The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-01

r A Moh,,. commercial Club would be g1v- = sr sonnorturffv later to snie .test- mony with the Commission ID suppef' of their contention ..,s. -,
 P cspps. general freight eHen. of th. seaboard Air Line, was the next witness cf the defendants. nss had several years expertence- m tne rate making departments or
 roads. ..ttAr~ of Counsel fiied exhibits showing com parisons of class and commodity fates of other eduidistant centers m sonthutest with the rates to Montxom- ery from the ohio river and Mississ- ippt river crossings and beyond. Lnesc are to show that Montgomery Jopcers have equal advantages with ctner 'cie-
 MT. Capps presented the resuite or sorne Interesting Salculations. showing inc population and railroad mileage tributary to Montgomery, Mobile and Pensacola as distributing points. This was designed to show the comparative areas In which Mont gomery and her competitive jobbers can compete on their respective basis of .rates..
 Montromery's Mileage. as
 It was shown that Mont goffery has a total tributary mileage cf' TIC miles and population tributary of 'Se.i i33. cap able of being developed by 3obbers out of Montgomery without any chance of competition from her sister cities so far assrailroad rate factors are concerned.
 Mobile has a total tributary mileage of si4 and tributary population of 1s.- lo7 capable of being served out or Mobile without railroad rate interfef- ence from other centers. -s
 Pensacola's total tributary mileage is sss and tributary population. It, sss. t "
 The percentage of tho total railroad mileage served by Montgomery. Mobile and Pensacola jobbers are as follows on the existing adjustment of rates: Montgomery 4f.1 per cent: Mobile, 25.s per cent; and Pensacola 2z;7 per cent. The per centage of the total population accessible to the three cit les for trade are respectively as follows si.s per cent; 22.7 per cent, and 70 per cent. fs
 MT. Cappps testifed that if Mcntgom- ery's present petition for lower rates from the Western cities and river crossings oe the North was allowed. Mobiles and Rehsacoia's tributary populations and railroad mileage would be but down to %ie extent of 176 miles and s.05o population. which would add that much to the territory served by Montgomery. .s. /
 IIlustration Made.
 To illustrate the territory now cap able of being served by each of the three competitive cities. the witness introduced blue print maps showing the extent of the respective tGritor- ies and also the extent of each in the event the rates asked for by Montgom cry are allowed. The populations in these calculations were based on the census of 1900. These estimates are based on the rate adjustment from Louisville. Montgomery's jobbing ter ritory. the present territory capable of being served without fear of com petition on account of freight rates, is described by Mir. Capps in all d. rections as follows At
 Mobile and Ohio railroad. to. Bcline, 7s miles; ,Seaboard Air Line.l to Oma ha. Ga, s4 miles; Alabama and West Point to Cheehaw. 3s miles; Western Railway to whitehall, 25 miles; AtlAn- tic Coast Line, to Abbeville Junction, ii5 miles: Coast Line. Elba branch. SS miles: Coast Line, to Luverne; Cen trai of Georgia railway to Midway, b2 miles; Central. Union Springs to Sea wright 67 miles, and Union Springs to Hurtsboro. 20 miles; Louisville and Nashville. Montgomery to Durham. sz miles; Louisville and Nashville Mont gomery to Swift Creek. se miles; and six or seven branch lines of various roads making up the remainder of the total mileage tributary to Montgotn-. cry.
 On cross examination by Counsel StringfelIow. MT. Capps admitted that if his. calculations had been made on the basis of rates from St. Louis to Montgomery and competitive points, the result would be to cut of some Of Montgomery's territory to. the South on the Louisville and Nashville rail- road.
 MT. Capps admitted. in an answer to a question of Mfr. Kealhofer of the Montgomery Freight Bureau. that there are in his exhibits of oompafi- tive rates in the southeast some un- important items. " q The witness provided laughter by saying that there is no beer, for in. tance, moving at thds time to Sara toga. Miss"
 L. Greers, freight tranic manager of the Southern Railway, was the next witness for the railroads.
 .a-- The Southerm's Side.
 By referring to a map suspended in view. of the Commissioners, Mfr. Green gave a brief history of he rail rates In the Mississippi valley and the in- fIuence- of competition by the river. He concluded by saying that the rates