The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-20
TRYING To MAKE
FURTHER DECREASES
Georgia Commission is After
Two More Roads
GUARDS TO BUILD ARMORY
Gate City Guards Let Contract for
Building to Cost Ooo-Negro
Tried to kidnap an At
lanta Boy.

Atlanta, January Especial. )-Follow-
ing It's action of yesterday in making
reductions amounting to about 10 per cent
in the local freight rates on the South
ern, Central of Georgia and Atlantic
Coast Line railroads, the state railroad
commission today issued orders requir-
| ing the Georgia Southern and Florida and
the Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad
companies to show cause at an early date
why their classification should not be
changed so as to make reductions In their
! local freight charges similar to those
which have been made on the roads
named.
The Georgia Southern and Florida and
the Atlantic and Birmingham are among
the railroads of the state which have been
greatly benefited by the general prosper
ity throughout the country, 1t is stated,
and the commission is DESTROYS of ascer-
tanning whether conditions will justify
similar reductions in the local rates ON
these lines
The Georgia Southern and Florida Is
now in Glass C where It is permitted to
charge % per cent in addition to the stand
ard tariff rates on local hauls. This is
the same class In which the Southern
and Central of Georgia were prior to yes
| terday's action of the commission chang
! ing them to Class B and cutting the per-
| centage which they are allowed to charge
in addition to the standard tariff from
25 to 10 per cent.
The Atlantic and Birmingham, however.
enjoys a still better classification. IT is at
present In Glass d where it Is allowed TO
| charge on local hauls a graduated scale
of percentages above the standard tariff
rates, beginning with so per cent for the
| first forty miles, then 10 per cent for dis
| tances between 30 and 20 miles, 30 per
cent for distances between 20 and 100
miles and 20 per cent for distances over
| 100 miles.
| The commission has made what 1t con-
| siders quite conservative reductions on
| the Central, Southern and Coast Line,
and 1t is DESTROYS now of putting the other
| important railroads Of the state on the
same basis with them. 1t is to ascertain
what action in this direction, if any,
should be taken with regard to the Geor-
gia Southern and Florida, and the At
lantic and Birmingham, that these hear
! ings are ordered.
| In addition to the foregoing the COM
| mission instructed Secretary George F.
Montgomery to address a letter to the
! Central of Georgia Railway company
inquiring whether 1t owns or controls
In any way the Sylvania railroad, the
Louisville and Wadley. the stillmore Air
Line the Wrightsville and Tennille, and
| the Wadley and Mount Vernon railroads,
| the object being to apply rule /, known as
| the continuous mileage rule of the COM
mission, In the event the Central owns
or controls any or all of these lines.
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| difference of about 10 per cent I'm the
local rates of freight on the lines af-
fected.
In the event the Central of Georgia
admits the ownership of any or all of
| these lines, 1t is probable that the COM
mission will proceed to apply rule
without taking any further steps. If on
the other hand, the Central denies owner
ship or control of these lines 1t is prob
able that there will be a hearing ordered
on the subject and evidence adduced on
| account of the fact that the claim has
been made in certain quarters that such
| control is exercised by the Central.
Guards viii Build Armory.
The Gate City Guards, one of Atlanta's
oldest and foremost military organiza-
lions, have let the contract for the erec-
tion of a new armory to cost 800 900 and
work on the new building will be begun
next week. The new armory will be To-
Gated on the lot numbered Sc to 60 Hous-
ton street. just a block and a half from
Peachtree. and close to the center of
the city. The Gate City Guards realized
a sufficient sum from the sale of their
old armory building on ePaehtree street
several years ago to pay off their indebt-
edness, to pay for their new lot, which
cost them $4,000. and to erect their new
armory, and they will go into the new
building practically ont of debt.
Supers Wanted Money.
Two of the supers hired here for the
performance of Checkers" which played
two nights at the Grand, failed to show
up last night until 9 o'clock whereupon
Stage Manager Joe Stewart not only re-
fused TO admit them, but declined to pay
them the so cents promised for the night
before on the ground that they had
broken their contract. The supers Inn
mediately sought the assistance of JUS
tice court, and Bailiff w. II. Mills sought
to levy on the scenery and other effects
belonging to the company. Rather than
have the company interfered with by an
insignificant lawsuit Stewart thereupon
paid the two men their 30 cents each.
Hold on said the bailiff, you owe me
s. 10 for court COSTS" Stewart dove down
into his pocket again and paid the costs
Now are you satisfied" Stewart asked
the bailff, and received an affirmative re-
ply. Are you both satisfied" he asked
of the two supers. They admitted that
they were. Stewart then made dive for
the one nearest him and punched him in
the face. Things got so warm that the
other super disappeared, but the first
super did not get away until he had re-
turned the so cents which the justice had
made him pay. The case will probably be
aired in police court.
Tries to kdnap Boy
An unknown white man placed a pistol
at the head of Putney Butler. 9-year-oid
white boy OF Park avenue, late yesterday
afternoon, and compelled him to follow
him some distance out the Peachtree road.
Meeting some men in buggy. the would
be kidnaper became frightened and ran