The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-14
REVISION OF RATES
RAILROAD COMMISSION HEARING
 TOMORROW.
Lawyers for Corporations Will supr"i' Oral Arguments and Some De- cisiOn by Commissioners May
 Be Expected.

The Alabama Railroad Commission will meet again tomorrow anu ene lawyers of the railroads operating III this State will have their inning in tue game of tariff revision now perns played in spectacular fashion. tne meeting tomorrow, pursuant to ao- journment May 6. will be devoteh eN, clusively to the argument of couhsei for the railroads.
 The men of facts and figures. that is' the tariff experts who fit about rom one Railroad Commission to anothei' have spent themselves before tiie trl- bunal of Alabama. Their testimony was completed at the Capitol here week before last and since then some of the number have been entertaining the Georgia Commission which IS es pecially bent upon securing lower port rates about this time. The carriers have long ago concluded that the Georgia agitators when in douot pe- gin to cry for lower railroad rates, either interstate. intrastate or rort.
 The hearing of attorneys tomorrow, however, should not consume more than the day. Not all the lawyers VIII make oral arguments. Most Of them' in fact, will submit briefs and consent to rest their eases with them ana the showing made by the carrier agents. The chief oral argument expected to be
 
 mouth of Hon. J. P. Tillman Of Bir- mingham counsel for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company.
 Before adjournment of the last meet ing, MT. Tillman asked for special date on which he would like to submit oral argument. He will contine his speech mostly to the law/o Alabama and the United States which put limi- tations on the power of the Commits sion. He intimated that President B. B. Conner of the Alabama Railroad Commission, has only vague knowledge of his powers and those Of the Com- mission. and was possibly contemplat- ing more than was in his power or was conducting the investigation :n a man. ner not exactly according to law. The proposition of President Conner Is, as is well known to the people of Alabama now, to secure for this State the Georgia rates included in Class and the letters A, B, c, D, B, F, G, H, K, L. M, N, o, P. It Is claimed that these are the rates on the things most commonly used or mostly the necessi- ties of life.
 It remains to be seen whether the Associate Commissioners, Hon. w. T. Sanders and Colonel W. c. Tunstall, will have anything to offer tomorrow in the way of a substitute for the Pres ident's motions which are exceedingly sweeping. It does not follow that be- cause the associates of Chairman Co., mer did not second any of his motions at the last meeting that they are quite alien to their minds. In fact Commits sioner Sanders, 1t will be recalled, ex- plicitly stated at the last hearing that he and Colonel Tunstall would not think of registering a vote in so im- portant a matter on an oral motion.
 A big stock of figures, statements and rates was filed with the Commis- sion at the last hearing for a general revision of the tariffs and these have been carefully studied by the Commis- sioners in turn since the last meeting. It would not be too early. therefore to expect a decision on the question to- morrow. It Is at least believed that the Commission will not adjourn be- fore announcing any revisions if they are to be made.
 Chairman Conner will come to Mont gomery likely today. His physical condition, 1t is understood, is still em- barrassing and he Is doing the work of the investigation contrary to the ad- vice of his physician. The other mem bers of the Commission will be here tonight or tomorrow.