The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
sunday Railroad Trains.


 Editor Montgomery Advertiser:
 It is doubtless true that every cit- zen in Alabama, who is in favor of the general observance Of .he Sappatn. ue
 sires to see as few msa tpS;n templSo;yea and % there is no reason why any one snouta aessa trains except In cases where t is prac. .ieaily imperative, inc ralrosd sninx | compans m les in this State. and other states, op- crate oniy such trains on Sunday as seem to be necessary and in keeping tain classes of freight. It is conceded by all that the railroads should not De prohibited from operating trains lad. ened with perisha6le goods us II ,s we.s ra frequently cases in which the perishs able goods only constitute one.half of tralnload. If the moving or trans
 on Sundays should be confined to So6Ss aSs it nahata9s MSsuId or not pss appear rsas- enable that at twelve o'clock on Sat urday night a train moving partly lad sasa % such wte eass ss ars osdsd @ih tS tinue with the same train crew with the other portion of the tram. 1t is not practicable at all times to move fafi trains of perishable goods. The object, of course, in moving perlsnanIs goods Is to prevent serious loss to the
 Shipper. If that principle is to appE in others2 1t Is q well known Tact that iron furnaces cannot be operated profitably if they should be shut down most absolutely necessary that there should be a certain movement of cars loaded with furnace stock on Sundays to prevent the shutting down of many many the one who iS familiar with the prac- tical operation of furnaces realizes that the shutting down Of one day m a week is eguiyaientf tav to prac'teSlex it taFes one or two days to get the furnace back in normal condition after having been shut down,-and this is generally done at the expense of the quantity anu every practical furnacemen knows that it requires an extra consumption CT coke in shutting down furnace tenn porarily-which Is of great expense the coke being the most costly element
 entering intofthe cost of iron. can
 hardly think that any one desires to
 materially injure a large interest or so that every furnace in Alabama IS Tn competition with furnaces in other parts of the United States. and 1t would he a most difficult matter Tor them to compete if hampered by having to shut down one day in every week.
 As to the trunk lines of roads pper- ating through the State of Alabama.
  that there is a very large tonnage be- ing carried by the railroads to south" western points. for which all railroads coming from the central Western points compete. For instance. roads from St. | Louis. Chicago and other points com pete for through business for New Or- leans and points beyond,-some running entirely through other States than Alabama, while others can only reach these points through Alabama. For
 illustration. the Louisville and Nash
 vile and Queen and Crescent run nois Central and Mobile and Ohio con meeting with the New Orleans and
 North Eastern through Miss;sslppi ana other States. It is clear that the stop
 page of trains with time freight run ming through Alabama would De dis crimination against the Alabama roads
 as the consignees or buyers would in-
 cable, to be shipped lover lines where there would not be one days detention | if Sunday should cover part Q, the per l tod in which tine goods would be in ! transit.
 1t is a fact now generally known that the development of the country l particularly in the South, has far sur
 passed the ability Of the railroad com l panies to meet the demands made uuon them for ransportation.-there they are not at this time supplied with | surplus of equipment to handle two days supply in one day.,TherefOre, any | restrictions placed upon their opera I tions m meeting urgent demands would not only injure the interests being served but would also seriously affect | railroads interests. It Is reasonable | to suppose that iH the course of time | sufficient equipment may be furnish ed. and that the, iron companies will be able to furnish storage capacity for surplus material-apd under these con ditions the question of stopping the op- ] eration pf trains on Sundays in serving
 these companies could be seriously con
 sidered,
 l 1t occurs to me that on reflection 1 these things would cause the members | of the Legislature to see that the con | ditions are not the same as to operat-
 In the State of Georgia. It is difi- cult matter to make the conditions l generally at aRA time iE "nG state | the same as in another.
 TT. Ci. Bush 1 Rirmingham, Ala. Jan 2S 1907 state Repositories.
 l Editor The Advertiser:
 | ty of the State of Alabama. placing it's : funds in banks, upon the banks secur- | ing the deposit with Alabama bonds, | Some of the benefits claimed for
 plaeing state funds in banks are the | following.
 1, It would tend to prevent any re- tsrding of our industrial development. 2 It would keep Alabama bonds at
 nome aud Alabamians would get the \ 5. It would enhance the States cred
 It would tsnd to lower the inter est rate by making Alabama banks less