The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-01

fCouffnuea% rem Faxes on0.t todsy to represent the New orleans Board of Trade. The Commission may sit over until Saturday as hearing win be accorded. the Montgomery Bu- reau on the case against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad wherein com plaint is made that Mobile Is entoyins a lower rate on phosphates from Mt. Piessant. Tenn. than is given won't Romcry.
 The morning session of the second day's hearing opehed at 10 o'clock oS Mr. compton of the Louisville ana Nashvilie, continuing his testimony. ne teetiied at length about the manner oi eonstruction of rates from Chicago to f.inctnnat. and thepce to ,Soutneastetn points, chiefly Montgomery.
 The witness declared there are com reting lines between Chicago and Cin- cinnafi, such being the Big Four ms E Woron Route and the Erie. The result of this is to give compeutive rase between the two cities named.
 The competitive lines between S,n in rsnnatf and New Orleans are the GIT cinnati. New orleans and Texas Pacific inc Louisville and Nashville and the Illinois Central in connection with the Baltimore and Ohio from Cincinnati 10 r,e,,isyfile and the Mobile and Ohio.
 Mir. Compton, on suggestion or coun- sel. uroduced several maps showing tne ~r.nA divisions of trafgic territory In fhe United States. The maps are also arafxned to demonstrate that rates to and from each of the divisions or ter rstory to the other are made on ,he hasis of river crossings of the Missls sippL the ohio. the Potomac. and the Missouri.
 Eor sn.tance. said the witness, rates sron, the East to the points west Of the M.nrissippf are constructed by adding she rates to the Mississippi River 10 fhose applying west of the Mississippi The exception to this general rule IS fsibfcaro: when the lines meet at lne pognt the rate Is constructed 'oy tne a8ditfon of rates to Chicago to those west of the latter point
 like analysis was made of the maps nfplyinT to the Southwestern territory tfe Eastern and western territory, and others .ss
 This was for the purpose or snowlns mat the general plan of rate adjust- ,-sss,t fo inc southeastern territory is \ rarailel to other plans obtaining m other sections.
 As,<ed why Mobile is given the same s,nsis of ratea as are Pensacoia and fSsw orleans the witness said the Lou .svfafe and Nashville made the rates th same because of the similarity Of locations of the ports, all being on xhe Gulf. susceptible of coastwise trat' nc and interior trafic resembling in fhe main.
 few inaccuracies were pointed out bv Mr. Compton in the complaint oi afse Montgomery Freight Bureau asd M certain rates have been changed nfnee the petition was made up, the wyifness was given permission to nie 4fa list of corrected raets sn forcs on Arrs1 I. 1908. The witness added that 4he Louisville and Nashville has in- senaed to charge no higher rate from Et Louis and the Ohio. River to Mont womsry than the Mobile combination. If such rates existed. they are clerical errors.
 Mir. Compton said. that in construcf- ing rates to the Southeast, his line has Ignored Columbus. Ky. as passing point. The latter city is of no com naereIa1 importance. .4,.s.-.
 The witness explained that .n con- strueting rates to Montgomery. when aver it was possible to find ailoth CT =cnnhination than Mobile. a reasonable commercial point, that combination was used if 1t would result in lower rate