The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-03-25
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WOULD GUT TRAINS
PETITIONS CORPORATION CON-
MISSION FOR PERMISSION TO
CHANGE SCHEDULES.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Ooinss and Happenings That Mark
the Progress OF North Carolina Peo-
pie Gathered Around the State
CAPITOL,
Raleigh.

Raleigh.
Pleading that if allowed to take off
certain trains specified during the
wartime" depression they would
restore them just as soon as travel
resumes normal conditions, officials
OF the Southern Railway Company
submitted direct APPLICATION to the
corporation commission for discon-
tlnuance of trains directly affecting
the service at Greensboro, Raleigh,
Goldsboro, Durham, Charlotte, Sails
bury, Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro
The commission heard the statements
and intimated strongly a disincl
ton to allow the taking off of any
more trains, but directed that detail
ed statements of the earnings of the
trains in question be submitted with
view to showing just what the con-
ditions are.
Trains desired to be taken of are
trains 1O8 and 131 tbeween Green's
boro and Goldsboro; trains 239 and
240 between Winston-Salem and
Wilkesboro; trains Fl and % between
Asheville and Waynesville; morning
Salem and afternoon train out of
Charlotte to Winston-Salem; morn
ing train out of Norwood for Sails
bury and afternoon train out of Sails
bury for Norwood; trains 1872 ana 1873
between Greensboro and Mount Airy;
request to change trains 1872 and 1873
to mixed trains between Greensboro
and Sanford.
General Supt r. E. Simpson and
Division Passenger Agent r. H. De-
Butts of Charlotte we're the spokes-
men for the Southern. Other officials
here for the hearing were District
Supt A. D. Shelton and Superintend-
ent Newell.
taken the whole matter under ad-
visement and will await the filing Of
detailed statements as to all the
trains asked to be taken off. 1t is ad-
mitted that number of the trains
are profitable, but that they are prof
table only at the expense Of other
trains over the same lines that make
essentially through connections and
could not be taken off under any
circumstances. This is especially
true as to the trains between Green's
boro and Goldsboro, 1O8 and 131, &C.
cording to representations by the
railroad officials.
Lime For Tar Heel Farmers.
Commissioner of Agriculture w. A.
Graham is already taking steps to put
into operation the act of the recent
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of Agriculture provide Line for the
farmers for agricultural purposes at
the lowest possible cost. The Legisla-
ture placed at the disposal of the de-
partment $4,000 to be expended, If
necessary, in equipment for carrying
and grinding lime and authorized the
use Of State conyicts for tn work at
a rate of $125 a day to be paid to the
State's Prison for this labor.
The bill as passed by the Legislar
ture says that the commissioner can
either grind the lime on the States
account or can make contracts with
private corporations for the purpose
of supplying the lime at figures that
the commissioner may deem more
advantageous than undertaking the
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these matters are being worked out
as rapidly rs possible and the expec-
tation is to be in position to begin
supplying the lime applied for not
later than May 1.
It is estimated that the average
two-horse farmer should use as much
as 10 tons, a minimum car load a
year, to keep his farm up to the stand
ard in lime resources. It now costs
from So to 81 ton and the purpose
of the legislative act.
Reduce Rates on Truck.
A considerable reduction in the ex-
press rates on green fruit and truck
in both inter and intrastate handling
of these classes Of packages is an
nounced as just secured by the cor
poration commission. It is the appli-
cation of a rate that is 60 per cent
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