ALABAMA & MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD

COMPANY.

Application for approval of Local Freight Tariff No. 1.

The Railroad Commission examined and approved the Local Freight Tariff No. 1 of the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad Company, so far as the same applies to stations on its line within the State of Alabama.

President Comer, dissenting. January 7th, 1907.

P. M. HINDS VS. MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD CO.

Petition for depot at Graham's Switch, Ala. The Commission, after considering the facts in this cause, made the following order, to-wit:

It is hereby ordered and directed by the Railroad Commission of Alabama, that the Moblie & Ohio Railroad shall erect at Graham's Switch, Ala., a station on the Montgomery Division of said road, a suitable building for the comfort and accommodation of the traveling public, with separate accommodations for white and colored races, said depot to be maintained according to the laws of this State. January 7th, 1907.

WOOD-DICKERSON LUMBER CO., ET ALS. VS. BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN RAILROAD, ET. ALS. Petition to require revenue lines of railroads to absorb switching charges at Birmingham.

The above cause, at the request of Hon. Frank S. White, attorney for petitioners, was withdrawn and the petitioners were taxed with the costs in said cause. February 5th, 1907.

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY (A. & B. AIR LINE DIVISION.)

Petition to discontinue agency at Roper, Ala.

The Commission, after careful consideration of the facts in this cause, hereby authorizes the discontinuance of the agency at Roper, Alabama, a station on the line of the Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Division of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, said discontinuance to take effect when a depot building is erected and an agency established at Alton, Ala., a new station on the line of said railroad, and provided that the depot building and side tracks shall remain at Roper, Ala., and that trains shall stop there when flagged. March 4th, 1907.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Petition to move Richardson Station to Cortelyou, Ala.

The Railroad Commission having before it a petition signed by numerous citizens living in the vicinity of Richardson, Alabama, and also a petition from the Southern Railroad asking for authority to move said station one fourth of a mile south of the present location, and to change the name of Richardson Station to Cortelyou, Alabama, the Commission granted the prayer of petition and the change so ordered. March 4th, 1907.

SOUTHERN R. R. COMPANY.

Petition to close agency at Farrill, Alabama. Petition denied. This action taken and adopted unanimously on motion of Mr. Nesbitt, stating the fact

that the Railroad had been notified and failed to appear in this case and the facts before the Commission showed that the receipts of the station were $122.00 per month, and further showed that the said receipts would in all probability be larger but for the fact that a station three miles north of Farrill, Early Station, in the State of Georgia, was securing a great amount of business naturally belonging to Farrill, Ala., on account of the discrepancy in rates from Rome, Ga., especially to both of said points. The rates to Farrill being much higher than those to Early, just across the state line, and as above stated, three miles from Farrill. April 1st, 1907.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Petition to close agency at Bogue Chitto, Ala.

Petition denied on following motion by Associate Commissioner Nesbitt, unanimously adopted: "No information having been received from petitioners since the March meeting of this board and the petitioners not being present in person and a diversity of facts as presented to the Commission, I make motion that the petition be denied. April 1st, 1907.

GENERAL ORDER NUMBER I.

It is ordered that conductors on all railroads are required to receipt for all goods received by their trains, when so requested by delivering party at flag stations where there is no agency. This order to become effective thirty days from date. April 1st, 1907.

PROFILES AND ALIGNMENTS.

It is hereby ordered that all railroads within the State furnish this Commission with profiles and alignment, in duplicate, within the next ten days, and also furnish a complete list of structures, in detail, to he sent in duplicate within thirty days. May 6th, 1907.

GENERAL ORDER NO. 2.

All railroads are hereby required to keep conveniently placed for the inspection of passengers, at all telegraph stations, a suitable Bulletin Board, plainly showing the time of arrival and departure of all passenger trains stopping at said telegraph stations for passengers, and it shall be required of all railroads that they post on such Bulletin Boards, in case of delay to passenger trains, the time such delayed trains are expected to arrive and depart, and the posting of delays shall be made at least one hour, before such trains are due, and the first posting of the expected arrival and departure of delayed trains shall be as nearly correct as is possible to be obtained, and any further delays to such delayed trains as may occur after the first posting, shall be promptly posted. No delayed passenger train shall leave any station earlier than the time posted on the Bulletin Board as the time of arrival of such delayed train. This order to become effective thirty days after date. May 6th, 1907.

W. A. COPELAND, ET ALS. VS. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY.

Petition for adequate passenger service at Shotwell, Lee County, Alabama.

After considering carefully all the evidence in the above cause it was made to appear to this Commission that the Central of Georgia Railway Company was not furnishing adequate passenger facilities to the petitioners to enable them to properly reach their nearest Alabama market, namely, Opelika, Ala. The following order was therefore issued:

It is hereby ordered that trains Nos. 2 and 3 be stop ped daily at Shotwell on flag, beginning June 23rd, 1907. June 3rd, 1907.

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO.

Petition to Amend General Order No. 2.

It being made to appear to this Commission from evidence adduced that certain requirements in General Order No. 2 would work great hardships on the transportation companies, and would greatly inconvenience numbers of the traveling public, the traveling public, the Commission amended the order by striking out the last clause, as follows: "No delayed passenger train shall leave any station earlier than the time posted on the Bulletin Board as the arrival of such delayed train. June 3rd, 1907.