The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-29
PUBLIC ABUSE
FREE DRINKING
CUP PRIVILEGE
BEFORE COMMISSION TO SHOW
CAUSE WHY THE INDIVIDUAL
DRINKING CUPS ARE NOT FUR.
SHED-LENGHTY ExPLANA-
TIoNS.
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.

SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.
Tallahassee, Sept 27.-Under date
of September 6, the railroad commits
sioners issued notice to all railroad
companies doing business in the state
for a hearing before them on Sep
TENDER 25, to hear and consider wheth-
er or not they ought to amend their
Rule IL Of the rules governing the
transportation Of passengers by adding
to the said rule a provision requiring
all railroads and other companies
owning and operating passenger
coaches, including sleeping cars and
chair cars. to provide for the use Of
intrastate passengers on their passen-
ger coaches individual drinking cups,
and also to consider and determine
whether or not the railroads should be
required to furnish and provide such
individual drinking cups in their pas
senger ,depots and if they should de-
eide to require the furnishing of such
individual drinking cups, whether or
not they ought to be furnished free or
whether a charge should be made for
them, and this matter came on for
hearing as set out in said notice and
large number of railroads appeared,
as follows:
The Railroads Present
The Seaboard Air Line railway by H.
W. Purvis, superintendent, and w. J.
Oven, division counsel, and L. S.
Peck, train master; Atlanta and St.
Andrews Bay railway, by Ben w.
Steele, general manager; the Georgia,
Florida and Alabama railway, by R.
-. Coleman, general manager; the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, by
E. o. Saltmarsh, superi ntendent, and
w. A. Blount, counsel; Georgia
Southern and Florida railway, by c..
B. Rhodes, general passenger agent;
Live Oak, Perry and Gulf railroad, by
w. T. Hargreet, general manager;
Gulf. Florida and Alabama railway,
by W. A. Blount. counsel, and G.. G.
vikings, general traffic manager;
South Georgia and West Coast rail-
way. by C. Tillman, treasurer. and
C. H. Myers, general freight and pas
senger agent; Apalachicola Northern
railroad, by T. N. True. general freight
and passenger agent, and W. J. Oven,
counsel: Charlotte Harbor and North
ern railway. by c.. B. Mccall, general
freight and passenger agent.
Given Full Hearing.
The representatives Of the above
| named roads were fully heard and the
commissioners took the matter under
ADJUSTMENT. The most of the lines
represented stated that they have al
ready provided on their passenger
trains individual drinking cups or have
made provision for their distribution
and use. The principal contention
| made by the railroads was that 1t
| would be unjust to require them to
furnish these cups free.
A. c. l.. Says Wanton Waste.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has
for some time been furnishing individ-
ua1 drinking cups free and it was
stated that it has been the experience
of. this line that there has been a
wanton waste by passengers and those
that are not passengers because of the
fact that they were free A statement
was read from Superintendent Riddle
of the Coast Line in which he stated
that during the five months they have
been supplying individual drinking
cups free they have furnished 1885,
500 of these cups. The only other line
in the state that is furnishing cups
free at the present time is the Flor
ida East Coast railway. The commits
sioners have the matter under advise
ment and will complete their investi-
cation and enter their order within a
short time.