The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-05
RAILROAD COMMISSION
MET YESTERDAY AND ADOPTED
 NEW CAR SERVICE RULE.
J. L. Welch of the Louisville and Nashville, Charles Wickersham of the Western and Hon. Jones
 G. Moore Were Present.

The Alabama Railroad Commission was Tn session several hours yesterday and dlspcsed of considerable business, the most important of which was a new rule l Association. A
 nl.aias Tnese v,aS, who appeared before .he com- citation; J. [. welch of Birmingham. Sfd Di- vfsicn Superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville Rsilroad Company; Chas. A. Wickersham, President and General Manager of the Western Railroad of Alabama and Hon. Jones G. Moore of Birmingham, President of the Birming- ham Northern Railroad Company.
 The Commission had up for considera- ticn the rule for computing time of the | Alabama Car Service AssociationI It met at 12 o'clock with President Smith and Associate Commissioners Tunstall and | Canee present.
 | After considerable discussion of the matter President Smith and Associate | Commissioner Tunstall agreed upon the l following rule, Associate Commissioner | Caffee dissenting:
 | On cars arriving at any hour during the day. car service charges are to begin | lforty-eight hours after ' a. m. of the next succeeding day. provided notice is tice not be given previous to a. m. of | the next succeeding day, then car ser vice charges shall begin forty-eight hours after such notice, provided such notice
 
 Should notice not be given previous to 12 m. of said day, then car service charges shall begin forty-eight hours from a. m: of the next succeeding day Sundays and legal holidays are not in- cluded.
 | Associate Commissioner Caffee dissent | ed from this rule for the reason that in his opinion car service charges should begin forty-eight hours from F m. the day of the arrival of cars, provided legal notice has been given previous to that hour.
 The rule with reference to liability for demurrage on the part of the railroads provides that on cars arriving at any time during the day the railroads shall have forty-eight hours from z a. m. of the next succeeding day and after the payment of freight charges for deliver ing said cars at the depot or placing the same at some accessible point for unloading, Sundays and legal holidays not excepted
 It will thus be seen that the rule adopt ed by majority of the Commission Is reciprocal. If railroads are not liable to demurrage on a car until forty-eight hours after a. m. of the next succeed ing day after it's arrival. the majority of the Commission held that shippers and consignees should not be liable cn said cars until forty-eight hours after a. m. of the next succeeding day.
 The adoption of this rule does not af- feet any article which has hJretofore rule.
 The former action of the Commission with reference to cotton fabrics in the original piece, etc., was confirmed, which places this article back in Class 5 of the Southern Freight Classification, the rail- roads having raised 1t to Class 4.
 The local tariff of the new railroad rum ming from Union Springs to Fort Davis was examined and approved by the Com mission.
 The complaint of George H. Malone of Dothan, against the Plant System was set down for hearing Monday No- vember 25 MT. Malone charges discrim- ination against Dothan in freight rates from common points.