The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-29
THEY DOMUCH.
QUIET WORK
Virginia Corporation Commits
sion in Washington.
NEW DEPOT IN STAUNTON
Few Know that Commission is Respon.
sible for Dec sion Of Railway 10 Erect
lt-Gubernatoria' Timber-News
From the Capital.
The Times-Dispatch Bureau,
No. LII G Street, y. w.
Washington, .. G., oct. q, 1908.

I The Times-Dispatch Bureau,
No. 14l7 Street, n. W.,
Washington, y. c., Oct 20, 1908.
| The members of the Virginia Corpora
ton Commission spent last night In
! washing ton. day Mr.. Stuart and MIR.
! Cr,lr1p returned to Richmond, but MIR.
Fairfax remained here until THIS after
noon. when he went down to his home at
| Aide. sLoudoun county where he will re-
main over Sunday,
~ have been trying for some time to
| get home for brief breathing SPELL,
said Mr.. Fairfax to-day. The cxactions
| of a position on the commission are far
| greater than l had imagined they would
be- find that have to utterly neglect
my private affairs. The commission has
| to be In sess on all the time. practically.
| We are at our Office In Richmond at 9
o'clock A. NJ. and frequently all of us
| come back and work until II or IL o'clock
at night. The amount Of hard work done
| by the members OF the commission is not
at all generally realized"
Mr.. Fairfax then alluded to the labor
involved in the preparation Of the ex-
| haustive schedule of demurrage rates re-
Gently promulgated by the commission:
| But the people cay these rates are
| fair and what were needed" he said,
though Tue railroad companies will
make them the subject of appeal to the
Supreme Court. think they were made
the subject Of appeal chiefly because they
offered something tangible which the
companies could seize upon and take to
! the Court of Appeals in order to test the
| commission s authority or the Justice OF
Its rulings
| Mr.. Fairfax did not manifest any
doubt as to the decis' on Of the Supreme
| Court The writer has heard many ship
| pers in various sections of Virginia ex
press the opinion recently that the Cor
! poration Commission in fixing these dc.
murrage rates alone had given a perfect
reason for Its being. So far from their
being onerous. from the viewpoint of the
| transportation companies. the only criti.
| cism heard was that the commission did
! not 60 far enough.
~ feel confident" said Mr.. Fairfax
to-day, shat the railroad companies will
eventually realize that the regulations
we have made are better for the COM
panies as we'll as for the shippers
It was easy to realize from a conversa
ton with Mr.. Sr.rfax that the commits
sion is doing a great deal of good work
OF which the people at large know Moth
ing.
Concerning various matters. They at
once agree to do wnat we want but In
many instances they.sask that the mat
ter be not made public, AS our object
| is to have the thing done we do not
insist upon publicity, and the thing is
done without the commissions being
known In the matter
GREAT MoDEsTY.
| Somehow, this modest way of doing
business seemed thoroughly characteristic
! OF the quiet gentleman from Loudoun.
It was eminently characteristic Of Henry
Fairfax.
| l learned incidentally from Mr. Fairfax
that the commission is responsible for the
decision of the Chesapeake and Ohio to
build a new depot at Stanton. For years
the people of that city have been en-
de avoring to have the railway company
build a new depot. but they were unsuc-
cessfu. The committee visited Staunton,
| investigated into affairs somewhat, and
told the company a new depot would have
to be built The company at once COM
| Piled, and a short time ago the counsel
for the citizens who We're trying to get
the company TO provide better accommo-
dations for the public, received the plans
of the proposed new station. But he did
not know until afterwards that the COM
mission had taken a hand. In the fight
fol a new depot.
1t is not known that any member OF
the, Corporation Commission has political
aspirations, but it is a fact that have
several times heard the name of Hon.
Henry c.. Stuart mentioned In connection
with the governorship. There are few
men in Virginia who do business on "a
! larger scale than Mr. Stuart. He proba-
bly, raises more cattle on his Russell
county farm than any other man In Vir-
III. I,,,n t,,ia In, lat
ter written mo few, weeks ago, said Mr..
Stuart shipped more cattle for export
every year than We're shipped by all the
growers of export cattle from any one
OF several Southwest Virginia counties.
regarded as great cattle-growing counties.
Mr.. Stuart nephew of General j. E, r.
Stuart was never poor man, but by his
energy, industry and saeacity has added
to his patrimony until he is veal by
man. His admirers think they see in him
just the qualities most needed for a sue
Cessful administration of affairs from the
Governors office. And he Is from tho
Southwest, which has not been allowed to
furnish Governor hut once in fifty years.
do not believe many people would be
surprised If Mr.. Stuart would be candi-
date for the nomination in 1905.
NEW MACHINE SHOPS,
Rear Admiral G.. w. Rae, chief Of the
Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy pa-
partment, In his annual report. made
public to-day urges the erection OF
auxiliary machine shops at Norfolk navy
yard, There is thought to he no doubt
of the erection Of the shops and tho
extension of the yard In other respects.
1t is learned to-day that Naval Con-
structor H. G. Smith, now on duty In
the Bureau of Construction and Repair.
will resign, In order to accept position
with the shipbuiding company, of which
Rear Admiral Bowles, his chief, Is to
become the president as soon as his
resignation takes effect.
The successor OF Constructor Washing
ton Lee Capps. who VIII succeed Rear
Admiral Bowles as chief of tho Bureau
az Construction and Repair has not
yet been selected, The position Of chief
constructor at the New York yard, which
will he made vacant by the promotion
of Constructor Bowles, is one OF the
most important In the Service,
Mr. Is. L.. Jones, Of the Richmond Trust