The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-20
Young Mems Business Club
Wants the Attorney General
To Speak Here On Lincoln's
Birthday.
"BIG STICK" OUT FOR
WARRlNG RAILROADS
Organization Will Insist That
The c., c. & L. and c. H. &
D. Roads Provide a Better
Service.

AT tne special m9eCuS Oh tue uiTeC-
tors of the Young Mems Business
club last evening the charge that
Richmond is losing trade due to the
unfriendly relations of the c.. c. & L.
and the c., H. & D. railroads was con-
sidered. The club decided to compel
the roads, if possible. to give better
connection at Cottage Grove where
the trouble is alleged to be due. The
club shouldered the responsibility Of
making the Lincoln Centennial cele-
bration February 12 a success. This
morning a telegram was sent to Hon.
Charles J. Bonaparte, attorney gener-
al of Washington, D. c.. asking him
to make the address at the coliseum
in the evening.
Without much discussion the seven
teen of the nineteen directors present
voted unanimously not to have any
thing to do with the county local op-
ton question.
In respect to the unfriendly rela-
tons of the two railroad companies
the club feels that the subsidy guaran-
teed the c. C. & L. road is sufficient
to cause a definite understanding to
be reached Immediately. Receiver
James Goodrich for the road will be
communicated with by the club repre-
sentatives to see If some satisfactory
Merchants Complaining.
Richmond merchants say that they
are losing much business from Union
county and other places on the c. H.
& D. road because no reasonable con-
nection is male at Cottage Grove, the
only common junction of two roads
near this city. 1t is believed that it
is spite work of the two companies
toward one another which is the
cause of present conditions. The c. H
& D. trains get into Cottage Grove
just ten minutes after the c. C. & L.
north bound train leaves. The only
other chance for reaching the city is
to wait until evening.
A Lincoln Committee.
The Lincoln anniversary committee
selected includes A. j. Spekenhier
chairman; E. H. Harris. Fred Lemon
and Charles Feltman. This commit
tee will have general supervision fol-
the preparation of the event. 1t will
direct the work of other organizations
committees. The club has in view the
coliseum as the place to hold the
meeting. --......
On the suggestion Of Hon. William
Dudley Foulke Of this city Secretary
e. H. Harris sent a telegram to Hon
Charles ]. Bonaparte, attorney gener
al, asking him to visit the city and
deliver an address on Lincoln. Mr.
Foulke recommends Mr.. Bonaparte a.
the best versed speaker in the coun
try on the subject Of Lincoln.
Hands OF Option Scrap.
The directors unanimously decided
that 1t was none of the clubs business
to take any part whatsoever in the
local option question. The directors
felt that it should stick to commercial
questions in preference to anything
of political nature.
A committee including J. B. Gordon
chairman, Charles Commons and Will
liam D. Loehr was named to draw VI
an ordinance to regulate the place:
| where expressmen may allow theil
| wagons to stand when not busy The
committee will confer with the city
authorities on the subject