The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-28
This Seems to Be the Purpose of ihs Rail-.
road Commission.
PROMINENT RAILROAD MEN PRESENT
sYue Showing Made by the Report OF
ths President OF the University
Trick PtnScd on II Revenue officer
Mate Has Offers for Large Tracts
otSwan,P Lands.

Ruleish. y. c., Jan eI.-(SpeCial)-
The Railway commission met ~
day, aud so large was the attendance
of railway officials that it was nccessa-
ry to meet in the state Library in or
der 70 give room. All the great lines
in the State were represented, the sum-
mons to the officials directing them to
appear and show cause why passen-
ser rates should not be reduced.
There were present Vice Presidents
Andrews. Finley and Cannon, Passen-
ger Agent Turk, and Attorneys Ilarri-
son and Henderson. of the Southern !;
Vice president SIT. John, McBee and
Glover, and Attorney Watts, OF the Sea-
board Air Line; President Elliott and
T. NJ. Emerson, of Atlantic Coast Line;
President Page, Of Aberdeen and Ashc-
boro. and w. Il. Kyle, Of Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley. Harrison read
President Spencer's reply. Turk said
the railways could not stand the rcduc-
tion of rates. ST. John read President
Hofflnan's reply, and his own, saying
rates here were lower than in other
States with far larger populations.
Emerson testified that q number of
coast line trains were actually now
operated at a loss for public c,lnven-
dsnce. st. John and Elliott wire asked
If they had lists Of free passes, and If
ithey were willing to give them to the
commission. They said they did not
think they would object. Southern
railway officials comment on this, say
Ding their pass books arc d .mandcd
hut those of other roads requested. ii
Is the comment that the commission Is
determined to reduce rates.
Senator Butler has called fer a freight
rate reduction, and it Is understood
that the commission will make the lat
ter quite soon. The Senator demanded
a reduction or the passenger rate quite
recently, and tn" commission directly
afterwards gave notice that ii would
fake up that matter. Some persons
believe THAT on the main lines a 2-cent
rate win be lrderid. One of the COM
m!ssioners said the othsr day Tint he
thought that ought to he a difference
In favor of The weaker roads.
1t is intimM,cd by a close friend of
Governor Russell that Senator Butler
mas said vt would DE imIrautlcaie To
form NEW party out of Butler Popu-
lists, Russell Republicans and n few
Democrats Members CT Buffers panty
say The couldn't deliver the gcl:us If
he made a dsal
lMr. Hugh Mclean. of HarnJ.t county,
was mere to-day. He and his brother
Hector, are the Oldest twins in tho
world, having been barn February 10Th
$50 MIR. Mclean d,'we twtnty-eirht
miles here in his buggy
Among to-day's arrivals, bestdi.s all
Thc officials of the Atlantic Coast Limo.
SoeahGard Air Line, Southern and Cane
Fear and Yadkin Valley railway. were
Genrge Fl. Lacey, Of Wilmington: Paul
means, 5f Concord: John S. Cunning
mann, of Person; Fred Phillips. of Tar
poFo. Some Of these attended the an
nual meeting Of the trustees of the
State University.
The revenue men are laughing at the
trick played on 'one Of the dspu;y co,-
ISctors by an Orange county dis.iIlar
The latter wanted a new still, the old
one being nearly burned OUT and
could get nsw one for SIS. He re-
moved the cap and I:'sher useful parts
OF ms Old still and then get $40 from
'ne revenue man fer Informing as IN
where it was located. Thus he got his
new '1utfit for only s..
,.ifDeri Ward who was taken from
jan hSre yesterday 10 Coldeboro ro,
triai Tor murder, was brought back To-
Gay. ewing u the absence of his mos,
lnl'o,Saht witness his trial wGs post
Poned uE,iil April.
some of the streams ara vcr,. 1o,,
Neuse river. for cxample. 10 ,bo,,, ~
low as II was ever known - be.
John y. Ramsay, sngineer 20 Tho St,,a
boafd of Education, which has in charge
what are known as the swamp lands is
mere lie says there are several offers
~ purchase large tracts. a PennsvIvo-
man wants $4,000 acres.
Al fh2 meeting Of the trustees of tho
= oiiiVSis ity to-day, al which Governor
s,s presided. President Edwin A
port. This showed that fine uri'.a,,.
was more prosperous than over bsfom,
an all It's history IF over a csr..,,,.,
me totai number of persons RECEIVING
instruction during the past vear No., >.