The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-26
CAPT. LEWIS
IS STILL AFTER
FOSTERS JOB
TALLAHASSEE MAN SAYS HE
WILL GIVE ADJuTANT GEN.
ERAt A RUN-WESTERN FRUIT
JoBBERS INVITE BURR TO
SPEAK.
Special to The Journal


Tallahassee Nov. 25.-Capt. J. Stu
art Lewis says that he has not decided
to quit the race for adjutant general.
but that he is still in the race and in
tends to give General Foster chase
for his job. He is now doing some
preliminary work in his campaign in
the way of correspondence. He will
not begin an active campaign till about
January or February. when he will
make a thorough canvass of the state
and try to reach most of the voters in
this way and through the press and
the distribution of literature.
Hon. Geo. Butler, representative from
Palm Beach county, together with
several other citizens from that coun-
ty, was in Tallahassee this week with
a petition to present to the internal
Improvement board for the construc-
ton of a drainage canal from Palm
Beach west to Lake Okeechobee to
drain this part of the Everglades ter
ritory through this county. There was
not present at the capitol a quorum of
the board, so the matter was deferred
until Saturday.
Burr in Demand.
In his address as president before
the recent meeting of the National AS
ISOLATION of Railway Commissioners in
u.
Florida, advocated the abolition of in
dependent express companies, for
which he receives favorable recogni
ton and invitation to make an adj
dress before the Western Fruit job
bers' Association of America. Their
communication to Mr.. Burr is as fol-
lows:
Denver, Colo, Nov. Is, 1911.
"Mr. r. Hudson Burr, Tallahassee, Fla.
Dear Sir: / have your valued ia
vor of November 9Th, and beg to thank
you for same. 1 have read with pleas
lre your address to the National AS
ISOLATION of Railroad Commissioners,
with the views of our association,
namely, that there should be no place
in transportation business for an in
dependent express company, and that
the service should be performed by the
railroad companies of the country and
rates fixed to compensate them for the
character of services performed.
Our association holds a convention
in st. Louis at the Planters hotel, Jan.
3rd, 4th and 5th, 1912, and one of the
subjects we wish to take up is rates
and service of express companies.
Under this head it would be proper
to give our ideas regarding express
companies, and We would like very
much to have you favor us with an
address, which would be the principal
addTESsa on this subject. Discussions
of the subject to follow after your ad-
dress.
IF you feel that you can favor us
with such an address on January 4th,
1912, we would very much appreciate
IL, and an address by a gentleman
of your high standing, and as presi-
dent or ex-president of the National
Association of Railroad Commission
ers would have a much greater in
fluence in furthering our views on ex
press companies than an address by
one Of our members.
"Uron receipt of this If you will
kindly wire me at my expense, you
viii greatly obiige, as / wish to get
the program for our convention fin
ished as soon as possible.
Awaiting your favor, / am,
Yours very truly,
JOHN NJ. WALKER,
president"
Mr.. Arthur Williams and Mr.. Bettes
of Jacksonville, Hon. H. Clay Craw
ford, secretary of state, and Hon. r.
Hudson Burr, chairman of the rail
road commission, have returned from
the gulf coast, where they spent sew
eral days on an outing. They report
splendid luck in the game line.
Railroad Recognized.
Mr.. H. b. Carter, of Carriers, Fla,
appeared before the railroad commits
sion the oath inst. and asked that the
Lake Hancock d Clermont Railroad
be recognized as a common carrier
and freight and passenger rates like