The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-23
CAR FAMINE BLOCKS BUSINESS

MERGE WlCnOuC amounting W d iO6u
lation of 1t are valid, and 1t Is un-
doubtedly true that so long as the
State legislation Is not In conflict
with any law passed by Congress In
pursuance of It's powers, and Is mere
ly intended and operates, In fact, TO
aid commerce and to expedite Instead
of hindering the safe and prompt
transportation OF persons and prop
erty from one State to another, 1t is
not repugnant to the Constitution OF
he United States and will be enforced,
either as supplementary to Federal
statutes relating to the same subject,
utes relating to the same subject,
or In lieu of such legislation where
Congress has not exercised its pow
ers at ALL"
I regard the demurrage rules
prescribed by the Railroad Commits
siOners as intended for the conven-
fence Of the citizens of the State,
who's property Is handled by railroad
companies for transportation, and
are designed to facilitate and expedi-
ate the prompt handling thereof,
and cannot be Construed IN any other
way than as an aid to commerce,
whether Intra or Interstate and Un
this ground I think the rules are
valid.
(Signed by Attorney GENERALLY
If the railroads are made to pay
demurrage, as indicated by the Attor-
ney Generals decision, the shortage
or cars will soon be turned into Il
plethora.
That the lumber interests are not
the only ones which are suffering on
account of this congestion of the
Jacksonville terminals is so we'll
known that 1t is only necessary to
give one instance in proof of this
statement. A copy of a letter received
by the Railroad Commission is sub
mitted:
Letter From StringfellOw Il DOty Co.
Jacksonville, June, June IS, 1906.
Railroad Commission, Tallahassee.
Fla.
Gentlemen: On the 18th of this
month we had wire from ID. r.
Knight & Bro, Miami, for a car Of
nay. We sent this car of hay the
same day the letter was received, TO
the Florida East Coast Railway, and
they refused 1t on account of the car
being In bad order, as they stated
on the llth we sent them another
car OF hay which they stated was in
bad order and refused 1t. We then
bought car Of hay on the Atlantic
coast Line track, on the 18th. and on
the l4th we gave orders to the A. G.
i. TO have this car turned over to the
East Coast, and have every day since
then begged these people to have this
car placed so that the East Coast
could inspect 1t and tell us whether
Lhey would accept the car for shin
ment or not. -P
Today we got letter from the
f. n: U. agent here stating that so
Tar this last car, which is L, e. N
NO. 1917, has not been placed with
mem so that they could inspect n and
'hey returned our bill of lading
Now this is case in which q cus-
,omer OF ours wires us on the 11tb
or a car of hay and we have sent
ne East Coast two cars of hay which
ney nave refused to accent hut
which any other road in FloriSo {
would have accepted, and we have
,ought the third car on the A. CT, {
rack Tor the reason that the A q 7. I
Toes all the yard switching for IN {
1ast Coast acting as their agent IN a
cars from the Seaboard 20 b
ne East Coast, and thinking that
ne East Coast line would deliver this p
ar, AFTER explaining the circnmN n
tances TO them. We thought Il bettar "
Duy this car on their track 90 ~ b
,ou,u save time in getting this car CT
tne East Coast. So far we have IL
81, unable to get a car of hay to G
UT customer and 1t may be ten davs Il
a N 80