The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-26
EIGHT RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by the Railroad commis'
 sioners.

At NiiV fAoHofhitS Southern Railroad Commissioners the principal formal business was the con sideration of a report on leglSlation mAue Texas was chairman. MT. Williams of Tennessee. read the report, AS result of the consideration Of this suo1ect tne association adopted elght reSolutions, which is substance were as IoiloWs: " That Congress be requested to empower the interstate commerce commission to prescribe reasonable rates; (2l also 70 prescribe national freight ciassincationi (3) that the legislature of the several States be requested to require new rali- roads to report cost of constructlon, tp also to require all railroads to keep more complete and detailed accounts, separat- ing the figures for interestate from those covering Interstate business: (O also 10 authorize their respective railroao com missions to employ expert aGcountants' a S' missions be urged to adopt the national freight classification as soon as 1t comes out; @ that Congress De requesteu to require federal courts to glVe preIeTsI,ce E,s, to railroad cases where the state Com mission Is interested or the pubic Inter- ests involved; (S) that Congress be re- quested to change the law concerning the Issuance of injunctions by federal courts so that when railroad enjoins the en- force'~ent of rates by commission II must give bonds to refund overcharges if the final decision is In favor or the commission.
 The next meeting of the Association will be held at Hot Springs, Ark., on | October IA. 1902.
 One of the handsomest bits of railroad | advertising seen In d long time is the book. The Garden Spot Of the south | recently issued hy the Central hallroad. l The engraVingS represent scenes III me l country along the line of the Central, and | besides being true to life are Of very 1 high order of artistic photography. IDe book would adorn any hpr1ry ar ar3 h., lratt r1n eel | tral will be glad to show them lo nla Montgomery friends. 1 The Central has also just tssutd a l handsome map of the States that tneir road runs thrugh with the new rcad tro'n l Chattanooga.
 The Common Carrier published or the front cover this month an Ate.ent! pieture of samuel Spencer, pres dent of | the Southern Railway.
 In mileage and earnings tho SIuthern stands we'll up toward the toD--ln II: NesEe seventh in a total of 1000 roads in the
 The system has 6,7s7 miles .nciudips the St. oLuis lines. but excluding the | Mobile and Ohio. .-...... ed, it had less than 4,i0O n.iles, r, l. its mileage has increas ed moro thah o' per cent. in seven years. |,
 the same period. They were N!' GOO 0o
 the first year and were sfLG5o' M '"r 'h' seVsnth year, ,,- e,..
 Many will recall the hrsdie$ioh tltsI theard in 1t9i and on until lA99 that th' Southern would not ho able t0 stanI uI | under it's fixed charges unless the c'rn
 try should be blessed with unusual pros
 perity. ,,a,6 it's 0xef | changes. but 1t has expended rom earn ings large sums annually on1 .lnprt No
 ments, has put it's preferred stook dn | per cent. basis. and has lald asloe
 surplus of more than &.GnlN The llni' is approaching when the common VII
 get a dividend too. A,or
 Mir. Spencer had studled tne pIo"lSSu9
 carefully and the results t1niitm m Judgment, Tememhar inc nrst n
 spection trip he made over tho old lach
 mond Terminal Ines to s"e what cS uiS
 that was in the spring of 1898, The ,,rt P
 eYties were In horrible shane, phy syAli,
 and financially. and life must haIe osel
 a nightmore for the recerefS' fatyu
 inc East Tennessee and the kichInon
 and IIanville but without success. !" ne
 MT, Spencer reached Atlanta ns stho In1 S
 the lines were poor apoiuSy tor thnt
 waV system. He went un to say that | p Morgan & Co.,, should dnuertak . the reorganization there would pc idrS outlays of money, the prop EueS " . be built up and the people Wou'a oe sNe
 These promises have heen more ins
 fuItlled Every one who rem emp ITS un
 condition of the roadway d';t eHSiRf oa 2 In 1894 and Is familiar with IL tooaS, jn i | appreciate the wonderful change "i''' has occurred.
 The Saaboard Air Line has made at
 rangements to ballast it's entire aysteu
 from Richmond to Tampa ana Sot San ot'''s, S
 to Montgomery. This work cannoI
 1ni, he'd in less than five years ana VI
 cost something like $a'OOO,uVo-a "''''''
 dollars year.
 The Plant System carried an excuFsio ro,
 of over 200 people into SaVanhan io' ie. Dothan and intermediate points aS saS
 Monday. The train was run m 'wo w,ss SoS
 tions of eleven cars each anu weIir n charge of MT. T. J. Bottoms. ,S Laxe"n U messenger agent, with headquarters
 Thomasville.
 $ The annual meeting of the stocknT3iS1eii l of the Central Railway Will pc "e'u Savannah October Sth.
 The Savannah News of Tuesaay say ? Mir. w. E. Estes, local agent ol tne Sol u tral of Georgia, has been appoinloeau, H, , sistant general freight agent. pt, pOSlutU that has just been created. Ihe appUlN grt 5 ment becomes effective oetooer. is sti o position of geenral freighi, ,on ia regarde ? left open but the new position ls ISTTea" sT,ai @ as A stepping stone to it., accor%rIns srs . President John M Egan's views; inS d nojntmeut of a successor 10 MT, M I1,e' l has not been made. MT. Estes Is pop 8 lar and caDable railroad man, anu 'iiOi , y that know him have no doubt tnds Eii He e succeed to the position of general h'e'S' y | agent,
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