The age-herald., 1901-02-28
THEIR COMPLAINT
 TO BE CONSIDERED
Lumbermen Will Get Hearing
 Before Car Association
TRAFFIC MANAGERS HIRE
Came to Look After the Local condl. tions-Reductlon of Rates On Ger tain Articles-New Rule Is
 Effective Today.

The Alabama Car Service Association will meet here next Monday to consider the complaint recently made by Slbley P King and other lumber dealers and ton whereby the railroads charge ship pers extra for freight that Is not prompt called that petition signed by MT. King and about twenty other shippers of B!r- mingham was handed to the manager of the association sometime ago. MT. Kings letter and the petition being published In The Age-Herald at the time. In this petition the signers asked that associa- ton to either abrogate the rule or to make 1t apply to the railroad companies in cases where there were delays in ship ments due to the roads themselves. The petitioners also asked the association to adopt a rule to the effect that if shippers were required to pay extra where cars were not unloaded within a specified time then the railroads to pay bonus where the cars are unloaded before the expira- ton of the time specified by the associa- ton. It was claimed by the petitioners that this rule would not be an unjust one , that If the shippers are required to pay for the detention of cars then they should be given a rebate where they exercised unusual promptness in unloading them The car service association met few days later, but it was given out that no one appeared to urge the consideration of the petition and adjournment and the members returned to their homes,
 Lumber Rates Discussed.
 A meeting of the traffic managers of the Southern railroads was held in Chat tanooga Tuesday, at which lumber rates were discussed. All of the railroads in the south and southwest were represented either by traffic managers or the general freight agents. No changes In the rates 1t Is understood, were authorized. The traffic managers and general freight agents of the roads that enter Birming- ham came to the city Tuesday night to look after the business of their roads here. No meeting or conference was held by them III tIiS Siey' ihN agents, however, conferred with the local and division agents stationed here with whom they discussed local condltions' Among the traffic men who came to the city were T. c. Powell, assistant frelsht traffic manager of the Southern Railway at Louisville; w. A. Winburn, general freight agent of the Central of Georgia Railroad, and c. B. Compton, general freight agent of the Louisville and Nash vile They remained in the city during the day and left last night for their head quarters
 Reduction in Rates.
 On March 1, tomorrow, numoer oi changes in freight rates on certahi ar ticles from the east, the north anu the west to the south will take effect. Ihe articles mostly affected are rolled oats' oatmeal. shredded oats, chops and other feed stuffs, the new rate being consio- erable reduction from the rates that nave been charged heretofore. Under the ne" rates A reduction of 9 cents per huhoreu hounds made on such shipments rom New York to Birmingham and other cities in this territory. The treight charges after tomorrow will be 50 cents from New York to Birmingham by the rail and water route and 40 cents by the all-rail route.
 A circular has been published by the southern classification committee' III which it is explained what articles are to be included under the head Of canned goods Heretofore everything that IS canned, whether fruits, meats or veget- ables, was shipped under that one classi- flcation The circular issued by the com mittee states that the following items are entitled to go in that classification: Con- densed milk. cove oysters, evaporated cream, canned fish. fruits and vegetables, fruit butter, jelly and preserves, meats, shell fish. soups and broths.
 New Rule In Effect.
 The new rule of the Alabama Car Ser vice Association relative to package shipments goes into effect tomorrow. Un- der this rule packages must be unloaded from the cars within forty-eight hours after the car is placed in position or the shipper will have to pay for the de- tention. This rule heretofore applied only to shipments in car load lots.
 H. c. Weaver. Iocal frci~ht and pas senge. ag,at for the Atlantic Coast Line, has returned from Nashville.
 w. A. Moody, manager of the Alabama Car Service Association, Is in Montgom- cry
 Travelling Passenger Agent J. c. Lusk of 1h- Al .na Great Southo,n, Is in Montgomery
 J N Cornatzar passenger az 'nt of the Mobile and Ohio at M ontgomcry, was in the city yesterday.
 N w. Breeze, passenger agent Of the Chicago and Northwestern. with Lead quarters in Atlanta, was in the city yes erlc-..