The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-24
COMMISSION
ORDERS DEPOT
At COTTONDALE
SITE rs AT CROSSING OF TRACKS
OF L. & N.~AQD ATLANTA g. ST.
ANDREWS BAY ROAD AND
WORK MUST coNMERcazMAY 10
Special 20 Tire journal.

Tallahassee. March 23s-Ths Florida
railroad commissioners todzy entered
their order No. $50 against the Louis
vile & Nashville R r. Co. and the At
lenta & St Andrews Fay Railway Co,
directing them to erect and maintain q
union passenger station al Cottondale,
Fla. Said depot Is ordered erected at
the crossing Of the two lines. north
and east of each, respectively, the
white waiting reom to have not less
than 500 aQuare feet of floor space.
The depot is to be provided with
proper sheds. lights and such other
conven1ences as are necessary to the
comfort and convenience of the public,
1t Is ordered that the construction of
the depot shall be begun not later than
May 10, 1912, and shall be prosecuted
to completion with reasonable dill
gence. and that the work shall be
completed before July Is, 1919.
The commissioners have received
complaints from citizens Of Manatsa
Fla, on account of inadequate depot
facilities at that place OF the Seaboard
AIR Line Railway. Therefore, their
order No. S5e was today entered
against that railway, directing It to
make certain improvements IN It's pas
senger depot at Manafee. said i'm
provements to be completed as ordered
not later than June 1, 1912
ANOTHER HEARING.
On behalf OF the shippers of Florida
the railroad commissioners I'm 1910
made their case before the Interstate
commerce commission, peHtioning that
body to enter an order against the
Southern Express Company, reducing
its present rates on fruits and vege-
tables from Florida points to points
south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
Hearing was had before the interstate
commerce commission at Jacksonville
IN February. 1911, at which time tes-
timony and evidence was offered both
by the Southern Express Company
and the commissioners. Later briefs
were filed, and the commission took
the matter under advtsement How
ever, some weeks ago, the Florida
commissioners were advised by the in
terstate commissioners that on account
of insuf7iciency of the record a further
hearing would be necessary. They are
now advised by the latter commission
that this further hearing VIII be had
on April 12. 1912. at the Snoreham ho-
tel. Washington. D. O. The Florida
commissioners VIII no doubt be repre-
scented at this hearing.
Counsel for the Florida railroad com
n1issioners, Hon. w. H. Hudson, has
returned from St Augustine. where he
went as the representative of TINS
commission IN the case of the Florida
East Coast Railway Company against
the United States, now pending IN the
United States supreme court. This is
the case whereby the interstate com
merce commission upon petition of the
East Coast Fruit and Vegetable Grow
ers' Association and the Florida rail-
road commission entered an order
against the r. E. G. Ry., the A. e. L.
r. r. and the s. A L Ry, reducing
their rates ON fruits and vegetables
from Florida. points to base points
when for beyond, and an Injunction
was secured by the F. E. G. Ry. in the
United States commerce court re-
straining the operation Of said rates
so far as its line was concerned. Mr..
Hudson stated that the representative
Of the commerce court conducting the
hearing at St. Augustine advised that
he is very anxious to bring this case
to a conclusion and It VIII be pushed
to this end with all diligence, and that
q. further hearing before that body will
be had in Washington in a few days.
Mr.. Hudson viii go TO Washington to
represent the commission An effort
is being made by the petitioners to
have this Injunction dissolved at the
rates as ordered made effective at the
very earliest possible date.