The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
APPROVED
 ARE RATES Pullman Adjustment Is
 Allowed. DECIDED TO BE EQUITABLE Better Graduation of Day Travel on
 Mileage Basis. Barge Rates Are Made Final as Being Acceptable to All Parties-H. B. Clements of Pullman
 Company.

At the regular monthly meeting Of the Alabama Railroad Commission held at the State Capitol Monday morning and afternoon, the new rates put In force by the Pullman Company some months ago were adopted by the Com mission, and the barge rates so much before the public notice were adopted as promulgated
 The hearing of the Pullman Com pany occupied most of the time of the Commission. After taking the evil dence in the matter, the Commission reserved its decision until the moment of adjournment when the new schedule was adopted, the Commission being of the opinion that while there was 6 slight increase in the chair rates du- ring the day, that the reduction in the berth rates more than offset this ad- vance in chair rates.
 H. B. Clements, General Ticket Agent of the Pullman Company; c. $. Fernald, Assistant General Solicitor of the Company, both of Chicago. and J. M. Foster appeared for the company.
 MT. Clements testified that the re- vised rates for seat fares resulted in a reduction in many cases, and an in- crease in others. and nearly 200 seat rates were left unchanged: that the revision had not been made for the purpose of making either increases or decreases, but was a part of a general revision which has been put in force on all lines East of the Mississippi river. and will, as soon as the rates can be compiled be put into force on all lines in the United States; and that this puts the Pullman rates in Ala. bama on parity with it's rates in oth. CT States, even those where the popu- latien is greater and the travel heavier than in Alabama.
 Mere Reasonable Rates.
 He testified that heretofore, seat rates have been adjusted upon twenty five cents basis of increase. That is, ths minimum rate was twenty-five cents for seventy-four miles or less; the next rate was fifty cents from seventy-kour miles to 124 miles, So that one who travelled seventy four miles would pay twenty-five cents but if he travelled seventy five miles, he would pay fifty cents, but the present basis is twenty five cents minimum up to KIrtv miles, and five cents for each ten miles additional or fraction thereof, so that a passenger travelling from fifty to sixty miles would pay thirty cents, from sixty to seventy miles. thirty-five cents. and so on. That this basis was adopted by the Pullman Company for the purpose of better equalizinR the charges in proportion to the service 
 uniform reasonable rates. and that the general result to the company grow ing out of this would be a reduction.
 The new tariff recently adopted by the company makes reduction in quite a large number of berth rates within the state. but makes no increases in berth rates.
 Tn the matter of the barge rates to be charged on the rivers of the state it was decided to put into enforcement the rates as sent to the various com panies doing a business on the rivers, the independent companies having noti- fled the secretary of the commission that the published schedule of rates sent them some days ago were perfect ly satisfactory to them.
 Tn the matter of the citations of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Company that they show cause why there should not be a bet ter passenger service between Gunters-