The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-05
Reduced Passenger Fares in
State of Georgia Effective.
ALL THE ROADS COMPLY
Order of Commission Will Be C5eyed
Until Protest of Roads Has Seen
Settled in Courts-A Few
Complications.

Monday morning the reduced pas
>senger rates ordered by the railroad
commission Of Georgia, in circular No.
s34 went into effect. Differences from
q cent to a half-cent a mile is no.
.ticeable in the tariffs on all Of the
main lines in the state in conse-
squence.
Latest advices indicate that all of
the roads in the state placed into ef-
feet the reduced fares as offered.
The decision OF Judge Shelby, Hunts
vile, Ala, in refusing to order tenn
porary injunction against the COM
mission restraining them from putting
into operation the proposed rates, act
ed as a check upon the contesting cor
porations, and it is thought that all
will follow the lead Of the Atlantic
Coast Line and file bills asking for a
permanent injunction, after review
of the case, in the federal courts, II
the rates ordered are declared, oy
these courts, to be unjust.
The new tariffs were shipped to all
OF the roads from their respective
headquarters Saturday and every ht'
tie station had it's new tariff sheets
on hand fcr that road Monday morn
ing.
All tariffs for straight rides on the
same lines are figured out, and there
will be no trouble after getting tickets
for these stations But the trouble
will come on these tickets from a
station on one line to another.
A man in Newman wants to go to
Athens. Instead of buying in Newman
a ticket for Athens he will find that
he can purchase a ticket only to At
lanta, and then buy another ticket
from Atlanta to Athens.
It is understood that each line, Tor
the present, will sell only tickets over
its own line for intrastate business
OF course, the matter OF interstate
business is not interfered with at all,
and through tickets are to be had
as usual
"Hov ara We expected to know the
tariff of the Southern, Central, Gecr-
gia Atlantic Coast Line and Sea-
board?" is the way one prominent rail-
road official put the question. I'VE
have only our own tariff sheet figured
out. The others will have to be worked
ont with combination rates, later. You
go part Of your journey for 2 cents
a mile: another section for IL cents
and the third for the old rate OF 3
cents.
"Say., the first distance is twenty
saven miles the next eighty-nine and
the third twenty-three, and you see
how much figuring there Is on tha1
ticket without a tariff sheet, so you
can guess the rest Of the work on
a dozen or so combination tickets. So
for the present We will sell only for
our own line"
The Central OF Georgia Railway com
nonv will, obey the circular OF the
state railroad commission ordering the
reduction in passenger rates. VICE
President A. +. Lawton Of the Cen
trail who is also OF the firm OF gen
eral counsel. said: I'VE have taken
the necessary steps to put the redacec
passenger rates into effect. The &C
linn Of the commission not having
heen enjoined, We cannot afford to dc
otherwise. We shall press for hear
;ne at the earliest possible date ant
hone and believe that when the cour
has considered the evidence submit
ted by US and that submitted oy tAt
defendant, il will grant US an IN
junction. Il it does do so, we expec
to withdraw the reduced rates and re
store the scale in force before tnf
reduction became effective. We earn
est,y hope that if, and when, this snal
he done, al! officers and citizens VIII
recognize the supreme law OF the
land in the constitution of the Unlte'
States and the constitution OF Georsl'
and will not undertake to violate then
by disregarding the injunction. II w
are disappointed in this hope tner'
is but one course for US to pursu'
and that is to vigorously protect ou
rights to the end and earnestly de
fend the law OF the land against IN
assaults of those who violate IT,