The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-06
COMMISSION WILL GO INTO
 GENERAL TARIFF REVISION

alarmed from that and in the Consti- tutional Convention the State took away from the railroads the right to influence the members of the House and the officers of the State by the sys- ' tenn of giving passes, and they also al
 the same time gave the commission the power of the Georgia Commission. and
 the succeeding Legislature made this commission elective.
 Refers to Election. The Chairman then made references
 to the campaign in which he was elect
 cd. He told of how the roads had
 fought his election ss they had never dc ne in any election in this State before.
 He said that the abuse heaped upon
 him in that campaign was almost in tc lerable and that communications in the press were paid for by the rail-
 roads which contained these abuses. The Chairman next produced several
 individual complaints that had been
 lodged against the railroads, singing
 out thes different traffic managers in his hearing who he claimed were respon- sibie for the dissatisfaction which has reigned. he alleged, and is continuing among the people on account of the gers had informed him that the inac- curacies and overcharges were due to inexperienced clerks. to which the Chairman rejoined that the inexperi- enced clerks should not be saddled on this State.
 MT. Smith arose and made a short statement in which he replied to few of the allusions of the Chairman. He denied knowing anything that the Lou isville and Nashville Railroad had spent on the last election as charged by the Chairman. He reminded the Chairman that the Louisville and Nashville Rail
 road is approaching system whereby the errors and inaccuracies will be re- duced to a minimum.
 Mir. Culp of the Southern Railway
 asked the Chairman if there was any thing heard very loud of complaints from the patrons when there are un- dercharges.
 After a little less heated discussion
 of the payments of claims by the rail-
 roads, MT. Smith arose and announced that the time had arrived when he was forced to find out whether the Commission desired to continue an ex- animation of the traffic men on the issue of a general revision or would deem sufficient the general testimony that had been brought out In the dis cussion of the fertilizer subject. He said he represented all of the roads in the State in his proposition. Person ally he was compelled to leave at | night to attend the meeting of the Georgia Commission.
 Motion of Mir. Sanders. Thereupon MT. Sanders made the
 
 MT. President, l move that we do now proceed with such further inves- tigation as may be necessary for the adjustment of all freight tariffs in Alabama"
 The motion was seconded by Com-
 missioner Tunstall.
 MT. Conner objected to proceeding with the general question of rates, ask ing that the matter be deferred until
 some future date. He stated as a req
 son for this objection that he wished
 an attorney to conduct the investiga- tion on behalf of the Commission, inas-
 much as it had been charged that he
 was acting as judge, prosecuting at torney and witness: also on the ground
 that he was not prepared to go into
 the investigation of the general ques- ton of rates at this time. MT. Sanders said he saw no reason for postponing this matter, as all the traffic managers of railroads operat- ing in Alabama were present and that | 1t would be difficult to get them all
 and that the Commission would not be in position to give the subject ade- quate consideration unless 1t had be- fore 1t tho traffic men of the various railroads operating in Alabama at one | time; that the Commission was as well date; and that he could see no good
 reason for deferring the matter. Colonel Tunstall concurred. Thereupon MT. Sanders moved that the Commission adjourn until 8 o'clock | to proceed with the investigation as to the general rate adjustment of the State.
 MT. Tunstaii seconded the motion, and the Commission recessed to resume | its work at the night session.