The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-05
HEAR COMPLAINT
OF MINE OWNERS
At Least One Member of Com
mission is Coming
Both Coal Mine Owners and Illinois
Central VIII Have Attorneys
Present.
TO BE HELD IN CUSTOM HOUSE

T. B. Dean, of Louisville, repre-
senting the interstate commerce COM
mission. is in the city today on bus
mess connected with the sitting OF
that body in Paducah in the near flu
ture. Mr.. Dean would not disclose
any Of the plans of the commission
for the Paducan hearing of the COM
plants OF coal operators against the
Illinois Central railroad, but said
that the pressure of duties of the
commission in the east had made It
necessary to postpone the investiga-
tion here.
AS announced before, 1t is proba-
Bile That only one of the commissions
ers will be in Paducah. This is in
accordance with a decision of the
commission, which was that sittings
of all the members will be had only
In cases Of extraordinary Importance.
The commission is over-run with
work and the Hartman investigation
has necessitated a longer stay in the
east than was expected. In these hear
ings. both sides are allowed to pre-
sent testimony and II Is probable that
the Illinois Central will be repre-
scented either by local ~ special
counsel from Chicago. Mr.. Deaa sad
in his former visit to the city tnat
only one day would be given to The
hearing here, and it is probable shat
the session will be held n the fes-
eral court room at the custom house.
He expects to leave tomorrow and
will announce the date Of the sitting
here whenever he receives Official no
tice. Following is a dispatch from
Washington relative to ina commits
sion's plans for attending to the m
creased business.
To Take Care Of Work.
BY designating four OF is expert
enced and trusted employees as spe-
cial agents or examiners, with pow
ers that practically make them dep
uty commissioners the interstate
commerce commission has taken the
longest step which it has attempted
under the new law, toward increas-
ing the efficiency and responsiveness
of its organization to meet the re-
Iquirements OF increased duties.
Hereafter the commission will
seldom be found sitting as a board
to hear testimony about unimportant
complaints. When something of suf-
ficient Importance is involved, sew
eral of the commissioners will sit
en- banc; but the usual course will be
for a commissioner or one OF the
newly created special agents to con-
duct hearings and take testimony,
which will be reviewed by the COM
mission before deciding tho case.
The special agents created at the
initiation of this plan are Martin S.
Decker. assistant see o,ary OF the
commission; Patrick J.. Farrell. john
II. Marble. and Luthe' ". Walton.
who have been assistant attorneys to
the commission.
McChord Is Coming.
Paducah will be lis :el by Hon.
kCharles McChord. chairman of the
state railroad commission. in short
time.
state Senator J. Wheeler Camp
bell is in receipt of letter from
Chairman McChord. He says:
"The delay in the visit OF the
commission, Mr.. McCnord tells ma,
is the pressing business the commits
sion has had In the east The raH-
road Investigations have kept the
commission very busy and just when
II can come is indefinite. Mr.. Nc
Chord will come here 70: confer
ence to arrange a suitable time Of
meeting for all concerned which
will necessarily be after the present
hucinacc of tho comu1ieeion mas npen