Cotton rate case hearing ends after prolonged Saturday session
Testimony from Atlantic Coast Line’s C McD Davis focused on why mileage based rates would disrupt competition and hurt shippers. Davis defended current rates as fair, denying preferential inland routing and insisting long-haul costs are kept in check by competitive forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. McD. Davis
Atlantic Coast Line
Calloway
Wright
Davis
Cobb
Birchmore
Savannah
Mr. Davis
Brunswick
Jacksonville
Charleston
Wilmington
Mr. Birchmore
Gartner
Cotton rates battle shifts to mileage versus port
Testimony before the railroad commission focuses on whether cotton shipments should be charged by mileage or by port, with Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway arguing for port proximity and Savannah as a destination. Witnesses explain earnings impact, classify cotton, and cite prior volumes and regional demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Commission
G. S. Rains
Seaboard Air Line
Wright
Tilford
Cr. H. Pearson
Alabama Southern
Southern
Central of Georgia Railroad
Mobile
Alabama
Pearson
Browter
Commission For High Commodities
Examiner Gartner
Mr. Browter
Birchmore
Gartner
C. FE
Bell
Southern Railway
Anniston
Columbiana
Selma
Decatur
Washington
Randall Clifton
Mr. Bell
Mississippi River
Huntsville
Memphis
Florence
Stevenson
New Orleans
Birmingham
Demopolis
D. Kahn
Cobb
Kahn
Cotton Exchange
Oakdale Residence Destroyed by Fire
A two story frame house on Washington avenue near the L N crossing burned last night around 11. Owners Frank Preston and occupant Frank J Levene were identified. Several men escaped narrowly. A false alarm at 10755 sent responders to Dauphin and Jackson streets and the box was found open. An investigation is under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Avenue
L. & N. Crossing
Frank J. Levene
Frank Preston
Dauphin
Jackson Streets
Barage Loaded With Lumber Goes Ashore at Old River
A barge owned by Helton Lumber Company went ashore at the mouth of Old River near Orange Beach Alabama causing extensive damage though most of the lumber is expected to be saved. The vessel is said to be owned in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Beach
Ala
Helton Lumber Company
Old River
Mobile
Ojiway Indians to perform two daily entertainments
The Ojiway Indians will present two daily entertainments at Hammel's starting Monday February 7 running through February 12. Admission is free. See Hammel's ad for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammel’s
Hammel's
Tampa and Mobile plan tourist boat trip plan
A limited Mobile delegation endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce looks to sail on the first boat to Tampa this week with return on Saturday. The steamer, delayed to Wednesday, will depart Mobile, arrive in Tampa Thursday night, and return to Mobile Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Chamber of Commerce
George Fearn, Jr
Fearn
J. S. Taylor
L. C. Irvine
W. M. Clemens
J W. McWilliams
A. H. Downing
J. H. Lackland
J. K. Hirsch
D. W. Walker
T. L. Paddeford
W. H. Bousley
Gulfport
W. W. Croom
Mobile
City of Mobile Delivers Record River Cargo to Montgomery
The river packet City of Mobile arrived in Montgomery last Sunday with about 450000 pounds, the largest river cargo in years. Eight carloads went to Montgomery jobbers, plus oil, salmon, syrup, beans, peas, canned goods, hay, fertilizer, hardware, shoes, autos, and other items. Two weekly fertilizer trips are expected. Nearby ships include tug North American, barge Magnolia, United Fruit two banana boats, and several steamships loading at M&O docks.
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Montgomery
Mobile
North American
Magnolia
Port Arthur
Tex
City Wharf
Rupture Cure Offer Free Information
A notice offers free information on curing a rupture without charge. The author promises to send details to interested readers who provide their address, claiming the method will cost nothing and may help others.
Carpenter Seeks Addresses for Cure Coincidence
A carpenter claims a strain rupture can heal with luck and a cure and invites others who ruptured to send their addresses for a share of the fortune. He asks for no money, only postal addresses, and provides his name and address in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zen
Agene M. Pullen
Carpenter
Marcellus Ave
Manasquan, N. J
VESSELS IN PORT LIST OF SHIPS AT MOBILE DOCKS AND PIER ROUTES
Shipping roundup shows numerous vessels at Mobile ports with names such as William S. Sumner Carrie Look Edward F. Blake City of Baltimore Margaret B. Rouss Harrison Beachem Francis V. Sawyer Peris A. Colwell and more. Entries cover docks including L. and N Docks Municipal Docks Pier 2 3 8 and Turners Termin. Also lists steamships mobile bound routes to Nassau Martinique Havana and Cuba with carriers like Malory Line Munson Line and Porto Rico Line.
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City of
Tampico
Munson Line
Pier 8
Cuba
William S. Sumner
Carrie BE
Look
Edward F. Blake
Trickey
Liverpool
San Juan
Evans
New York
Porto Rico
Lampasas
Gavitt
Mallory Steamship Line
Crathens
Kross
Trinidad
Caribbean & Southern Line
Bertha
Hanson
Havana
Lumber Ships and New Sheds Shaped for Export in Mobile
In Mobile, the Edward F lake loads lumber from barges while idle vessels including the Francis V. Sawyer and George M. Grant anchor in the stream. New sheds on the Alabama Tennessee and Northern wharves enable daily log export shipments to firms like S. K. Taylor Lumber Company as hardwood logs head to international markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama,Tennessee
Northern
Mobile
Alabama
Tennessee and Northern
S. K. Taylor Lumber Company
Quote exchange on social circles in town
A brisk line contrasts social familiarity with chosen detachment. The speaker affirms knowing many prominent locals but insists they do not need to mingle with them, signaling selective association and independence.
Milk Rates Case Set for Boston Hearing February 16
Karl G. Gartner, examiner in the cotton rates rehearing in Mobile, will lead the next milk transportation rates case before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The hearing will be held in Boston on February 16 with Chairman McCord presiding. Gartner will appear for the commission and prepare the government’s evidence after reviewing the cotton rehearing transcript. Gartner is based in Louisville, Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Karl G. Gartner
Mobile
Washington
Boston
McCord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gartner
Louisville
Burned tramp found in swamp near Plateau
Clyde Agent, a tramp, was found badly burned Friday afternoon in a swamp near Plateau and rushed to city hospital by Dr. B L Cawthon. He built a fire and slept beside it, burning himself. condition serious. Also noted an advertisement for Wonderful Hiawatha Indian Village exhibition February 7 to 12 at Hammel's. Miller Geared-to-the-Road Tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Plateau
B. L. Cawthon
Hiawatha
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Everett True
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Mr. Rains
South Atlantic
Rains
North
Burchmore
Frank G. Browter
Atlanta
West Point
Southwestern
Alabama Lines
Fairfax Harrison
Tion
Mr. Kahn
Klosky’s
Thomas E. Gree
Jeraat Caer
Box K
Oakdale
Grandma
California
Marine News
United Fruit Company
Cortez
Lanan
Barrios
Vera
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
Honduras
Ollinger- Bruce Dry Docks
Livietta
Canal Street
Tiara
William H. Sumner
Carrie I
Vessal
Kdward
W. Murdock
Ital
Tiarra
Ives
Olinger & Bruce
Municipal
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Hildegarde
Cccesees
Barks
U. S
S. B. Holabird
Mall
N. Docks
River City
Pleasure Bay
Dauphin St
Jas
A. Carney
Daphne
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Cessna
Cesssessssk
Fort Morgan
Tombigbee
Fairhope
Mobile Bound
Turner Terminals
Edward Flake
Francis V. Sawyer
Vier 2
George M. Grant
Laguna
Widwad
Gulf Dry Docks
Hildegrade
Louisville and Nashville
Charles May
Chamelecon Steamship Company
Porto Cortez
L. H. Larseen
H. Golsted
Examiner
T. L. Adkins Conti and Wilkinson
First National Bank
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