The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-01

1880 800 t+t'&
~ too. Bot they plnckc,l M cnouch
courage t. continue:
HAS ther. t.-n any increase in ID.
wages IF your employees IN the past hve
years
The third vice president. Mr.. Gaa-
non, can answer that question. II" has
charge of tn, operation ~ t. road"
Here the Commission threw up tie
sponge and Mr.. Finley explained that hc
was able t. give information only in r.
gard 10 the part IF the Southern Raj
Way in North Carolina. Operated a. b
whole: that he could net testify in r.
gard Ia the separate lines: that h. did
not have the statistics touching the lii
fercnt divisions. I'll" road, h. said. waS
operated NJ Il whole ana the rates were
mad" on that basis.
Has the auditor Of your road a full
and complete record q Al the pa~~en-
gers carried over the North Carolina
Railroad-paid and dead head
Il 90 NOT know. The auditor kerr
the records"
Who is Your auditor:"
since January 1et. II has been Mr.
4. II. Plant. Before that dat. il was
Mr.. George :. Hobbs. who is now with
the Maine Central Railroad. If Won
viii furnish me with a memorandum Of
the questions you've asked. I'll ne Gla}
To try to obtain the information AM fur
n:sh il 10 the Commission"
In despair Chairman Caldwell inquired
whether or not there was any official OF
the Southern present Who did know.
something about the road. SomeccdE
suggested Mr.. Turk. and he was called
to the stand.
The anne questions We're asked Mr..
Turk az We're asked Mr.. Finley and be
gave practically the same answer.
Mr. Caldvell-'Ilow m" Won PAID"
Mr.. Turk-"By the treasurer"
What part Of your salary does thr
North Carolina Railroad pay"
Il have 10 idea"
Has there been any reduction Of rates
on the North Carolina Railroad since tho
establishment OF the Railroad Commis-
sion?'
Il think there has been. but | can't
cay positively without reference to my
records"
DO your records show the dead head
passengers transported over your line
They do not. | issue no dead head
tickets and l know nothing Of them"
HAS there recently been any reduction
in passenger fares III other States"
in South Carolina the rates have
been reduced to the same aS in Nortl
Carolina"
What is the rate from New York t.
Atlanta"
About 2&4 cents a mile
Are there any passengers carried
over the North Carolina Railroad as
low as one cent a mile
"Possibly in transportation of United
States troops; no others. The Norti
Carolina Railroad always receives It's
pro rate: that is to say the Southern
Railway receives its pro rate"
Can you tel the cost of the opera
ton Of Il passenger car per mile
I'm not familiar with the car mileage
or other OPERATION
If the company can carry 4 man 70
21h cents on 4 thousand mile ticket
couldn't it carry a man on Il stralsh
ticket at that rate:
They can as long as their none,
holds out-that wouldn't be long
"Then your idea is that the South
ern depends for its s~ustenance on tn
fellow that can only buy one ticket a
Il time"'
Il have no idea about it
Don't you think lower rates woul'
increase business
MOI in such a sparsely settled coun
try as North Carolina.'
4 suppose You have no information il
regard to the number of lawyers EN-
ployed by the Southern in North Caro-
lima, and how they are paid!'
Il have not"
Mr.. Finley recalled to the stand. sale
no record was kept of the mileage
made on passes.
DO YOU know it to be a fact tina
since the order in regard to free passe
was made by the Commission the con
ductOrS on the Southern decline to lool
at the passes or if looked at to make
record of the pass
Il do not"
AS to argument. Col. Henderson sal,
he didn't think this Il time for arGu
ment. "Othcr roads are summoned her
to make answer similar to ours. w
want to hear from them. This IS a com
mon cause i'll which we are all interest
ed. I object to being separated from
my brethren. l don't want any retail
business
DR.. Abbott-''There is no competitio.
now
Col. Henderson-"Then there ough
never to have been
Judge Watts (of the Seaboard)-
amen
This completed the Southern's case
and the Seaboard was called TO answe
the notice served on it. Its answer wa
read by Vice President st. John. an
is printed in full elsewhere IN this pape,
At the conclusion Of Mr.. st. John
paper the Commission took a reces
until $50 o'clock. at which time tn
hearing Of the Seaboard was resumed
Mr.. ST. John was the first witness pr
upon the stand. Questioned by N
Pearson. he stated the value. bOndc
Indebtedness. assessed tax valuation
gross and net earnings Of each one {
the divisions Of the Seaboard system j
J. North Carolina.
There had. he said. been q very sligI
increase in both gross and net earniHe
Of his roads during the past five year
} also some increase III wages Of eli
: p.oyes during that period. Mr.. s
John said there had been no change