The age-herald., 1901-07-15
Full Correspondence Between Birmingham Association the
 Commission and Others
LETTERS SOMEWHAT SALTY
Question of Allowing $1 Per Day by Railroads for Delays in Delivering Freight Caused the Discus
 sIon.-Both Sides of 1t.

The controversy between the Alabama Railroad Commission, the Car Service Association and the Alabama Shippers and Buyers Association of Birmingham has reached an acrimonious stage, and the Age-Herald today prints the corre- spondence covering the subject in full.
 The Shippers and Buyers Association, through Sibley King, the president some time ago filed a petition with the Railroad Commission asking that railroad com panies be required to pay S for each day a car of freight was delayed after the time it should have reached the con signee. This proposition is offered as an offset to the rule of the railroads requir- ing shippers or consignees to pay S1 for each day car is held by failure by such consignees after the time in which It should have been unloaded.
 The shippers and buyers say this Is an equitable request. The Car Service Association on the other hand say 1t Is unjust since the railroad companies nave much more money invested in the car than the shipper They also say that the consignee has legal remedy for delays, and if the petition IS granted this would destroy their right of appeal to the courts They further argue that 1t would be manifestly unjust to allow the ship pers and buyers to recover damages from the railroad companies for delays in delivery of freight after they had paid for the time lost under the $1 day pro- vision.
 | The Shippers and Buyers Association, through MT. King, has made statements to the effect that the Railroad Commits sion had not answered Its communica- tions and spirited correspondence fol- | lowed. These petitions to the Railroad Commission and the several letters fol- | low:
 Shippers and Buyers Mutual Aid Asso-
 ciation of Alabama.
 Birmingham, Ala, June 25, 1901. Hon. w ID. Jelks, Governor of Alabama,
 Montgomery, Ala
 Dear Sir:-We, the undersigned patrons of the railroads of Alabama and else- where, thinking the present rules of the Alabama Car Service Association are one- sided and arbitrary and unjust In requir- ing us to pay $1 per day for our delays, unless, and (we respectfully ask your at tention and assistance) that the railroad companies also pay same amount for their delays, and that this rule be put in effect in Alabama the same as in other States, as follows, viz: When any railroad com pany falls to place loaded cars at an ac- cessih'- place for unloading within forty eight hours (not including Sundays or legal holidays), computed from 10 o'clock the day after arrival of same, the shipper or consignee shall be paid $1 per day for each day said delivery Is so delayed. Are you willing to assist us, and what arc you willing to do? Please advise the chairman promptly as possible.
 w. s. Brown, Drennen Co.,, Jebeles & Colias Simmons, Durham & Co.,, J. G. Whitfield & Co.,, Moughan & Johnston, l Southern Grain Co.,, Estes & Brown, Col 1 lins & Co.,, Ruter, Rogers & Co.,, McMillan, Lee & Co.,, Beck Candy and Grocery Co.,, Pratt City Lumber Co.,, Alabama Granite Co.,, King Land and Improvement Co.,, B. G. Mitchell, G. w. Hopson & Son, E. l.. Higdon, Giaxoppazzi & Co.,, B. F. Roden l & Co.,, l.. A. Townley, Southern Manufac- l turing Co.,, c. B. Riddle, Birmingham Ice l Factory, w. J. Rushton, B. B. Hudson, King Lumber Co.,, Wood. Dckerson & Putnum, Wood. Dickerson & Co.,, M. c. l Reynolds Lumber Co.,, Heidt- Nelson Coal and Lumber Co.,, Halle Randolph Mfg. Co.,, Randolph Milling and Lumber Co.,, Birmingham Milling and Lumber Co.,, Lathrop Lumber Co.,, s. s. Childers Shingle Co.,, G. H. Mitchell, c. H. Greene 6 Bro., T. H. Johnson & Co.,, Shepperd Lumber Co.,, Jefferson Lumber Co.,. Robert H. Jenks Lumber Co.,, H. O. Hoyt & Son Lumber Co.,, Allen J. Krebs Propst Bros, TAa F. G. Kinney & Co. oil Mills, Joseph Mar tin Lumber Co.,, Earle-Terrell & Co.,, Haw- kins Lumber Co.,, Waggoner 6 Holcombe Lumber Co.,, Jenkins Lumber Co.,, Com mittee.
 Please let us hear from you with some suggestion. s. P. KING, Chairman.