The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

the shoulder and glanced downward through the lung. Following the shooting the negro hur ried to the Hillman hospital to get his wound dressed. It did not appear serious at the time and the negro was removed to the city jail on a charge of assault with intent to rob and carrying con cealed weapon. The negro passed the night in jail.
 Yesterday morning the affair did not appear in good light in the eyes of Chief of Police Martin Eagan and he as- signed Detectives Taylor and Pittman to make thorough investigation into the claims of the negro Smith, who, though weakened by loss of blood from his wound, stoutly maintained that he was innocent. The arrest of veach followed. .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ general increase of freight rates and that the needs of the New England lines are being cared for locally, and dis allows the proposed increases in those territories. Under the title of how car riers may increase their revenues tha commission finds that great opportu- nifty exists for increasing the net rev enue of all carriers in official class lification territory otherwise than by re- sorting to a general advance in their freight rates and makes the follow ing specific suggestions:
 
 New England, conferences be held be- tween the state commissions, the car riers and representatives of the public with a view to advancing such passen- ger fares as may be shown to be clear | ly unremunerative. The commission ex- presses confidence that if fares fixed l by statutes in certain states are clear fly shown to be unduly burdensome to | the carriers the people of those states will cheerfully acquiesce in reasonable increases.
 "The commission suggests that all railroads in official classification ter ritory should ascertain to what ex- tent special services now be- ing rendered to shippers for which no | charge or a noncompensatory charge | is made constitute an unjust burden upon the carriers or result in unjust discrimination"
 The commission calls attention to com- pilations 1t prepared from the carriers answers to the commissions inquiries | showing the practice of individual roads as to: (a) allowance of free time for loading or unloading carload freight; (b), collecting and delivering freight; Co stor- l ing freight; (d) transporting containers. i. (e) furnishing and transporting dunnage, etc; (f) furnishing or paying for wharf l age and dockage; (g), refrigeration serv- ice; (h) loading and unloading carload freight Q) re-consignng carload freight, ana CD other SpeClal SerVlceS.
 "The commission recommends that the practices of granting free transportation of passengers and private cars should be further restricted and mentions that at the average rate per mile in official class ifcation territory in 1913, the passenger miles represented by trip passes alone would have yielded in passenger revenue SIS, ,520 900.
 COMMISSION MAKES
 SOME SUGGESTIONS
 'The commission suggests that "as soon a reaonabe opportunity offer, propertie heretofore acquired by the carrier, which are not used or held by them for trans portation purposes. be sold, adding: From compilations prepared by the com- mission of the incomplete replies to our questions, it appears that the aggregate cost of such investments in official classi- ficaton territory was more than $64S, ,O0O, . 900. Included in these are properties of the aggregate cost. of $183.146.659. from which no net income was received in 1913. These investments have imposed in many cases a great and unnecessary strain upon the carriers credit.
 "The commission also suggests that an investigation be made to determine l to what extent the cost of construction or of acquiring properties or capital or of operation is being increased through the holding by directors, officers or employees of interests in other concerns with which the carried has dealings and mentions lthat the compilation from answers to the commissions questions this subject show that a considerable proportion o1 0 l the officers and directors of railroad com panies have interests in such concerns, in cluding locomotive works. car manufac turing companies, steel and iron works
 coal mines, bridge companies, manu- factories of railway appliances and oil glass, cement, warehouse. surety and trust companies and railway publishing houses.
 II The commission suggests that all ex pirins contracts with sleping car com panies should be carefully reviewed be- fore being renewed The commission makes no suggestions regarding railway mail pay.
 FEEL PROUD OF
 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
 "The commission concluded it's report | by saying:
 We may justly feel proud of tn, development of our transportation system Despite occasional discreditable chapters the history of our railroads has beer marked by great achievements. Ther, is growing spirit among the carriers of cooperation with the commission ii It's enorts to enforce the law. With tn
 application of correct and helpful ac counting, the establishment of sound busi HcSs ihcthcus, ana a better understand ing by both carriers and the public O their mutual obligations. We see no req
 son why our American railroads shoul,
 not enjoy a large measure of prosperit,
 consistently with just and reasonable rates
 Tn his dissenting opinion. Commission
 CT Daniels held that the per cent ad
 vance should have been accorded gen
 orally. This opinion Is based on the in
 adequacy of the carriers present reve
 nues to afford a fair return on thei
 property and to attract such additiona investments as are required in the in Z terest of the public."
 2 Commissioner McChords dissent als lconcluded this way:
 Viewed from commercial georraph ical or transportation standpoint and Ii the light of the facts of record, an
 convinced that the reasons which i'm
 relied the commission to approve cer
 tain changes in Central Freight associa
 tion rates apply equally to trunk lin
 rates"
 House Committee Meets Today
 meeting of the house committe lof the Birmingham Athletic club ha