Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-03-29
RAILROAD COMMISSION
IS BUSY ON REPORT
..osspLGN THREE-cENT FARE
will SOON DC DECIDED.
..-.,.s,on Gets worsted IN Attempt
10 Assume Too Much Control
Of Property.

TALLAHASSEE, March 25.-The
,.uroad Commissioners have been
s..glv engaged recently in the prepa.
..,,on Of their annual report. which is
e. the year ended March /, 1903.
mis- report is now In the hands Of
az printer and will be ready for dis
,-shutlon I'm the course Of the next ten
a.vs This report contains a resume
~ the acts and doings Of the Office for
she wear. the rules and regulations
rrpscribed for the government Of the
railroads OF the State, tariffs showing
freight and passenger rates prescrib-
"A for the various railroads. and other
suformatIon that should be of interest
10 shippers throughout the State.
c0ples Of this report will be sent TO
anyone upon request
Commissioner Bitch has just re-
turned from Clearwater. Fla, where
he went to investigate a complaint
concerning depot facilities.
The Commissioners issued an order
Monday amending the freight classic
cation so that knOcked-down vege-
table carriers will take the same rate
Is vegetable crates.
Conference was had by the Commits
slOners on last Tuesday with G. l..
Loop, vice-president Of the Southern
Express Company, relative 20 the rates
On fruits and vegetables from Florida
producing points 10 points south of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers. The Com
missioners are endeavoring 10 secure
reductions IN the rates between the
points named I'm order that fruit and
vegetable shippers In Florida may in
crease their markets and prevent the
over crOwding OF markets in the East
ern and Western cities.
On the 18th inst. the Commission
srs heard the officials Of the Florida
East Coast railway relative to the con-
sTuetiOn OF depOts at Naranja and
Viking, and relative to the establish
ment Of an agency at White City.
The Commissioners have not yet
reached a decision In the cases.
Upon request of the Live Oak Board
Of Trade a supplemental order has
been made in the case Of the construc-
non Of q union depot at that point.
The supplemental order simply
changes the location Of the depot IS
teet Il is understood that the work
On the construction Of this depot will
Be started I'm fifteen or twenty days.
The auditors who have been at Tai
hhassee for some time preparing data
% substantiate the position OF the
Commission in the L. & n. passenger
rate case have gone 20 Pensacola 20
make some further investigation into
me books Of the railroad company.
Hon. l. C. Massey, counsel for the
Commission, has Just returned from
PENSACOLA. While there he endeavOr-
% 70 arrange for an early hearing
o. the Commissioners side OF the L.
\. r. r. passenger rate case. but
iound hearing could not be had un-
~ after the month Of April. Il seems
tnat the State courts are holding their
spring terms at this season. which
nterferes greatly with other business
outside Of those courts. The passen-
ser rate case Is pending In the United
states court. This case has been drag
sing Tor several years. owing 90 want
q means 10 procure the necessary
testimony until the last Legislature.
me Commissioners nave been making
thorough examination OF the case,
-aa have been collecting testimony
lor more than a year. They are anx-