The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-06
|RAIIROAO COMMISSION. CIT 7 REPORIS "ACTS AND D0IN(,S"'

The report in saidr cause,r with the reasons for denial of relief, is printed Tn fuii and made a part of this report
 Reduction of Rates.
 Tn May l90S. upon our own motion, we cited all the railroads to- appear before us to show cadse why material reduc- tions should not be made upon classes c, ID and F. covering grain and hay and | grain products. as we'll as certain other products raised in Alabama. This cause was also heard finally in July and as a result. material reductions on these classes as well as on home grown syrup. sweet and Irish potatoes, were made by the commission, which will result in A saving of several hundred thousand dol- lars annually to the people of Alabama
 A rule was also established that ten j Der cent. should be deducted from the tIzn of two local rates, which will result in: very material saving on all shipments ps sssing over two or more railroads in Ala ba Sna We have also published these find- lnt U ana this new rule as part of this rel ort.
 Since our last report the Supreme Go, rt of Alabama has handed down an opfn ton in the case of J. l.. Burke ct als.= vs. the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. I Duis Railway in which it was held that whileHthe commission had the power to or'7er the removal of the depot for
  vile, vet the law did not provide any remedy for the enforcement of said order, and the' application wasstherefore denied. The rec ,ent act of the Legislature how ever. provides a remedy in such cases. and the Commission has therefore made new order in the case, and upon the 1 refusal of' the said railroad company to comply herewith. we have.s as provided by the present law, filed with the Attor- ney General d certified copy of said order, and failure to comply herewith. and the i matter will again be placed in the courts 1 for adjudication. We also include this I order as a. part of this" report.
 As to Mobile Depot.
 ; "The last Legislature also passed an act to provide for the manner of constructing and maintaining a union depot for the city of Mobile, by the different railroads entering that city.
 Under the terms of this act, should the railroads fan or refuse to comply with the requirements thereof. 1t is made the duty of the commission to take the necessary steps to enforce a compliance, but the time has not yet expired within which the railroads may comply, and 1t has not been incumbent upon us to take any action in the premises We also print copy of this act as a part of this report:
 we are much gratff1ed to state that during the year just passed the roadbeds of the various railroads in Alabama have been brought to a much higher standard, and many new depots built and old ones repaired, in fact the service has been greatly improved and nearly every section of the State is now the recipient of first class accommodations and: convenient schedules. Tn view of the fact that there has been no change in the Southern classification since our last report. we have not in- cluded 1t in this report. nor have we in- cluded the distance tariff sheets of the several railroads nor the car service as- sociation rules. The several orders of the Commission published in this report cover practically all changes which have been made, and 1t becomes a useless expense to the State to repubiish annually such matters of detail.
 "Respectfully submitted,
 John V. Smith. President; w. c. Tunstall and w. T. Sanders. Associate Commissioners"
 The report with the proceedings of the Commission have been united and they will be published in book form in the near future.