
est Business centre in the State of
Georgia reached by the Sea'board Air
line. There is no place where SO much
injury could have been inflicted upon
the Seaboard at so little cost.
The Southern Railway company has
made no objections to competition
when conducted fairly and openly up
on business principles, and it has never
sought to suppress it.
It's relations to its competitors
throughout the Southern territory to-
day are abundatt testimony upon this
point. rrf5
Tt has done nothing in, its history to
oPprfss any, interest, and I challenge
Ma st. John OF any enc else to pro