HARDWOOD RECORD 



Railroad. '11 



First, thai 



freight MH.l 1 



mileage iii Im-u in 

 shall not oxi-uud ; 

 sufflclpnt to pay 

 said amount will 

 Third, that .$lii 



•oad conunisslou in tlic rate cases, ex- 

 iii II I submitted ly the Uook Island 

 I itlon Is as follows : 



III. temporarily enjoined the state 

 I III iii and that the state freight and 

 oil ilit- Uoclc Island lines in Arkansas, 

 iiif any right to contest such rates In 



ly the overcharges in passenger fares 



clalii 



r..r 



pav in lull the 

 shall be pro- 

 hat any surplus 

 shall go to the 



case. |ini\ i.l"i| IliMl ill . : I M ;. .1 III 



claims |ini\ . il I!]! h.i 



rated :nii.iim i In- \ .< n-.n u ■ i • ■ i ■! ni ■] 



from siii<l -inii, iimI n.i-.l- .1 i" r:i \ ■ i nni i .i ■.■,, , 

 state. 



Fourth, that the railroad company will pay the sum of $2,500 into 

 court to be used toward defraying the expense of auditing and disbursing 

 said lefund. 



Following the explanation made l)y .Judge IllU a discussion was had 

 among the interested shippers and consignees, and by unanimous vote 

 Judge Hill, together with the Arkansas Kallroad Commission and the 

 attorney-general, was Instructed to accept the compromise offered by the 

 railroad. It had previously been announced that on May 5 Judge Trleber 

 of the United States District Court of this place, who has jurisdiction 

 of the rate cases, would hear all parties interested in the controversy. 

 However, on May T>. It developed that Judge Trleber was unexpectedly 

 called away from the city, and the hearing took place on May (>. 



On motion Judge Josiniii M. Hill was also instructed to ask the court 

 to fix a time limit of ninety days from the date of entering the decree 

 for filing claims for refunds, it being thought that this would give sufll- 

 cient time for ail parties to get their claims filed. It was stated that thi' 

 railroad company would pay the money into court in due time, and that 

 as soon as the claims are filed and audited, the money will be forth- 

 coming. 



Car Surplusage and Shortage 



Stntisiical Itulletiii No. Hi', issued liy the American Hallway Asso- 

 ciation, datc'd -May 7. shows a surplus of cars on Ihe various lines of 

 reporting railroads May 1, 1914. of 230,533 cars. On April 15, 1914. 

 213,324 cars and on May 1, 1913, 53,977 cars. The bulletin in this 

 instance goes back further than usual, showing the surplus on April 2,''>. 

 1912. April 2(1. 1911, April 27, 1910, respectively, as follows: 151,180, 

 189.524 and l()2,0s.-.. 



The total shortage on May.l, 1914, was but 1,054 cars as compared 

 with 455 <ars ..n A|iril I .'i of this year. On May 1 a year ago the short- 

 age was 14. ITS I III hi.ii I-- 1. 11 \prii 2.5, 1912, April 26, 1911, April 

 27. liiln. Win I : ,]-. , M. and 5,766 cars. 



It can 1)1' iiiiiil I III 11 I- ili:it the condition of trade last year 



was coiisidrr:i 1.1 III III I Mill ii |i;i<eut, showing a materially greater 

 sbort:iL[i- and a Mir]ilii- iIkU wms ahn..st 200,000 less than at present. 



Liunber Report for March 



The .N'aticiual I, umber Manufacturers' Association's report of output 

 for .March, eonipileil from figures supplied by affiliated associations. Is 

 summarized as follows- 



Decrease in nil .liiiins ^Mareli. 1914, under March, 1913. ..'12,700,000 feet 

 Decreii,. in Mim r' rliirii-L- Miv.-h, 1914, under 



Mar.li I'll: 63.000,000 feet 



Exc.is^ Mill. II , Mull, 1913 35,200,000 feet 



Exces- -hiiii III - Mirili. 1!I14 4.900,000 feet 



Furniture in Island of Martinique 



Consul Thomas K. Wallace writes from Fort de France that Martinique 



is well supplied with cabinetmakers who produce furniture mostly in the 



French style, hence little is imported. Furniture Imported from America 



consists of chairs, roll-top desks and sectional bookcases. 



Ne-w Ply Woods From Japan 



Japan is now introducing two new woods in (iermany. especially 



adapted for ply wood and known as tamo, a substitute for oak. but much 



cheaper, more easily worked, and of a very suitable color for the German 



taste, and sen, a substitute for ash. This wood has been placed upon 



the market and advertised widely from Hamburg. 



■Victory for Memphis in Through Bill Controversy 

 According to advices received here by J. H. Townshend. general maunjier 

 of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, from the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, lumber interests of Mississippi, Louisiana and Memphis 

 have won another signal victory before that body. This has come in 

 the shape of dismissal by the commission of the intervening petition filed 

 by the lumber association of New Orleans to prevent continuance of 

 issuance of through bills of lading on export shipments of lumber and 

 forest products. Its dismissal means that lumber interests throughout 

 the territory indicated will be able to handle all of their export shipments 

 on through bills, thus eliminating the serious delay and the heavy expense 

 incident to the handling of such shipments on local bills to New Orleans. 

 The commission ruled in effect that the conditions under which the rail- 

 roads wore issuing through bills on forest products, especially as relating 

 to the absorption of demurrage charges by the steamship companies, is 

 not a diserimiuatiou against the members of the New Orleans association 



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