The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-30
MIR. Halle Says Central Is Not to
Blame for Eviction of Mrs. Miller.

Blame for Eviction of Mrs. Miller.
MIR. ]. d. Halle says that the action for
damages brought by Mrs. j. D. Miller of
Mcintosh, Fla, against the Central of
Georgia Railway Company, of which he is
the general passenger agent, is not found
ed on any facts that would justify a re-
covery against the Central.
The sleeping car from which Mrs. Mil
Ter was elected if she was elected from
any, was not one of those owned and OPP
Grated by the Central on its regular
trains" said Mr.. Halle She boarded in
Atlanta Pullman car which ran from
Nashville to Jacksonville, and which was
being hauled on the Central train only
from Atlanta TO Macon. If there was an
ejectment or any improper treatment, 1t
must have been at the hands of the Pull
man people. / beg leave to state posi-
lively and upon authority that there was
no election from Central Railway
sleeper and that there was no improper
treatment by any of the employees of the
Central of Georgia Railway Company"
There is of course, an issue of fact be-
tween Mrs Miller and her attorneys,
Rosser g. Carter, of Atlanta, and the off,
Gals of the Central. She is suing the
Central of Georgia Railway, and not the
Pullman Palace Car Company for dam
ages, though it was a Pullman sleeper,
and she claims TO have been rudeiy and
discourteously treated by the employees or
an employe of the former. What the
actual facts in the case are and whether
the plaintiff or the defendant is in the
right the Morning News cannot under
take 10 say. The story of the plaintiffs
eide Of the controversy is taken from the
petition filed by her counsel in the office
of the clerk of the United States Circuit
Court; Mr.. Halle gives the contention of
the Central. The trial of the case viii
decide which is in the right.
Railway tickets do not contain a con-
tract to stop the train and recover any
property that passenger may have drop
ped overheard, but the Burlington people
seem to be nearly accommodating enough
to do this. Recently a pocketbook con-
tanning 500 5, gold ring, four rubies
and other valuables, was lost by a pas
senger on the Saint Louis-Portland En-
press. Just where was not known, and
the train was advancing fifty miles an
hour. From the first stop the loss was
wired to Supt. Phelan at Alliance, Neb.,
who Immediately sent out a searching
party. The pocket book and jewels were
found near the track, three miles from
Whitman. and were returned to the sur
- iSSN ONiiCi l4iS neat doS
law went into effect in Virginia on
July /, requiring railroads to furnish
separate cars for white and colored pas
sengers on local trains. An effort is be-
ing made to have the provision applied
as well TO through fast trains and to s;a-
ton waiting rooms.
A Colorado road will discontinue the
name -"hra kppnanf on trains
for the reason that the braking is now
done by air instead OF muscle, and sub
stitute the title first assistant conductor,
second assistant conductor" and SO on.
While 562 persons in the United States
were killed by lightning last year. only
25s passengers were killed in railway &C
eidents LAS likely as being struck by
lightning" should be superseded by "as
likely as being killed on the cars re-
marked the Railway Age. when compar-
son with an improbability is desired
Increased traffic and decreased rates is
stu the annual showing of the railways
In the United States. The last figures OF
me Interstate Commerce Commission re-
port an increase in comparison with the
preceding year Of 22,1O9,sT passengers and
eo'751276 tons of freight carried. But the
average earnings per passenger per mile
were only 1925 cen. against 1873 dent the
year before. and the freight
revenue was but .7A cent per
Ton per mile compared with 1853 cent In
me previous year No other country be-
gins TO show transportation rates so low
The Central Railroad has stopped car
rying passengers on its freight trains in
Georgia. For several years the company
permitted passengers holding mileage
looks to travel on freight trains. provided
'hey signed an agreement releasing the
company from any liability for personal
injury or loss of baggage. The privilege
81 riding on the train was important 10
travelling statesmen Some time ago pass
enser was injured on a Central freight
ram He claimed that his injuries re-
uted from the Jerking of the train ana
ne recovered damages. The Supreme
court sustained the decision OF the lower
court which held that the release con-
uact between the passenger and the com
Pahy was invalid.