The herald., 1897-04-08
TRAFFIC TALK
Southern Pacific Elects
Directors
KRUTTscHNITT IS CHOSEN
OTHERWISE THE OLD BOARD rs
REELECTED
The Legislators Busy Mapping Out
Railroad Policy for Con-
gress to Follow

SAN FRANCISCO. April Julius
Kruttschnitt, general manager of the
Southern Pacific company is now di-
rector of that corporation. He was
elected today at the annual meeting OF
the company to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of A. L. Tubbs. The re-
naming directors were reelected, and
the board now stands as follows: c.
p. Huntington, Henry E. Huntington,
c. F. Crocker, w. H. Hubbard, T. e.
Stillman. Russell J. Wilson, Charles G.
Lathrop. J. c. Stubbs, N P. Smith and
julius Kruttschnitt. Tomorrow the d.
rectors will meet to elect officers.
CONGRESSIONAL POLICY.
WASHINGTON, April THE senate
committee of the interstate commerce
commission met for the purpose. II pos
sible. of mapping out policy in regard
to railroad legislation during the pres
ent congress. No result was accomplish
ed beyond agreeing to appoint sub
committee to determine the advisability
of granting hearings on bills before the
committee.
u. Z. INDEBTEDNESS.
WASHINGTON, April THE attor-
ney-general today sent to the senate
copies of additional correspondence rela-
tive to the agreement made by the gov
ernment in the matter of the sale of the
Union Pacific railway. Among the let
ters and kilograms included is tele-
gram from Il. Ellery Anderson. a gov
ernment director of the road, to Attor-
ney-General Harmon, recommending
the acceptance of the bid of s45,O00,000
made by the reorganization committee
PUZZLED AGENTS.
CHICAGO, April THE general pas
senger agents of the western roads did
not adopt an agreement for the Western
Passenger association today. The COM
mittee which has had the agreement un-
der consideration for the past ten days
presented its report. but 1t was not ac-
ceptable.
In order to prevent any series of ref
erences back and forth between the at
torneys of the roads and the general pas
senger agents, it was decided that
committee of the passenger men should
so over the agreement in company with
the attorneys, and they should endeavor
to get as much of the old agreement
into the new agreement as is possible
and keep within the scope of the court
decision. The combined committee will
report to the general meetin gnext Tues
day.
A NEW ROAD.
DENVER, Col, April IA special
to the Republican from Santa Fe. N. NJ,
says: Articles of incorporation of the
Pecos Valley Railroad and Construction
company were filed here today The OBJ
ject of the company is to extend the
Pecos Valley road from Roswell. N M,
225 miles northeast to the Texas Pan
handle and connect with the Santa Fe
or Rock Island, with view of estab
fishing a new through line from the
Missouri river to the Mexican border.
A RAILROADER HURT
COLFAX, Cal, April 7.-Roadmaster
Philip Goulden was truck by the en-
gine of the Colfax local in cut one
mile east of Auburn at 635 tonight.
Gouulden was travelling west on track
velocipede and did not hear the passen-
ger train approach. He was struck
in the back by the pilot of the engine
and thrown against he rocks in the side
of the cut. The engineer reversed his
engine and Goulden was taken on board
and brought here, where the company
had q physician waiting