Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-21

fuTtv live suits against eleven rail
rnau> Mere iilcd IN tn go. IA court al
thIci.n un January ~. charging viola
tiou> q. The law regulating the traas
i,riaiion of iiNe>tock.
Passengers un Il train ~ the I;alii-
more \ Ohio r. ruhlfcl on the morn
GAINESVILLE. ohio >IX ~ro.lcrs having
boarded the train ~ Cambridge. One
man WAS soon arrested
Thirty six station agents uu the South.
awarded silver medals for having pre-
mcum stations. The officers of the read
making the award examined Gao stations.
Medals are awarded annually.
H.. &. Richards. chairman If The central
>afet, committee of The CITY club of thi.
cage thai proposed 10 conduct "A campaign
against Irt>pa>>ing 90 railway proper
~.
Al the closing season at the Amcri
can Wood Prc>crvcr> Association AT New
Orleans on January - 4 resolutions
was adopted that the a>soriation favorS
such ami Increase ~ freight rates a. viii
the railroads To carry out their plans
for improved service.
Congress has passed a hill. introduced
bN senator KENYON OF Iowa. 10 amend
the judicial code 80 that state courts
viii retain jurisdiction of damage suits
against carriers where tho amount in
controversy does mot EXCEED 5000. This
bill became a law January ~.
Telegraph operators ON the Lake shore
\ Michigan southern and CIAclaud. Gin
rinnati. Chicago \ -. Louis are taking
u strike vote because Of the refusal Of
The companies To grant their demands
for Il 10 hour day in one man stations
and an Shour day in II hour stations.
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The Sunset Central Lines and repre-
sentative. ~ The four labor organizations
that recently went on strike have Joint
" requested the service of the federal
board of mediation and cunciliatiun a.
adjust 4 final point uf difference. OF th,
: grievances which brought alr,ui the
strike. q have bcen adiu>tAI ia a series
1T conferences.
Professors fro mthc Pennsylvania
state college are t. give lectures a. the
anprcnticc> in the shons ut Altoona. Lee
lures VIII he given twice a week IL mfrn
ber> of the fourth wear class. Apprcn.
ilrr> viii have the option Of Joining the
lectures class or not: hut having one,
Joined. a"ttcndanr-Will he compulsory
Iicnrc,rntativc Willis IL Ohio has in
troduccd Ia Congress Il hill 10 regulate
the installation aud the HSi ~ weighing
scales on all railroads engaged Ia inter.
state comm rec. Nv the term. of the hill
the Interstate Commerce Commission
nftT January /. next. would have pnWrr
Ia nrs4~YrII. Tuulnf.i- ILL. .taV.Iry.l
having first br~I prepared bN the Blu.
r'Siu ~ Standards.
The late Lord Strathcnna ia his will
lott ~,,u0.hn a. laLr University. Accord
IN. Ia 4 New York paper The gift = ~
campanite hy Il request that the Inivcr.
Sity make special conditions to enable
CmploVt> and sons at rmplnVc~ nf the
Great Northern Railroad - enter the
university. \ large part of the fortune III
Lard SiraihcDna. which was estimated
at HI death ~ - Una tHHl. was made
through his investment in Great North
crn stocks.
The legislature 81 krntnckv ha- he
fore ~ u till To- establish a public utili
iie> commission with extensive bowers.
like those conferred ia the laws recent
IN pa>>fl IN PENNSYLVANIA. Illinois. Idaho
0FFf fh' III NV - ~ NiffAi NlNNl
that the three commissioners shall have
llaric> of Oul each. Il sum which. i'm
The view ~ snme railroad men Of the
state. in>ure> the appointment ~ MN nut
competent "a handle the large matters
which would cuine before such 4 cornmis
sion.
The Chicago city council committee on
railNa. terminals voted on January ~
10 postpone further consideration of the
anti >nIokc orlinancc. which applies only
10 RAILWAYS. until after a report j. re-
rrivcd from The Chicago Association ~
'ummcrr tummitic on Smoke Abatc-
'"rni and Elcctrifiration of Railway
Terminals. which has been making a
comprehensive investigation for about
three wears. The council rommitcr had
vuiei the protests Of The railway en-
plo,c>.
The Penns,lvania Railroad has now
on its pension rolls I ns1 emDloycs af
whom - are women. During the past IL
wears the total number ~ employees
placed ~ the pension rolls has been 7.~n
Thd PAYMENTS have aggregated - .,pl.-
svo. This includes the lines both east an1