The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-08-23
Due to Competition and Net
Value of Business
No Long Hauls in North Carolina
The Expenses are Made by Build
ing OF Carst, Crews 10 Man Trains.
Coal Used-Goyernor Glenn Inter-
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zion was obtained from John NJ Daley
s,,,sr;ntendent of transportation o.
the Illinois Central railroad, when De
took the stand again today as an eA-
rer+ witness for the Southern railway,
before former Judge Montgomery, who
as master, is taking depositions mere
which may lead TO solution oil the
question of the constitutionality Of the
. IA cent railroad rate law of North
Carolina. Mr. Daley was cross Ca
amined by Mr.. Justice who appeared
for the state of North Carolina. The
witness said that competition and not
volume of business was largely the
basis upon which railroad rates were
fixed There were nc long hauls III
North Carolina, he said. Explaining
the costs of transportation. Mr.. Daley
said:
The expenses are made up by the
building of cars, their repairs, crews
to man the trains, the coal used in the
engine and the tax levied every day
in North Carolina for the privilege
of standing a train of cars at the end
of the run. Besides you must take
into consideration that after a train
runs say 60 miles in one day the re-
turn run has to be made and the same
expenses continue"
To counsel for the Southern railway
Mr.. Daley said that 85 per cent. Of
the busiess done by that company IN
North Carolina is interstate.
w. 3. Beymer, auditor of the Cen
tral railroad, of Georgia, testified that
the Southern railway realizes a profit
Of but Is cents on every dollar paid
for domestic transportation. 1t costs
the other S5 cents to move the freight
or passengers, he said He tould not
separate the L,;,ssenger income in this
estimate. 1t costs Is cents on the
dollar earned more to handle business
within the state than to handle all the
rest of the company's business.
Richard B. Taylor, general superin-
tendent of the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road, testified that it costs more to
handle local business of a railroad
than it does to handle all the other
business, explaining that small
amounts were handled in local freight
and that the freight cars had to move
at stated periods whether or not the
cars carried full load.
In long runs the cars were filled to
their utmost capacity, stops were
fewer and the expense of handling the
freight was less.
The investigation will be continued
tomorrow, counsel agreeing to con-
tinue the hearings in this city until
Wednesday night and then adjourn to
Washington, where the hearing will
be resumed Friday.
Governor Glenn of North Carolina
who came to New York to consult
with attorneys for the state in This
hearing, said today that he would
start for home tonight.
1--WE have had witnesses on the
stand under cross examination" he
said land things have turned out just
as we expected
Then do you expect to go ON the
stand yourself?" the governor vas
asked
"Oh, no." the governor replied. Il
had no intention of going on stand
in person when l came here. | merely
came to New York to consult with
the states attorneys and look over
things. AS everything is satisfactory
there is no reason for a longer stay,'
Speaking of the clash between the
state and federal courts over the rate
law, Governor Glenn said:
Il am an industrial governor T.
have always made it a point to pro-
tect capital and protect the railroads
1rom anything that was unfair. But
when the railroads try to run us. then
it is time to call a halt.
lnere was only once that this mat
ter became serious. Had Judge Pr;rcb-
ard tried to get our prisoner auov
1rom US and adjudged Judge Long in
contempt, 1 certainly would have
oacked up Judge Long with every SOL
oier and every deputy sheriff in
North Carolina Of course, if President
roosevelt sent troops into our s+o+o
then We would have had to throw up |
our hands, as one state could not fight |
tne unlon' bue we should have appeal |
eo 20 the voters of the country and
L tnlnk they would have been with |
u.s." VIII
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