The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-06
DISCUSS RUNNING
OF SUNDAY TRAINS
Members of Ii1terdcnon1il,ationa
Church Committee and Railway
Officials Hold Conference.
TALK OF SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
II Conclusions Were Reached,
However, They Were Not
Announced.

Especial to Tho Tlmes-D ispatchl
s LYNCHBURG. VA. June 5.--The sub
committee of the Observation-Disclosures
church committee, appointed last year
as the result OF action on the part OF
several church bodies OF the State to
inquire into tho question of the opera
ton of Sunday trains, especially the
movement Of freight trains on the first
day Of the week. met represen tativesl
Of the Norfolk and Western and South
crn Railways in conference at tho
Y. M. G. A. to-day at noon.
The conference, 1t was pointed out
this afternoon. was for the purpose Of
each side presenting what it believed to
be an equitable solution of the mat
ter. but the deliberations were not
made public. The conference took place
in executive session, lasting an hour
or moro.
There were present Mcssrs George
Z. Caskie and H. II. Harris and DIR.
w. w. Smith: Of \ the commission. and
President L.sE. j ohnson, of the Norfolk
and Western; President w. W. Finley,
|of the Southern Vice President II. B.
Spencer, of the Southern; Vlce-Presi-
dent ]. NJ. Culp, of the Southern; Cen
eral Manager N. D. Mahcr, of tho Nor
folk and Western, and General Counsel
a. p. Thorn, Of the Southern Railway.
| President George w. Stevens and
General Manager Doyle. of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio. expected to be present
at the conference, but President
Stevens tclegraphed this morning that
conditions were such that he would
be unable toTbe present.
j, Sunday. Excursions.
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there weresa number Of clerks and pri-
vate secretaries, who accompanied them
on the trip. Among these were II. K
Bell. chief clerk to President Finley
Robert L. Lenhert, clerk to Mr.. Thorn;
L. II. Skinner, secretary to Mr.. Spen-
cor, land Ralph Shropshire, clerk to
Mr.. Culp., @
It was learned this afternoon that
while the question Of Sunday. excur-
sions was discussed informally, that
the real object,ofs theameeting was to
confer, over transportation Of freight
trains.
From what was given out after the
i meeting It seems that thereSis a wide
1 differ&V Of ,op1nion between the
members. OF the subcommittee and the
i galway. representatives as 70 howl
/ trains should be made UP for trans
q
i the members OF the committee held
4 that If the Southern should have three
cars of, perishable freight at Spencer,
i n, G., consigned to Washington. thai
those three cars should be put in one
train and t be used as a pretext fol
the opera ton Of three trains through
! the State by putting one of these cars
!! in each train. That this has been
the custom of the railways is known
. to theacommittee and how to prevent
this is yet to be solved.
AS to- Sunday excursion rates, there
seems SO be sno doubt but they are q
thing offtl1e past In Virginia.
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LIEUT.. sTEGER 9OFl RICHMOND,
3, IS MARRIED. In SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. !, GA, June "a wedding
in which Savannah. society Was deeply in
terestcd was that Miss Angle Cubbedge ant
Lieutenant ~ ohm Overton Steger, U. S. A.
this evening at tho home -of the BRIDE.
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. 2. w. Cubbedge, OF
Charles Street. West. Rev. DR.. James Y
Fair, OF the independent Presbyterian
!, Church, officiating. Lieutenant Laurir
, Lawson was hefbest man. The matron O.
: honor was Mrs. Godln Guerard and the TIN
bridesmaids, Misses Cornclia NJ acLean