The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-10-09
Settled by Compromise Sat
isfactory to Lurnbermen.
HON. 3. II. PALMER, THE LAKE
CITY JURIsT. MAY BECOME A
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
FRANK ADAMS MAY ENTER
RACE FOR UNITED STATES
SENATE.
BY jefferson Bell.

Tallahassee. Oct. 8-October, with
its mellowed sunshine, reigns in the
land of Tallahassee and variable as
April has been its first days at the
capital The mild september" of the
hooking bird went out furiously,
leaving wide swath Of desolation.
We were just In the outskirts OF the
storm, and were inconvenience only
by the deranged schedules of the
trains. Slowly our people are re.
turning and life is beginning to take
on its normal aspect. Hon. A G.
Groom and Mrs Groom returned Mon
day from Asheville, and Judge James
B. Whitfield, Mrs. Whitfield and the
children will come from Alexander
next week Ex-Governor Bloxham,
Mrs. John Joe Williams and her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas Glover Rawls
are at the Battery Park and will re-
turn next week Among other we'll
known Tallahasseeans who have quite
recently returned from their summer
trips are Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hirch-
berg, Mrs. w. L. Moore and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton B. Gwynn and children.
wharfage rate rearing.
The hearing of the wharfage rate
matter before the railroad commits
sion Tuesday brought to Tallahassee
an aggregation and a conglomeration
of brain, Drawn and power in the
lumbermen, railroad men and their
attorneys. They descended upon us
in a pravite car over the Seaboard
Monday night and had breakfast at
the Leon Tuesday morning. At nine
o'clock they were in undisputed pos
session of the corridors of the staCc-
house while the big guns OF the party
went into a caucus that lasted until
twelve o'clock and resulted in an
amicable adjustment of the trouble
some matter without the assistance
Of the railroad commission. The
hour set by the commission for the
hearing was ten o'clock, but when
that hour arrived both parties re-
quested a postponement of the hear
ing. which was granted and the diplo-
matte negotiations continued with
the above-stated results.
In the party were Mr.. s. F. Par
rot. vice-president of the G. s. and
F. Railway; Mr.. G. R. Capps, general
freight agent Of the Seaboard; ]. M,
Cutler, general freight agent of the
@. S. and F.; w. Ia Pierce, OF the
St. Johns Terminal Company; James
Menzies, general freight agent of the
A. c. L.; e. S. Ryan. superintendent
and E. d. Kyle. assistant superintend-
ent of the Seaboard Air Line; w. B.
Stillwell. millionaire lumberman of
Savannah; ]. J. Paul, of WATERFOWL;
W, z. GuIlett, G.. d. Gray, George H
May, Frank E. Wagner, Fred w.
Bucky, Joe King and many others OF
more or less note. Judge Raney,
John e. Hartridge, Col. Kay and j.
c. LEngle, as attorneys for the rail-
loads and ]. M. Bars attorney for
the lumbermen, were notable figures
in the crowd.
The compromise rates accepted by
the luml ermen were as follow:
Cross ties: Wharfage, including
not over sixty days storage, handling
al owners expense, per tie. one cent
Storage: Each additional thirty days
or fractional part thereof, following
The first sixty days, one-half cent pei
lie.
Lumber: wharfage. including stor
age for not exceeding sixty days
handling at owners expense, pei
thousand feet, board measure. 81
cents. Storage: Eacn additional
thirty days, per thousand feet, q
cents
Where does the railroad commits
sion come in?" i heard one OF the
Commissioners ask of the other two
This rate has been accepted anf
He'd with US and is in force" was the
answer, land when we adopt the rlil'
We have prepared-that the existing
rat cannot be altered without tn
approval of the commissioner vii
have accomplished all We desired II
The matter"
Political Rumors.
Hon. John M. Caldwell. the veteran
newspaper man of Jasper, was on
OF the notables seen at the capita
last week, 81 have been In the news
paper business forty-eight years.
SAID Mr.. Caldwell" and have been try
ing for forty-six to get out Of 1t.
suppose I'll die in the harness" n
concluded.
Speaking OF Jasper reminds me o
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