The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-20
COAST
line D0 D. \ | l:
Judge#P ellard ~ Decide s5 III
4 Virginia 81 South south i Carolina
Is the Home 81 the Road.
PEN TO 81 USE EL ECTRIClTY
g. & Stock lders Meet nat
7 Roanoke to Increase Capital
Is One Hundred Million.

Judge Prltchard .si ii tho United States
Court 1T Asheyllle, recently heard arsu ~
sment gin gsx cases from South Carolina,
Involving tho highly Important q question
sas to whether the \ Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Is u a tizen$ OF the stateo q v In
ginia. Ia
vi The cases on Will the q rs llnlent is
based are not OF consid eruble Importance
In themselves, but bring Il UP 9 I'M after !; e4s
which "a! or unusual Il interest. TheS suit
were brought in$the 8 tate courts Of South
CAROLINE II an d removed ~ 10 the y nlted
States Court on petition Sof the railroad
company that B. II was q q q tiIen5 OF he
State OF Virginia. The motion cren ted
Foonsidora bic surprise, 81 1t being the first,
time the rallroad i has asked for the re-
r1ovaI OF cases from the state courts.
This matter Of citizenship involves the
considerable OF various state laws and
the Virginia state charter ana certain ali
technical questions as to WI thor g 90 III
1prorration may be d citizen OF d State for
some purposes, but not for others. 55,9
Il The attorneys Tor the six plainti ifs, who
have moved to- again remand the cases
StoEthe state courts, argued before Judge
$eept i' t i beneiits 81 tie laws the
railroad had become a South Caroltn
corporation, and therefore COULD no re-
move cases from the State TO the ,United
States Court put mug ~ t0I s'",s''t
The arguments q the attorneys were j. e.
fof decided Interest to lawyers. At q ne Z.
close Judge Pritc hard stated that as mat
tiers OF fact In rcla ton to the alleged eIs-
Spllte re would refer the Issue X as to
citizenship to Special Corlmissio ner III Al !! \
fred ST. Barnard, Of Asheville. With d.
reelon to report thereon " thirty daH -
III, ,r,va hia dacision d on 81 tho mAtterNO1
law involved. ~ yi5! NJ IS *
orders issued BY the Pennsylynn!a3 Rail
road Indicate that l51 yr
on some Of Iits divisions. Engineers q
passenger ana q freight trains have been
ordered to report the amount o. iael us -,
on eacl, trip ana other Which Wouldt
/ the cost OF operating under present con.
ditions. Tho motive power department
\ has also been instructed to furnish the
cost OF equipment and the AMOUNT 2, 81 r.,
9en,Iipment. Those reports will be COM
electrical equipment ana the company
may decide to at least " art exPer!mens..
VIEW o na,ly ,oeaI Sub
Urban , lines lines With electric motive power In
stead Of steam. In the past gene!al. 70.
ports OF cost OF operation and equipmen 1..
have varied on tle 6oVoatuS i4toa
for for the first time the company ls k s, g,
Into the investigation to ascertain MN
ute facts. HI 8sal..8 n HI is ~
The following companies have " r 9rdeEe 90
C Con , Tho Chicago and North vest
ern railway Company ,Soo bog s, ca =
7oo gondola cars and 500 fiat cara the
Chicago Great Western, KS a., " con- ama
sh aoy and Eastern Railway Company u
abont ia place orders for 800 steel under,
rama drop end gondola cars $50 steel
side dump cars ana 400 steel .under- Crane
fiat cars The 81, LOUIS any 4, sM,s ,tds ~
IN ~ Roy cars and $50 steel frame fiat cars:
t III - HlKin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
Company viii place orders foT s SSS s stee
gondoMEb cass nh ~ PACIFIC nsns
Con an is CONSTRUCTING thirty-two stan-
}dard ca6ooses at Its shops az sacramento:
I The SElgln, Joliet and gnstern ttailr roo,
GSmbany %aaoppo aatfis ana TX sswhes
sgWitching locomotl NJ 4, H t 4
Notice, has been issued by the Norfolk
and Western Raj SG9mpaimY 6suff eid
ssnpsse!al meeting In aanoks on ost o ,tnT
sosk q 81 @ 49, aSSsas'R a IA vote
ot ~ pnompany not 10 exceed ~, 900 00O
IA shonds Ia be convertible into common
Stock $40 and 10 contain such proylsionaSs. = ~
may ts author esd ny the board o. Gree
tors, "a fac < AZ 4 "a 4l5 q 53li Az Il
4 An authority oloHo to the kuhn. Loep
i g, fer!omnnny ana Pennsylvania Ra!lroaai
interests SAYS that y assnseqp ani
Ra,Ir5aS yte ess NH 81 u the
cant The next annNal diyd|asEa wv, VIZ
frat week Of NoY naberf
Was Sorry He Missed .5
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