The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-28
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Tedious Sessions Of the State Stats:
Corpqation8 Commissions
burt, Of inquiry.
RATES AlD PROPOSED o > RATES R J, I1E:'
Baseball BITS, Playing Cards a !.
Dog Bis{|uit' Under igor,ot'ullsssia
l3iis Discussion.

K The State Corporation Commission met
in the hall off, The Fl ouse Of p Delegates at
11so'clock yesterda morning to FURTHER
hear the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway
Company's reasons for not wishing TO-
adopt the ates3nnd classic ton sheets
proposed by the con mission..8 Before pros
ceedng with thaAtesllmo Judge Crumpt
read the decision OF the commission, de-
clarlng the Churchlhan two-cent mileage
act Unconstitutional. NJ s
3s3 Major 3. D, Hotchkiss, general freight
agent Of the Chesapeake and Ohio, re- re-
sumed the witness stand, and mt. Brax-s
ton rcross-questidneh him at length on
exhibit No. 10. which is aitabIe comparing
the Chesapeake and Ohio rates, as they
now stand, with fthd rate sheets proposed
BY the Corporation Commission 81
All OF the morning sess lon was taken
fup with consideration Of these cnI:s2a ra-
tive statements made by Major H otch-
kiss In his exhibits filed when lie was
first put on the stand. The object OF
counsel for the Commonwealth was to
show that the, Chesa peake and Ohio
rates, as they ARE now, are not alto
gether as lust II and reasonable a rs Mr..
Hotchkss thinks they are. ~ The long and
tedious examination was apparently very
interesting to the lawyers and to the
Witness but 1t was rather tiresome and
boring to other people
Lawyers Lock Horns. s
THE dull monotony OF long answers f0l-
lowing long questions was frequently
Broken and outlined by lively little spats
between counsel and technical points
raised. 5s n. IS Is g3t6tf3S55 M
VI The afternoon session did not vary In
any particular from the proceedings Of
lie morning session. It was still long
drawn out discussion OF the various classi-
ficatlon sheets. the discussion being be-
tween Counsellor Braxton and Witness
{Hotchkiss. rs * "A VI rs f.S
4 Tho various questions and answers may
have been very interesting and INFORM
Ing to the commissioners, but In the main
4unthey were meaningless to a lay man y II IL
Baseball Bats, Etc.
y For Instance the witness was asked "
he had ever known playi Ing cards. ba So
ball bats and "dog biacul IL" to be shipped
ir carload lotss3 between Richmond ana 1
iCovington, eNobject OF these ana SIM
liar questions was to show that the ran.
way people have made comparison q
rates and classlficatlons on BASIS INA
Is not; sound, In that they have compared
carload rates on commodities tlat i Ar1
never shipped In carload lots. I.
y Major Hotchkiss was asked Il IT was
rot a fact that many OF the articles
named in exhibit 20 were never shipped
In carload lots, and answering n the
affirmative he was asked why he selected
carload rates Instead Of less than car
load rates or9rany quantity" rates for for
comparison
The reply was that IN making the con. COM
PARSONS he followed strictly the classl,
flcation and rate sheets Just as ne sIou 70
them, With some emphasis Major Hoten-
kiss said the sole object OF the compari-
son was to show that 4 on very many
articles the freight rates between Rich-
mond and covingtonl would be hlgher un-
der the proposed commission rates man
under the present rate and classiflca lion
sheets OF the Chesapeake and Ohio road.
He contenled that his comparative state.
ment, filed as an exhibit. showed th "
fact. The drift of this tedious &eXaminal-
ton was to show that tho witness had
compared the chesapeake and Ohio car,
load rates with the commissions proposed
less than carload rates and was, here
fore, unfair. incidentally the Common