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HARDWOOD RECORD 



canul sui)[il.v Imsini'ss. oiioriitiiij; a line nf raiiiil liijats mi tlii' ("ln'sai kr 



& Oliio canal, in which rinsin<'ss he was cnjiaKid until ISKii. whi-n In- 

 went Into the Cumhcrland lainihcr ('(iniyan.v iif Koiiccvcrtc, W. Va.. iil 

 which he was Rencral manager. This company operated in whiti- pine 

 timber in (Jrcenbrler and I'ocaliontas counties, which was lli>ate(l down 

 the Greenbrier river and sawed at Konceverte. After thi> timber holdings 

 ,ot this compan.v had been developed, hi> went into the hardwood Imslness 

 for himself. Jn November. I'.mi. he removed to Klizab.'thton. Tenn.. 

 where he did business under the name of 'I'lie .lolin T. Dl.xon Lumber 

 Company up to the time of his death. 



lie was married In ISTli to ,Mrs. Helen V. I'lielps, nee Mct'leary. who 

 with two sons. Harlow S. and Hunter 1-.. survives him. The two sons 

 will continue the business under the old name of The .lohn T. lilsoii 

 I.iumhcr Company. 



Mr. Dl.xon was a. man who loved work and was succi'ssful. and he 

 looked upon success as hl.s reward, lie had many frli'nds wlnTever In 

 had lived who regret to hear of his death and sympathize with the 

 family in tlieir bereavement. 



Mr. Dixon was burled in Loudon Tark lemetery In Italtiniore. the city 

 of his birth and boyhiwd, on December 1. IIIH. 



Pertinent Information 



Rate Increase Suspended 



it was announced on Xttvember :to that ln<'reas*'S In freight rate sched- 

 ules to go Into effect Decemlier 1 have lieen suspendcil until .March i. 

 Thesi' tariffs lnclud.> all advances in fri'lght rates In Western Trunk Line 

 territory. Those affecting class and commodity nlles betw the Mis- 

 souri river and thi' .Mississippi river. Chicago anri St. Louis, and in a 

 few Instances rates affecting New Kngland and eastern territory were 

 also suspended. The effect of these suspensions will lie fi-lt by shippers 

 In the territory between Chicago an<l SI. Louis and the .\tlantic seaboard 

 on all commodities that originate west of the Mississippi river. 



The reason for this suspension Is that while the railroads claim in a 

 general way that the advance repnsented an averagi' of aliout only ten 

 per cent increase, the invr>stlgalitui showed that some of tin' lucri'ases 

 were as much as thirty five per cent, and this especially on coininodltles 

 entiTlng directly into consumers' ixpinses. 



Memphis Freight Hearing Cn Ohio River Increases for January 

 The hearing before the IntiTstate Cominer(e Commission in the case 

 involving the proposed advance of l.su, to .*!.*i';( per cent on shlp:uents of 

 lumber ancl lumber products from ijoIius in the .'<outh to iMiio river cross- 

 ings will be held in Memphis, ,lanuary i:;, and will continue aboi:t four 

 da.vs. These advances were suspended by the Interstate t'ommcrce Com- 

 mission some time ago unlil .lannaiy -S, And It Is planned to have the 

 hearings and to detc-rmine the issue before the latter date. It is under- 

 stood that, after th<! hearing has l>e<'n comjdeted at Memphis, there will be 

 another at Hlrmlngham and still another at Lvnlsvllli'. Ky. 



The ofliclnis of the Southern Hardwood Traffic .\ssoclatlon are mak- 

 ing good prftgress in preparing the necessary data with which to comt)at 

 the efforts of the roads to put this advance into effect. In this <-onnection 

 It may be stated that they have received thi' assurance of the hearty 

 support and cooperation of the Cincinnati Lumbermi'n's Club, thi' lum 

 bcrincn of Chattanooga and those of Cairo. In order that the showing 

 may be made as strong as possible, the association has already secured the 

 services of a prominent Chicago attorney, Luther Walter, who will assist 

 J. R. WalUer of Washington, the regular legal representative of the or- 

 ganization. 



The himia-rmen here feel that this advance Is all out of proportion to 

 anything that is justified and they arc preparing to resist in every way 

 possible. They realize that such an advance would seriously Impair their 

 business and would put them in position where they would not bo able 

 to compete for much of the business which has been offering iimrli of the 

 Ohio river. 



Big Claims Allowed Against Iron Mountain 



According to the report of Spei lal .Master .ludge .1. C. Wallace, whiih 

 was Hied in the United States district court clerks office on December 

 S, the claims for overcharges against the Iron Mountain and Cotton Kelt 

 railroads, growing out of the Arkansas rate cases, aggregate more than 

 one million dollars. The exact amounts allowed by the special master are 

 ?845,4;i.>.S(> against the Iron Mountain, and ¥215,!t0.1.74 against the Cot- 

 ton Belt. 'Ihe number of passenger claims against the Iron Mountain 

 was 4,01)4 and aggregated .'jlMl.lLM.ri.'i. while the frclpht claims alloweil 

 by the special master numbered (il,.'i7;! and show a total claim of $S14. 

 309..')1. The passenger claims against the Cotton Kelt, numbering l,:!."."i, 

 are for an aggregate of ?7,74.!.t>l, while the freight claims allowed, nnni- 

 borlug lS,(i.">.i, amount to $20.s,100.i;!. 



The railroad companies will he allowed twenty days In which to Hie 

 exceptions to the master's leport, at the end of which time the report will 

 be up for eonflrmation by the United States district Judge. 



These claims for overcharge arose out of the famous .\rkansas rate 

 cases, which began in ISIDS when the railroads of the state secured a 

 temporar.v restraining order, later made a permanent injunction, by the 



United States district court of this place, against the railroad comnils- 

 sioners of .Vrkausas, to prevent their enforcing the two cent passenger 

 fare rate as provided by an act of the General Assembly of the state In 

 1!)07, and the rate as provided by Standard freight Distance Tariff No. 

 :!, which was promulgated by the commission under authority of the 1907 

 h'glslature. Appeal was taken by the Arkansas liailroad Commission from 

 the decision of the district court granting the lujiiuctiou. and on July IS, 

 ini;;, the supreme (ourt of the United States reversed the finding of the 

 lower court, and dismissed the injunction. Immediately thereafter .Judge 

 Trieher, United States district judge, appointed .ludg- .1. (!. Wallace spe- 

 cial master tor receiving claims for refuud from overcharges which had 

 been made by the railroads during tlie pciidijncy of the case, from Sep- 

 tcHibcr 3, J908, to ,Iuly 19, 19i:!. Since the decision by the supreme 

 court the rates as provided by Standard Freight Distance Tariff No. 3 

 have been in force, with the revisions that were made by the commission. 

 The two-cent passenger fare rates have also been iu force since that date, 

 in addition to the Iron Mountain and Cotton Helt there are about a 

 half dozen small roads In the state, for which Judge Wallace was appointed 

 special master. The claims against these roads, most of which have been 

 taken over by the Iron Mountain since the litigation began, will amount 

 to about ¥100,000, according to the reports that are now about ready to 

 he liled by Judge Wallace. The Rock Island refund case was compromised 

 several months ago, and claimants have been paid thereunder by Special 

 Master R. I". .Mien in that case. In the Rock Island case the railroad paid 

 to the Arkan.sas Railroad Commission, for the benetit of the shippers and 

 consignors, the sum of SMO.OOO In full settlement of aL claims for re- 

 funds on freight shipments during the period of the litigation. After the 

 claims were Hied and pro rata ngured. the claimants received thirty-seven 

 and one-half per cent of their claims. The refund for passenger fare over- 

 charges on the Rock Island were paid in full, in assignable mileage, and 

 aggregated something o\-.'r :<l'J.nno worth. 



New Arkansas Demurrage Rules 



I'.elleving that the state sl)i>uld have a better set of reciprocal demurrage 

 rules, the .Arkansas Railroad Commission has been engaged for several 

 weeks in compiling a new set of rules, which are now completed. It is 

 the Intention of the railroad commissioners to have these new rules re- 

 place those now In force, and they will be incorporated into Standard 

 Freight Distance Tariff No, .^i, which has also been recently completed by 

 Ihe commission, and which will become effective on January 1, lOlii. 

 However, before taking final action on the new rules the commission will 

 give the Interested shippers, consignees and railroads an opportunity to 

 itffer such objeitioiis as tlu'y may have to the new rules, and December 7 

 has been ih signaled as the date fi>r hearing such complaints. If the ob- 

 jecting parties fall to convince the commission that the rules contain some 

 unfair provisions the rules will he adopted as they now stand, which are 

 as follows ; 



(at If any person, firm or corporation desiring an empty car or cars 

 to be placed "at any station, siding, spur or other point on a railroad In 

 tills state, where it is usual and customary for freight to tie received and 

 discharged, to be loade<l with fri'lgbt for sbipmeiit and transportation 

 from such station^ siding, spur or otlier point, to any point on any other 

 line of railway In this state, shall make application in writing for sucti 

 car or cars to" the agent of said railway company at the station, siding, 

 sjiur or other point wlir-re it is desired to load such car or cars, or, if 

 there be no agent at such point, then to the agent of the railway com- 

 pany at the station iiiap'st to such ]iolnt. where there is an agent, or 

 to a conductor In charge ot a freight train operating through said sta- 

 tion, stating iu such a|i|)lication tin' character of the fn-ight and Its des- 

 tination. It shall be til'' iliity of such railway coni]>any to whose agent 

 or conductor su<-h niipllcatiou is made to furnish and place, within the 

 time hereinafter prescTlln-d anil at the point di'signated In said applica- 

 tion, the car or ears so applied for. whether such car or cars are intended, 

 when loaded, for transportation to a point on the line of such railway 

 conipnny or to a point on the line of another common carrier in the state 

 of .Arkansas, 



lb) When a shipper makes a written application to a railroad com- 

 pany for empty <'ars as provided In section .V of this rule, they shall be 

 supplied witliln three days from 7 o'clock .\. M. the day following such 

 ap]>luatloii : when for five cars, or less, within live da.vs from 7 o'clock 

 .V. M. the day following sui-Ii nppllcatbin ; when for less "than two or more 

 than five lars. and when for ten ears or more, within eight days from 

 7 o'clock A. M. the day following such aiiplicatlon. 



I CI For failure ti> comjily with the provisions of Section .\ and R of 

 this rule, the railroad failing to suitidy the empty cars applied for shall 

 forfeit and pay to the shl|i()er tlic sum of .fl per car each dav or frac- 

 tion thereof during which It falls to furnish cars after expiration of the 

 time allowed for so doing, provided the applii-atlon for said forfeiture Is 

 made In writing to the station agent or office of said company within 

 thirty days after making reuuest for such cars; and provided further that 

 any shifiper to avail himself of the benefits of this foreiture herein pro- 

 vided, must at the time of making such apptli-alloii deposit X2 for each car 

 applied for. this rnimey fo lie retained by the railroad comnanv In case 

 the car Is not loaded, ami In case the ear is loaded the said $2 shall be 

 refunded to the shipper when bill of lading is issued. 



The Octoher Lumber Cut 



Tile National Lumber Manufacturers' Association has published Its report 

 of lumber <-ut b.v metnlwrs in October last. The following summary shows 

 the result : 



Cut October. lOl,"?. 870.200.000 feet: cut Octoher. 1914, 770,400.000 feet. 

 Decrease. 99,800.000 feet, or il n/KK/,. 



Shipments Octdber, 1913. S39.00n.0(;o feet : shipments October, 1914. 

 <;SO,,800,000 feet. Decrease, 1."!2.200,(IOO feet, or 18 1/1095;. 



Cut October, 1913, .87(>,2(0.000 feet; shipments Octoher, 1913, 839,000,- 

 000 feet. Cut more than shipped. 31.200,(100 feet, or 3 7/10%. 



Cut October, 1914. 770,400,0(10 feet ; shipments Octolicr, 1914, 680,SOO.. 

 000 feet. Cut more than shipped, 83,00(1,000 feet, or 12 2/10^^. 



