The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Birmingham Transfer Charges Are Claimed to Be Excess
 SiVe By Commission
SWITCHING CHARGES
 ARE ALSO COMING UP
President Hanson and Attorney Steiner of Central of Georgia Have Pri- vate Conference With
 Governor Conner.

Montgomery, September 24-(Sps- | cial.)-The railroad commission has cited the railroads which compose the Birmingham Terminal company to ap- pear at the October meeting and show cause why the charge of 50 cents for transfer from the new depot to the old Louisville and Nashville depot is not excessive. It is held that this is too much, that it is more than other places have to pay with the same kind of conditions and that 1t Is not right to exact this much of passengers.
 As the matter now is every ticket sold through from one of the roads in the new depot to the Louisville and Nashville has the half dollar transfer charge at Birmingham. A man. it is true, may buy q ticket to Birmingham and then rebuy to his destination. but that would involve the removal of his baggage and many other inconven- fences. Therefore. the commission ia going to look into the matter. repre- sentatives of the railroads having been cited to appear.
 On the same day the now notorious switching charge case put in by tho Wood -Dickerson Lumber company of Birmingham will come up. There will be hard fight made to got the raceis
 ing taes to absorb charges wh ich the mer, hants now pay.
 Hanson in the City.
 President J. r. Hanson of the Central 1 of Georgia railroad with Major R. F. Steiner, district counsel called on Gov ernor Conner today and talked over matters which they did not make pub l lie. After the conference Major Stein CT said that they had only paid their respects to the governor and that the meeting did not indicate any notion of the Central to accept the state rates. Extra session talk is vet rife. and it Is pretty certain that Governor Com ar will call the solons back again. He has written letters to the members giving his ideas of what may be done and these will be made public by the recipients later in the week, as they are received. It is not related by any one yet that the governor has said what he will put in the call.
 Delegations from Jones Mill. Monroe county; Equality. in Coosa; Coffee Springs In Geneva, and Carrollton. in Pickens, have been here this week to make application for high schools.
 Serious Charges.
 Coal rates are to be taken up by the railroad commission with regard 10 the charges in the state. A scale of rates that materially lower those now in existence has been submitted to the traffic men and they are cited to appear at the Novem- her meeting of the commission to show cause why they should not be put Tn. As a general thing the rates what is known as the coal carriers are not what might be considered high, but on con- meeting lines they are above what tho commission thinks should be charged Rates on many of the coal carrying lines are now below what is suggested by the commission and where this is the case no change would be made. But where the haul Is over two or more lines. with one or more off the coal line or origination complaint has been made that the freight is too high so high at times as to be excessive. The comms- sion hopes to be able to have an adjust ment made when all of the facts put before the traffic men without any con- test Many of the roads in the state ara away from the mines.
 For Lower Coal Rates.
 The roads are now working out tho through ticket problem and will be aple to sell off as well as the lines using the reduced rate as as tariffs are made up which will be soon.
 George and Jesse Shreve. the first a lawyer, have been cited to appear before Judge William II. Thomas of the city court. on contemt proceedings. They are accused of getting two witnesses out of the state by paying their way to and keep In Texas. Their case will be heard October B. and has been sensational
 Mrs M Johnson and Miss Hattie Brown were held as witnesses against pr. Frank Caffey. a negro doctor. who Is charged with malpractice and murder as a result of It. They left here and went 10 Dallas, Tex. and 1t was said that they had been sent away by frisnds of Dr. Caney After some time they were brought back and were tried today for contempt in that they failed to bo on hand when the time of trial came.
 When taken to court today they both swOre that they were provided with mo- ney to leave by the Shreves. that Jesss shreves went To Atlanta with them and that he bought tickets there to Dallas. told them they could leave and could not be brought back to the state.
 Prohibition Sentiment.
 The refusal of the city council to in- crease the license of the saloon men and the opening of revival that Is expected to take In the whole city and much Of the county with it's influence. are anc- dents of Monday evening that are expect ed to centralze. along with others. in- the beginning of a campaign for prohih- ton that will be very hot and very hard fought on both sides Many of the high license men are at heart prohlhitionists.