The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-13
u I. AL UATl ON.
sG'aYsIneT Russell! SAYS That the Net Earn.
Ipgs Should Bs the TEST.
.paosaEss OF /. RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION
4 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or Cotton ANA
a} voo1ea ~ isla- dsrahnnl Convicted
q GO. nssrnisisr " aa own House -Op,n.
SssES Som Wanted ON tho Constitutions.
5:s$ ssitty OF the E.ocnl school Tax.

ss s Ra leigf,. -. c., July 12--(speciaD--T
& "a lilwayS$ Commission meet day in ac-
With a resolution adopted some
Z ssaYs ago, that It would receive In writ
& q IN from the railways statements why
q Sc itt rate OF assessment on railways
& $a snoutd not be increased and rates low
i cred. ~ Governor Russell, Judge Clark
+ ana Editor Daniels were invited to pres
d an ant their views in favor Of both meas
s ure ssSE tsoYernor Russell was not pres
1 Sent.&; neither was Judge Clark. They
8 1eid That thy should also reply In
Z Writing. The Governor replied before
SSs1ne commission met; in other words, he
u n at1e his statement In newspaper yes
~ teIuay.SI He declares that the net earn
4 ilgs Should be the test of the valua-
b 'aion Or the roads. This was Ohio VIII
q sons View and is now seems that he
& was inspired by the Governor. The lat :
S. Ter Things cents per mile should be
81 sne #nrst class fare OH roads which pay
s4.Oo0 mile In net earnings. He thinks
$k tfe valuation Of the North Carolina
& aAllroad should be double what It now
Il ds.s5 He says freight rates are also too
: high
Ss "a statement h5' Tie Railway Commits
q sion shows that while the average rate
i ot passenger fare per mile In 1870 was
q SS5 cents, 1t Is now only EOS cents.
fis- Fifteen miles OF the Durham and
SfE aoltC Halfway mas DSen lalu ana the
WORK or putting down ten miles more of
4 rail- Is about to begin. This work is
Il al on the southwestern end Of the road.
u Ihis road appears to puzzle some Of
3a1tLhe other railway men. A rumor has
n got abroad that the Southern is in
y terested.
VEL Judge Purnell will tomorrow hold an
q su1ourned term Of the Federal Court
I here.
The growth OF cotton and wooden mills
4 n n this State IS remarka blc--a3 In 1870,
n ~ IN 1880 and now 21N with LOGS, 900 sp. n
q dies and 22,6SO looms
E% y. l.. Graham, clerk to the State SD
Sperlntendent OF Public Instruction. Is
81 convicted Of burning his house a New
G toh. IN order to set the insurance on the
When the news OF Ills con
4 viction reached the Superintendent he
A at once asked for Graham's rcsigra-
4 lion as clerk. as, OF course. he could no
& Keep him with such 4 record.
S5... ne Governor will be asked by the
q state Superintendent Of Public Instruc.
lion TO request the Superior Court to a,
4 once pass upon the constitutiouality CT
At the new school tax law. which is &c
81 be voted on in August This viii SETTLE
Slthe question. The difference of view a,
present ms to the validity Of the act Is
6 causing a great deal of contention.
81. among to-day's arrivals are Leigh r,
watts and Y. e. NIcBee. Of the Seaboard
n AR Line: w. "A. Guthrie, Durham: ]. G.
IS .Buxton. Winston; rheo. r. Davidson, OF
Herbert McClammy VIII
4 ngton; John D. Shaw, Rockingham: j
4. iKa.Tree. Of Richmond, Superintendent, q
S5fW estern Union Telegraph compnn.-
n }s.$ Augustus w. Moore late Of Washing
2fon.SgD. c., has returned to this stat,
. ana and located It Greenvlle. Republican:
Il Say ne will be i candidate for Con gress
A In the First District. =
.fs Eugene Y. Debs is offered free 3,
(. 4 ' charge large tract OF land In Rowan
I. II county for his n"Social Dcmocrat tic Col
ony.'"'
The State grants charter TO III,
b W4aaL Van Normal and Collegiate Insti
tue OF Union county.