The Caucasian., 1898-02-24

.ach 10 miles. on less than car load
OF shipments, rates may be made ~ .
per mt higher than above.
The above applies 10 sll the rosd-
,f the Atlantic Coast Line with the
following exceptions: ,hersw and
Darl u gton w ilmington, Columbiaand
Au kusta 90 per cent advance Will
mi mington, Newbern and Norfolk.
10 the miscellaneous roads save the
A berdeen and West End, Atlantic and
y orth Carolina and Carthage railways.
ITO the roads Of the Seaboard AR
Line system with the following excrp-
tions: Carolina Central made same
as Cape Fear and Iadkin Valley:
Durham and Northern; Raleigh and
Augusta l5 per cent advance
alt is further ordered that the joint
rate on two or more roads not under
the same management or control shall
be made basis of the locals of each
road, less 20 per cent"
THE CORN RATE.
Traffic Manager Culp, OF the South
ern, pointed out that the reduction on |
corn rate was intended to benefit the |
North Carolina corn grower, but in-
stead it worked hardship to him. For
instance, the rate from Newbern To
Raleigh, he said, had been reduced }
cents. while from Paint Rock, the route
into North Carolina for corn from the
west, the reduction is 5, q and cents.
The same condition Of affairs main
tains on other roads and from other
! points.
| 1t was suggested by Mr.. Emerson,
! of the Atlantic Coast Line, that the
rates be not made general, but that
special tariff be promulgat ID. He was
willing to have ten cent rate put in
from Newbern To Raleigh unrl June
lst as an experiment. Both the Sea-
board and Southern agreed TO this.
| rhereupon the Commission ordered
repeal OF the recent corn rate and put
in effect a new rate of ten cents per
hundred pounds from Newbern to Raj
eigh.
This gives reduction of about one
third the present rate, or cents on
the hundred pounds.
TELEPHONE COMPANY ArPEALs.
The telephone rate exceptions were
taken up and Overruled, Chairman
Caldwell reading the following ruling
of the court:
1T is ordered that all exceptions to
Circular No. 73, fixing telephone rates
are hereby Overruled, said rates being
in effect from this date. Commissioner;
Caldwell and Pearson voted to over.
rule the exceptions and Commissioner
Abbott voted to sustain them"
I Chairman Caldwell explained tha
:. while the statute was not as plain a:
! he could wish, still he was compelled
> to decide with lights before him, ant
r if the telephone company did not con
r 81 ho fo ond hla N
1 that the Commission had q right {,
r fix them, they would have to take TIN
Y matter to higher court.
q Mr.. X. c. Strong, attorney for tn
:, Southern Bell Company, gave notic'
that an appeal would be taken, but b
J was not prepared as yet to say TO wha
$ court he would appeal-the SuperiO
!, co1rt of Wake or the Supreme cOur
S of North Carolina.
e The appeal bond was fixed at $500
e to be given within ten days.
- The matter of express rates wi
:. come up at the next meeting Of tn
>. Commissioners.
r. LOWER PASSENGER RATES.
m The following resolution, introduce
id by Mr.. Pearson, was adopted by vOi
Id of two to one, Messrs. Caldwell an
g. Pearson voting in the affirmative an
h DR.. Abbott IN the negative:
as "Resolved, That on and after III
23rd of March, 1898, that the fares Il
. transportation Of passengers shall
L as follows:
n. "Two and one-hal1 cents per mi
p, for first-class tickets and 2 cents p,
I'd following railroads in North CarOlin
at tO-wit:
- "The Wilmington and Weldon Raj
~ road, from Wilmington to Weldon, n
that part of the Wilmington and We
n don road from Contentnea to the Sou
ty Carolina State line; the Petersbu
it, road from Weldon to the Virgin
is State line; that part Of the Tarbo
branch from Rocky Mount to TarboI
and the Norfolk and Carolina Railro
from TarborO to the State line.
= "The Raleigh and CASTOR Railroa
from Weldon to Raleigh; the Seab0a
and Roanoke Railroad from Weldon
Virginia State line, and the Raleii
and Augusta Air Line from Raleii
to Gibson.
"The North Carolina Railroad fro
GOldsbOro to Charlotte: the PiedmO
Railroad from Greensboro to the V
ginia State line; that part Of
OTIuW6stcIH hobiIu
from Greensboro to Winston; {
Salisbury to Paint Rock the Atlani
y Tennessee and Ohio Railroad fr
~ "a. Charlotte to Statewide; the Altar
NJ and Charlotte Air Line Railroad fr,
~ Charlotte to the South Carolina ST,
- line, and the Charlotte, Columbia q
,;+e Augusta Railroad from Charlotte
- South Carolina State line.n
ors DR.. Abbott presented resolution
of q substitute for Mr.. Pearson's. His
ant ject being to reduce freight rates
e1- s'ead of passenger. The substitute '
ms defeated by the same vote that
me Pearson's resolution was adopted
ave The resolution was as as follows:
in "REsoLvED, That the officers Of
,o,n railroads doing business in North c
die. olina be cited to appear before
Railroad Commission on the 18th
try .darch, 1898, and show cause why ii
,cer should not be . reduction of frei
, do rates.
to Chairman Caldwell presented
hile following resolution, which was ad,
en- ed without dissenting vote, DR..
and 5ott requesting to be excused (
se." voting:
"wHEREAs. Section 4, Chapter 81
W. the Acts of the General Assembly
lly Nofsn CAronna ~ its seSs-ou T;. y.
resi Act, makes it unlawful for any &C
49,. mon carrier" within the State sei
.ma. directly or indirectly, BY any sps
the rate, rebate, drawback, or other de-
o ks 20 cnarge, oemsno, conecl VI Isc
or less mpensation any service
dered or to be rendered in the tr
portation of passengers, than il ch
- es, demands, collects or receives