The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-19
RAILWAY DENIES
CRAFT CHARGES
PENNSYLVANIA REPORT PROVES
VlNplcATloN FOR OFFICERS
or COMPANY.
GRAVE WRONG is DONE
TO Whole Service of the Road, II is
Alieeed-Fidelty TO Public and
Stockholders Claimed For
Employees.

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portions and not the whole Of the tes
tim ny Of he witnesses before HE in
ter.tate con,,erca COMM ,esion and
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'hEaHlcleht pftA'i8e5' mas aoh' grave
injustice I the whole fAice Of me
Pennsylvania railroad c7on,ary."
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Sa'e''"i 'oI''-i'i''e 'ee ap''A'e' 'S '''
bcafd ol Htr@2,of5 OF me foh0aE iFaE'9
railr ad company nearly a year ago
fo examine INFO tha facts conncctc /
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0H'cela a"" e'H."o9 ~ u ''o '0'''P"l'
Of stock or other interest in any com-
pany the holding of which could affect
the performance Of their duty Ir the
company's duty TO the public, The
all ged acceptance OF grainities by
employees Of the company vas also in
Gu red into by the committee
As esult of its examination OF
2,535 officers and employees inc.ulin%
every officer Of tae several compan-
les VII Sc individual action or Whcs
order Q any subordinate coald erect
any discrimination, the commit ee re-
ports ii found that 266 had .ntere ~
in coal or other corporations or iirns
or with individuals Win the eHce3-
ton nj fifteen all Of these mad ae-
quirsd d hel- IN erests by purchase
The fifteen admitted that they had
received gifts ef shares or interests
i'm various corporations, and tneir
names Rave been reported 70 the pres
idenis Of the several railroad conf
panies for Appropriate action.
Vindicaticn for Officers,
On the whole, the report yindicat2S
the off GERS and employees Of the Peln
sylvania sys ON, Il Is foAnd thar ~
the development of the company le.
tween the year 1899 and 1907 the IA.
.erests OF tbs stockholders IN eycry
instance have been ptoperly SAFE.
II y declared that the terms
IN which increases In shares ana de5t
capi al have been marketed have REL
~eived tho commendation # oonpe'
lent a1d independent fnancier8; ina
az effective competition as posSiule ID
work Of such magnitude was obtalned
in placing III thousands OF contracts
'or maintenance Of way and new con.
strdciior; that NJ tayor'tsm va
hoWn in the purchase of supplies or
equipment; and that the officers Cl
the ra lroad companies in all enginee'
ing and construction work have been
qs faithful as thy were skilliul lae.
committee expresses Itself as salts.
fed that the purchasing department
had been admin tered with marked
ability and with answering hdelitF
to the inter ST of the shareholders
Allegation Of tavori SIN 30 certain
shippers # freight, mainly coal are
treated at conside-ahl length by the
committee which sums p the resu'tF
2t its investigation of this subj c'
with The statement that there ls
not and has not been on the part oi.
'hc railro9t company any dtsctinh"3
ION between shippers In The iaci-
ties given for the exercise for tlr.
legal right
Individual Cars Cause Trouble.
Much of the trouble which Tod fol
he all cations the committee D.
,ieves. was due 10 the so-called indi-
yidual cars IN 1905 there wee 1850
Individual cars in service on th" Penn
7ylvauia railroad. For the use Of
hos cars The railroad pays mills a
-,re. 'oadel or cmptv ana charge
.Se regular freight on the load i cars
Th. individual cars cause suspicious
IF preference ar1 lead O unfoundei
rrt vcsatirts" charges Of disc.imina-
lion. Whit rrc0Cniling an th" ds3d