The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-01-31
THE N. C. LEGISLATURE


hearing Oh the railway regulation and
rate bill by the Seuat@ aad House
committee. TIE Senate chamber Ens
packed with people. Tie Following
RAJ way officials: Pre.taeat ol iae
Southern Railway " " Finley.
Wee Presidents & t. Andres as and
Culp. and General Manager Ackert,
General Counsel Themas, Passenger
Traffic Manager Iardwlek. Freight
Claim Agent Hooper. ana Conptrul-
er piaat-all of the Southern. G-erc
present Second Vice President Sc
.yier. General Counsel Watts. Geuer-
al Superintendent Hix. of the Sea
loazd 5. General Passenger As-sat
Craig. General Superintendent An
deraon. Assistant General Counsel
Elliott, Of the Atlantic Coast Line;
Vice President Stagg. Traffic Man
ager Cheatham. Treasurer Duke, Gen
eral Counsel Fuller. of the Durham
1; Southern; General Manager Mich
OILS. General Passenger Agent Reid,
Of the Carolina & North Western: Of
the Aberdeen d Asheboro. President
Henry Page, OF the Norfolk x Nest
ern. William \ Guthrie; Of the Raj
eigh & Southport, President Mills,
were also there.
Senator Graham presided, Chair
| man Yount, of the House committee,
sitting with him. Speaker Justice
sat near Chairman Graham and acted
as grand inquisitOr. Chairman Gra-
| ham said the question 10 be discuss
ed this afternoon was whether the
passenger rate should be reduced and
| TO what extent.
Mr.. Finley Speaks.
President Finley, Of the Southern,
was the first speaker, and made an
excellent impression. Speaker JUS
tice piled him with questions. He
said that if the Legislature would
make the passenger rate ) cents
| straight, with no second-class fare,
| the Southern was willing 10 accept
| it. He declared he could see no rea-
son for reducing the rate to , IL
cents here. He did not oppose the
| regulation of railways by the Legis-
lature, but he did not believe in Leg
| lslatures administering railway af-
fairs. The present trouble, he said,
Is not of rates but of lack of facili-
ties for the business man or the pro-
ducer to reach his market. He said
the Southern had no financial con-
nectlon with the South & Western.
| General Passenger Agent Ryan, of
the Seaboard, was the next speaker.
He was loaded with figures about
| hn
to show that in States where reduc-
tloEs had been made the increase in
travel was not so great as had been
expected and that the loss to the
companies was not made up.
House Committee Endorses Anti
Pass Bills.
This same committee held hear
ing on two bills. Graham's and JUS
tees regarding newspaper passes.
Graham says his bill is not intend
ed to affect newspapers. Justice
says his bill puts newspaper people
on the same footing as other folks.
His bill is the one mainly considered.
Graham bill is the Interstate com
merce bill with the provision that
|
law.
Speeches were made by Messrs. II.
A. London, John NJ. Julian, w. c.
Dowd, Rev. J. O. Atkinson, Archi-
bald Johnson and Representative ia
cobson in favor of the amendment
offered by the Press Association.
Speaker Justice was present, asked
|
on the endorsement Of his position
by the committee. Several members
Of the House committee took q keen
interest In propounding questions to
Press Association representatives. AT
the conclusion of the argument the
committees went into executive ses-
sion. The result was that Justice was
sustained by a vote of 6 to 5 by the
House committee. The Senate com
mittee unanimously decided not tc
interfere with the present law, thus
| allowing editors to retain their pres
ent rights in this regard.
Pass Third Reading.
+ Bills passed third reading:
Regarding the graded schools al
| y iI4oOlL.
To separate prisoners with tuber
culosis from other prisoenrs IN coun
ty iails.
) To take from magistrates juris
} diction of cruelty to animals and Civ,
i it to the Superior Court.
To reduce fees and pay of count,
officers Of Johnston.
To amend the law regarding lanC
entries by requiring both parties t.
give bond when protest is filed.
r To give fume companies the RICH
of eminent domain over a strip owe
! Is feet wide and making them com
mon carriers, subject to regulation
by the corporation commission.
, To prohibit non-residents from tn
State from gathering clans, oyster
and tarapins in Brunswick county
To regulate fees of jurors in Edge
combe.
5 To amend the law regarding th
passage Of fish in the Cape Fear an,
North rivers
To appoint NJ NJ. Bullard a magis
trate In Grady township, Pende
county.
dope Bill Killed.
The House on Friday killed tn
soft-drink bill, popularity known a
: the "dope bill" In the Senate
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