The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-05

BY agreement with the Corporation
Commission concluded Yesterday al
ternoOn the Southern Railway. which
had been seeking to nullify the order
OF the Commission establishing the
Selma connection. admitted its de-
feat by undertaking to establish ad-
ditional daily passenger service be-
tween Goldsboro and Greensboro
upon q sch DUE which will give the
desired connection with the Atlantic
Coast Line at Selma.
Thus ends triumpnantly to the
State the troublesome details con-
nected with thc action of the Com
mission taken two year ago. when it
came 20 the relief of the passengers
IN Eastern North Carolina md made
mandatory the vital connection DO
tween the trains Of the two systems
at selma.
1t has been a fight from the be
thinning to the moment of yesterday ;
c~anitulation. The Coast Line has lit
igated in court after court until the
FINAL question now waits determina-
ton in the supreme Court OF the
United States. But the Commission
has stuck by its guns. 1t has held on
with Scotch steadfastness of purpose.
Ana it has gained its point. n re
suit = more than cause for congrat-
uiation TO the commission and the
people whom it has served. 1t is val
wa 90 Gil NSt ~ III 'iiA'' '1AN'' -
has proved that it is possible for the
people. through an agency hat will
fight steadily and consistently and un-
relentingly to control the railroads..
EhiS has been Il matter of doubt. So
far As it tends to Te-eSt3bIiSh public
conudcnce-aS it viii greatly tend to
GO-the outcome of the Selma con-
nection contention is of inestimablc
moral value.
Icxcd ..ScIna Connection"
The facts in the case are too well
known to bear but the scantiest rep
clifton. The Commission ordered the
\. G.. l.. and the southern to make
the connection. The A. c. l. con-
tended that to do so it must put on an
extra train. The Commission took it
at its word. and stated that, if thai
WAS necessary, they would have t"
put it on. The ~. c. L. refused to
establish the train. running from
Rocky Mount to selma, and under
protest went to the courts. In the first
court the Commission met rebuff, Int
appealed. In the supreme Court the
Commissions order was sustained.
The \. G.. L. put on the extra train
and went To h Supreme Court Of
the United states. There the appeal
still rests. having been argued months
ago. The extra train between Rocky
Mount and Selma is still running in
accordance with the Commissions
orders.
southern "Buttcd IN
Then. q mont ago. the southern
Railway took u hand in the fight.
Without previous warning, it sudden
Iy ran up the time of departure of its
afternoon train from GOldSborO 70
Greensboro, so as to cave Selma be-
fore the arrival of the A. c.. l.. train,
put on for the special purpos of
making the connection. h act was
9 deliberate contempt of the d Of
the Commission and of the public
convenience. 1t was not known at
what time the Supreme Court might
render d decision Favorable to the
Commission in the A. c. L. appeal.
Pending that contingency, the
Southern further muddied the
waters By taking its turn at
breaking the connection. Whether
j. acted upon the idea that the Su-
prone court might be eXtraneOusly
influenced by the carefully paraded