Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
IN THE OLD DOMINION
7. r. A. 70 TEST CASE WITH THE
RAILROADS
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RICHMOND. Va. May 10. 1901.
The members of the Travellers Protective
Association. believing that the railroads
have determined to deny the two-cent rate
for 500 and i.00O-mile tickets. which was
demanded BY law enacted by the last gen
erai assembly. viii make the fight to test
the constitutionality OF the law. The act
was to become operative June Is, and on
that day the railroads win decline to pay
any attention whatever to the law. The
travelling public has not lost sight of the
law. however, and, as the members OF the
commercial travellers are also interested
and have an organization and have counsel,
they will take the Initiative and force the
lighting. The roads are to be assailed on
all sides-protest against payment of the
rate. protest against detachng coupons to
pay for transportation at greater rate
than cents per mile declfnatfon to pay
more than two cents mile and refusal to
get on the train, thereby forcing the con-
ductors to eject them.
While the election Of members OF the gen.
eral assembly is more than eighteen months
of. already the tocsin has sounded and the
war is on. All over the state the cry has
been raised to vote for no man for the gen.
SAeA 0HSSiAOiy WIZ 10 Hot uucQuitoSdhy
committed to the 2-cent-a-mile bill So far
as the people are concerned, the fight has
just commenced. The people Will not be
content with making a law for the benefit
pr those who can buy the 5o0-mile tickets.
but will insist that the rate shall be 2 cents
mile straight for all passengers That the
Dill Will become law there is not the
slightest doubt
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The railroads ind TO bo
demands Of the public and to public occa-
sions than ever before In their history. A
short while ago arrangements were made
for reunion of the members Of the order
OF Elks at Pine Beach. The railroads were
asked for excursion rates to carry down a
large number Of people from this and other
cities. great majority Of whom would
nave to come to this city in order to get to
Pine Beach. The application was received
with the utmost Indifference and coldly re-
jected- The road is handling all the bust
ness 1t can do, and there is no catering to
the public any more.
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Secretary Eggleston of the department of
state Is busily engaged at this time in reg
istering automobiles which are driven In
this state. The law requires that all ma
chimes which enter the state are to be IL
censed, and that in order to get the license
they have to be registered here A great
many OF those who have made application
for registration residents of Washing
ton and enter the state when visiting Mt.
Vernon and other places. The use of ma
CHIMES In this city have increased wonder
fully, and there are now several hundred of
them IN active use daily. Many of the
leading physicians have them, and these
will have to be licensed in accordance with
the state law
For several weeks conferences have been
under way between members of the facul-
ties OF the two medical colleges here to
unite the two institutions 1t is believed
that the move will succeed. The desire of
the procession In this state is to make this
city great medical center and to raise the
standard still higher and to have a school
the equal or any In the country. The medi-
cal college of Virginia Is now nearly seventy
years Old and has an enviable reputation,
lts graduates being In demand in many hos
pitals In the country. 1t Is state institu-
tion, and within the last ten years has more
than trebled its attendance
More than eight months ago the lob print
ers OF this city went on strike for the
e1ght-hour day. The strike is still on, with
the men standing remarkably solid One
OF the firms In the Typothetae surrendered,
out the others are still holding out Several
small establishments employ union men.
ana several of the men have voluntarily
gone into the printing~business