The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
RATE HEARING IS
 ON IN SAVANNAH
Central of Georgia and West
 ern of Alabama Fighting
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Montgomery, March 12.-(Special )-Col. A NJ Garber. attorney general, is home from Savannah, where he is representing the state in the rate hearings of the Cen tral and Western roads After cleaning up his desk he will return, leaving here Sunday evening.
 Pursuant to the order of Judge Thomas G. Jones to Special Master w. S. Thoring- ton, that the Central of Georgia Railway company and the Western Railway of Alabama should proceed without further delay to produce their evidence in the rail- road late cases pending in the federal court at Montgomery, the taking of testi- mony in the Central of Georgia case be- gan on Tuesday, March s, in the office of tsat company at Savannah before Special Master Thorington and the official stem esrapher
 The railroad company is represented in the hearing by general counsel, Messrs. Lawton X Cunningham, of Savannah, and by Maj Robert E. Steiner of Montgom- cry. The state is represented by Attor- ney General Alexander M. Garber and by special counsel, Judge Samuel D. Weakley of Birmingham.
 The first witness for the railroad com rany was D. J. Brumiey, an expert civil engineer from the Illinois Central Rail- road company, who was sent to Alabama last August to estimate the cost of re- producing new, and also under existing conditions. the Central of Georgia's s prop erty in Alabama, as well as the shops in Georgia. which, in part, are employed to making repairs on equipment used in Alabama.
 The examination in chief of MT. Brum- ley continued from Tuesday to Friday afternoon. during which he offered in evil denee q large number of exhibits consist ing Of value tons. estimates, tabulations of comparative statements, covering his opinion formed in respect to the property of the railroad company in Alabama. It appeared that he and about 45 or 50 other persons, under his supervision, had spent about six IT onths in doing the work. At the end of his examination in chief, an adjournment until Monday mornina was taken 10 allow counsel for the state an opportunity to examine the mass of docu- mentary evidence and exhibits prepara- tory to their cross-examination. This cross-examiration will begin Monday morning and probably continue during the entire week.
 
 Alabama has been in attendance on the hearing for two days taking notes and making suggestions.
 On Friday, the 11th, the hearing at Louisville before Special Master Gunter was resumed in the Louisville and Nash vile and the South and North Alabama rate cases, with general counsel, H. l.. Stone, and special counsel. Gregory l.. Smith and Sidney J. Bowie, attending for the railroads, and special counsel. H. C. Selheimer, attending for the state. The hearing at Louisville will continue for several weeks or possibly longer.
 Now that hearings are proceeding si- multaneousiy at Louisville and Savannah, Attorney General Garber will give such time as he can spare from his office at Montgomery to the respective hearings. and will direct the attendance of his asso- ciate special counsel to the one place or the other as the necessities of the cases from time to time seem to require. It will be several months before the hear ings are completed and the evidence sub ntied 10 the special masters for their to Judge Jones.
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