The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-06
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&he Raltroa1 Commission Of Alabama
 y1l not order the Southern Railway to Neeet . depot at Gaylesvills. Cherokee Ceanty. becauss 1t has no Jurisdiction exes4 the scutAern Railway 1t the prss- znt tine. This is due to the fact that tke foaG'1 iicenss to do business In the otAts hos besA rsvsksA
 1uch was the .decisicn of the Com nissioners at meeting of the Commis- 9Glon held yesterday morning for the { Durpose of hearing the petition of tho s11t1eous Of 0Aylesvil1e who are very de-
 1reus of having . small depot erected n thoir town. x
 The action of the Commission aSds onothaf chapter to the very interstting 1n1 peculiar situAtion of the State of Alabanse and of the Southern Raiiway. yhish vas brought about by the Dtataib tov0oation of the railroads license to Ao bueiness in the State.
 ' The petition 0f the citiaens of 0Ayles- xi1l1 hed bsen Aled with the naiiroaa Commieo10n sometime pfeviouo>to thee unp1easant aAairs and Augua< . Wae tho Gats cot for the hearing of tho ptti. itt6n. the Southern having bsen noti- 1e1 Of 1t. so that the roaA would bA sppreoeats6 at the msstin0.
 <f4f 0t 0s -. Au0uuPDOYs 0UDID80nt t0 rfee1dent Finley. of tho eouthsfn, ar. e1ved in the city Sunday nI9ht and yAe- 11rGay sppeAred before the Commie. pion as . Representatives of the road. 1A1 cftissns of 0aylesville wefe repre- 6ont4d by General W. ". Brandon, esate Auditor, and A. 3. kuss9li, !. B 0Aeenut. A. b. Hudson Or. Robert Mcwhortef and Colonel Charles Ratt-
 fhs case was called, but before auy- ming was done In the matter, Cont eioner Nesbitt arose and moved for Id joufnment which was promptly .sec- onded by Commissioner Harris. the former stating that inasmuch as the iicensA Of the road had>hsen revoked by tho Secretary of State. the Commission haA no jurisdiction in the matter. Rfasldsnt Henderson. of the commis- eien, did not want an adjournment but sald as . majority ruled. he would have to adjourn the meeting. So the petition of the citixsns of Gaylesvills Tor . depot stands in statu quo.
 Gay1tsvilDe en . Spar.
 Mr. Thompson, whom seen yesterday, eaid that the Southern Railway has no line running to Gay1esvilis. but the mines there. He did not say that 4he road would oppose erecting . emall depot there. but hinted that when the state and his road end their eentroversy, he would take up the matter again and make | thorough in- xestigation into the existins condi- t3ona
 while the Southern has only | spur ii 0ayIesville. yet large shipments are made to the town over this spur. Last year, according to the statement of a Gaylesvilie citisen. there were shipped into the town about 10000 tons of miscellaneous freight and 1000 bales of cotton. Nothing is shipped out. however, over this spur. but shipments are hauled in wagons from Gaylesville to Lawrence, the nearest town on the main line, which is five miles distant.
 The 0aylesvilIe citisens state that all they want 10 . small depot or shed, where the freight can be stored end which may be used for . station with . representative of the rosd in charge of 1t.
 The action of the railroad commits eion yesterday in refusing to hear the petition, on accoAnt of the fact that the roads license had been revoked, caused somewhat of a sensation and was the topic of conversation 1t the State House yesterday. The call for the meeting had been issued. The committee representing the citizens of the town was there. ]. g.. B. Thomp- son, representing the Southern Rail- way, was there. All the commission CTS were present
 But there was nothing doing" The commission said the railroad had no license to do business in the State, and therefore it did not have juris-