The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
SAYS ROAD WILL
NOT VIOLATE LAM
Railroads Confer as to the kess
Means of Putting It IN
Operation.
RICHHOND vAsn~-smn

X G r Fl y y ID, VAS ecEn4~--s
Henry T. Wickhan. general ouunnnE
and vice President OF the cheaapeaNs.
and Ohio Railway. who repres,-.frl
his road in the gathering OF lers1 ,.ers-
resentatives OF the railroads or fh4
country at Portsmouth. N. "a rrsurn.
ed home yesterday and declares fEEe
the railroads will not evade the nrnF
law.
Mr. Wickham said:
The object OF the meeting was &C.,
clusiVely for the purpose OF :, cEeAr
understanding of President 7,Rff,r
new railroad law. which is to 90 fusr
effect next month.
Reports sent out that the ranrsaaw
We're 10 get together to test the nDu.-
stitutionality of this law were enfsrr1w
erroneous -
The conference was composed -
attorneys representing practicallH an
the important railway systems In finn
United States. 1t was called fox tAn
purpose OF discussing the new rzfE-
road law, and broke up yesterday a.
ternoon. Another meeting will be held,
in New York in December. A sfnee-f
ment giving a general outline cf az
work Of the conference was issued I
CONF Zee appointed for that ps3
pose SO far as could be glesRes
there appeared to be a general senfE-.l
ment among those present IN favor OF
liberal Interpretation OF the amend
ments to the railroad law adopted ~
the last Congress. This was parGfrus-
larry true Of the sO-called long ara
short haul clause, In the cOnsiderNffau
of which much time was spent
The lawyers who have been en-
gagged in the conference generally eE-
press confidence that the Intersf&nn
Commerce Commission will process
conservativey, without making any
rulings which will seriously DISTURB
existing conditions
The special committee appointed ~
the conference TO formulate y state
ment for publication was headed ~
Hon. r. Walton Moore, of FaIrGxx
county and Washington, former pres
ident OF the Virginia State Bar No.
citation and an attorney for the South
ern Railway Company.
Omctal Statement.
The statement follows:
The conference has considered Qren-
tons arising under the act to reguKAn8
commerce, Is recently amended by Cou-
gress The sections to which the amend.
bill apply are Nos- l, 4, and Is Of tia
act. and besides the many points rela-
tive to those sections which were N1z-
cussed. there was some discussion oE
the new section which established the
commerce court The several days o.
the meeting we're In the main spent IN
a general Interchange of views or thoss
present Some informal votes were t.
ken. but this was not with any th0uxh1
in order to obtain a more definite ex-
preston of opinion than would other
wise have been possible on rnatterm
which were in the main those Of a PINE
teal nature. on which trafic onlchnXR
wish to be advised before the eGTecffVa
date OF the amendments, which il An-
gust 18th.
The conference resembIed in It's Oh
1ects and proceedings the one held In
Atlantic City in 1906 to consider To-
provisions or the Hepburn bin az
ments. and which was produc
good results in arriving at a prof.
Outstanding of what was intend
( the new legislation, and which
| douotedly tended to bring about b
| relations between the carriers an
| public and to place the forzne
closer touch with the Interstate
| mercS Commission The spirit
marked the proceedings was on
hopefulness. and there was a plAsN
| disposition TO take any actiocz w
| might create antagonism and strifeNs =
| Another Meeting 40 BE Hefx- ~
w r, Kay, OF the Atlantic CoaN
| Line. said last night: For three days.
the conferences considered the long asa
| short haul clause. The questions in
| rates where there Is water comDe1fon.
were referred to a committee ukIrR'
| was instructed to report at a confer
encs TO be held in New York in De-
cemDer There are many questions 40
10 which the attorneys are in dou0e
including those of the constitutf0nalfGEr
or certain provisions of the new Law,
the extent OF the Interstate Comnaeres
Commissions authority. and whethe<
carried to the United States Suppress
Court"