The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-30

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 AS in ike pleas of railroads at pre- vious meetings. President Conner took issue with the witness on this esti+ mate. He claimed sh the ror r0ad that reas ca. son he considered 1t unfair for the officers of the line to expect goeu sheet. of net earnings eaeh @ gesiaent gesIia 1a gave 1t as his opinion that no LaIS over 5 cents per mile should be cnafgea for passenger transportation anywnsrs in Alabama. As for trunk lines having spurs or branches in the State, ne salu he would never vote for fare more than cents a mile. This was consios s,pon eT the the sranch lines as feeders to the main system There might be excuses for a higher fare on independent hnes, aeco,rding to tfsrd the prss,aen fer more than cents in any other case:
 Prosecuting the road before the Com mission appeared H: F; MerrltSc h cmais- 9a sion was examined. He was "; ". Thompson of Tuskegee. He told of the poor service given the public in the masrer Tsere has % hardiS SSas ever been any drink arrangement whatever oil lamps banging on nails insids :s ts,n the car n,Sht whs
 These complaints of service brought out an order of the Commission, on mo-
  decided improvement in all the passen- ger facilities. New lights and water will be provided and better arrange, negroes in both directions of travel. As to Race Separation.
 The question of race separation was Pu. Sgp to the svSsa W ao vs Louis vile and Nashville Railroad. MT. Hoit asked for a strict enforcement Of the Alabama statute which compels par ha 4.f In by both whites and negroes. He told of instances of violation by the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line. where they had abandoned the partition of the coaches running from Jacksonville to Nashville. Hon. John V. Smith of counsel for the Louisville and Nashville. pleaded that the Commission had no Jurisdiction in the separation of the races. There is statute. he said. which makes 1t a distinct vi9ison o9r eng set ssde for members. of the race to which he does not belong. A penalty Of Slo0 fine is prescribed for gsrs.0nns .on,npdnd eommls3 that the Commission would do its duty by holding aloof from the "Jim-erow" proposition and let 1t be settled by the courts.
 Commissioner Sanders, who is a law yer of reputation, took issue with MT. Smith and gave the opinion that the over the railroads in cases of thls char acter and he made the motion that the roads be reminded of the partition law and it's existing violations. The mo- ton was carried and 1t was further ordered that the roads shall at once put in partitions or thick curtains for separating the two races.
 The following is the section of the Alabama Code which prohibits min gling of the races on railroad ears: provision of the statute providing for equal and separate accommodations Tor ride in a coach or division of a l coach designated for the race to which he does not belong, must. on convic- l It w%s a mooted question with the whether the Commission could compel I running through Alabama. The case was supposed of person boarding a train on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Louisville with a ticket to a point beyond Alabama. In Kentucky | there is no jim crow Law and this person. under certain contentious. has it regardless of curtains or partitions until his destination Is reached. This, 1 some claim, would be the case regard l and tennessee. The general conclu- | sion on this point was that 1t would most likely come under the head of | The Commission voted to continue the case of the Commisslon. vs. Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad. being complaint against charges of more than 8 cents a mile for passenger fare on certain of its branch lines In the State. President Conner favored proceeding | with an order In the case instanter but Commissioner Sanders said he wished to consider and read over the mass of written written tes;timony sss snemi1ted Dy nne Sanders was supported by Commission CT Tunstall and the case went over until next meeting. "
 Letters to the Commission from Col. E, +; Russell Vice- President Of the the depot at Mobile. were read. There seems to have been some dispute over the shed features of the original plans. ing against the. building of several mation that came me t5 the the Com SSomm,ssi9'n ds decided as satisfactory to everybody concerned to erect one grand shed for
 dePSt t9 b Ss S Os sSS tees bv in Agent J. s. B. Thompson of the Southern Railway. which Is behind the
 The depot to be built will include in it's plans four passenger ss track plat. plat,
 
 of them will be covered.
 As the order of the Commission at the July meeting was bit vague In regard to railroad agencies checking baggage and selling tickets, 1t was modified or rather made clear yester- day by an amendment ct Commissioner Sanders. The order iu effect will com pei tickets to be sold and all baggage checked where there are regularly es-
 tablished agencies and agents, the tickets to be sold and the baggage to be checked during the time the agent such stations on the road as saw mills. the agencies are run on commission bases and 1t would not be financially justifiable to compel the road to set up accommodations for checking bag gage Of course, baggage from all points where tickets are sold, if not be checked by the conductor.
 Will Inspect the Central.
 Tn the case of a petition for a new depot at Sacho on the Central of Geor- gia Railway, the Commission decided to look into the demand for 1t on an tenn to be made by the members of the body next month. They will start from Montgomery on this trip on October 24 and will run through three days of in- spectton. Some reported Irregularities and complaints on the Southern Rail way will be inspected by the Commis- sioners very soon after the Central of Georgia trip Is completed.
 A petition was continued for making Rylan on the Southern Railway, a sta- tion something better than a Tagging station. An order that the road shall stop two trains daily at that point was asked for. This was continued until an I inc ha