The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-26
rate DISCUSSION
Gets v | n | 1: "
WITNESS Hotchkiss is Side
Tracked, and Vigorous Dis Dis
cussions byl Counsel. s#s
POWERS OF THE COMMISSION
+ Attorneys Disagree, and all Old
Question rs Debated at
Great Length.

X The state Corporation Commission, con-
unuins the oo,1sld GRAFTON Of the rate
cases yesterday spent q large part IT q Of
another day hearing the Testimony OF
Major u. b. Hotohkiss, general traffic il
mana ger Of the chesapeake and OHIO
Railway. IN
l Al the morning session, which COM
menced at II o'clock, Mr.. BraIxton cont- con-.
Quoted the DISCRIMINATION and put
Major Hotohkiss under severe ordeal
He started out by questioning the Major
yery1 closely regarding the system OF
classification, In use at certain stations
near Norfolk and along tho Peninsula
Division OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
road, HIS Information being that the
method in question was according ,to
what Is known as the Southern classn- z
cation, the rest OF the business In the
state being Ii conducted under what IS
known az the official classification. 635Si:
Mr.. Braxton, evidently aiming to show
that one general classification, issued by
the State Corporation Commission, would
materially simplify ma tiers, asked tho
witness II he did not think the use OF
two classilcations from tho same sta
lions was calculated to create confusion.
Confusion Worse Confounded.
The answer was: z es, but II the clns-
sif1cation proposed by tho commission
should be adopted we would = have to deal
with three systems, instead OF two, and
the confusion would be d worse III con-
found ed. y ~ 5ss8 E $isE t}f n
( Mr. Braxton quickly replied that when
the proposed classification shall be adopt
ed there will be only one Justification for
the guidance Of all railways In Virginia.
Mr. Braxton questioned the witness at |
some length upon his former assertion
that the Chesapeake and Ohio rates ar, I
now promulgated, are reasonable and Just, |
and asked II he (the witness) did not
prepare and make the aforesaid rates |
and II, In saying they we're Just and rea-
sonable. the witness was not merely say 1
ing that his own acts were just and rea-
sonable. Major Hotchkiss answered 4
* es IN a way, but the rates are not fixed
arbitrarily by me, but are brought about
by general and local condi TONS and ex-
perlenoed men would in nearly every In
stance fix pretty much the Same rates
IN similar cases. |" = ila5aaI 5
u Mr.. Braxton called lip "E, D. II. Ex-a Il
hibit, No. (which was filed on Monday. i
ihls exhibit showed a decided difference.
the chesapeake and Ohio rates
IN sugar and coffee and those cha rRed bv
ne southern Railway, a sample OF which
y vas 81 mat Tor hauling sugar distances
u 300 miles to 300 miles the chesanealsa
ma Ohio charges are nineteen centa
s :, me charges OF tho Southern are
hL11I1y-three cents, and for hauling coffee
= !, cAirload lots distances, OF ten to twentv ~
i !, lle, me chesapeake and Ohio rate *
!, cents, while the Southern charges are
leven cents, and for coffee In less than
q. lots for tho same distance, IN | Il
,nesa peake and Ohio rates are ten cents
: "a ne southern's are nine cents. M
+ ~ l9a., ms showing Mr.. Braxton exprcssed
! ue ee,,'s, TOT me witness to point out il
= could wherein there was system ~
nlenc ' IN making such rates. Tho ',v;t.
- ess explained that the difference waa
!, = 8. 20 me ne fact that the system n voe,,a
!. !, INC -. Chesa peako and Ohio MAJ 4 ana .
q ra s. n the cases OF sugar ana cof