The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-15

ton and Texas Centre, trseks May con.
| centrate nom Howe twenty -thrcs miles,
van Antyne seventeen miles and Anna
DaAlas None sf he ccmprcsses II this
CITY arr situatcd % til Houston ana
Texas Central trecke Cotton can be con-
eentrated from Alien twenty-four miles,
Plano eighteen. Richardson thirteen and
Caruth six mtleA Houston and Texas Gen.
trai II suh3eoe b conventencs q ~ con-
necttons 70 handle its business, not reach-
tailS.
Ennis--Compress situated on Houston
and Texas Central tracks; may concentrate
| from Hutchins twenty-three miles. Lam
caster twenty-eight miles. wilmer nine
teen miles, Ferris fifteen, Palmer eight and
Garrett three: aiso from Jeffries nine miles.
Corsicana-C Compress situated on Hous-
ton and Texas Central tracks. May con-
centratc from Alma fifteen and Rice eleven
miles
Mexla-Comprcss situated on Honston
and Texas Central tracks. May concentrates
rom Richland seventeen miles and Worth
am eight miles. -
| Caivers--Comprcss on Houston ana Tcxas
| central tracks. May concentrates from
| uroespeeck forty-one miles, Thornton
| nry-lnree kosse twenty-five. Bremond
1 wv ostu tidnfnunQ nine niles
Hearne-Compress on international ana
Great Northern and Houston ana Tcxas
| cotton. any
brynn--C Compress on Houston and Texas
central tracks. May concentrate from SUIT
miles.
Nt Worth--Ccmpress not situated on
alousaon ana Texas Central tracks. May
cousentfate no cotton except on back haul.
observation-disclosures situated on MIS-
souri,, Kansas and Texas tracks. Not
reached by Houston and Texas Central
May concentrate from Eennedafe thirty
one miles; Mansfield, twenty three: Hell
land. eighteen; Midlothian. twelve and SAr-
dis, five miles. That is. provided the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas will switch our
cars or that consiguees will pay the dray-
age from our platform to the compress.
Ausian-Compress on International and
Great Northern tracks. Neither Austin and
Northwestern nor Houston and Texas Cen
trail reach tracks over Its own rails, We
may concentrate from Liano. 100 niles:
kingsland. eighty; Marble Falls. seventy
| SIX; Fairiand sevdnty; Bertram, sixty one;
Burnet, fifty; Liberty Hil, thlrty-ninc.
and Leander thirty miles,
Brenham-Compress situated on lines OF
Houston and Texas Central. We may con-
ccntrate from Manor. seventy nine miles
Elgin. sixty-seven: McDade. fifty-scven
Paige. forty-six, Giddings. thirty five
| Ledbetter. twenty six: Carmine. twenty,
and Burton. thirteen miles.
The question arises what does tho COM
| mission consider 10 be accessible presses
Are the presses reached by the rails OF a
railway accessible, and those that are rot
reached by Its rails inaccessible? Where
the switching at interior points is depend
ent upon connecting lines We frequently
4 find hat Inn
Of their own business to attend TO that
they can not perform the service required
to be performed satisfactory and exptdi-
tiously.
Great delays occur IN switching the cars
to the congresses when the service can
be performed and still greater dclays oc-
cur on competitive business being returned
from these congresses. We would MOI
have 1t understood by the commission, or
the owners of the interior congresses that
we are ininical TO their interests. or that
our interests differ from theirs, except a,
we find we can not transact business or
an economical basis or reserve TO ourselves
a fair share OF the competitive hua'rcs'
when we do not reach these rretses or oul
own rails. ,
1t often happens TINT websre informed
by a connection that they thnc 10 han
die our cotton on account Of IT'S beitg ioan
ed on flat cars, and that TO DO this wouit
vitiate their insurance anG they must DC
| cline to handle 1t unless we load y, In po'
cars. We submit this point thai me toin
| mission may appreciate the dlssdVhiitag
| under which we labor, ard r. lief 10
which we pray Is not fonndsaulon theor,
| or fiction but the actual stLsiisiun whici
| copfronts us at every turn We Wish U
odd here that we have no dos re TO tax
cotton from compress poinis WHARF, com
messing may be paid IN an '.roowpiesses
| - In snfntN >
distant poiat. We 10 wish. however. l'
do our business on the most economies
| grounds and IL IL IL found that the com
petitive situation requires that we p.i
| compress,ing at destination, thAt we "
permitted to pay H. at the end OF our Eau
|. | in the same rpanDer as W" woulu les
ia the interior where we are con'ronte'
With the many difficulties and disao'ant
ages described In this petition.
we would gladly deposit with the con,
m,ssion originals or copies OF contrneu
between shippers and ourselves des'sha',nl
he points at which we desire our eot'oi
, compressed. =, ,.., a. ,b,
o,srstion of the commissions tarln VIII
resnec, 10 the back hauls. There are nu
marous lines in the State OF Texas ina
do not bring their cotton 10 the Rui', sn'
who NAV concentrate cotton In both direc
tions. and upon such Vines the connis
sion'S rule reuulftuE baShsns ~
huuls have no bes'dng. For instance: IN
tjon OF which is St LoIIuis or New Eng
! atinv cotton south and hauling II north "
Concentration points and the bnai deslina
! nerform a back haul, OF service whie'
.. land milling points. only the service per
formed is all rail through some Of IN
North Mississippi gatewoys. The lines ma;
perform a back haul. or service ~hic'
would be a back haul with the gulf hrs
and make no charge. Az. for instance, tn
Missouri Kansas and Texas railway ma.
!, local Lancaster cotton into Dallas, en-
! after having concentrated II at Dallas ~
,ake Il on TO New England milling poinl
! All rail and make no charge for the pacl
! haul. Whereas. II the Houston ana icna
Central should haul the cotton TO Daiia
: that line would be toward the gun,
. b,Ene understood that the Houston an
, Texas Central has no interest in sendin
liz cotton all rail to New England miiiin
! points. OF indeed. any interest save oring
,nr the cotton to the gulf markets, W
. ask In such situation where the compeu
, | lion requires 1t that we be relieved OF IN
bsck haul charge. Our anxiety Is 20 NEE
| ,he competitive situation. and do 30 VII
! | free and unrestrained knowledge ara per
, u,issiou OF the commission, and all we as
. | Is that their rules be In MEASURE maze
! conform to the physical necessities CT GU
, | properties
| rs. s...o.otfan NJ the present cOilHliH