The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-04
COMMISSION WILL
 MEET TOMORROW Important Subjects Up for Con-
 sideration NEW DEPOTS WANTED Express Rates Will Also Come Before the Railroad Commission Which VIII Probably Be In Ses-
 sion Two Days
NEW DEPOTS WANTED

An important meeting of the Alabama railroad commission will be held tomor- row in Montgomery. For the purpose of being present Commissioner w. D. Nes- bit will leave this morning for the capital The commissioners will convene at noon in their offices in the capitol and the indications are that the session will ex- tend over two days.
 The question of better depot facilities at Bessemer will be talked over without official action being taken. The people of Bessemer wish a union depot. The commission has been working on this problem for several months and has reached no conclusion.
 The railroads, it is reported, have noti- fled the commission that they will bet ter local conditions individually but that no union passenger station will be con- structed. Until the Jasper case, affect ing the question of union station, Is settled by the courts, the commission may hold up on the Bessemer matter.
 The petition filed by ladies in Alabama that stools be provided for them in alight- ing and boarding trains at small stations will be acted upon. The commission will instruct the railroads to furnish this &C., commodiation. This petition was dupli- cated by negro women and an order af- fecting them also will issue.
 The rates of the Southern Express com pany which have been requested raised, will come in for discussion by the com mission. This company, after winning a suit on fish rates before the interstate commerce commission, filed petition to increase all rates in Alabama. Its case will be given to the commission in the form of exhibits tending to show that suf- ficient compensation is not being realized from the present rates fn effect in Ala bama. It Is considered improbable that the rates will be allowed to be increased. However, the express company feels con- fident that the commissioners will allow their plea.
 Then the commissioners will hold a conference with state health officers and railroad representatives in regard to bet ter sanitation on trains and around depots in Alabama. This question will no. be settled tomorrow or next day, as the commissioners desire to carry this sanitary crusade on in a friendly fash ion. Every interest before the meeting will be requested for advice on the sani- tation plan and a solution will be mapped out agreeable to all. The railroads are very much interested in assisting in the betterment of conditions and will lend all aid to this end wherever the plan or method is practicable.
 Speaking of the meeting tomorrow Commissioner w. D. Nesbit said yester- day: ''The commissioners will have a very busy meeting. We have great number of small questions to settle in addition to three or four serious ones. The conference between railroad men and the commission regarding better sanita- ton has interested me a great deal. l have come to realize lately that sanita- ton is one of the most important ques- tions that can receive serious thought. am sure the commissioners will receive gladly the suggestions of the railroad men and can state that we have no idea of passing judgment for perhaps several weeks yet"