The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-11
TAXES TESTIMONY
 IN RAILROAD CASE KauI Lumber Co. Seeks ReCev-
 cry Of 0vercharge RAIL ROAD MEN HERE TODAY APresident Underwood of Erie Is Due To Arrive At Noon-Well Known
 Traffic Men In City
 ii Yesterday. ; 
RAILROAD'MEN HERE TODAY

J. E.. Smith of Washington, examiner of the interstate commerce commission, was in Birmingham yesterday to take testimony in the claim of the Kaul Lum- Der company against the Central of Geor- gia and other railroads.
 The hearing occurred in the offices of the lumber company. After taking the testimony MT. Smith left for Vicksburg, where he will take other testimony.
 The claim of the Kaul Lumber com pany against the Central is for a rebate of ? cents per 100 pounds on large ship ments of lumber It is said that the claim will amount to between $25,ooO and $4O,OO0.
 Vice President Winburn of the Cen tral of Georgia was one of'the witnesses Prominent lawyers from several southern cities were in attendance, these represent ing the railroads concerned, and the lum- Der company.
 As a result of the damage done by the heavy rains which held sway Tues day the railroads were heavy sufferers yesterday Although no serious accidents occurred, many trains were delayed from one to six hours, several were neces- sarily detoured from their regular routes several were annuled and narrow es- capes were had by others.
 The train on time yesterday was a novelty. The great majority were very late. The Alabama Great Southern due in Birmingham shortly after Il o'clock Tuesday night. arrived early Wednesday morning, thus starting the habit. There after all entering trains were marked up late. The Louisville and Nashville. due to a collapse of a pier of masonry near Elmore. instead of reaching Birmingham at 12:05 o'clock yesterday afternoon ar rived at 5:55 o'clock in the afternoon The accommodation was four hours late and the fast train, due at 9:25 o'clock, arrived nearly two hours behind sched- ule time.
 N L. Post, a Seaboard freight engi- neer, with residence in Birmingham, sus- tained bruises yesterday morning when his train, due to sliding earth. narrowly averted being ditched.
 The announcement that J. T. Harahan, president of the Illinois Central railroad would be in Birmingham today, coming as IL uid CtrntcHipoi dhcOu5ty Witii tilC press announcement that the president narrowly averted accident in wreck near Sacramento, Cal, was probably in error.
 The Southern railway, however, re- ceived information yesterday that unless his present plan is changed, F. W. Un- derwood, president of the Erie railroad, would arrive in Birmingham today at noon.
 It is surmised that Presid/ht Under wood comes on personal business. Moth ing tending to throw a light on the sub ject accompanied the notice that he was expected to arrive.
 In addition to Vice President Winburn of the Central, who was in Birmingham to attend the hearing of testimony be- fore an agent of the interstate com merce commission, H. M. Atkinson pres ident of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. and W. s. Andrews, superin- tendent of transportation of the Alabama Great Southern, with headquarters in Cincinnati. were here yesterday.
 MT. Atkinson came to meet Dr. Charles w. Eliot. retiring president of Harvard, who will return to Atlanta with him. MT Andrews was on a tour of inspection and returned in the afternoon to Cincinnati.