The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-06


new Hieswera made OF them in this Office that these
four complaints were made by parties who had,
never before complained Is evidence that thelfeS
ported Improvement in handling at Jacksonville 4
has not relieved the car shortage, but the Con-
trary that the conditions are worse on the reason
able hypothRsIs that these companies had hereto
fore been satisfastcrialy accommodated with cars
with due allowance. for existing conditions
that they too were now forced to join the ranks OF
complainants irkthe hope to secure relief.
While the statement Of the high Official may be
true that the efficiency. OF the service has been
increased. yet from all the reports and statements
OF shippers and complaints as many more as here
tofore come in with undinltnished persistency. @
With the settlement Of the wharfage rate COM
plant side issue. the mann question still re-
mains: ~N,, Yty5 EtH
''shali the railroads do busihessY Shall the rail.
roads perform their duties as common carriers or
shall they not?
With four Pullman cars, special and private,
sidetracked at Talahassee this week, the impress
sion might almost have been had that the Capital
City were Palm Beach with the private cars OF
several multimillionaires waiting their directions.
> IT, was however lumbermen and railroad men
travelling in state on rather State occasion.
y The sellers of hewn timber shaped into marketa-
BILE lumber and nearly all wearers of Moo;t4oo but
tons-the fundamentally Jacksonville Monday
afternoon. They had special PULLMAN and
reached here Monday night. M
About the, time Of. their arrival ut Tallahassee
another special was on Its way to the seat Of gov
the special train OF the railroad representatives
made up OF three private cars and one baggage
coach, which reached 'Tallahasseeeat sunrise
Tuesday morning. sB 6E a#HA }
With the expeditingof the wharfaSa rate prop
nent Of the business that brought these visitors to
. Tallahassee, there was rush FOR mo depot and
me Pullman coaches and they were enabled to
make Connection f withAthe regular east bound
'The.Yedg clay hills Of Tallahassee would have
9ciaDped fhelfnhands in joyous welcome at the ar
rival Of 30 distinguished % party hut for the soggy
condition q, the ground due to the prevailing
rains. But before the train pulled ont the
rSSs h ~ ss en with ssgsass
the situation and sunshine after copious
weepings and q deary OUTLOOK vs'a
n q, THOSE AN ATTENDANCE. y.
al Atlantic N Coast Line Railroad Company: \.
nv, w. nay Assistant "a General Counsel Jackson
4 John p. Hartridse Division Counsel, jackson.
Vile k .l-.fffs sffJt N,Sf u'r i.s4 ,F3 ss
h. n 7, A. Brand. Freight Traiic Manager. Whining
n. James s Menzies, General Freight Agent ssvsn.
I Fs " Kirkland. Division Freight Agent jack
Ill 1 p Spencer Superintendent Terminals Jack
Seaoard Air Line Railway Company:
9. P. Williams Agent? JacksCnvfl9' q ,Al15f -
~ L. Ryan. Superintendent Jacksonville b t''
ID Kyle, Assistant General freight Agent.
ic. R. capps, Freight Agent, Portsmouth Va s
Georgia, Southern 4 Florida Railway Company
y Parrott vicepfesident Macon Ga. 1b
Il O.. M Grady General Superintendent NJ l,e
sohn AM Cutler. General Freight Agent, ss.
Southern Railway Company: ,,4.,..s
z RANDALL Clifton, General Freight Agent y. ,,.
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