The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
MOBILES NEW DEPOT
rLANB ARE ACCEPTED BY THE
 RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Stfueture 10 to Re Of Modern Design and 'is to cost e25O, ,OOO-Work
 of Commlssion.

The plans of the new passenger sta ton at Mobile, to cost, together with
 the grounds, a total of $25o,ooo. were approved yesterday by the Alabama Railroad Commission, and announce
 sentativs" " of a the southern Railway that the construction of the new sta- tion would begin as soon as practice able.
 The plans were submitted to the Commission by J. S. B. Thompson, the General Agent of the Southern. These plans provide for a building which will
 cost s15o,0o0. The ground on which
 the station will be built it is estimated will cost s100,000. The proposed pas l senger station Is to be located at the | corner of Beauregard and St. Joseph Streets. The plans call for the erec- tfon of modern passenger station or the most approved design and which will accommodate all the railroads en- tering Mobile. The plans. after an ex- animation by the members of the Corn l mission, were approved without quail : | fication. It is intimated that the work on the new depot would begin as soon as the contractors reached the ground. The meeting of the Commission yes- terday was the regular monthly gath ering. President John V. Smith and Associate Commissioner w. C. Tunstall with Secretary Virgil Griffin, were present. Associate Commissioner w. T. Sanders Is in St. Louis attending the National Democratic Convention. In attendance upon the meeting were Capt. J. M. Falkner. of Montgomery, Fred S. White of Montgomery. J. S. B. Thompson of the Southern Railway, and several other well known railroad men.
 The petition of the citizens of Pratt vile for a lower rate of coal from the Birmingham District to Prattville was unavailing. It was denied, as was a I petition for lower rate on class SIX freight from Gadsden to Guntersville. It was denied on the grounds that the two lines entering Prattviile were op- erated at a loss.
 Other cases disposed of by the Con-
 mission were as follows:
 Southern Sulphur Ore Company vs Eastern Railway of Alabama and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany; freight on pyrites from stockton | to Pyreton. dismissed, a settlement having been agreed upon. The same | disposition for the same reason was
 made of the application for a new
 depot at Pyreton.
 W. J. Rutland, ct als, vs. the Central l of Georgia Railroad, petition for a bet | ter depot at Fitzpatrick; continued. Holloway and Holloway. petition for
 depot at Downs. Ala; continued L. R. Eliis vs. the Southern Rail- | way. petition for a better depot al | Eleanor, continued and secretary in- | structed to write the Superintendent at once to take definite action. A. D. Hudson vs. Southern Railway l petition for a spur track near Gayles- vile; continued.
 l Peacock Iron Works vs. the Western of Alabama Railroad. and the Atlantic Coast Line, rates on car wheels and axles from Selma to Richburg; case | continued and parties interested cited to appear before the August meeting of the Commission.
 Caldwell & Spence Company, vs
 Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, petition for a reduction or class six from Gadsden to Guntersville 1t being shown that this road is being | operated at loss between the sta | tions named. the petition was denied. F. P. Mickle. vs. Central of Georgia Railroad, prepayment of freight
 charges on freight at Opelika destined to Roanoke; continued.
 l The Commission completed its wori
 and adtournsd until the first Monda, l fin August.