The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-23

In which facilities for handling carr
would be equal to the demands fol
track room.
The Seaboard Air Line and At
lantic Coast Line Railways are now
engaged in increasing their yart
room. The A. G. l.. has just com
pleted a large dock but this hat
made no impression on the mass o
congested business at the terminals
There Is not ONE INCH OF ROOM
to be had on this large new dock. Tn,
s. A. l.. Is remodeling It's freight
terminals and building additional sid,
tracks, but these increased facilities
will scarcely keep up with the In
creased business, and therefore the
statement that there seems to be ne
hope for improvement made by those
most interested seems to be borne
out by the facts.
Shippers who have suffered from
this congestion of business have beer
complaining to the Railroad Commits
sion. For several months past letters
from distressed shippers have been
coming into the Railroad Commission
office at Tallahassee at the rate OF
3 or 4 week. These letters have
all been treated in the same manner
by the Commission. For the purpose
OF putting the matter clearly before
the people the case Of The Mcdowell
Crate & Lumber Co. Of Ocala, Ia
briefly stated;
Oct. "a, 1905, the Railroad Com.
mission received a letter from the
Mcdowell Crate & Lumber Co. Oi
Ocala saying, in substance, that It's
mill was blocked with It's finished
product, and that the railroad agent
said, in answer to the request of the
shippers for cars, 1--WE will do
the best we can. Other mills are as
badly off as you are and will shut
down."
In response to this letter the Rail-
road Commission wrote letter to u.
H. Ground of the s. A. l.. Ry., re-
questing him to furnish cars. Hearing
nothing from Mr.. Ground the Com
mission wrote a letter Nov. 4th
asking him for reply. The Mcdowell
Co. sent to the r. r. Commission o
copy of letter which they had re-
ceived from Mr.. Ground In which
this language was used: We have
300 or 400 cars in Jacksonville, not
emptied."
Nov. 7th the Mcdowell Co. wrote
another letter to the Commission,
saying that they had ordered cars
but could not get them and asking
the Commission to act.
Nov. 10th the Railroad Commits
sion received letter from Mr..
Ground, saying that he was away
from his office and could not answer
his mail in person but that the rail-
road was trying to adjust this great
difficulty, but that the blame lay with
the consignees, who did not unload
cars on arrival in Jacksonville.
It Is presumed that the Mcdowell
Co. finally got these cars because no
more was heard of this mater by the
Commission, but trouble broke out
afresh in the spring Of 1906.
May 22nd the Mcdowell Crate &
Co. wrote a letter to Com
r. Hudson Burr, saying
that It had been waiting more than
four weeks for cars which had been
ordered; that their skids were full
of lumber; that they had made every
conceivable demand on the 8. A. L.
Ry. for cars, to which the company
paid no attention whatever, answer
Ing neither letters nor wires; that
much of the lumber Is past due for
delivery, ana that no statement OF
what the Losses would be could be
made. The company asked Mr.. Burr
to invoke tbs aid Of the Commission
10 compel the railroad to furnish
.ars. and wound ~ By saying we