The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-21

Durham Union Station md the rights II
der the Fuller Bill vii come u All nd
THE DEPOT LOCATIO..
The Union Depot is % be alongside d
Peabody street two blocks east OF the
present Southern Depot and near tn
county court house. This IL just one block
from Main street and the stree car lne
and two blocks from the centre 81 inc
city a. established Jy an act 81 the Ia~
Ii glslaturc.
The property on which the now MOI
Depot VIII BE- located j. that used untIt
recently BY the city az a place for Z
market house until the erection oI tbs
new market house was completed a fett
months ago. It IS an admirable location
and the people OF Durham are satisfied to
have q Union Depot at this place.
THE MORNING SESSION.
The North Carolina Corporation Com
mission met here this morning and nave
been hearing matters relative TO the que~-
tion of ordering a Union Depot for Dur
ham. Two sessions were held today, one
this morning and the other this afternoon.
The members of the commission, Chair
man Franklin Mcneil ana Messrs. Samuel
+. Rogers and Z. g.. B~eddingfeld. Clerk
Henry G.. Brown and the official stenos-
rapher, reached here this mOrnlng and the
hearing was started at ten minutes after
eleven O'Clock. Col. A.. b. Andrews, VICE
president Of the Southern; Col. " a..
Henderson. chief counsel; Mr.. + NJ. Bus
Lee. assistant counsel, Of the Southern,
also came up on the same train.
Before calling the session to order the
members Of the commission, railroad men,
= +.,r,v ap1 - fr1, Gtt1zpOS visited ne
various sites suggested.
Much Of the morning session was con
sumed with the reading Of the answer Of
the Southern road to the petition filed
by the citizens Of Durham asking for the
depot accommodations. The answer as
already published was read and made 4
part of the pleadings. Nj. Busbee read tie
lengthy report of the Peace Committee.
and followed with a long letter written
by Mr.. j. S. Williams, president Of the
Seaboard Air Line, IN which be defined
his position to the Peace Committee, and
then the answer Of Colonel Andrews. #
published, the entire pleadlngs OF the
Southern road would probably make fifteen
columns in the average newspaper.
AS soon as he had finished reading the
answer of the Southern, Mr.. V. S. Bryant,
one of the attorneys representing the city,
and Judge r. w. Winston. representing
the Seaboard Air Line. both made mo-
tons 10 strike out all that part Of the
answer which included the report OF the
Peace Committee, the letters of Mr.. W.!
Hams and Colonel Andrews, and any rel
erence to these matters. Judge Watts
chief counsel for the Seaboard Air ine,
said that all Of the correspondence car
RED on between the officials Of the Sea-
board road and the Peace Committee was
predicated with the statement that il
should never be used IN any litigation
then pending, saying that the "Seaboard
Air Line stands upon its answer made al
the first hearing in Raleigh, now 4 record
of the court, and concurs with the city
that all that portion Of the pleading>
should be stricken out"
The only witness called during the morn
ing session Of the court, which adjourned
at 100 O'Clock until 3 o'clock, was Mr.