The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-06

and deprives the employees of one road
from exchanging transportation passes
with the others in the combine.
Twenty-Five roads have signed the
agreement, and at the meeting of the
various presidents, Mr.. Truesdale pre-
sided. Already the agreement" has
received it's knocks from many sources,
and meeting of the presidents of the
Trunk lines and Central Traffic asso-
citation is possibility of the near flu
ture, TO modify the agreement.
The leading lines which have agreed
not to exchange passes are the Balti-
more and Ohio, Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, Boston and Maine,
Canadian Pacific, Central Railroad OF
New Jersey, Cleveland, Lorain and
Wheeling, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago and ST. Louis; Ohio Central Della
ware and Hudson, Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, Erie, Grand
Trunk, Hooking Valley, Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern, Lehigh Valley,
Michigan Central, Maine Central, New
York Central, New York, Chicago and
St. Louis, New York. New Haven and
Hartford, New York, Ontario and
Western, Philadelphia and Reading,
Pennsylvania and it's companies, VAN
dalia and the Wabash.
Stanley n. Simrell, who for two years
has been the representative Of the In
ternational Correspondence schools in
the central city, has been promoted to
the position of assistant superintendent
of Division 4, in the Central Pennsyl-
vania district Mr.. Simrell's promo
tion is, in the strict sense of the word
q reward of merit, as he has been one
of the leading solicitor collectors of the
schools. This is no small distinction,
when it is sknown that there are at
present over HOO men employed by the
International Correspondence schools
in all parts of the United States and
Canada.
Mr.. Simrell, in his new position, will
have charge of the men working in
Northeastern Pennsylvania. He will
be succeeded as solicitor collector by
George Gelatt, who has been one of the
schools most progressive students. Mr..
Gelatt was pipe-fitter and machinist.
He took a course il mechanical draw
ing with the schools, and through it
secured a position as craftsman with
the Lackawanna Iron and Steel COM
pany. Having been u successful stu
dent, there is every reason to believe
that Mr.. Gelatt will make a successful
representative of the schools.
Attorney Richard j. Bourke is rapid
ly achieving fame as an orator OF bril-
liant attainments, and is becoming re-
cognized as one of the best extent
pOraneous speakers in the city. His
latest triumph was a little address
which he delivered few nights ago
at the banquet of the University of
Pennsylvania Alumni dinner, in which
he combined delicate wit and serious
thought with a facility of expression
and grace of delivery that charmed his
hearers and provoked loud and con-
tinued applause.
Another recent speech of Mr..
Bourke's which has produced great
deal of favorable comment, was the
speech he made before common coun-
Gil week or two ago in opposition to
the running of the North End Street
Railway companys lines out Wyoming
avenue. Mr. Bourke's arguments may
not have been full of merit, but there
were none who We're not impressed
with the concise, telse and clever man
ner in which they were presented. Mr..
Bourke is a prominent member of the
Thirteenth regiment, being adjutant of
the First battalion, with the Tank of
first lieutenant, and is one of the most
popular members Of the command.