The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
COMMISSION COMING HERE.
THREE PROMINENT RAILROAD MEN
SUMMONED BEFORE 1T.

subpOenRs Served Asking Them to
Bring Papers Relating to Trans
DOrtRtion of Dixie OIL Co. Cars he
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Which Meets Here Aug. s.
The Case Rather n Mysterious One,
and the Railroad Men Are Puzzled.
The Commission Goes From Here
to Dawson.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
VIII hold a meeting In the United States
court room here Aug for the purpose
Of inquiring into certain matters connected
With traffic from Savannah with regard TO
which those who have been summoned as
witness, so far, seem to know nothing.
Three subpoenas were sent here yester-
day for service by the deputy marshal,
Capt Charles J. White. They were ad-
dressed 10 Col. A. Pope, general freight and
passenger agent of the Georgia and Ala
bama Railroad, Mr. e. II. Hinton, traffic
manager of the Central Of Georgia, and
Mr. W a. Winburn, the CentraTs general
freight agent.
From the subpoenas the matter appears
to relate 10 the handling Of some of the
taak cars Of the Dixie Oil Company. In
quiry was made at the office of that com
pany yesterday but nothing whatever was
known of the case. A representative of
the Morning News saw all of the parties
to whom suhpoenas were issued and ask
ed them about the matter. They all stat
ed that they were not informed of the ma
ture of the case, and could give no infor-
nation with regard to it. The subpoena,
which was issued to each of them, read as
follows:
You are hereby required to appear be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commission
at the United States Circuit Court room
at Savannah Ca on the Sth day of Au-
gust 1898, at 10 o'clock a. m, to testify
then and there as a witness in the matter
of an inquiry by said Interstate Commerce
Commission into the manner, method and
management Of the business of common
carriers subject to the act to regulate COM
merce in relation to the transportation of
freight traffic to and from point in the
states Of Georgia Florida and other Gulf
states, and Mississippi river points, and
points eastward thereof since Jan. l. 1898
And bring with you then and there the
shippers statements and memoranda con-
corning the contents, weight, destination
and consignee of the below mentioned
cars, together with all billing and books
and documents in the possession of the
Georgia and Alabama Railroad Company,
relating to the shipments from Savannah,
Ga, of the tank cars mentioned in the fol-
lowing memoranda:
The subpoena to Col. Pope as above in
dlcated calls for memoranda relating to
three cars of the Dixie Oil Company for
Montgomery, Ala, on Feb. %, The SUBJ
poena addressed to Mr.. Wmburn and Mr..
Hinton calls for memoranda relating to
twenty-one Dixie Oil Company cars ship
ped between Feb. 8 and March 81 10
points West and Northwest The sub
poenas are signed byNJ. d. Yeomans, one
of the members of the commission,
and as subpoenas duces tecum, they are
rather sweeping, so far as they relate to
the matter in hand. They call for all the
bills, statements and papers of all kinds
relating TO these cars, and it looks as If
the commission were going into some sort
of an investigation
Capt. d. G. Purse, comm ssioner of the
freight bureau, was asked about the mat
ter yes ierday, but as in the case of those
who were subpOenaed, he knew nothing
of what the commission intends to do
Capt. Purse said it was the first he had
heard of the fact that the commission
would hold a meeting in Savannah at this
time.
1t has been suggest ed that some one has
made a complaint through revenge, but
just what is back of 1t, does not appear
TO have been ascertained. The hearing
will be awaited with much interest by rail-
road men and others who are interested
The Interstate Commerce Commission
held session In Savannah something
more than year ago. for the purpose of
hearing and considering some complaints
against the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad, particularly with regard to its
Pensacola and Atlantic branch That
case has never yet been decided
After finishing its work in Savannah the
commission will go to Dawson Ga, to
hear some complaints made against the
railroads entering there by the citizens of
that town Dawson makes the claim that
she has been Disseminated against. and
the commission is going there to see what
the citizens have to say, and to Investigate
the matter.