Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-02
SOUTHERN RAILROAD MEN.
A Large Number of Them Confer with
the Interstate Commission.

There was large gathering of railroad men
at the Office of the interstate commerce COM
mission to-day. The object of the meeting was
to confer with the members of the commission
relative to the export rates charged by the
southern and southwestern roads. The railroad
companies for that section of the country were
nearly all represented. Among the railroad
men present were the following:
Sol. Haas, Traf. Mgr, associate railways of
Virginia and Carolinas; R. d. Carpenter, Associ-
ate railways of Virginia and Carolinas; F. NJ Iron
monger, associate railways of Virginia and Caro-
linas; Britton & Gray, counsel, Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe railroad company; s. L.
Dill g. f. and p. A.. Atlantic and North Caro-
lima railroad company: III. Walters. V. P. and
G.. NJ, Atlantic Coast line; L. NJ. Emerson, G..
+. A., Atlantic Coast line; W. F. Shellman.
Traf. Mgr, Central railroad and banking COM
pany of Georgia; George A. Whitehead, G. +.
A.. Central railroad and banking company OF
Georgia; Charles Schiff, president. Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific railway COM
pany and associated railway companies Robert
y. Ryan, G.. F. A., Cincinnati, New Orleans.
Texas Pacific railway company and associated
railway companies; o. G. Murray, Frt. Traf.
Mgr, Chesapeake and Ohio railway
Chesapeake and Ohio railway company;
John NJ. WHY, East Tennessee, Nirgania and
Georgia railway company; Ray Knight. A. G. F..
A., East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia rail-
way company; E. r. Dorsey. G.. r.; A., Georgia
railroad company; A. G. Knapp, traf. mgr,
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad COM
pany; ID. B. Morey, G. +. A, Illinois Central
railroad company (southern lines); A. J. Knapp,
A. G. F. A., Illinois Central railroad company
(southern lines); W. p. Walker, jr.. mgr, Ka-
nawha dispatch; O. G. Parsley. jr., div. frt. agt.
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroad
company, Kansas City, Memphis and Birming-
ham railroad company; Jas. S. Davent, A. g. +.
A., Memphis and Charleston railroad company
b. Hughs, Memphis and Charleston railroad
company; 5. II. Bass, gen. eastern agt., Mexican
National railroad company; T. L. Russell, gen.
solicitor. Mobile and Ohio railroad company;
c. w. Gibson, cotton agent, Mobile and Ohio
railroad company; H. S. DePew, traf. man.
ager, Mobile and Ohio railroad company;
Chas. Eddy, V. P, Norfolk and Western railroad
company; Augustus Pope, G. F. A., Norfolk and
Western railroad company; VIM. ]. Craig. A.
G. f. and p. A., Port Royal and Augusta rail-
way company, Port Royal and Western Caro-
lima railway company; j. r. Macmurdo, G. F.
and p A.. Richmond and Allegheny railroad
Drake, g. F. A.; L. L. McCloskey. Div. F. and
p A.; G. S. Barnum, G.. f. and 2. A., Ga. Pac
Div, w. A. Turk, Div. F. and P. A; C. NJ.
Boram, Div. F. and p. A; ID. Cardwell, Div.
F. and p. A.; w. A. Winburn, Div. F. and P.
A., Richmond and Danville railroad COM
pany; c. A. Taylor. G. F. and T. A., Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company;
c. d. Owens. Traf. Mgr, Savannah. Florida
and Western railway company, Charleston and
Savannah railway company, Brunswick and
Western railroad company; VIM. p. Hardee,
q. F. and p. A., Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad company; J. L. Myers, Supt. Trans,
Seaboard and Roanoke railroad company; S. B.
Pickens, g. P. A., john b. Peck. Gen. Mgr,
South Carolina railway company; ]. c. Schrie-
yer, Traf. Mgr, Southern Pacific company;
Thos, H. Carter. CON-; Chas. A. Sinkall, Secy.; !;
VIM. H. Halsey, chief rate clerk; Chas. W.
Pardo, stenographer, Southern railway and
steamship association; E. H. Hinton, G. F. A. :
j. Waldo, Texas and Pacific railway company;
Andrew Broaddus, G. W. A., Virginia. Ten
nessee and Georgia air line; Cecil Gabbett,
Prest and Gen. Mgr; Chas. H. Cromwell, G.
F. A.. Western railway of Alabama, Atlanta and
West Point railroad company.
Thomas Ii. Carter. Sol. Haas, Geo. A. White
head, Charles Schiff Charles II. Cromwell Jos.
NJ, Broun, Augustus Pope, Edward Fitzgerald,
S. A. r. Dale, and e. r. Dorsey told the COM
mission the methods they employed in fixing
the export rates.