The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30

IoU"''S SHOWS that every Wear rbsra has
! "eSH some decrease in th, frefsbt 80 hi.
'ou pr mile. This irresistible force "a
vel rs The sound business Dor,v ,,f tba
-P''iS -lseI viii serve 10 reduce IFS
t"'CS whenever they become unreasonable
hish, and il is hoped that vonr born,s|r,
DouS VIII leaVe this powerful current 10
ga te conditions gradually as the general
t9oi0i4eiohs Of the carrier and The country
''1oNe' rather than to force uuOn mis-
uonpahY al this time a burden which
sOuIu De positive calamity. because il
Us IN no condition 20 stand IN
our cotton shipments are largely lie
creasing, partly on account Of he lo1y
price OBTAINED by the farmers: partly from
I ihroads made by new railroads that have.
peeh constructed, and partly on account of
! our active competitors
DuIihs the period of cotton shipments
rom sept J. 1897, to April 80 1895. com
! ~ III 1873 the revenue derived from
lLelsnt traffic alone over the entire line of
me central of Georgia Railway was Sl5.-
| oS9.64 less in 1889 than in 1895
during the above periods the number
u Dales Oh cotton originating on the line of
ne central of Georgia Railway in Geor-
ga ana forwarded to ali destinations. end
ma April, 1895 was IS. $50 bales ending
april 1917 5l3.'99 bales or a decrease of
| lI'' per cent. Weight of same was 14l, 632
IONS IN 1873 against l24 631 tons in 1899. or
a feducton of y per cent. The revenue
OBTAINED IN 1898. was $500 553 CO.; in 1899. $3.50
QS9.C0, or a decrease of 16 per cenr The
rate per ton,per mic on cotton during ,he
! same period in Georgia, was reduced from
2.2l4 cents to 2l76 cents. or A reduction
equal to As per cent.
ApproXlmaung the earnings and ex-
penses of May and June 1899. the Central
oil Georgia Railway if it relied on its in
come from traffic would show a da6cit If
So, 377.3S
TO reduce the cotton rates on the Gem
tral of Georgia Railway. without making
similar reductions on the many small lines
with which we connect. would mace those
lines at great DISADVANTAGES in the mar
ter of obtaining traf1c-manv of them 70
my knowledge. are now strnpglino Cor AZ,
existence.
A comparison of cotton rates in the diff
ferent cotton growing state. shows tbat
the rates in Georgia AT the presant time
are lower than in anv or tba others The
rates in
Alabama are ........231s per cent higher.
Mississippi .2q1, nar cent HIGHER
Arkansas ............64 % uer cent higher
North Carolina 10 0er cent hi5her
South Carolina go. ~ ner cent higher
Tennessee ........24 per cent higher
Texas - AZ ner cent bfobar
1t is admitted as true that orr cars
are larger, our locomotives more power-
full. and our rails heavier tbon in fo,r,,or.
years. consequently we haul moro tons nor
train per mile: but the percentage Of in
crease is not equal to tha neroen+age az
decrease in rates during tbe Same nario3
Taking rails as an illustration 5enound
rail was considered heavy enougb in for
mer years. recurring eiehtv-eieht TONS to
each mile. To-day we are usine, SO-nound
rail- recurring 1g5 ions IN each milo or
al
amounts to 29G por cent
This railway has increased its earvi,,
to accommodate the wants of IFS patro1s
A reduction i'm our present rate means a
curtailment of our expenses. and I holdlv
assert that no reduction in rates wol1ld he
pettioned for were if known mar the sana
would necessitate a reduction in our nres.
ent train service.
mo reduction was made b,, ttie r.il,,o,,
company on the nav of It's employees dlIrine
the stringent times of 1893 or since then
During the ten months ending Anri, 1900
il paid out over the entire line nearly AZ
per cent. of tbe gross e9rn.
ings 20 EMPLOYEES. There are .ovar
1900 employees Oh our rolls; the same as
calculated on the basis Of enplo1,ess on
gagged during The entire month Tho nav
rolls amount to nearly 70 par cent of our
expenses The percentaee of salaries of
the general and other officers to the total
amount paid to EMPLOYEES is about 80 per
cent.
I'VE have had prepared A careful esti
mate of the amount of acreage painted in
cotton along our line in Georgia and Ala
bama. this wear. This information was
complied without anv reference to this
case the inauiries having been sent ont
previous to the notice from your honorable
body The compilation shows that the re-
dTction in The acreage n;anted in cotton