The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-03
BIG RAILROAD
MEN ARE HEARD.
Presidents Informally Discuss
General Matters Before House
Committee.
FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Bill Of Cation and spessard APP
propriating 100000, is
Favorably Reported.

Important and far-reachng were the
| hearings had yesterday before the House
Committee on Roads, relating to tile
various railway measures now pcndine
before that body, and 1t required three
strenuous sessions to get through with
n small part of the work. At ten o'clock
there was u conference Mt which no par
ticular bill was discussed but in which
the general subject of railroad lcgsa-
ton was under informal advscment.
Tho big railroad men--the presidents of
the companies operating In Virginia
were present and were heard.
Those who spoke were Pesident john
son, of the Norfolk and Western; Presi-
dent Stevens, of the Chesapeake and
Ohio. President Emerson, of the Atlantic
Coast Line; President Spencer. of the
Southern.
There was no cross-iirinE; no discus
sion; no interrogatorics, but the presi-
dents were simply heard as to the friend
~ relations existing between the roads
and the State, and the lack of disposition
on the part of the former to infringe upon
TIE lISutS Va Liz ptOplu. SGSSiVh N"o
u most satisfactory one. and resulted in
at least II better understanding between
our companies and the law makers At
1 o'clock in the afternoon the Ould bill
to prevent the running of freight trains
on Sunday was considered at length.
Strong speeches were made on both sides
and amendment after amendment was Of
fered
The Rev. James Cannon offered a sug-
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tanning cars of live stock or perishabe
freight be allowed over, any one division
of n road on any given Sunday.
Another amendment was offered, and
finally adopted in lieu of all tho other
propositions requiring the companies to
refer the Question OF the necessity CT
operating freight trains on Sunday to
the corporation commission
The overhead crossing bill offered by
Mr.. West, of Bedford, was earnestly OPP,
posed by Judge Martin Williams, and
IN executive session indefinitely passed
by. which means It's death.
The bill fixing the passenger fare rate
in the State at two cents per mile was
fixed for hearing next Tuesday afternoon
ut 3 o'clock. when 1t will come up as !,
special and continuing order.
In the Senate yesterday Judge Phlegar
of MONTGOMERY, offered bill amending
existing laws so as to permit the distr-
button among the stockholders of the
residue of the assets of railroad when
the affairs of such road are wound up
and after all liabilities have been met.
Under an obsolete law such residue now
goes TO tile State
Bills We're offered in the General As
semhly yesterday looking to tho erection
IN the Capitol Square of monument to
Matthew Fontatne NGaury, the Path
finder of the Seas. The plan proposed
is to use for this purpose the $1,000 that
would have been contributed by tho state
10 the Stuart statue had 1t been located
on the site designated by the Legislature.
The movement is explained in the follow
ing bill, which was offered by reor,est In.
the Senate By Mr.. Campbell, OF Bed
ford:
Whereas, the General Assembly of
virginia by acts approved March 18th
ana December %, 1893, appropriated
the sum of $1,000 to be used in the
erection of statue to General J.
~ b. Stuart, the great commander
OF the Cavalry Corps, a. n. ", upon
the condition that the said monu-
Inent should be erected upon n deslg-
mated site In the Capitol Square, and,
Whereas, a site in the city of Rich
mond outside of the said Capitol
Square has been selected for the
said Stuart monument upon which it
IL now being erected, and the said
appropriation will not be needed or
used for that purpose. therefore,
BE 1t enacted by the General AS
sembly of Virginia that the sum OF
$1,000 not accepted by the Veterans
Cavalry Association. be and is ap-
propriated and hereby ordered TO bio
turned over to a commission compos-
ed of the Governor, the Attorney
General, the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, the Adjutant-Gcneral, tho
President OF the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
and that they are hereby authorized
to erect at a cost not exceeding the
sum Of $1,000, upon "a site TO be select
ed by the said commission, monu-
rnent 10 the memory OF Matthew Fon-
taine Maury, the pathfinder OF the
seas" the Creator OF a New
Science"
a delegation Of ladies' from the Fitz-
hugh Lee Monument Association, appear
ed before the Finance Committees OF
tho senate and House at the Capitol
Friday morning at 10 O'Clock. Those
representing the association were Mrs.
y. Y. Randolph. president; Mrs. NJ l..
Hart. Mrs J. Finders Robinson. Mrs.
d. A. Brown, Mrs. c. a. Leyon Mrs.
~ A. Blenner Misc Minnie A. DalIph-