The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in Savannah and
Elsewhere.

Elsewhere.
The Augusta and Southern railroad man
danus case against the Wrightsville and
Tennille railroad will come before Judge
Speer in Augusta this week. The Au-
gusta and Southern charges a violation
of the Interstate commerce law by the
Wrightsville and Tennille. 1t alleges that
the Wrightsville and Tennille adopted the
policy of charging on all interstate
freights which are rendered it by the Au-
gusta Southern $2.76 per ton for thirty
six miles carriage. On similar shipments
offered by the Central Railway Company
and for the same services the charges
are only $40 per ton. This, it is stated,
gives an undue and unreasonable prefer
ence to the Central, which enables it 10
deprive the Augusta Southern of large
shipments of interstate fFeights destined
for points south of Tennille and also of
large shipments of through freights from
such points and especially from Dublin
and Macon consigned to Charleston, Port
Royal and numerous other points beyond
the boundaries of Georgia. Prior to Dec
"a. 1895, a system of percentage on inter-
state freights had been enforced between
the Augusta southern and the Wrights.
vile and Tennille railroad by which the
former might compete for this business
but on that day an order was issued by
the latter company Withdrawing this
agreement as to interstate commerce
business. The bill charges this
rupture of traffic ARRANGEMENTS
In interstate commerce was done
for the purpose of improving the
business of the Central The Au-
gusta Southern further alleges that the
central owns large majority of
the stock of the Wrightsville and
Tennille and dominates its policy, the
complainants, therefore, prayed that the
court issue mandamus commanding the
Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Com
pany to receive, handle and transport all
Interstate traffic rendered and delivered
by the Augusta Southern; to furnish the
same facilities as furnished other lines
rendering interstate traffic under similar
conditions and to charge the Augusta
southern the same rates on Interstate
traffic as are charged by the Wrightsville
and Tennille to other common carriers for
Ike traffic under similar conditions and no
MORE and to desist from charging the
Augusta Southern more than $2.40 per ton
on carload lots of phosphate and goods
or like class, when the same as interstate
traqfic, delivered to it by the Augusta
Southern and destined to points on the
WHghtsville and Tennille and to points on
Inc Oconee river and from charging the
Augusta Southern more than shall be
charged the other traffic lines for like
services to similar traffic.
Mr. II. C. McFadden, assistant general
passenger agent of the Plant system, left
last night to attend a meeting of the rate
committee of the Southern States Pas
senger Association at Atlanta.
superintendent B. Durham of the Plant
system, left last night for Atlanta, to at
tend a meeting of the Car Service Asso-
citation.
Mr.. T. D. Kline, general superintendent
OF the Central, left last night for Atlanta.
When farm owners have been provided
with gates for grade crossings by railroad
companies the roads can not be further
compelled to build under grade passages
Tor the convenience of the farmer and his
cattle. This is the ruling of the Iowa
supreme court reversing a lower courts
decision sustaining an order of the state
Iallroad commission, requiring the Bur-
Angton, Cedars Rapids and Northern
company to build such a causeway. The
order of the commission was regarded as
unreasonable by the court, which re-
marks: That it would be convenient
and to some extent profitable for Mr..
Warnock to have both means of crossing,
there can be no question. 1t would be
convenient that his stock might pass at
pleasure, and profitable in the advantage
OF his stock and the saving in labor in
driving them during the pasture season.
III would no doubt be convenient and may
De profitable to Mr. Warnock If the rail-
road was entirely removed from his farm.
nut it is rightfully there and subject to
ne duty of providing him adequate means
OF crossing. While convenience and profit
10 the landowner and expense to the
company are proper to be considered,
neither taken alone is necessarily ground
ior making or refusing an order like that
m question:" This is a decision favorable
20 railroads. and is an instance in which
4 INJUSTICE towards them, or what is con-
4 eeved to be injustice, in the opinion of
me court should not be permitted. 1t is
general complaint of railroad men that
people are always anxious to get line
INNING through their section or prop
trty and that then, having secured it,
ney are ever ready to make everything
ney can out of it.
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