The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-03
TO SHUT UP
 STATIONS Roads Petition Alabama \ Railroad Commission. lAN NOT MAINTAIN THEM Want to Take otf Selma and Akron
 Train. Cemm,s..es Hear. Fisurss on Poor Bssiaess Reaas are Doing
 Mobile Coal serchants CompIain.

The Alabama Railroad Commission at it's regular monthly meeting yes- terday had busy day with miscellan- eous matters. consisting mostly of hearing petitions for the closing of agencies of many of the railroad lines in the State and the approval of eer- tain tariffs submitted to apply during the cuarsnt year.
 After being in session during the en- tire day the Commission retired for an executive session yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
 All members of the Commission were Charles Henderson. W. D. Nesbitt and John c. Harris.
 It is expected that action will be ta- ken before the Commission finally ad- journs this time on the petitions of the carriers for closing agencies. Special requests for speedy action have been made on account of the desire of the railroad officials to stop the expenses of operation from this source when, as they have testified in each case, the revenues fall below the actual cost Of maintaining the agencies. Then, too, the desire is accentuated for ready ac- ton at this session of the Commission in order that the railroads may pre- pare for the going into effect of the , operators. This law. as is we'll known. will result in the closing down of agencies all over the United States.
 The interesting question involved in the petition of the Mobile Coal Com pany for an extension of free time in the unloading of bunker coal consign- ed to the port of Mobile came up bes fore the Commission yesterday but on request of all parties concerned the matter went over until the next meet ing of the Commission. This is the movement set on foot by the handlers of bunker coal in Mobile for an in- crease of time from three to ten days in the unloading of bunker coal as dis tinguished from domestic coal destined to Mobile The recent demurrage law of the last Legislature imposed inc limitation of free time to seventy-two hours for unloading after arrival of khe cars.
 The stations whose agencies now in existence are asked by the railroads .. be closed are as Follows: Gainer- on the Central of Georgia; Patton. on the Southern Railway; Crudup and Hull, on the Alabama Great Southern Rail- road; Dwight, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad: and Hardwick on the .Atian- tA and Birmingham Air Line Railroad.
 some action on the part of the Com in day or two. The other cases that were called yesterday were as follows:
 W. w. Gaines ct al V. Mobile and Ohio. petition to establish flag stops at Haynes.
 Mobile Coal Company V. Mobile ana Ohio. Southern Railway, Louisville and Nashville and Memphis. Jackson and Kansas City, petition for increase in free time for unloading of bunker coAa at Mobile.
 D. c. Turnipseed V. Central of Georgia, petition for better track fa- cilities at Penrose.
 Fairfcrd Lumber Company V. Tom bigbee Valley Railroad, petition for reasonable rates, improved roadway and better service.
 The Long Distance Telephone and Telegraph Company, petition for ap- pkoval of tariff for Alabama.
 Among those present at the hearing of the Commission were w. A! Moody, Manager of the Alabama Car Service Association; T. E. Brooks. Superintend- ent of the North and South division of the Louisville and Nashville; J. I. Me- Kinney, Superintendent of the Moblle and Montgomery Division Of the Louis vile and Nashville: John Bose. AssiS- tant Superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville; George W. Jones. coun" seI of the Louisville and Nashville: Major R. E. Steiner, Of counsel for the NAODtAo dtt1 OltiOs
 Hon. Alfred M Tunstall. of Greens boro, counsel for the Southern Railway, was present before the Commission to urge the justice of that body allowing the line he represents to take or one of the two daily passenger trains be- tween Selma and Akron. There were numerous protests filed with the Con- mission against the granting of per- mission to remove this train service. The protest came from many points along the line described, The argu- ment of MT. Tunstall was simply a presentation of facts and figures tV show that the service Is costing the railroad much more than the revenue derived from the operation Of the train. He did not believe the Commits sion would like to go on record as preventing the taking off of a train where it was clearly demonstrated by many months of business that rhe train is losing the company money.
 MT. Tunstall told of the inconven- fence personally to himself when the train should be removed. but he said that his inconvenience and the incon- venience of his neighbors was all the argument that could be found in the numerous protests against such re- novaL He said this was no argument to put against the increasing loss to the carrier in operating the train.
 The Commission Is holding this case under advisement along with one or Aza.-.--.---e.-- -.