The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-09
HARTMAN FILINGS
At COMMISSION
PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN AND
UNION PACIFlCS SAYS HE MAY
WANT JOB WITH INTERSTATE
COMMERCE PEOPLE.

New York. February Sin reply to
questions about his health today, E. II.
Hartman, president of the Southern and
Union Pacific railroads, said:
'Everything has been going along
smoothly and they appear to be able to
get along as we'll without me as with
me. Why should l not stay at home al
together?
but | must work, and soon perhaps
l may be looking for a new job BY my
long and many years of experience on
many railroads, in many railroad fields,
and If they raise the salary bit l may
apply for a job on the Interstate COM
, merce commission. If the commission Is
TO run all the roads L think they ought
to want me.
"rhe railroads cannot build and supply
cars for the shippers to use as store
houses. There are hardly enough cars for
that Yet the man to whom a load of
freight is consigned thinks he ought to
be privileged to use the railroad cars as
a storehouse as long as he likes.
Limit the time the service of car
can be used by a shipper and much OF
the present trouble will disappear
He had simply been allowed to look over
the bill to be sure 1t was correct before
final passage. He had given his permls-
sion and felt that 1t was right to do so,
as he thought the author Of the bill would
be sure to catch any. mistakes.
Mr.. Blackmon wanted 1t to show af-
firmatively on the senate journal that
the president of the railroad commission
had been allowed to take the bill out
and suggest corrections
Mr.. Lusk said no such thing would go
on the journal; or least nothing would
20 on the journal that had no business
there.
just here the matter was passed for a
while, the amendment of Mr. Lusk to
meet the corrections TO be made having
been presented and held up. At the first
the vote by which 1t had been passed
was reconsidered.
Later at the suggestion of Mr.. Black
mon, 1t was referred to the committee on
engrossed bills and passed, with the
amendments needed.
Some Lively Charges.
| In passing the senate bill for the resula =
( tlon of tho railroads in Alabama there
was some lively charges made by Mr.
| Lusk In supporting the quick passage Of
all the railroad bills He said that IN an
tlcipaton OF the laws being enacted the
| railroads had been getting into all sorts
F, OF hedging. He charged that in anticipa-
tion of the bill To make the present rates
] the maximum rates the roads had sent
out orders raising many rates then in
existence.
! To support this contention he read what
| he said were copies of the kilograms
! sent out to this effect. One was from
| w y. Estes, general freight agent of the
i Central at Savannah and said. "IIaye
advanced rate reltillzer. Opelika to Bir-
| mingham. and group one fifty. effective
tomorrow. account maximum rate bill.
Hope you will do same" This shown
i. TO have been addressed TO NJ. NJ. Ansley,
| general freight agent, Montgomery.
Another copy read is given as from G.
r. Browder. general freight agent South
| ern at Atlanta. 10 agents Of the other
roads in the state. with the following
| I'VE are Withdrawing today all rates in
Alabama between points in Alabama on
machinery, fire brick. etc. for construc-
ton or renewal pig iron furnaces and roll
| ing mills. Necessity that these rates be
! Withdrawn today, will you not take SIM
liar action"
The bill passed without opposition after