The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-02
THE RAILROAD NEWS
sEABOARD BEGINS USING UNIFORM
BILL OF LADING.
Cedar Greek Lumber Company Again
Considering the Completion of
Road from Brewton to
Andalusia.

with the Seab0ar Air Line or the
standard uniform bill OF lading, which
went into effect yesterday all the
railroads running into Montgomery are
now using this same uniform docu-
ment. which Is a great thing for the
railroads, because 1t Is simple in its
construction and does away with q
great deal of red tape.
There has been a general demand for
uniform document and the present
standard uniform bill OF lading was
Endorsed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission some time ago, and was
put into effect last January LIST by most
OF the Northern and Western roads.
while with the exception of the Sea-
board this bill was adopted and into
effect May ! by all roads running into
this city.
These standard bills of lading are
made up in two forms. one for straight
consignments and the other for order
notify consignments.
A proclamation has been issued by
the Governor of Mississippi authorize
ing the organization of the Pascagoula
Northern Railroad, which will run
from Moss Point to Meridian, almost
directly north and south through the
counties of Jackson, Greene. Wayne,
Clarke and Lauderdale, opening up a
hHp SAAbOE ES6AOh'
1t has again been reported that the
Cedar Creek Mill Company of Brewton
Is considering constructing the re-
mainder OF its railroad from Brewton
to Andalusia. About twenty miles of
the road has already been built with
about eighteen miles yet to be con-
structed. ~
The road travels through an ideal
farming section, which would be rap
Idly developed with the advent of the
railroad, besides giving the people of
Andalusa a direct line to Mobile, New
Orleans and the West.
H. B. Cullen, Travelling Passenger
Agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio. with
headquarters at Richmond, Va, was In
Montgomery yesterday.
J. II. Hodges. Freight Traffic Man
ager of the Apalachicola and Northern
Railroad with headquarters at Apa-
Iachicola, Fla. passed through this city
yesterday In his private car enroute to
Atlanta.
SOuthern Railway Wins.
Washington. June, 1.-The test case
of the Southern Railroad Company
against the Interstate commerce COM
mission involving the right of the
commission to fix the charge for recon-
signment of hay shipped through East
st. Louis, was decided today by the
supreme court of the United States
against the commission
The reconsignment charge of the
roads Is cents a hundred pounds on
hay intended for Southeastern points
when it is not recognized, but cents
for that which Is recognized.
The st. Louis Hay and Grain Com
pany has two warehouses in East st.
Louis and 1t made complaint against
the railroads on account Of the differ
ence.
Acting under the 1sOth section Of the
interstate commerce law, the commits
sion ordered reduction of the higher
charge to 8 cents per hundred. on the
ground that a difference of 2 cents on
the hundred was an unreasonable
preference" to through. shippers.
The roads refusing to recognize and
be bound by the commissions order,
the grain company took the case to the
United States Circuit Court for the
Eastern District of Illinois to recover
judgment against the roads for the
amount of reparation awarded by the
commission. which was s1.659. Rec
ognizing the proceeding of the COM
mission as regular, the court gave the
judgment for the amount. The court
of appeals for the seventh circuit af-
firmed the verdict, but the Supreme
Court today reversed the decision of
both the lower courts.
While the sum involved Is not large,
the case dealt with the right of the
commission to regulate the rates OF
common carriers.
The roads other than the Southern,
which were involved. were the Illinois
Central. the Louisville and Nashville,
and the Mobile and Ohio.
The courts decision was handed
down by Justice Brewer.