Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-31
No SHORTAGE IS
COMPLAINED OF
FROM A|NER|CUS

No formal complaint has been filed
with the Georgia railroad commission
over a shortage of coal by the Amer
icus Public Service Co., due to scar
city of coal cars, according to Manager
Joe Johnson, of the company.
The basis of a news story in Tues
day mornings Atlanta Constitution
must be founded on an informal corre-
spondence with Chairman C. Murphy
Gambler, of the railroad commission,
looking towards securing additional
cars to be sent to the mine for more
coal to be shipped to Americus mainly
as precautionary measures. The pub
lie service company is getting coal
regularly over the Central of Georgia
railway as they do not use the Sea-
board Air Line Railway which was in
timated in the story in the Atlanta
paper.
There is no danger of Americus be-
ing without lights and gas as would
be thought by the news story in the
out-of-town paper. OF course, should
no more coal arrive there would be a
limit to the supply, but as yet the SER
vice has had no interruption.
SeabOard Knows Nothing.
Agent Henry p Everette, of the Sea-
board Air Line railway, here knows
rothing of the reported differences be-
tween the l.. & N. railway and the
Seaboard, which were attributed as the
cause of the shortage here. The L. &
N. has declared an embargo on coal
cars so far as the Seaboard is concern
ed, because the L. & N. charges that
they are unable to get the cars re-
turned.
Agent Everette states that the Sea-
board officials have ordered all con-
ductors to return L. & N. coal cars
empty as soon as possible to the near
est L. & N. station on the Seaboard.
Further than what would have been
great newspaper story, if it were
true, Americus is getting lights regu-
larly and doing business at the same
old place.
Today's Atlanta Constitution has the
following story, which aroused the To-
cal people here:
In addition to the unprecedented
shortage of freight cars in the south,
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
has placed an embargo against any
Of its cars being used by the Seaboard
Air Line railroad, and as a result the
city of Americus has complained to the
Georgia railroad commission that un7
less it gets immediate relief from this
situation so that it can get coal for its
electric light plant the city will be in
darkness within the next few days.
A similar complaint has been receiv-
ed from the city of Decatur with re-
gard to its water supply, Decatur's
pumping station now being practically
ut Of coal and without prospect of OBJ
tanning more.
These and number of other com
plants about shortage of cars have
been received by the railroad commits
sion. Owing to the fact that most Of
these complaints, the embargo of the
Louisville and Nashville upon its cars
going to the Seaboard's lines in partic-
ular, are interstate matters over which
the Georgia commission has no control
Chairman c. NJ. Gambler, of the Georgia
commission, has telegraphed the inter
state commerce commission to know
what that body can do for the relief
of Georgia cities, corporations and in
dividuals.
Both the city of Americus and the
city of Decatur have contracts for their
coal from a Kentucky concern, from
which coal to rfach them must be strip
ped over the lines both of the Louis
Vile and Nashville and the Seaboard.
These cities complain that the shortage
OF the Louisville and Nashville has alb
solutely cut oc their supply of coal,
and that the situation facing these
cities is serious.
The commission has confirmed the
fact that the embargo of the Louisville
and Nashville became effective last Fri
day, the reason given for the embargo
being that the Louisville and Nashville
has found it impossible to get the Sea-
board to return cars. 1t is alleged
that the Seaboard now has a large
number Of cars belonging to the Louis
Vile and Nashville, and which the
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