Evening star., 1897-04-28
The Southeastern Passenger Asso-
citation Organized Here Today.
Big SYSTEMS BECOME MEMBERS
A President Elected and a Plan of
Agreement Adopted.
THE LINES REPRESENTED

The Southeastern Passenger Association,
which, after the close of the present
month, will succeed the Southern States
Passenger Association. was organized this
afternoon at the Hotel Raleigh by the
election of Mr.. Harry Walters of Balti-
more of the Atlantic Coast Line as presi-
dent, and Mr.. Joseph Richardson of At
lanta, Ga, commissioner of the expiring
association, chairman of the conference
committee. new Office provided for un-
der the terms of the organization of the
new body. Mr.. J. v. Boyden, private sec
retary to Mr.. Richardson, was appointed
secretary of the meeting, and will act as
secretary of the association.
Every road connected with the associa-
tion about to go out of existence was rep
resented.
Prominent Railroad Men Present.
Among the well-known railway officials,
besides those named, who attended were
Vice President w. W. Winiey Vice Presi-
dent and General Manager Frank s. Can
non, Traffic Manager J. M. Culp, Genera.
Passenger Agent w. A. Turk and Genera.
Superintendent W. NJ. Green of the South
ern; T. NJ. Emerson, traffic manager, and
H. M Emerson. general passenger and
freight agent, Atlantic Coast Line; Reuben
E. Foster, general manager, Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Richmond Steamboat Com
pany; B. w. Wrenn, passenger traffic man
ager, Savannah, Florida and Western; j.
w. Fry, general manager, Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley; John A. Gee, general pas
senger agent, Atlantic and West Point:
]. c. Halle, general passenger agent, Cen
trail of Georgia; A. o. MacdonnelI, general
passenger agent, Florida Central and
Peninsular; William Checkley Shaw, vice
president, Georgia, Southern and Florida;
]. c. Whitney, traffic manager. Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company: Will
liam Mason. general passenger agent, New
York and Texas Steamship Company; c.
P. Atmord, general passenger agent, Louis
vile and Nashville: w. l.. Guillanden, vice
president and traffic manager, Old Do
mnIon Steamship Company, and others.
Railroads Represented.
The full list of companies represented
were the Southern; Atlantic Coast Line;
Alabama Great Southern; Baltimore, Chesa-
peake and Richmond Steamboat Company;
Alabama Midland; Brunswick and Western;
Charleston and Savannah; Savannah, Flori-
da and Western: Atlanta and West Point;
Western Railway of Alabama; Atlanta and
Knoxville; Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railway; Central of Georgia; Ocean Steam
ship Company: Clyde Steamship Company;
Columbus Southern: East and West of
Georgia; Florida Central and Peninsular:
Georgia and Alabama; Georgia Southern
and Florida; Merchants and Miners Trans
rortation Company New York and Texas
Steamship Company; Old Dominion Steam
snip COHlpdIS, anu Alldnllc. w Ii
mington and Weldon: Ashevile and Spar
tanburg; Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line,
Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio; Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta; Columbia and
Greenville and branches; Elberton Air Line
Hartwell; High Point, Randleman, Ashe-
boro' and Southern; Milton and Sutherlin
North Carolina and branches: North Caro-
lima Midland; Northwestern North Caro-
lima; Oxford and Clarksvlle; Oxford and
Henderson, Richmond and Mecklenburg
Richmond, York River and Chesapeake
Roswell; Statesville- and Western; State
University: Virginia Midland railroad and
branches; Western North Carolina; Wash
ihgton and Ohio; Yadkin, and Louisville
and Nashville. +i
Committee Report Adopted.
The committee appointed to draw up a
plan of agreement for the government of
the association which should not conflict
with the decision recently announced by
the United States Supreme Court in tn.
Trans Missouri case made report which,
except that it was more in detail
sociations are concerned, was published
in The Evening Star yesterday. The re-
pert was adopted unanimously and will be
signed by all present during the meeting
1t is expected that the association will CON
tinue in session until a late hour and pre-
vious to adjourning will elect the other
officers provided for in the articles of agree
II ent. The same officials will meet at the
same place tomorrow for the purpose of or
ganzrg the Southeastern Freight Associa-
tiOn