The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-31

JACKSON, Miss, Mar. 31.-A COM
promise basis has been agreed upon
for the claims of the Mississippi lum-
bermen against the railroads on &C
count of the celebrated two-cent rate
cases.
Under the terms of this agreement
the lumbermen of this state will re-
ceive between two and three million
dollars in the form of rebates on ac-
count of excessive charges collected
by the railroads. The agreement is
as follows:
This agreement entered into be-
tween Marcellus Green, William o.
Vertrees, Goulder, Holder, and Mas
ten, Frank S. Bright and other attor-
neys-at-law, for and on account of
each and all of their clients claiming
reparation for the advance of two
cents in rates on lumber from the
states of South Carolina, Georgia,
included in the Southeastern Freight
association territory, which, begin
ming at Chattanooga, is east Of line
running thence along the line of the
A. G. S. railroad to Birmingham, and
the line of the Southern railway from
Birmingham to Selma, and the line of
the w. of A. from Selma to Montgom-
cry, and along the line of the Atlantic
Coast Line from Montgomery to AL
aga, Ala, thence down the Chattahoo-
chez river to the Gulf of Mexico, and
east thereof in the states of Georgia,
Florida and South Carolina, parties
of the first part, and the Southern
railway company, Atlantic Coast Line
railway company, Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & St. Louis railway, Seaboard
Air Line railway, and the receivers
thereof, Central of Georgia railway
company, Georgia Southern & Florida
railway company, Macon & Birming-
mum l"L4NdJ COMPANY anu IHC ISCclf-
ers thereof, Cincinnati, New Orleans
& Texas Pacific railway company,
Alabama Great Southern railroad COM
pany, Mobile & Ohio railroad com
pany, Illinois Central railroad COM
pany, Louisville & Nashville railroad
company, parties of the second part
"Witnesseth, that the parties of the
second part, hereafter called railway
companies. do agree to pay in cash
to the parties of the first part for and
on account of their said clients, each
railroad company severally and not
Jointly, such proportion only of the
payment as is represented by it's par
ticipation in the advanced rate as the
same shall be found by the clearing
houses, or as hereafter provided, to
have been collected for or received
by said railroad companies, within
ninety days after the date hereof, or
as soon thereafter as the speedy as
certainment of the amounts and dis
tributiOn among the railway compa-
MES Of said sum can be made, a sum
equal to siXty-seven per cent of the
face amount of the provable claims
representing shipments upon which
said clients have heretofore actually
paid, including the advanced rate of
two cents, to actual destination, and
upon which said railway companies
have actually collected or received
he legal rate, including the advanced
ate Of two cents per hundred pounds
IN yellow pine lumber involved in the |
ariff of June %, 1903, as so ascer-
aimed by said clearing houses or as
hereinafter provided.
In case there are conflicts of claims
s to particular shipments (other than
o. b. shipments), and which said
onflicts number more than ten cars
Dr. which any one claimant is making
lain, then the amount which would
due thereon under this settlement
hall be retained and not paid until
lie Macon clearing house shall be 8
tisfied as to which of the claimants
all be entitled to receive the same,
divided that where less than ten y
rs are in conflict between two o. | -
re claimants and they have not -
eed upon which of the said claim. se