New-York tribune., 1908-04-01
R1ILROADS GET HEARING.
J. ". Miller Speaks to 200 Traffic
(Iub Members.

About two hundred and fifty members ~ the
Traffic Club of New York attended 2 dinner last
night at the Hotel Astor and aftervard heard ad-
dresses delivered by men representing large rail-
road and steamship interests.
W Miller vice president Of the New England
Navigation Company, was the speaker Of the even
ing He said the Hudson Fulton Centennial com
mission was going to try tn enforce by 1873 the
calling Of the North River by Its proper name
Hudson River-south of f25th street 70 the Bat
terZ" He urged those present to uSe their tnrfn-
ence to that end and also to the changing Of Fast
River Fulton River He was vigorously ap-
pIauded throughout his address
Mr. Miller speaking the general subject ~
transportation and its place IN American history.
said. among other things:
wherever railroad pushed it's tracks II becan1e
1e veil rGn1e for %I @ peTmeated The Whole social life
Of the growing villages and towns In n me WesI &
all the life OF the Peope IN tne aT EaSt SE IMP aT4
essential existence: here only means for Its
An existence in the West meant fight. Each
railroad fought for it's own life and that of its
tors-the railroad against ns rival each ,f t2wn
against the aspirations of anoher EyeTy nss y1lagG
privileges and 1t would succeed; hence the era OF
Sp1'' To supply these with Justice, and stn show
profit to the company TO differentiate between
of our greatest railroad officials Undoubtedly
fry and in a battle against nature and time such
wrongs are bound to occur. They nappen i1 N % an
In the final analysis the question is. has or has
fitted than the railroads.
The railroad men of to-day are willing to take
their share OF attaching blame for past meth @
sT I"r si"SG III itTcr in tbe West or in the East
through fortunes made twenty years ago through
the help the railroads are they wiling 70 De
a dsed s BY 4Sfs a9s3f tie @ TO- decry the
pe2ple from whom they begged egg de thG 9ss came close
to being virtue while they existed ana were eS5
sentia to the populatng Of sparsely settled
country.
Whatever the middle ground Of truth in such, such a
that y new era in transportation methods is about
begin and that that era will und9ubtedly De ne 70 70
The rsiroads that it will free its officials from
teptaIons which & even the M most s Wss bi
for complicated interests which II was a duty 10
@ We of the oDera1kng 1kn 64 ad1 To rsc are
called upon WhEther 10 b o ,IAiS factor TO- snppe-
ncnt executive talent and discipline which is far
ne army aHd navy with a wider appreciation of
the value Of the men to encourage team iISa worK X
esprit de corps which shall TIE all TO the naerSSiS
Siroctars viii have TO understand more fully how
little expense is involved and how great the re-
~ those erpioved by military bodies. Pensions
meo"lS @ % iops hsannr Than strikes The union OF the
Iaboring should be within the corporation and
not without
F y Caldwell. vice-president Of the Delaware,
Iackawanna & Western Railroad. in speaking OF
rhe present interest shown in government con-
troll as the solvent for 'alI real OF fmaS-
mary said:
In 50 far as It tends the safety and integrity
of tho raiIroads and the welfare Of the people,
government control will he all right. But, as at
nrcsent talked Of it would be obstacle. rather
than help
TIenrv s Joyce manager of lighterage, Central
Railroad of New Jersey, expressed regret that
Representative I.itteneld. of Maine. had resigned,
because he saia he is the best friend the mer-
chant marine has had in Congress.
Arthur J. Grimes. superintendent OF the marine
department of the Erie Railroad, said he could
make better speech than most of those present II
lie prepared for It, but that shippers and the citi-
zens of Lonesomehurst had so often told him how
to run the Erie ferries that he content to leave
them to beliefs that they knew all about
it, ana had. consequently. not prepared defence.