The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-08
To HAVE HEARING
ON RATES FRIDAY
COMMITTEE MEETS TO-DAY
INFORMATION ABOUT SAVANNAH
FACTORIES AND SHIPMENTS.

Mayor Myers Wired Railroad Conn
mission of the Insufficient Notice
Given and Asked for Hearing
Next Week, as Had Been Announce
ed-Mr. A. A. Lawrence Appeared
Before Commission for SAVANNAH
and Hearing Has Been Granted
Now Thought That Commission
VIII at Once Make Rates for sa-
vannah Similar to the Atlanta
Rates.
The Savannah Rate Committee will
be given a hearing by the Railroad
Commission next Friday, and Mayor
Myers, the chairman, has called 4
meeting of his committee for this aft
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Chamber
of Commerce to prepare for the hear
ing. Mr.. A. A. Lawrence, who is in
Atlanta, appeared before the commits
sion in behalf of Savannah and Sc
cured a postponement of the hearing.
Mr.. Lawrence wired the Mayor early
yesterday afternoon of the new date
for a hearing, and the meeting to-day
was at once determined upon. Until
this telegram was received, the Mayor
was in the dark as to what was TAX
ing place in Atlanta, and he did not
know how to proceed. A committee
meeting would have been useless until
it was learned what action the COM
mission had taken.
Mayor Got Busy.
AS was stated in the Morning News
yesterday would be done, Mayor My
ers took the matter up vigorously, and
City Attorney Garrard had returned to
Savannah. so the matter was taken up
with Mr.. Lawrence, who is in Atlanta
on legal business. The Mayor talked
with Mr.. Lawrence over the telephone
and asked him to appear before the
commission and try to secure date
| for a hearing.
The following telegram was also sent
by the Mayor to the Railroad Commits
sion:
Georgia Railroad Commission, At
lanta, Ga: Telegram received about
o'clock last evening, too late for a
committee to reach Atlanta this morn
ing. Savannah requests a hearing by
| your body before Circulars S01 and
3O2 become effective, or they be SO
amended that Savannah received the
same advantage in reductions and
| equalization of rates as Atlanta en-
| joys under those orders.
| 'FWill he pleased to avail ourselves
| of a hearing any day you may name
next week. Please wire reply to-day.
| Herman Myers,
Mayor and Chairman"
Information Forwarded.
A letter from the secretary of the
| Railroad Commission, asking for in
formation about the factories here and
| shipments from this point, was re-
| ceived by the Mayor yesterday after
| noon. The letter was dated the 9Th
| but the Mayor did not get it unit
| after o'clock yesterday afternoon
| It asked that the information be for.
| warded last night. Information that
had been gathered by the Chamber OF
| Commerce was mailed so that it would
reach Atlanta this morning.
The letter from the commission
would indicate that new rates for Sa'
vannah to conform to those made
for Atlanta are to be put in operation
Following is a copy of the letter
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. $500. Hon. Her
man Myers, Chatham, Savannah, Ga.
Dear sir: The Railroad Com
| mission instructs me to requeS
that you furnish us with a complete
| list of the manufacturers located a
| Savannah. and as well a full list o
all articles manufactured by them
| Please have the manufacturers give
YOU the manner in which these severa
| articles are packed. and as well thu
| classification under which the ship
| ments to points within the state ar,
| made, of course # for any reason YOU
are unable to give every single article
| manufactured in Savannah by tn
time requested, any subsequent dis
| covery of some other manufacturer car
be taken up by the commission as the
different cases present themselves.
Please give us the above information
fully and mail the same so that 1t will
reach this office by Saturday morning
mail. The commission desires that n,
unnecessary delays shall occur in tn
adjustment of this matter. should tn
courts dissolve the pending injunction
Yours very truly, George f. Montgom
cry, Secretary.
The Meeting To-day.
At the meeting this afternoon it will
be decided who is to go to Atlanta t
appear before the commission. Mayo
Myers. the chairman, will of cours'
go and there will be several others
Arrangements will have to be mad'
for getting up the necessary data
showing how the determinations viii
injure Savannah.
Mayor Myers, the chairman, is yer!
much encouraged. by the turn affairs
took yesterday. He believes now tina
the commission intends to do the RICH
thing by Savannah. He thinks rate
will be gotten up by the commission
to conform to the low rates given At
lanta, and that these will be put int
effect at the same time as the Atlant;
rates, in the event the injunction Il
dissolved.
DYING MAN REATEN