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

Declares 1Fhai the Southern Railway
Company Has Done Nothing in Its
Is 'ee6 oltiiffysa t4iss{6sS5SS 70 o,pPrqss u :
Any Interest.
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bYsNT. st. T6hn, Vice presldGpt of the
Seahoard vAiE-lI 4ine, pnqersa9 teS of nlnly
2Srd. and - To last, and as ! appreciate
thSSo syshlx the APPROPRIATE n s,rehpthe
wluSh .Non animals tegad ta,rAlp lp fAe
fiEsf, Sen fence 0f,yqpE replS ot tall52ssA
1 shallsp ot lpt@et On YOU ~ qlssHfssslin
Of the merits ora eIneTitsaQf tho points
at Issue between the Southern0 R9il-
WAY Company, and the Seslboardg, Air
I1lneS hgl1s ~ T. rSt. ,lohn, has sina eotsd
INTO, LIS, correspondents VITA you 50
mapYs untrue aQas r2nee Rqsary state-
mems regarding abs SQptherp Atall-
Nay And 1SSr purposes, aRd has 50 en-
deayore1 10 use E2lsaTse9 pondeAee, to
1niSlSad and inflame the puhl5s nRlnd
against 1hiSr company, that some lau-
thoritative denial and EefRka hlsnaof shts
statements should be made of record
through the same medium of publlca-
ton, that was adopted by him. e. 9
Until now | have forborne to take
rallie 8lStie6 -of 8beSss and 0tlier. state-
ments equally untrue and misleading,
because outside parties injured by the
action of AEr. st. J6Bn and his sasSo-
GATES recently brought The entire sub
jecE Ta8tter of the controversy BEFORE
court for Judicial -investi gaffon and for
its 6ecision,a which only recently HAS
BEEN rendered9 and until after nthe
decision any discussion would have
been manifestiy smproper T9a59cc
Nm St. John S cstatgInent that the
Southern "as is we'll KNOWN owns
eFerynshaFel af the capital stock Of the
Central halfway issimpo Of ae
eeRtance in1the sense intended by aim,
and require distinct qualification.
1.-The. Southern hes q contingent bene-
fetal interest in citizen hat istockoor
its proceeds bat the stock is lawfully
held by others under court decisions
with which your Commission is fami-
liar, and the Southern Railway. Com
paHy has never exercised any control
over the stock, or-Efther directly or in
directly over the operations Of the
pfopeTtFaof that com rar1y,o and it viii
not even seek to- do so except in full
compliance with law. The exact Tela-
tons of theG Southern to- the Central
OF Georgia Com pa44y,2 is now e3itfder
considerations your Commission, and
the7 Southern is lready to give to You
al3fsetsIanGb knowledge in its posses
sion in respect to it.9lo CEa132a3T
zaIf9 the Central Railway fs9 not con-
tEOlled by the Southern Railway Com
pany98heno it follows that the latter
has no ainterest i'm the Georgia. Rail-
road, the Atlanta dc Mesa Point or
the WRateTn Railway of alabama *
Is air. st. gOhnz ebsrges that the
Sqg5heER .compe3s the Atlan5ao6d West
Pqint alnsd tAa Western of q lassamanto
refuse those through Car earFangemant
to the SeaboaEa AiE-Eine which, they
aecoFdot the Southern soar
The fact isl the Southern has no
power and has never attempted to
compel or to infHenee the Atlanta 81
West Point or the Western Of Alabama
to refuse such facilities or to do OF, not
to do amy other thing. If the manage
t1ent0 those properties J p5e1rtti Should See
vt TO lkaSIIif two Fines Of cars to do the
sa9nes ee6 l1fame IL Q DAisiness row done
sf ofae, 1.-THE Soafehefh woIin hav9 no
fight ten6Biect ahH no B5sSef5to pre-
veHBeH, b5ft doubtless ai4 tff9EIs t6cIx-
holders of thosencoApa niesawoa4d have
Just eessea for eomplaipts 19ot an5
Mrs rfst. rgoh1sss8aisl ri a3tp acfs
ar the. sSouthern GYMS the rppte. stO
N New Dreams y yia Blrnlp ghamqs2o
sffsre Southern neither owns. nor. CON
trolls, nor has III any interest in. that
line south of Meridian, Mississippi.
Mr.. St. John says:
"0fg the lines ee1fterng at ATLANTA
only the SeaboaFd- Airline, towards
the east, and the Western a. atlantic
towards the west,eare free fron8 fhe
domination of this (the 3r1Sohthern)
corporation" Ieps a4tz ssh
Even ii the Southern controls, as it
does not, the Central, the Central does
not control, nor has it ever controlled,
the Georgia. railroad. The Louisville
q Nashville Railroad Company owns
an undivided one-haH, interest in the
lease of that property, and, in. full
protection of that interest, the Geor-
gia is, and has at all times been, oper-
ated as an Independent line. This in
sures its being at all times, and it is
to-day, an active competitor of both
the Southern and the Central to the
East - sdt 1870 o.szstcncD ; ill., iai2
liHhe' sdecrgia Railroads has recently
withdrawn from the southern States
Freight Associations without consaIta-
tion with the Soubhernnvr Central .stH
nayae S0ittlR Carolina tk&i 5eDrgsa Rail
read sand, tlaey45l ydeo dins of steamers,
all ae4iEebcompetibo Ito theiyEast,
reach Atlanta by the Georgia Railroad.
The Jgeragaf,alaanag of dhs Geor-
gia Raffroaatd, or any one Of its officers
or direetQEga VII ] ,1 afa b suEe, fetat9. to
tempt, ehoweYegg slighta has ever been
made BY the Southern Railway Cem
Papy or its, Representatives, tQocontrol
or IN any way TO direct or influence the
policy or Engagement Of the Georgia
Railroad 'flYy
Mr.. st. John says:
''That the, Southern, Railway Com
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