The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-15
THE RAILROADS
OvERCROWDED.
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Unable to Move the Freight As
Fast As It IL o.
fcred.
COLLEGE UNIFORM STANDARDS
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nAEEiGff NJ. e., April 14.--An un-
usually largo number Of complaints arc
coming In to tho North Carolina corpo.
ration Commission as TO delays IN tho
movement OF fre!ghts BY tho railroad
companies In all parts Of tho State, ana
tho only plausible explanation OF tlio
situation Id that the freight shipments
arc increasing TO such phenomenal
degree that tho roads III many instances
find themselves absolutely unable to move
the freight rs fast as It Is rendered by
Z the shippers.
AS an illustration OF these complaints
there was ono which came In this nior,l-
&ing from a wholesale merchant In VIII
FminRton who has delivered to tho Sea-
board Air Line at Wilmington. n ship
,mcnt Including barrels OF sugar and
other groceries for which Lumborton was
the destination. This was March 27th. and
the goods did not reach Lumberton un-
4 til April 7th, being thirteen days In tran
5 sit to a point less than seventy-five miles,
With direct connection. The last leglsln-
4 t,,re passed m act prescribing that rail-
roads shalt be allowed four days within
which Ito deliver freghts to destinations
within 100 .tmiles. For the fifth day
fine ofs }N Is prescribed and IS for each
additional days delay. The ,1,ly way
for tho railroads to avoid the payment
OF these fines Ia to come into co,irt ana
plead an unavoidable congestion o.
freight for which they are not to
blame.
The statement was made In the Office
OF the commission to-day that the rail-
roads are paying out large amounts IN
these forfeitures the settlements being
rea ched with the individual shippers o0t-
side the courts. This would indicate that
tho. railroads are simply overwhelmed
with the volume Of freight being oferhd
for transportation.
Vt Each OF the great mass OF complaints
that come III 70 the Corporation Commits
sion fs taken III, through correspondence
with tina shipper and the railroad CONF
many, and IN nearly all Instances adjust
irients are made. very many Of them be-
z Ing as alntlmated above, adjusted ny
tho payment by the railroad company
aot some damages In tho way OF a. COM
promise OF the accumulated fines and
forfeitures.
$7 There was conference here last,
night until past midnight between A; con1-
mlttee from tho North Carolina fAssoc,a-
ton Of Secondary Schools and presidents
OF the leading colleges and the State
university relative to the fixing of q
uniform minimum standard OF REQUIRE
ment for entrance into colleges from the
academies and ptfbllt high schools with
the result that n special committee con-
sisting OF M. II Holt, Of Oak Ridge, and
j. a. fIorner, of Oxford, oil tho part OF
the academies. and j. G. qriff1n,@of Sails
bury, and II. Morson. OF Raleigh, graded
schools for the city schools was named
to prepare uniform course Of studies
for the high schools or secondary schools.
The committee Is to report at another
meeting to be held here during the SEES
sions OF the Teachers Assembly In june
Those who were here to participate In
the meeting were President II. p. Ven-.
able, State University: ]. G. Griffin,
salisbury graded schools; J.. T. Alder
man, Henderson graded schoolsa Prest-
dent Fl. L. Smith, Davidson College,: NJ
III. Holt, Oak Ridge Institute; John Ora.
nam. Warre1lton. e. T.. Mddleton Cary
High School, President w. L. Poteat
Wake Forest College; J. G. Horner, Hor-
her School, Oxford Walter Thompson.
Concord graded schools; w II. Swift
Greensboro graded schools; President e.
r.. vnnn, Baptist University, Raleigh;
III. Morson, Raleigh graded schools; Cap
tain John Duckett, State Department OF
Education.
Governor Glenn returned this morning
from washington, where he says he ell
#fected tho preliminary settlement OF the
differences between the accounts of the
United states War Department and the
North Carolina National Guard that WI!
result In tho saving Of several thousand
dollars to tho North Carolina Guard.