The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-29
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
The Galveston Rate Investigation is
Again Postponed.
TO BE SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION.
New York, Texas and Mexican Election.
weekly Earnings Reported Head
light Flashes-Pcrsonais.

tion of the charge lodged by Galveston
with the railroad commission that It is
being Disseminated against in favor of
New Orleans and the Atlantic seaboard In
the matter of export cotton shipments has
again been postponed. Messrs Adoue and
SeaIy OF Galveston. two Of the principal
compliments in the case, arrived here
this morning and at the hour set for re-
| Stunning the hearing representatives of
both sides to the controversy appeared be-
fore the commission and asked that the
matter be held up for several hours to al
low the contestants to confer with "A view
of arriving at a satisfactory adjustment
OF the trouble. The request was granted
and other rate questions were taken up
| while representatives of Galveston and of
| the railways at interest retired to con-
| slider the propositions for cessation of
hostilties which We're understood to have
| baen made. At noon they returned and
Mr.. Ballinger. counsel for Galveston, an
nounced that 1t had been agreed to ask
| FOR further postponement of the case to
await the action of the board Of arbitra-
tim, appointed by the Southwestern Traf-
| iic association at New Orleans at its re-
| cent meeting to determine what relief
Galveston was entitled to. BY way of
parenthesis he added that 1t was the gen
| erai belief that said board would do the
| right thing by the Island City In the mat
| ter of insurance differen,al. This board
| Is composed of two representatives of Gal
weston lines, two representatives OF New
| Orleans lines, and two representatives OF
| seaboard lines and was instructed to re-
| port July /. BY the terms of today's truce,
| however, 1t is understood that the rail-
roads will provide for II report by April
or May at the latest At the conclusion
of Mr.. Ballinger's statement, which was
concurred in by Mr.. Lovett, representing
| the railroads, the commission announced
that they would inform the meeting after
dinner of what they would do in the prem
| Uses.
At p m. the meeting was once more
called to order and Judge Reagan stated
that the commission had no objection
to the postponement If there was pros
| pect of its leading to an amicable ADJUST
| ment of the differences Mt issue. lie was
| sure the railroads could settle 1t all sat
| isfactorily and fairly If they would. True,
matters had been partially developed by
the testimony already taken which 1t
might become the commissions euty
later on to call to the attention of the
Interstate commerce commission, but as
only one side of the case had been heard
this would be held in allegiance for the
present The commission would therefore
consent to an adjournment of the hearing
until May ., but any adjustment arrived
at must be IN accord WIN inc ota'e anu
Interstate commerce laws.
Mr.. Ballnger stated that any agree
mnnt reached would he submitted to the
commission for its approval 1t was agreed
that Mr.. Bein should be permitted to
file II written explanation with the COM
: mission of some OF the testimony NJ nuu
. given at the nrst meo'liis 10 Io'is ..,.,,.
TINS question iist ii'o'.'t "hu s"n
was ADJOURNED WIN wv u''ul' 80, !.
that IL no adjustment was perfected II
should he resumed on MAY = a"u ,,'. eue
trathc men Woulu oe vt n".'u W. 80
books ana without lui'iic' "0''N- W 49,
ceed with inc ihNes' a'io.', .n
OF the other uues,io.i9 .e,, w ai,'
commission today that OF crnlPenils ran
roads to be governed in routing shipments
of freight ny shippers ues.s "a,'otL
possibly the most important Nuch ~ !,
dence was INTRODUCED III con'toNe' ','I.
of such rulihs anu IL W. s"V :, ,o o,ii'
in the matter Oh coo'on a'ui'e 49, =
place the roads at tho mercy oil apo"l a
half dozen large Cotton , nl,'.a ,ai,or
was eNplalueu aiso liit', any , ".i',i ,1i,h,
ing under supposed e,leNhnto LII,
ioIte :. .i,n r.a3o ,,ovorninr the haul owe,
the nearest route TOT iis'"it. ,,,,b ~
at Fort WORTH WV vac 4" ~ 80 lie ,r,gb,
direct hhes rom NV n,a,. ~ ;sI oasf
: comnci tne CARRYING pS 49, o.. ,,oL.
of any shlpnient ne i'isu' "'"'e W
. to Houston ana 'sa! .tr, Net NJ ,ho grain
. 1t was advanced tnae mn ~ and tha,
moving was 'nrousn 81 1n',, thot case
: the thiousn ra'' ,r,nod where n com.
: could hardly ne i'""s.ne ,,,o, sa,5 rnte
bination "ouiu pe ,bo traffic mer
. The general opinion Oh ,ne ,,,a,,.
: was the dithcuity wa pu'e's g., ahcv.
nary one. me quest"'. VIC ,,r, r". hearins
ance for the makliis Oh 'e''e
thereon ior sun'"' s ,o,os IN cotton SEED
In the mater Oh lareS Mr. Dennieor
: and couon seeu pruoiatt bnrsau stutec
of the Galveston ireis,t Texas CT,
u That INSOFAR 40 Na n,,csrned the rate a.
: and Nelasco were uu ,h,,, On the NOR,
e raw ma''rldi was 80, 80 ,,rod,,ct. and tina
a consequently tne '''''ia,o ',a,trr with IN,
at those points III 10; uo,'P lie submittec
interior was iiiipos9i ,,..,,f, ,bo relatiy,
: elaborate statistics SUI" I've 7nnts and ;
= value OF seeu am ~ ~ Illustrate IN,
@ set of distance .aplea Nc rolnts re
c disadvantage uiluer WiHNn ~ ~ crusn
@ ferred to lanored IN tne '. ~ d,Cforentia