The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-06-29
The seaboard Cited To Appear BE
fore the Florida Railway Com
mission.
Office of Railroad Commissioners
of the State of Florida.

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Herewith notice of a hearing in
which Marion county concern is In.
terested. You may consider it of pub
lie interest and may desire to pub
lish same. The commissioners have
no fund to expend in the publication
of such notices generally throughout
the state, so cannot remit for publi-
cation of this article, but you may
publish as news to your readers if
you so desire. Yours truly,
r. C. DUNN, SECRETARY
Seaboard Air Line RaiIway-You are
hereby notified, that the Mcdowell
Crate and Lumber Company, a cor
proration doing business in Marion
county, state Of Florida, has com
planned to the Railroad Commission
ers of Florida, and preferred charges
against you, that you have by your
officers, agents and employees vio-
lated and disregarded the provisions
of Chapter 400 of the laws of Florida
and rule numbered of the rules
governing the transportation of
freight" provided and prescribed by
the railroad commissioners of the
state of Florida, on July LIST, 1905.
and published in a pamphlet entitled
Classification No. Of the Railroad
Commission, State of Florida, and
Rules and Regulations governing the
transportation of freight on the Rail-
roads and Common Carriers doing
business In Florida" which said rule
is as follows:
mo railroad company shall decline
or refuse to act as a common carrier
to transport any article proper for
transportation, and failure to trans
port such article within a reasonable
time after the same has been offered
for transportation shall be deemed a
violation of this rule"
1st. 1t is charged by the said The
Mcdowell Crate and Lumber Compa-
ny, that on the 18th day of June,
1906, and every day prior thereto to
the 4th of June, 1906, you declined
and refused to act as a common car
rier to transport certain lumber from
Oak, Marion county, Florida, to Jack
sonville. Florida, which said lumber
was offered to you for transportation
by the said The Mcdowell Crate and
Lumber Company at Oak, Florida, on
the 9Th day of June, 1906, for trans
portation to the Ocala Pine Company,
Jacksonville, Florida, and that by
such refusal and declination by you
to transport said lumber upon request
of the said The Mcdowell Crate and
Lumber Company, you violated and
disregarded said chapter $4,000, Laws
of Florida, and said rule numbered
of the Rules Governing the Trans
lportation of Freight" to which ref
erence has hereinbefore been made.
End. 1t is charged by the said The
Mcdowell Crate and Lumber Compa-
ny that the said company on the 4th
day of June, 1906, in writing did re-
quest you, through your agent at An
thony, Florida, to supply the said
company with two fat cars upon
which to load lumber to be shipped
to the Ocala Pine Company, at Jack
sonville, Florida, over your line of
road, but that you declined and re-
fused to furnish said cars or to trans
port said lumber for nine days, and
that up to the date of the filing of
said complaint and charge, to-wit:
the 14th day of June, 1906, you re-
fused and declined to furnish said
cars to the said The Mcdowell Crate
and Lumber Company or to transport
conduct you refused and declined to
act as common carrier in violation Of
said chapter $4,000, Laws of Florida,
and rule numbered3 of the Rules
Governing the Transportation Of
Freight" to which reference has
hereinbefore been made.
The railroad commissioners Of the
state of Florida hereby give you no
tice that the said commissioners will
meet in their Office in the city Of Tai
lahassee, Florida, at 9 o'clock a. m.
on the I'd day Of July, A. D. 1906. to
consider and take action upon said
complaint and charges, and that you,
the Seaboard Air Line railway, shall
then and there have an opportunity
to be heard by said railroad commits
sioners, and to show cause. If any
you have, why the said railroad com
missioners should not fix and impose
upon you a penalty for the violation
and disregard of said rule provided
and prescribed by the said railroad
commissioners in accordance with
chapter 400. Laws Of Florida
Done and ordered by the railroad
commissioners of the state Of Flor
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