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Wednesday, January 23, THE TRANSPORTATION PRO FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF SOUTHERN The daily papers publisl few da>'9 ago a statetnen President Finley, of the Sou Railway company, explan of the reasons why the pany's service i9 no better it is, which he frankly adm "far from satisfactoryan lining the purposes and ] of the system's managei The article is too lengthy fc production in these colun would occupy mo^e than a of The News?but ioasmu* this newspaper, ever sin* establishment sixteen m ago, has been taking the t: ern to task lor its poor sei a sense of fairness and j impels us to at least prese our readers the leading lei of President Finley'a state We really regret that our ited space will not admit publication in ita entirety. Mr. Finley freely conced the outset that "if there wi adequate and justifying c lor the present unsatisfs railroad service, the cond: complained of'?would be u donable, but, he adds, these dilions ''spring largely causes which cannot for tin ment be controlled." "()m ceedingly potential cause," Mr. Finley, "is the extri nary industrial developme the South"?a iuet to whic alludod at length some ago, by way of extenuatl the Southern's inability to cesstully handle the inn volume of business unexpe< thrust upon it. We at the time referred to the diffic confronting the system i taining additional rolling fast enough to meet the nh< enally increasing demand its transportation faci Apropos 01 the Sooth's development, Mr. Fin ley c as lollows trom the last | address of his predecessor late Samuel Spencer : "The South has entered a period of increased prodi in agriculture and in mai tores, and of general indu and commercial activity, as her best friends and mos THE LANCASTER NI thu^ia<?tic prophe's had scarcely other, the swa. jreame(j of fifteen years ago. adequate Within that period tne cash promptly { value of her cotton crop has worfc done doubled, the amouut of pig iron rolling sto lays produced at her furnaces has in terial esse? creased more thun three fold, ilies. Del f : i : 11: vyuuuu iaciunes nave sprung up mg rowing >any. within her borders to the extent ed by the that more of her cotton crop is her 1,1905 ditor. ?>ow manufactured on her own n'mety-eigl soil than in all the mills of New thousand t ap? - England. The total value of her freight c*i ii.w annual manufactures now ag- February a *o gregates nearly eighteen hundred a re still ur millions in value. The total val- and seven ue of her agricultural products On Febru i Hubse- '8 now over seventeen hundred was made >ptb8oj- millions per annum." motives at This extraordinary increase, Cftrs to be 'Tover- says Mr. Finley, is also indica- October, 1 ents for seventeen h addt- ted most strikingly in the vol- tj,ousat1(| | Mu.cal ume of traffic handled b-v his teen freiel company. The comparative fig- vrr s known . ... General UreS K'V"" "S foU?W9 = difficulties lews of In 1895 the number of tons |,js conlp, of freight carried one mile was f., , , 1,098,932,884, while in 1906 . 1 UD kcni. the number of tons carried one *lonrt' ,rac ? mile was 4,488,915,839, showing one of the 7. ipo\ an increase of over 300 per cent, South. H iUer Act or, allowing for the increased to the fact mileage, an increase of over 138 igsued^eiu 1907. P? cen'; while in 1895 the num- ,|)e amou| ______ ber of passengers hauled one mile was 178,015,925, as against f,,r'hei in BLEM 549,518,645 in 1906, showing an The Pres?er : THE increase of over 200 percent, or Finley, ui allowing for the increased mil- in all expe led a ea^e' an increase per mile of crease in r road of over 80 ner cent." ?i_ , ov ? iiieincreas thern With ,he exceP,ion ot ,wo ex" parieon of tretne northwestern states. Wash. en?;nmftn| atorv . . ^ . equipment * ington and Oregon, nowhere in prices now than ^n'ted ?,a,e8 has l^ere been "Bridge such industrial development as from $9 36 ,out in the South, says Mr. Finley, ieet. Cro and he correctly claims that his 34.5 cent ] * company has been a leading fac- $17.75 per neU,* tor in this development. As to >r re- . .. , , .. $16,000 tc the problem of adapting itself _ '. , . mis? . i,i ,i 11 c?aches fri page wonderful growth, which Freight ca , the Southern has had to solve, Coal cars I cn as Mr. rinley savs: Hie cost c e lls ''Manifestly, the vast increase P?r mile o ionths 0j trafhc incident to this com- in 1895 t ioulh- merciai awakening, requires nnd Irom rvice, enormous increases in trauspor- road in 1 usliee tation facilities. The mauage- 1906. Ta: 1q ment of tlie Southern Railway mile of ro Companv has not been unmind- increased < i I ii rpu * , # Jul of this fact, and did not wait large incre ment. fQr tj,e cornjng Ql the develop- added the I'm- ment itself, before attempting to juries in p ol its increase to the utmost possible While tl extent its transportation capaci- allinrrAaqA es at l3 - I1 must be remembered that ' this companv has not been in lllC?me, t is no ? f existence more than about twelve penses ren use years. It found those railroads its net eari ictory j 0f tiie South, now constituting a in effect. C itions I part of its system, of light and uj su|)r npar- faulty construction, poorly equip , pan<lifi ...... . coil l)ed- *nd "tterly unprepared to . who Irom h?"?lle ?ny ciiwiderable traffic. d,,gire a're B mo- ,h7hi'd /"cenlly bank- rHte, un(, rupt and were without credit.. ! ??ki;? oi,! \nvfc! According to Mr. Finley the[withd?ow ior.ji-' MHW coraPKny at ?nce iuaugura- roads of til in* of|,6d t,ie ,,0^c^ (>l improving its terly unabl } properties in ord >r to be prepar-! lv V\ei.r e" f.We ed to handle the South's trallic facilities i Bi7f..Hfor?.,.t purpore ban expend' sue fd *36,184,018. It easary for nense '"'9 8l,el1' ?" coutracte4 to spend choice bet' 'tedlv bas increased its facilities < c N rolling stock as follows : locorao. lowef rafe utiles 'i5e8' fr"m 623 10 1544< freight .nft"'r0 "f 1 n ob-|tral" car8'lr'"n 18,024 to 58,401; pr0V1 J" passenger cWron, 487 to!,008. Such is The figures indicating the in- the perple: inom- crease include locomotives and 11 ifl enti upon, cars received and contracted for. considerat 1,les- The company's equipment has P"b,ic- T also been notably increased by of the mat [uotea tj,e inCreased power ol the loco able to cor w )hc motives and the increased capac timelc ity of the cars. In its stupendous = upon ,Hsk ol "betterment and improve Lancast* ictiou menl" however,the Southern has I a millionlutac and still is, hampered by day. It wo strial two conditions, says Mr Kinley: a dozen fir such ''One is the large amount of a good-size t en- fresh capital required; and, the South Car ?WS, JANUARY 23, 1907 difficulty of securing Senator Tillman on Mon< aud efficient labor, oi plied t'? the attacks made c 5ett.ugitBco11strue1.ou last weekby Senator8 S, , and ol obtaining the , ? .. j ^4l e and Carraack, but the ck, rati aud other ma- . Hial to improved facil- ''Came back at him with ay incident to ob'ain- geauee. The report of ti e s stock will be illust rat- es in yesterday's papers following : On Novem- leug'hy for publication in I , contract was made for DaRer it locomotives and one nglit hundred and six rs to be delivered in No session of the Legis tnd March, 1996. There was held last Saturday ai .delivered onehundred hmlnM. ? ?' k XTJL V?'U?J O C ity seven freight cars. wa(J chiefly ot a routine c ary 1, 1906, contract ,p. houses w for one hundred loco- ter* 11,0 two h0U8e8 w id ten thousand freight meet yesterday in joint i delivered on or before to hold the annual electioi 906. Still undelivered - _ . locomotives and two ;wo hundred and eigh Death of an A<jed Lad,,. it cars." Miss Mary Talbert, ai iley also refers to the maiden lady of Flaf Creek i being encountered by ship, died on the 14th -nst *ny in the prosecution the home of Mr. David R> le track work. Addi She was 82 years of age ax k capacity, he says, is been a consistent member i greatest needs of the Baptist church for 50 yeai e also makes reference remains were buried at P] that the Southern has pi?ins church, the Rev. jral mortgage bonds to Dabney, of Lancaster, co at ot $200,000,000 to jng ^he funeral services. crease its facilities.? ? it situation, says Mr. s an immense increase uses, without any inates." He illustrates mm bbh the cost of material, ^ BH 1 t and labor in 1898 with ' prevailing. He says: timber has increased to $20.52 per thousand m ssties from 28 cents to M Der tie. Steel rails from H - ton to 128 per ton.? gg esirotn$ 11,392 to from > $20,000 Passenger Dm $6,315 to $9,468.? rs from $500 43to $765. from $368 to $1,135.? >f labor has increased I road from $1,621.67 o $2,874.71 in 1006; $2,518.64 per mile of 905 to $2,874.71 in sees ol the company per ad have, since 1895, 83 41 per cent. To this < ase of expense must be excesRive verdicts of ersonal injury cases." lere has naturally been in the company's gross Boy e largely increased exjrred to have reduced lings, Mr. Finley states Concluding, he says: nit these facts to the #^TTT| sideration of those pec- m/\w in perfect good faith, iduction of our Ireigm passenger lares. 1 he nuld be advised that, as<d revenues,the rail- the $1 e country will be ut- v le to pursue succesbf jlFor's to provide better and prea'er safety of tion. The point is near lay be absolutely nec- ft the public to take the trMgr^ ween better and safer r>n the one hand and s on the other. In the hinps it i9 impossible both." the railroad's side of a i tj sing railroad situation. tied to receive careful ion at the hands of the here are some phases fer that we hope to be Y} 1 1^ a nment unco at another JVjldlaliLdw) sr, Pennsylvania, had dollar fire the other uldn't take more than Wfe m es like that to make RR^| Ik d hole in Lancaster, RR R oliua. JR; ==_== Jay re A man in a certain township in him was elected constable. The mempooner bers of the family were much latter ei:<ted a id oou'cl scarcely contain a veil- themselves with their newly acpeech quired civic honors. At last one is too of the smaller children said to Cday'a the wile: " ;I?, j-re we all constables ?" The mother renlied. '"Gwao. child; nobody's coupta,]aiUre but me and your pa 1"?Atch,d .h.,, o"G,ubetession . _ ;liaracLivery, Livery! n8' Though doing a rattling good ? livery business, we are determined to do even better. Our present stocks of Vehicles and 1 aged Horses are being supplemented town- by handsome new carriages and ant, at buggies and stylish oberts. Driving and Saddle Horses. k1 lmd Our livery establishment is ot the going to be second to none in *s. The the State, and don't you forget leanant it! 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