The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-01-20

hear me say that / could get passei
any time for guests and for pretty
much anything else that / wanted
and that il | could tske all that th'
railroads offered, it would probabl,
be worth 81 900 i year to me.
81 will add that when adviset
him to take passes and took then
myself, il was not understood, NO
indeed. contended by anybody, sc
far as l know, that our railroad las
prohibited free passes.
Reduction Of Passenger Rates
Notice was served on all roads of tn.
State to show cause why the presen'
passenger rates on them should not
be reduced. This is to be done CT
the 18th, 2Gth and 9th.
It was on motion of Chairman
Caldwell that this was ordered, the
following resolution being intro.
duced by him and voted for by the
other Commissioners:
Resolved. That notice be served
upon the Rsleigh and CASTOR rail
road, he Raleigh and Augusta rail
road, the Seaboard and Roanoke
railroad, and the Georgia, Carolins
and Northern railrosd, from Monroe
n. c., to the South Carolina line, te
show cause before the Railroad Com.
mission, at its Office in Raleigh, N
c., on the 25th day Of January, '93
why the fares for the transportation
of passengers over said roads shoulG
not be reduced.
Resolved, That notice DO served
upon the Wilmington and Weldor
railroad, the Petersburg railroad
the Norfolk and Carolina railroad
the Wilson and Fayetteville railroad
the Tarboro branch, to show cause
before the r. X. Commission, a.
Its Office in Raleigh, n. c., on tn,
26th day of January, 1898, why tn,
fares for tie transportation of pass
engers over said roads shall not b.
reduced.
"Resolved, That notice be served
upon the Western North Carolina
railroad, the Atlantic. Tennessee and
Ohio railroad, the North Carolins
railroad, the Piedmont railroad, the
Atlantic and Charlotte Air Line, the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusts
railroad, the North Western North
Carolina railroad, to show cause be.
fore the Railroad Commission, at it.
off ice in Raleigh, N. c., on the 9th
day of January, 1898, why the fare.
for the transportation of passengers
over said roads should not be re
duced.
"In the hearing, if not concluded
upon the day appointed, the same
will be continued from day to day
until disposed of.
"Notice of similar import will bt
served upon others at such time a!
the Commission may Designate"
Rates of Fertilizers
Mr.. Caldwell also introduced tn,
following resolution reducing tn.
rate on fertilizers, when shipped ir
carload lots, il it is loaded and un
loaded by shipper and consignee, the
railroad only having to transport thu
loaded car:
Resolved, That on and after thu
Goth day of January, 1898, tn,
freight rates now in effect, ant
known as the fertilize rates or tariff
be reduced sixteen and thirds
per cent. upon all railroads withlr
the State. This to apply only to ca.
load LOTS
Though this resolution was fnall,
passed unanimously, there was som'
discussion Of 1t before the vote wa
taken.
DR.. Abbott favored Is per cent
reduction, saying he was convinced
that this would be reasonable an,
just, and such a reduction woul'
put fertilizers in class so" o
freights.
Mr.. Pearson, on the other hand
thought 16s per cent. the proper re
ductiop; that this was the rate il
Georgia; that shipments were alway
made in carload lots, and the rail
roads had only to haul and no
handle as in other frelghts. Beside
this such reduction would enabl
the fertilizer factories in the Stat
to compete with foreign ones. i
16s per cent. reduction being jus
one-sixth, would be more easily cal
culated by the clerks and shippers
The cotton rates recently estat
lished by the old Commission wa
partly broken into. This was don
by restoring the old rate on th
Western North Carolina and the Al
lantic, Tennessee and Ohio railroads
The old rate is about 25 per cen
lower than the uniform rate. Th
people of Stateaville, Inorganic
and perhaps one or two other point
asked its restoration.