The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-04

at some length. It set out that the f Commission. by a personal inspection made by its members was convinced that the depot facilities offered by the Louisville and Nashville were made quate for the passenger service. It was declared furthermore to be the opinion of members of the Commission that the depot arrangements at Mobile as at present used by the Louisville and Nashville were dangerous to life and limb.
 The Commission bases its order upon the act passed by the Legislature in 1903 for the building of a passenger station which, under the law, had to be used by all railroads entering Mo bile. It>declares. in it's order, that the depot has been built and Is commo- dious for all passenger purposes. The order declares that the new station is accessible to the tracks now used by the Louisville and Nashville.
 In this. issue is taken with the rep resentatiyes of the railroad which de- clared that the use of the new depot by the Louisville and Nashville would mean a loss of forty minutes to the schedule of each of its through trains. The railroad people declared further that 1t would be necessary to put in acute curves over other railroad tracks and thus create a new danger of acci- dents.
 The Commission declares in its or der that the Louisville and Nashville does not own sufficient property at Its present depot at the foot of Govern ment street to build a commodious de- pot for its own traffic.
 The order of the Commission in full follows:
 Railroad Commission of Alabama vs
 Louisville and Nashville Railway
 Company:
 This case coming to be heard in regular session. and 1t appearing to the Commission from evidence submitted at said hearing as well as a personal observation and inspection for hand ling the passenger trafic by the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad in the City of Mobile is not only inadequate, but dangerous to life and limb of persons seeking to become passengers and pa- irons of said road.
 And 1t appearing further from evil dence and information before this Com mission that the property of the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad at the site of their present station is insult fiotent to permit of adequate struc- ture for the use of said railroad in handling it's passenger trafic:
 <1hu dppSdFtnk IuEIneE From GXl- dence and personal inspection by mem- bers. of the Commission that a sta tion had been erected in compliance with an act of the Legislature filed in the office of the Secretary of State on September 5, 1903, entitled: An act to locate and require the railroad companies whose railroads enter the City of Mobile to provide for the con- struction ok a union passenger depot in said city, to require them to main- tain and operate the same and to pro- vide a penalty for a failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this act and in further compliance with an order of the Railroad Commission of Alabama dated March IS. 1904, as shown in minute book of said Com mission, wherein the location of said union passenger depot was fixed and approved by the Commission on the north side of Beauregard street be- tween Royal and St. Joseph streets in the City of Mobile.
 And it further appearing that said station has been completed, is commo- dious and sufficient to commodate the travelling public from all trains of the different railroads entering and leav- ing the City of Mobile:
 And it further appearing from evil dence submitted to the Commission that said station is accessible to the present tracks of the Louisville and Nashville at a reasonable expense:
 And 1t further appearing to the Commission from evidence submitted at said hearing that the owners and users of said passenger station. built in &C., cordance with an act of the Legisla- Lure and an order of the Railroad Com mission as above stated, are ready and willing to agree upon reasonable terms for the joint use of said station with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and other railroads entering the City of Mobile:
 Tt is hereby ordered:
 First. That within ninety days from the date of this order. the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad be re- quired to receive and discharge pas- sengers at said gulf terminal station in the City of Mobile by all of its trains handling passengers.
 Second. That if the said Louisville and Nashville Railroad is unable to perfect arrangements with the owners of said station and the other roads using the same, in the joint expense and use of said station. that within thirty days the said Louisville and Nashville Railroad shall file with the Commission information as to its fail ure on such an agreement with said roads and owners in the joint use and expense of said station"