The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-17
CHEAPER RIDING ON THE CARS
STATE COMMISSION ASKED TO FIX
FARES AT TWO CENTS a MILE.

The Request Incorporated in the
TrnveIers' Protective Associa-
ton for 1,OOO-MiIe Books - The
Application of Rule One to the
WrightsviIIe and TenniIIe to Be
Considered To-day.
Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 1.-the case involy-
ing the application Of rule l. to the
Wrghtsvllie and Tenn!lle railroad, on ac-
count Of its alleged ownership by the Cen
trail. did not come up before the state rail-
road commission to-day. but Will be
reached tomorrow.
President Conner. Traffic Manager Shell
man and General Consul LaTton. appear
I'd before the commission to represent the
Central while in the last meeting OF
the commission it was shown that the
Central owns or has the benefit OF the
majority OF the stock Of the Wrightsvil.e
and Tennille, and under the policy Of the
commission, It should be placed under the
operation Of rule l. There IS considerable
opposition TO this by the stockholders, who
claim that the enforcement Of this rule
would greatly damage their interest.
The commission to-day heard the appli-
cation Of the Travellers Protective Asso-
citation for an order requiring the railroads
Of the state to issue one thousand-mile
books at the fiat rate OF two cents per
mile, good on all branches Of the same sys-
TEN. The application also includes one TO
have the general passenger rates TO all
persons reduced from three cents a mile
20 two cents mile, the demand applying
10 all lines over fifty miles in length
Chairman F. 3. Smith OF the railroad
committee Of the association, and Col
". G. Glenn, attorney for the Georgia d.
vision Of the Travellers Protective Asso-
citation, appeared before the commission
and presented their case. Chairman
Smith made an exhaustive argument in
writing in support Of the application In
this ne was very caustic toward the rail-
roads and quoted statistics to demonstrate
that they have kept up net incomes on
greatly increased capitalization per mile
and maintained the same rates or higher
on all classes Of products, W4lile the prices
Of the products themselves had fallen. He
charged the railroad corporations with
watering stocks and combining to defeat
competition, while the business public
was forced TO support hlgh-paid officials
and lobbyists and under-paid employees.
Arguments against the petition Of the
travelling men were made by Second Vice
President Finley and Traffic Manager Culp
Of the Southern railway. p. W. Wrenn,
passenger traffic manager of the Plant
system, and J. c. Halle. general passenger
agent Of the Central. Mr.. Wrenn made the
speech Of the day. The case was not con-
Guided, but II looks as though the petition
would not be granted.
The commission devoted the entire morn
ing to hearing this application and It will
be up again tomorrow. Many prominent
railroad men were present, including Gen.
Henderson of Washington, general counsel
for the Southern; Col. B. w Wrenn, pas
senger traffic manager Of the Plant sys-
TEN, General Passenger Agent Mcdonald
Of the Georgia Southern and Florida,
General Passenger Agent Harmon of the
Western and Atlantic, Vice President Fin
lay of the Southern, Hon. John l. Han,
general counsel for the Georgia Southern
and Florida, and others.