The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-14
RAILROAD NEWS
FROM ALL POINTS
Question of 70 Cent Rate in
Virginia Attracts Mucl,
Interest Here.
sEABoARD IN GOOD HANDS
Receivership Generally Regarded
aslBest Solutiot1-No Drastic
Legislation Expected.

With conflict OF opinion as to what
the State Corporation Commission may
do In the matter OF agreeing to a new
passenger rate. the public is alto
gethcr at sea. Ir3rnilroad and political
circles, however, tho alleged negotia-
tions between the transportation COM
panies and the commlssio are being
watched with curious interest, some
strong views pro and con being ex-
pressed generally. AS stated In Tho
Times. Dispatch yesterday. the com-
mission Is still maintaining siiepce.- de-
elinlns to diaeuss the case In any OF
its phases.
Compromises have been eReotel ip
Alabama, Georgia and South 8carotina,
the same to be ratified so far as NoEtb
Carolina is concerned at an extra 80.
sion Of the Legislature called for noxtS
week. There will be q flat 1-2 cent
rate for Interstate and fntrastate travel
In Virginia. where tile cent order
was promulgated. the railroads. naya
rut it into effect temporarily, pend
ing final determination of It's fairnest
by. the United States Supreme Court.
| whether the compromise agreed upon
~ the four States will be nullifiad
In the event that Virginia. refuses e.
Join is not clearly understood, although
| it Ia said by railroad people, that y
I Will prevail, nevertheless.
Look for Good Results.
In thei editorial discussion Of the Sea.
board Air Line receiverslllp, newspA.
|pers, and especially the railroad jour.
nails, continue to see cause for graft
ncation that the properly Of the com
pany will be mora valuable hereafter,
with the absence OF internal dissension.
with two receivers. representing tn
two factions. and working together n
Harmony. there seems to be greater
assurance that the Interests OF the
lcorporation will be advanced. and that
Int will lift itself to q solid foundation
In the course OF time. To-day the bus
incss OF the seaboard. In all branches
and departments, is being conducted
Just as II receivers were not In charge
No Drastic Legislation.
Outside OF the right to repeal the
charter Of the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac, railroad men arc not
anticnatinE any determined anti-cor-s
poration crusade on the part Of the
General Assembly OF Virginia. This
being true. they naturally have cause
for rejoicing. for with the present con
dttton OF affairs such an attitude would
DO detrimental, IL not actually harm
ful. Though they are keeping close
watch on the charter repeal PROPOSE
ton. representatives OF other roads ara
not having much to say. The public.
however. believes thet tina coming q,
the Goulds and the opening Of a new
| line into Richmond would put this city
20 the front and add greatly to its
Transportation facilities. siis5s3s 81
AZ to Sunday Trains.
The States which prohibit the run
ming OF freight trains on Sunday ca,,
| be counted on the fingers OF one hand,
Ferlshable SUITS and live Steck are
not stopped In transit on the sevanth
day. a few years ago the story went
the rounds that the leading railroad
n North Carolina owned ascouple az
mules which rested during the weak
ana travelled only on Sunday, merely
for the purpose OF assisting In the
movement OF ordinary freight. The
railroad official who got tho credit OF
engineering the scheme denied the
story with a laugh. The mule was
product OF newspaper fiction and moth
ling more. Following the coal strike
some years ago. the Pennsylvania Rail-
road manage to send out five thou
sand cars the first Sunday after the
embargo was lifted by the strikers. ana
thus supplied hundreds OF manuSactur-
Ing establishments which were on the
verge OF closing down. In the South.
especially the sentiment seems to ba
against sunday trains. the freIghI
| service being. the target OF attack, Is
I the Federal government protects trains
carving the malls,