Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-17
FREIGHT MEN
HAVE FREEDOM
WHEN NOT TALKING SHOP
THEY ENJOY LIFE
SeVenty-one Railroads Represented
in Gathering of Western CIassifi.
cation Experts Who Are
Revising Schedules

The first session of the western
classification committee was held at
Lankershim hotel yesterday morning.
Representatives Of seventy-one rail-
roads were present. The business of
classifying merchandise is a lengthy
one and will probably keep the COM
mittee busy until Saturday.
The work is carried on similar to
that OF the United States senate. Any
one desiring that a change be made in
the classification of some article is al
lowed to have the floor. After he has
finished talking, different members are
allowed to argue pro and con and then
a final decision is reached by a vote.
The delegates from the middle states
met at Kansas City and came west
from there in a special train. They
were delayed twelve hours on account
of a freight wreck on the Denver &,
Rio Grande and arrived in Los Angeles
nine hours late.
This is the first meeting of this kind
ever held here. The last meeting was
held in Charlevoix, Mich.
Like Balmy California
#. o. Becker, chairman of the COM
mittee, said last night that this is his
first visit to the Angel city and that he
has met a number of old railroad
friends since he arrived. He said that
Chicago is as windy as ever and that
it is quite q relief to get a breath of
balmy air.
Nearly all of the committeeman have
been given cards allowing them the
use of the Jonathan club rooms, and
some of them said last night that 1t is
the finest club that they have ever
seen east or west
From Many Towns
The personnel Of the committee is as
follows:
F. o. Becker, chairman, Chicago; F.
w. Meadows, secretary, Chicago: j. C.
Lincoln, A. T. NJ, Mo. Pac., ST. Louis;
]: r. Veitch, A. G. f. A., Iowa Gen..
Chicago; w. G. Neimyer, G. w. A.,
S. p, Chicago; c. p. Hooper, G. r. A.,
Goodrich lines, Chicago; c. II. Wilson,
A. G. F. A., Wis. Cen, Milwaukee;
F. c. Riley, A. G.. f. A., Frisco, Chi
cago; II. z. Pierpont, A. G. II. A.,
G. M. & S., Chicago; e. J. Seymour,
A. G. r. A., C. &s W., Chicago; II. A.
Snyder, A. G. II. A., c., r. 1. & p,
Chicago; w. B. Graseclose. G. +. A.,
f. I. M, Santa Fe, Chicago; Fred
Wild, G. F. A., D. & r. c., Denver; j.
ID. Lund. A. G. F. A., Wabash Kansas
city; II. e. Wood, G.. II. A., u. p,
Omaha; Fl. e. stnl, G. f. A., N, p,
st. Paul; H. w. Broughton, f. r. NJ,
G. N, ST. Paul; G. M. Sargent. G. A.,
Salt Lake, Chicago: II. c. Bush, f. T.
NJ, Colo. Midland, Denver; G. l.. Moore,
g. A, Salt Lake Salt Lake City; w. d.
Skinner, A. G. F. A., o. r. & N, Port
land; F. Fl. Tibbits, A. G.. r. A., C. G.
W., Chicago; J. T. Bowe, G. f., Colo.
& Southern. Chicago; e. w. Gillette,
G. f. A, Salt Lake, Los Angeles:
George II. Crosby, r. II. M, c., B. e
c., Chicago; II. A. Johnson, G. It. A.,
Colo. & Southern, Denver.
Special Requests
Others who came with the commit
tee on the special train and have spe-
cial requests to make are as follows:
Charles Zietke, Milwaukee; r. Muchl-
berg, st. Louis; r. j. Frost, New York;
j. G. Scott, Denver; i. E. Rosenheimer,
Chicago; Mrs e. b. Boyd. Chicago;
w. e. Cook, Chicago; L. Feicker, St
Louis; j. It, Sargent, Chicago; Walter
Moody, Milwaukee; Il. A. Voullaire,
Orange, N. j.; G. M. Nesbitt. Chicago;
r. M. Kemep, Chicago; j. S. Marvin,
New York; w. p. Trickett, Kansas
City; f. w. Maxwell, st. Joseph; w. p.
Mellen, st. Louis; e. Bogardus, Chi
cago.