The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-21
Committee Report Depot Bill
Without Prejudice.
The VOTE WAS A TIE
Sven Democrats Voted for the Bill, -Four Dem
ocrats Against it, and the Three Repub-
leans of Course Wen. With the
Railroad.

loCdE IN IHe house Dy the committee
on Railroads and Railroad Commission
without prejudice.
This was the decision reached by the
committee yesterday afternoon, after an
other hearing on the bill.
The vote on Judge Graham's nation
TO report it fayorably was tie.
Seven Democrats voted for the bill.
-Four Democrats voted against it. and
Of course the three Republicans voted
with the railroad against the bill.
The members of the committee voting
to report the bill favorably were:
VI. ID. Kinsland. of Haywood; A. W.
Graham, of Granville; Fl. B. Parker. Jr.,
OF Wayne; j. r. Price of Stanly; q. H.
Hail. OF Robson; w. ID. Siler OF Chat
ham, and B. S. Gay, of Northampton.
Those who voted against favorable
report were:
G.. L. Morton, of New Hanover; K. 5.
Nfssen. of Forsyth; \. ID. Watts. of Ire
dell. T. A. Morphew, of Graham; A. J.
DeHart of Swain; II. H. Jarrett. of Ma
con, and j Q. A. Bryan, of Wilkes.
Four of the committee were absent.
e. s. Abell of Johnston: w. p. White, of
Halifax; T. E. Whitaker, of Guilford. and
"A VI <AlltBHtHy
When the vote was announced tie,
MIR. Watts said that according to the
rules that meant an unfavorable report.
SIR. Morton, who was presiding, said
that at any rate it killed the motion to
report favorably.
Mr. Murphey then suggested that under
the circumstances the happiest solution
would be to report the bill to the House
Hs-;4.
ton and it prevailed
So the arena of the depot fight is trans
ferred from the committee room to the
fOcr CT the House.
When the committee met at three
three o'clock yesterday afternoon, there
was again, as on last Friday, quite a
large delegation of gentlemen from Dur
ham present in the interest of the BILL
There were noticed in the room Messrs.
J. C. Biggs, V. s. Bryant ]. S. Manning
W. w. Mason, O. E. Rawls. A. E. Lloyd.
F. d. Markham, J. A. Robinson. and P. C.
Graham.
Chairman E. S. Ahell was absent, hav-
ing been unavoidably detained in John
stor county, and George ~. Morton pre-
sided.
Mr.. Henry w. Miller, assistant to First
Vice President A. B. Andrews. of the
Southern Railway, opened the argument
this time.
He commenced BY saying that several
other railroads had been communicated
with and that several gentlemen were
present. representing the Atlantic Coast
Line. the Raleigh and Cape Fear, and
the Aberdeen and Asheboro. No one was
present from the Seaboard Air Line; but,
if it was desired. he could read the tele
grams that had passed between the
Southern and Mr.. Watts. of the Sea-
board.
Mr. Miller then went on to say that
he had secured additional information
since the last meeting. For one thing,
he brought up the question of the, num-
Der of passengers interchanged, for this
he considered cre of the most vital ques-
tions affecting the entire matter of the
Union depot. He had communicated, he
said. with the auditing department.
where a perfect record is kept of al
passengers who change al the different
stations The reply was somewhat of
surprise to him.
II showed that the Seaboard Air Line
had transferred at Durham SO passen-
gers in October il in November, and %
in December. The Southern had trans
ferred to the Seaboard one passenger in
December. none in October and none in
November.
Judge Graham, at this point, called Mr..
MilIers attention to the fact that Il
great many persons went from here to
Henderson. for instance by way of Dur
ham. ard asked if they were sold tickets
through.
Mr. Miller replied that they were not.
as the Seaboard was a competing line.
Such passengers would be considered
Durham passengers.
Judge Graham then brought out the
noint that the figures quoted by Mr.. Mil
Ter gave no real idea of the number of
people that changed cars at Durham.
Mr. Bryant then asked if passenger
could buy ticket from Raleigh to Rox-
boro by the Southern.
Mr. Miller said he was not sure.
Mr.. BRYANT: 'That would be what We
call interchange of passengers. and
know of my own knowledge that the
Southern does not sell through tickets
10 Roxboro."
Mr.. Miller, in the course of his re-
marks. said he did not think the South
eln Railway should bear the whole
brunt OF this matter and he would later
on read what the Seaboard had to say.
Some of the newspapers had tried to
make it appear, he complained. that the
Southern was the only road interested.
While on the subject OF the news
Papers, Re read an editorial from the
Durham Herald. to show that that paper,
while favoring q depot for Durham, was
not in full sympathy with this bill as it
was drawn
Mr.. ]. R. Kenly, who was present, rep
rescnting the Atlantic Coast Line, said
he tock it that there were very few
such union de2ots as were provided for
in this bill in the entire country. Even
in TIE large cities, New York, Boston.
etc, they did not exist. and there, it
would seem. they would be needed more
than anywhere else.
He did not think that a union station
was always a benefit to a town In
fact there were always very many COM
plants from places where there were
rnicn stations. OF course. where a pas
senger goes directly through and steps
from one train to another it is q very
great convenience; but that is not so
very often the case, especially in the