The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-11
WISHES TO LEARN IF CHAR.
LESION IS Disseminated
AGAINST
BY THE SOUTHERN
Which Is Doing Nothing TO Build
Up the City by the &.
SSa -

tBy Associated Prnnnl

-. by Associated Preas.)
"asilhRton, March 10.-Cls, ginR
tnat TIE Southern Railway was DOM
mated by men not financiaIiv intar.
!ested In coal mines In Its own. tarri.
tory. but In mines elsewhere and thsf
LOT this reason the Southern whs nat
allowed 10 move coal through snnrf
az charleston. s. c.. SsenatbT TIiIs
man today introduced 4 raaolptibn
ior special inyestigatIon by the Nas
val Affairs committee into Charlss.
TONS advantages as a apermauent noint
iof cpai distribution as coinpafed with
Norfolk and other Chesepe8kh Isay
The committee would he directed
70 investigate TIE character ana he
proximity OF the coal supply, rates oh.
taihaole on coal from Il Slds near 10
Nnarleston and Norfolk:l 4 Nations ha.
tween railroads. leading Il to Charles
Ton ana otaer South At ,ntic ports,
ana cotween these rRilroP Isl and &. ~.
Srs S. OF pituminous felde In Virginia,
west virginia. Pennss tvania, Ten
H15ru anu Kentucky ana sohdItioiis Of
ownership of wharfage property Ii,
Chariestnn eng: GnrfcIk. ss
Senator Tillman sat 70. ~ ti,at q
appears from numeSals 4 Irluia....,s +
before the Interstate commerce. COM
mission, as we'll as from other sour.
ces, that tho power and Influence lf
the so-callea trust Ia being llasS
entity used through the ma ma Islast
OF me railroads. reaching Il. haffeston
70 prevent the free tn1YemanE OF coal
!. not no. belonging TO slle cp tftiHt.sgs IS
Mr. Tllln1an deel Ills
{intipn that tn view9 oE 4 L = fiy cof1i-;
lplsti6p ef Is tliuilan SaiS n ilis 4 al
tnlr ftaIlCa D 81 It'd 81
Navy and fhes Iift el & a Us Ke;i-
,Ierallyi to the dsyeiofh elit Or an Am
ertean merchant marine and 10 the
development OF trade with Central
America and South America, the es-
tablishment OF cosl enbpIying faeii @
tablishment OF ftadequRte hual supply.
ing facilities south OF Cape Ratferas
is deemed Imperative ana the only
available harbor having sufflcient
depth for the modern bettieships ana
larger merchant vessels as we'll as
extensive gater ssontaae xar. the tfps.-
er handling Q! eaaI is5 ics.asaa az ssse
port of Charlestons s. =.
Arguing that the efficiency .0f the
American fleet and the ugA Asniness OF
Charleston as O coal dissld Biting ceIlr
ter depended upon liabilities OF pro-
ducars for reaching sll&t Port. Saaa-
tor TiIlnthn declared 3S sa6t &
suf i, Dominated By fiaaneisrs
Tho Southern railway Ii dominased
by flnRneiers who are not fiIaRnniEiiy
Interested IN The coal mines of tile
territory trayersed by the Southern
railway, but who are interested Ia
coal properties elsewhere, ana due foS
the power and influences OK these men,
Il Is belIeyed that !.i,a sSstslisrn rails
way is not allowed To move coal
through the port OF eliATfeston, which
coal might become compht tive TO their
larger interests eleseWteFe.
AS an example OF tile ause of the
power, the Southern railway, having
had fnr ten years IT'S own rails reach (
ing from Cahrleston to tile great de-
veioped coal fields OF Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky, and reaching de-
veioped mines with annual capacity
OF from twelve to fifteen million tons
of coal. which has no other outlet TO
tide water, has moved no coal for out
let at that port and has made no pro- Z
vision for docks. sFithstanding
that 1t controls its own riparian priyi-
leges for CharlestoH. zJ5i Z.
I st- ~ lslSHUols6VbultHdIe 10 eLkuENSt are now 4
being made By individuals Rctltlg, for
the so-called coal trust 10 acquire the
right for coal docks and terminal IA
ciiities In Charleston 81 as TO monop-
olize .hs terminal facilities Tiers itl
the same way that the big interests
now dominate New York hariinr. phil-
adeiphiR, Baltimore and the ports on
the Chesapeake Bay.
Ii "It3is 4believed that 5siie iso-cellea
coal trust Is using other Railroads
leading to the coal fields Id & sifni- )
lar manner, moi only 10 destroy pri4
yate property, but IN many instances
wholly against the intefes OF the
railroad thus used and tyfannicslfy !
t.n!sast TO the coustrys. e. sssss..ea sis;sso
railroads are located ana from wlitli
they receive their revenn es and pro.
lection. ID
1t is believed these railroads are
all being dominated By The same In. &,
huence, maintain a secret raj making
body Of men In deflanc8 of the law,
who construct, farm Que fsIe ferfit0r1
and make freight tAi.lffa I'll such nisrs. I
ner as to be free from aSetY isinent
ufacempe etitiong and who have esestEh
eallya destfuye1 the nAhRitl Aaa a Ala &
InfeTestate coinpleroes cogaiai isl
10 far tt.s It's Iaffects the average shipe
per and tho small shipperH na nrcosints Z
1f th5 great e1Daue "a nd skf axtea II st