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

East by the South Carolina & Georgia
ahgp kheE Clyde Rine. sflt
,fhkISs@itraI T3Ilway hhhkhes Macon
frddI k3a mest brought Mont aomer.y
and birmingham and Atlanta, and
everyone famiiar with the movement
of traffic, ip and through the State Of
| CSS8T9fa viii testify TO your Conltnis-
sion that ,-rfieoCeAkrab II Railway con-
tinues to exchange business on as
fayorable terps aS,atA any .time Ia III
| hlstSiySs With SHE -katfieTrHe x N0shtiHe
| system at those three points.
leB pe tSSe ! sIStes aq ii lt n Of e6
petition by sshes fqntrd wltA;t South
| ern Railway in and out Of Macon,
either locally or i'm the exchange. Of
lIssstiAsssI VITA any bf 4hts AsG6htfkl6
Western or Eastern connections. The
Central exchanges Macon business at
.99fanta t}day with 4he' Westsrh Y
AtlaRkic mad AND she skOuisv6lae &
Nashville system to, a far greater eN-
tent than IL Exchanges WiThThe South
ern at that pointH tt-
The Georgia Southern q Florida
| RsilypaSt extending from Macuf4 tb the
| Soutl.ois slat controlled bynthel South
ern Railway, apd,fproof OF this fast
has for weeks been lodged officially
With ybnr Commission. The officers
81 that u1lap{ln v2sASfll fE am 3siife,
tesiifvctu Y oue Commission that they
are doing ,business,gils freely in, and
o0t OF AlaQpn for alb points, as Jtheg
were before the SoutherpO oWn@d any
iRte1est7 iRo the, GRe.EE reg- nrus9G
5AE, ~. JOAN sans r9go4usU 81
stssIt is . welt]lnoWn fact thats5he
financial pow eEs,,whiQlA dominate the
Southern Railway likewise d. control
the Lopisyille 4 Nashville Railroad
Company" gg ut 1870 9rrrs9 IA
Tie Statement is, wholly, and en-
tirelv untrue, and has not the slightest
foundation in fact. ooaa rg-s~99~.
1 Mr.. Sf, John says that .err. rrrc9
80 The Southern has absorbed, by
stock ownership. or, otherwise, the
MACON q Birming ham,a the ! Georgia
Southern & Florida, the, Georgia Mid
land & Cuff, and it is, said controls
the Columbus Southern
The Southern Railway Company has
lawfully leased the Georgia Midland,
but " does not own a share Of stock
fi6f does it control the Macon q Biz
niinghand road 1t owns an interest in
fhe3vfg6fkia Southern g. Florida as
above sfbtea. tbut not d e0fTtrel. It does
watch roads, I'm the hands. of d receiver.
I may say that iTfcHny opinion the
| Southern Naald have a9perfee T. fight,
under the laws of Georgia. Te6aowaI all
| these railroads if 1T s672fesiFeds f'e1
aFroTn these statements your honor
able Commission can1i judge Tasa TO- how
far the sensational andc1 tno6ndiaTy
statements matlesiu MR. st: Johns
esnzRtunicationrar aentitled toHccept-
| ance by yourselves or by the1 citizens
of Georgia. ca13a .1es Iog
4 In the general attitude which he as
| sHmes as self-constitutedb defender of
the laws of Georgia, and as pnhlic
| censor of those whom he. Hvonld7 have
E9H believe are, -endeavoring to ia
fringe tAeRlc and as sole champion of
that competition which the constitution
and the laYsg of Georgia guarantee to
her citizens, ehes isr ass little entitled RIO
your respect and eQpfdeHee asnare bis
p9ftera11ees aP9Xfs auotedlr ma. aoalo
He claims yqInlT sunpQQSt ana tAatof
fne peppla Qt georgia .y ~ rl4l|S reekless
efgT 10 gs9troy I'D sQnn Ipe
g.fSosgn14dr ha,f5spch sllgpprt IS Aeeecessary
SSa24455g55sq4aanfast Of 5 13sYSfqf1 SoRBsfl
sofB4 twodfd have you bslfege that TIE
4 pIES-lAb llElROL III 4GSs er4fiO VIC
9rfferaln .tfff 4s nrbanceo 46f Business reia-
ffonsss whethef3 cofnbetitive or OTHER
wiise,a sthf2oti9ff1dIt ffe State and the
ehtfrs. South Which his companY mas
ffiAHgurafed aid lis Stiff continuing,
/ are sbtft the manifestations of his de-
gil9g ITO protect the people oof Georgia
from nhEeatensdz n4on0poly.J
lion the watersgof Chesapeake bay
NE and lais associates the managers
of the BaEoEiHR are the avowed enc
mies afreomupetitiOn,9a and they Ego to
war to. punish those whom they de
scribe as ssint1s4ders upon ourn( their)
While he advocates and demands
monopoly, and claims a prOpfietoEship
Of. . domain" in Virginia and Maryland,
he necessarily subjects himself to sns-
picipn and discredib, when he displays
such. unnecessary and apprehensiFe
zeal for competition in Georgia.
T. But, this is not all. af go
Mr., st. John in his cry for your
aud, and countenaneea aG 1sef 9t
"A najority7of the stock of the Sea-
board Airline and of the Bay. Line
is in hands where it cannot be pur-
chased by therSouthern Railway.nsaf
The, ,fact9is that a little less than
94yA ll5dDASY stsSb t4i4S 3ndJOIAby Oh GAS
capital fsteeks of the controlling conn
pany, Of thee Seaboard. Airline was
offered to- me and was, not accepted
a Mr. ST. JeAn nsays: soar $40 Trn
1T her sSeaR9ard2s Z fixed 1charges 9are
much IesSepeJh mile 5haBathose of the
Sp9theEn R9ihYaB, while It's dead roads
INCLUDE an Notwithstanding Much
Of the Southern's milage with not much
more than pay for Disappearing 'ex-
penses onea low5 basis.'%irg nwo1 orb
IA. statement, of fi4edqo9eharges 2per
mile means verg8littlet unless coupled
With that Of. EARNINGS per mile. pa>t
agTphfe earnings pee mile, Of aHesa of the
SeaboaGd Airline for the year ending
June 81 1885, fPe last gear for which
the company 5 has reported were: $50
Gross 80. .,Sr.,..s. .se.!. .i.iI.ia4 S3.245
Net, after adding miscellaneous
tlncom9,J 4s.f ,.I.. .,4SI...;.. sepsSc cor
Fixed charges and other tdeduc-. ia
tiOns from income ........ no
Net deficit per mile ofTOada 80 1863