The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-06
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Southern Railway Con,ptro'2lll'e Is
Submits Many Important
~ 58st Tables. L n 15.3s
I FiNlsHrE / oNYT 10 Jay

INF. Braxton Thinks He May
Complete His Cross Ex- s3s
animation. & {. 3its8
O. The freight rate inquiry. 80 vfar as IL
refers u tho Southern Railway Com COM
pany, Il drawing to q close, and may pc
completed today While tho exact course ~
Has not yet been determined upon, y ~
not likely that Mr. Thorn will put on on
any more witnesses for the cor, pa1,y,
ana chances .tre that Mr.. "A. II. Plant.
the comptroller OF tho Southern. y hog
resumed yesterday. will 10 released ny
Mr., H BraxtorB on Characterization Mt tho
end 81 to- days session. j,35 " III
The session yesterday was quite an In
teresting one. Mr.. Plant cam0 back
and gave the Common wealth az good deal
Of dditional informati lion, und der Mr.. Brax 4
toms cross xaYnlnatlon. y ~ Il SKI
The lawyer and the Official, however.
got along very we'll. and there was no
sharp cross-firing either between them
or between Messrs. Braxton and Thorn
The policy! 81 the state has not been
clearly outlined up to this time. 4 70
not. therefore. definitely known u'he her
tho Norfolk and Western will 80 & on
when the Southern finishes. or whether
III the meanwhile the Commonwcalthaw 'll
Introduce some OF its evidence. q $ VI.
The commission will take o recess from
July 18th to July 2SSd. and will not sit
during the month Of August.
T abulated Statements.
When the commissto on vas convened V !, [! at
Ii lis O'Clock, Mr.. A. IL. Plant took the
stand after q long absence, and no Sub
mitted statistics relating TO \ q If treat
many matters which Mr. Braxton he'd !
previousl asked for. 8 565i #
He said the pay roll OF his company for
station labor In Virginia for one month ]
7 was $14, 7S2S4 and the revenue from this
source 500, 241 .S9. Witness said II cost
for station labor at each station to earn
81 the sum OF 7.88 cents. n 55S
IIe showed ], from his tables that at a
great many stations In Virginia. not In
corporated towns, 1t requires from two
to three men to handso tho work. s$
Witness had said the 80 cents referred
to represented the station expenses at
only one end, and Mr.. Braxton asked II
ut would not be proper then to Y doubles
this amount. ~ " Il s$8 M S
witness did not think this. would be q
fair computatiap. as In many instances
the freight did mot both originate and
terminate at stations IN the class from
which this cal ulatlon wa1 made. Sf38
Witness and Mr.. Braxton were vide
apart on the question OF whether the,
former was correct In his computation
as to station ex penses, and they dWelt
upon II for some time. l8s 81.
Mr. Braxton insisted that, } as he under
stood the witness, he was making q
double charge for station exp nses, IN
arriving at the figures su bml TIED. 5 5fs$
! tp
toned the witness at some len st con-S
corning his calculations al to sta aoh ex-S
penses, and 81 the latter went into much
detail In reply. 81 s55
Could Not Agree. ID
Tho commissioner was unahde to 4 I'M,
derstand the deductipns OF tho witness.
ana he asked him to ca plain q gain how
he arrived at the tom OF station expen:
ses given. IA: Isl b
| Witness went over the whole subject
once more, but still his mathematical
calculations did not seem to have. the
sanction OF either Mr.. Braxton or Com
missioner Stuart is5t s5Yt ss3 III; III a Ss sgf
! KS Mr. Brnxton asked 81 for u an 4 itenized
statement OF freight forwarded and
freight received. and the names OF the
eta tons from which his calculations, as
to station expenses. were made. and Wit
ness said he would submit It later.
Witness here filed other tables asked
for some weeks ago by Mr.. Braxton. and
they were discussed briefly.
Witness said that at some small sta
lions on his road in Virginia the bust
ness was not sufficient to warrant the
employment Of a man for all OF his time.
In such, cases arrangements were usual
" made with q merchant. st1naster or
other citizen. to take care OF the COM
pany's business. and he received & ten
cents for every dollar earned by the
company for his station. Nj Va iGs#5
Isl Witness submitted a table here show
Ing the items included In the seventy
cents It costa tho company to earn a
3dolla Of revenue and he explained his
calculations at some length.
This was for general business, and the
witness supplemented the table with an
other showing what Ia included K In the
80. 80 cents It costs to earn dollar OF
re venue from local business In Virginia,
Figures Given.
It will be recalled that Mr.. Braxton
had from time to time requested the
witness to produce many other tables,
and he brought them out one by one. Il.
The gross intrastate earnings for the
fiscal year 1905 we're. North Carolina,
lucky, s427 ! osB. * ia ~
Total gross earnings from all sources
In same States, North Carolina, so. 3s7,-
$40 ~; Georgia, 81, aol.78o,67i Kentucky,
L 81, O42 4l460 81 # Nj "a NJ 95
Ratio of intrastate gross revenues TO
the total revenues; Virginia. IS, $751; North
Carolina, 25. 86; Georgia, 1871; Kentucky,
b0.38 per cent, 10 VI IA 81 al
Gross earnings OF company by States
for same year, Virginia, s8.902, s7b 90;
North Carolina, II Q, 387 1861; South Car
DINA, 80, 1856 ,O1868l GEORGIA, $8.201, 1905