The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-22
.RUMOR THAT COURT
WILL REVERSE LONG
Unconfirmed Report That the
/, 100000 Fine Against South
crn Will BE Reversed.
FREIGHT RATES TOO HIGH
Corporation Commission Di-
reefs That Cases Be Brought
Against Three Railroads.
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RALEIGH N. G.. October 21.---A ru-
nor was afloat to-day that the SUI
preme Court Of the State would decide
adversely to Judge Long, OF the SuDe-
r!or Court, In the matter of the 10000.
rne lie imposed last July upon the
Southern Railway for violating the
new State law as TO the passenger
rate. How this rumor got abroad Is
not known. or course, the justices of
the Supreme Court could not be ques-
TONED about such a thing. a decision
In the case has been looked for any
time during the past two weeks. We'd
nesday ls opinion day, and everything
will be watched with very keen in
tOpest.
Governor Glenn said this evening
that the final conference with the
states attorneys in the Southern Rail-
way rate case will not be held to-mor-
row evening, as expected, but Is de-
ferred somewhat indefinitely. Ex-Gov-i
ernor Aycock, one OF the leading coun-
sci. Is called out OF the State. The
Governor hopes the conference may be
held next week.
Proceed Agninst the Roads.
The Corporation Commission to-day
announced the result of Its invests
cations into the interstate freight
rates from the West to North Caro-
lima points. the result being an order
that case be brought against the
Norfolk and Western Railway. the Big
Four Railway and the Louisville and
Nashville Railway for the correction
Of such rates to Winston-Salem and
Durham. The investigation by tho
commission began with the Norfolk
and Western and these points because
that road was the only one which
peaches these points on It's own rails
from Cincinnati, and Its route from
that city Is the shortest. The inves-
tigation Is continued as to other rates
and other roads. The commission
finds the rates from the West to
Winston Salem and Durham unreason-
ably and unJustly high. discriminatory
and unlawful, and that this results
partly from the fact that the Norfolk
and Western treats Winston Salem
and Durham branches as independent
roads. whereas the tariff of rates
should be made on a basis of a con-
tinuous haul.
The rate from Chicago to Roanoke,
Va, Is az cents per loo pounds. and
the Norfolk and Western adds the local
rate---5l cents--from Roanoke to Win
kton-Salem. The commission concludes
that the rate from the West to Win
ston- Salem and Durham should be the
same as 10 Roanoke. Lynchburg and
other Virginia points and that the
contention made By the Norfolk and
Western that It's rates TO Virginia
points are professionally low cannot be
sustained, In view OF the heavy earn
ings of the road. These earnings We're
shown by lhe last annual report to be
$i1,S39.61A--si sim sufficient to pay
the interest. dividends. for work and
a Ion -
st.47S.co0. The principal part OF these
earnings accrued from the low rates
to Virginia points.
Courts mt Work.
three weeks term OF the Superior
Court here began to-day. Judge Long
presiding. There are several divorce
suits and an unusually large number
of suits against railways. One case
on the docket against the Seaboard Air
Line for the death OF Engineer Max
we'll between here and Hamlet was
compromised, and so Will not be tried.
Another came from this county is Pc
culiar, this being one in which a wo-
man sues her brother-in-law for buy
ing her husbands farm from him
while he was drunk. She desires the
sale set aside on the ground of fraud.
a term of the Federal court at
Washington begins Tomorrow. There
: are only four cases on the docket
there.
At the term of the court at Eliza
beth City there was only one case An
official remarked to-day that these
courts were farces.
The Assistant Attorney General had
talk with the Treasury Department
people to-day regarding a washing ma
chine company which is selling rights in
this State all the way from $l25 to
$4,000 The company pays no tax and
Is said to be coming money
Charters are granted the Sets Lum-
Der Company, of Concord capital stock
$4,000, and the Woodside Furniture
Company, also $4,000.