The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-07
RAILROADS MUST
REBATE SHIPPERS
Nearly Three Million Dollars
Ovcrcharge OH Lumber to-
Be Repaid. z
CONSUMER HAS PAIL, BILLS
Court Decision Requiring Repay
mcnt May BE Further Contest
ed by Roads.
CONSUMER HAS PAID BILLS
TimeB- Dispatch Bureau.
Munsey building.
Washington. D. G., Sept. 6. 1901.


1t is understood that some OF the raj
roads of tho South will fight paymer
OF the two million and half awarde
Southern lumber companies as repre-
senting overcharges in the transport
ton of pine. chiefly to Northern point
Tho claims filed with the 1ntersta'
Commerce Commission for reparatio
aggregate well on to three million
The Supreme Court has decided ths
PREPARATION should be made.
The commission held, and the 8,
preme Court held likewise. that I'll
two cents per hundred pounds increa!
made by the railroads of the South
rates for the transportation OF PHI
lumber was excessive, and that u
roads should not only restore the o.
rates, but should return the Over
charge TO the various shippers entitle
thereto.
The ground on which the railroad
especially the Louisville and Nashvill
will base opposition to paying u
claims Is that the moment the tran!
portation companies Increased the
rates the lumber companies increase
the price TO consumers, and therefor
did not decrease their profits by
much as penny.
In OtUGT WOEQ5, tIIO ihA'iCoN1
and with much apparent force. that
tl,e money Representing the oyerchare
he returned TO anybody, II should
stuffed back into the pockets OF II
man who paid the freight
The principal part OF the two ana
half million claimed as PREPARATION
alleged to be due from the SoutheI
and Louisville and Nashville. FoiioV
ing are some OF the claimants:
The Allison Lumber Company $40
VS. Southern Railway........ $-e'A'
The Alabama and Florida Lum-
P per 1on et n ............. 14,5.
Tie A. E. Baird Lumber Com
pany VS.. Louisville and Nash =.
VILE Railroad. .......-...... D.
Barne go, % s railway ct al. $500
Byrd Lumber company vs.. 90,
snn,hssn railway ct al. ..... 15.o'
Tho Cady Lumber Company vs.. IL
Missouri! Pacific. 1919
The Champion Lumber Com
1 pany VS.. sou.nesn i.a4lsA 100
The Chicago. Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railroad vs.. the liii-
nois Central ct ALL. ..... wv
The Colonial Lumber Company M ~
ys. Southern Railway ct AL. Zo.V
X. R %; SaHH. et ai .. s 900
l.. +. Driver vs. Southern Kali
way et al. ---.....,-.. o."
: vile and nashville Railroad 1000
J. w. Finck VS.. Illinois Sehtrai en-
ct al o.
J. w. Finck vs.. Southern Rail =
way ct al. %"
IL. p. Flowers & co. VS.. Atlantic ~,
Coast Line. ..........
y. vi II fi ang Nashvi nj .... 174
Frost-Sibley Lumber Company
VS.. the Southern Railway ct =
al. ..,-....-...,.....- Wv
B. NJ. Hearn VS.. Southern Raii- on
us way Sc a BOYD Lumber Com
pany vs.. Atlantic Coast Line 11,S
I'll. ~. Heller Lumber Company
VS.. Southern Railway ct al. ee,o
Hines Lumber Company VS..
Southern Railway ct all, all, lo'o
~ era "a i1 RAILWAY ct al. ........ $500
Hutchinson Lumber Company
VS.. Southern Railway ct al. 10
Houston Lumber Company vs..
Central of Georgia ct all. ll,o
Jackson Lumber company vs. y,
al. o'V
Jackson Lumber Company vs..
Louisville and Nashville ct
jerks Lumber Company vs..
Gulf and Ship Island Railway M
ct al. .......... wa
jerks Lumber Company vs..
Southern Railway ct ALL. OIL
Kaul Lumber Company VS.. Cen
trail of Georgia Railway ct al. oV'V
Kingston Lumber Company VS..
Illinois Central ct al. SUI
Zee Lumber COmDany yS. lill-
nois Central ct al. ............ Ao'o
T.. e. Lowe & Co. VS.. Southern
Railway ct al. lo'V
Macon Lumber Company vs..
Southern Railway ct al. ..... .15,o
NASSAU Felton Lumber Com :.
pany VS.. Southern Railway
Company ct al. ...........-.. wv
Miller-Brent Lumber Company
VS.. Southern Railway ct al. 81
Ouachita Lumber Company vs.
Illinois Central ct al...... 10
Oden & Elliott VS.. Seaboard Air
Line Ell al. 900
Patterson-B Black Company VS..
Southern Railway ct alice. 1870
Pearson Lumber Company VS..
]. l.. Phillips & Co. w. Illinois
]. l., Phillips & Co. VS.. South
ern Railway ct al,.......... SOU
Red Cypress Lumber y ,,ra, Company 60
i De
w. c. Redding VS.. Southern
Railway ct al. ....5.......... f,U
Sanford Lumber Company VS..
Southern Railway ct al....., 40
Sergeant Lumber Company VS..
Southern Railway ct ALL. 40
Southern Pine Lumber Com
pany VS.. Southern Railway ct
al. ....... ..s.. .-,...... X, j 5u
southern Sawmill Company vs..
Southern Railway ct al..y.,. 600
~. $40, ay fS.n nj
= Georgia ast ias ct al. ~ 275
Standard Lumber Company VS..
Louisville and NASHVILLE ct
Stone Lumber Company VS.,
Southern Railway ct al...... zoo
Stottin Lumber Company VS..
Southern Railway ct al...... i69,t
Sumter Lumber Company ysSitltf.
Alabama Great Southern ct
fremont Lumber Company vs., n. 4
Arkansas Southern Railroad
ct ALE. ....'.i..... 81
fremont Lumber Company VS.. a
Vicksburg, Shreveport and =
Pacific Railroad, ~. ...'.5.... 40, i
Turnbull -Joyes Lumber Com
pany vs. Illinois Central ct
al. .'y.s..-....t.....'... =. n. o.
Turnbull-Joyce Lumber Com /.
pany VS.. Southern Railway ct