The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-29

and SELMA.
Tae Atlantic Coast Line has again
filed exceptions TO the recent order
Of the Corporation Commission which
required that the Coast Line should
provide transportation from Rocky
Nouat 10 Selma between 1880 and
2:25 p IA. An order was issued some
weeks ago requiring hat the Coast
Line cause their train. No. 80, to
Exceptions were filed to his ruling
and the matter was sargrled before
the commission early i'll January.
After hearing the argument the COM
mission ISSUED On 4ondeI: requiring
the Csast Line to run d local train
from Rocky Mount to Selma be-
tween 1880 and 2:25 D. III.
The exceptions to the last order
were aled yesterday. The Corpora
ton Commission has NOT yet named
q day for hearing -ergu ment on the
exceptions
Yesterday was the da = that the or,
der Of the commission was to have
gone into effect and it is not known
what will be done tow ards imposing
the penalty provided in case a road
refuses to obey and order of this
nature
The exceptions as fl led by the At
Ianuc Coast Line wer 2 as follows:
The Atlantic sCiast Line Railroad
Company excerpts to the order and
ruie of the commission made in the
above entitled matte 7, and bearing
date january 18th, 1904. upon the
following grounds:
FIRST Excl option
That it is not pr; IcticabIe for the
company to extend I he run OF either
the Plymouth train or of the Spring
Hope train TO Selma That the lin
of railroad between Rocky Mount
and Selma Is a part of the main line
OF he and is equipped with
a seventy pound rail. and in other re-
spects is constructed for the opera
ton aver it of heavy coal-burnings en-
gineS. While, to the contrary. the
line from Rocky Mount to Spring
Hope. commonly called the Nashville
Branch and the line from Rocky
-Moun9 to Plymouth are branch Lines
and ARE constructed with a lighter
rail- tlna in other respects are con-
Structe ed and equipped for the use of
light engines, which are fully ,suf-
ficien t and in every respect COM
peteR to do the work required Of
them On these branches That the
GLASS Of engines which is used by the
comp my upon these branches is too
light and is not of sufficient power
and 1apacity to make the schedule
which the order of the commission
reauir es to be made between Rocky
Mount, and Selma This schedule
will + eQuire the run to be made in
an no ur and twenty-five minutes.
This htain cannot leave Rocky Mount
before Zoe D. m. The train from
Norfo4ik, No. A., now reaches Rocky
Mount at 1880 p. m, and it will re-
quire ext least ten minutes for the
transfer Of passengers, baggage, mai!
and eXI EeSS h train would have
to max seven regular stops AT sta
tons azd allowing three minutes for
-each stop. this will onsum twenty
one minute OF the schedule time.
Besides this, it will have to slow
down when passing through the e
.erai toWnS upon its route, including
the town of Wilson, on count e.
municipal regulations in regard to
speed. and will also have to slow
down at Contentnea, the junction OF
the msin line with the old Whining
ton axd Weldon railroad 1t will
ALSO kaTS 10 meet MO Trains u SUI
,perior class, No. As from Wilmington
.tto Norfolk at Elm City, and No. 40
Eat Aicrs from Jacksonville to Rich
msnd, which two trains have the
fright OF way. This means hat this
extra train will have to side track at
both tkese places to await the pas
sage 81 Ehe other two trains, and if
they are both on time. those two side
tracfdngs will consume ten minutes
at least If these trains are not on
time. then the stoppage would be
prolonged So that, in order to meet
and keep tke connection IS establish
ed by tAc commission. this train
would have TO be run at an average
speed 81 not less than forty-five miles
an hour
the light engines which are used
by the company upon the Nashville
Branch and upon the Plymouth
Branch. while fully sufficient TO meet
all the requirements OF their opera
tions syer the said roads, are not of
sufficient capacity and strength to
make this run
For another reason also. II is inn
practicable to extend the run OF this
Plymouth train. According to the
schedule established for a number
of years, this train is due to leave
Rocky Mount upon its return trip to
Plymouth at 1855 D. m, making con-
nectkea at Parmele with the train
to Washington and also the train
to Kiaston. Under the schedule es-
tabliShed by the commission fer the
eKteaded run Of this train to Selma,
it wouia not reach Rocky Mount up
on it's return until 1870 p. m, or
later. and this would delay the other