Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-03
WATERS SAYS N.
MUST HAVE HElp|F
t IS 70 CONTINUE
Receivers Are No Longer Able to
Do Bwiness.

LANSING. Feb II dudley L water-
81 1taai Rapids. On" OF th. receivers Tor
~" Pr Matd4.ite aud th. man To ~ h"un
much nf IA" finhn, tal patt "t T." receiver
snip affatrs i~ .utrusted ttke- al 'N.#sH
mon la"n 'uu''i sieN "f tAe darE'r -
~" dIsn. u,h"ttnsut nf IN" system than
E','tAtf Paul ~ King.
Nj ktu4 IN an nffi,iaY tatemeut - tn
" ~ ~ oI tHret weeks aLu. stated thaI
tho. W.r.. tir., 49, or,.n To thr Pr.
Msfa#t,tf. t'.l,f IS tntt'a-.i ra~-' t.ls=f
tai.- continuation NJ thu r"c,tr.rsrtp mi
e. 'lsn.nh, ftu'ut af tn Of tn ssstem NJ
Nai'ts sihi~i 'mphaticailF N.dn'SdAs
that taddY there ar. bIt twu alternatives
Immediate I"iief ar certain dissolutlnn-
Tn fric Marquette must hay" r'lIsf
eufiis.Ht I" uak. It's passenger earnings
'"t"' IN. cost II operation. IN order that
r-nfganizati. u No. tskc rlae. INT VII
bunch t- various bonded obligations II
must hsNo This relief az once ~ n great
iriIsttal 'htastt"ph. thht VII IL -tTt'=-
dNlde IL It's effect. is 10 hr aN.fi.d lnl"--
'h' >f,t. git's rs tn reli"f tat nj. Ma ~
II pns>thi" I" uhtain financial asst~tanc"
sutii' Int - swing the reorganization the
- Si"m viii b. dismembrr"d
Tire l. now no "ther aIternatiN" The
r''.is.tship cannot continue "" hHN.
h"ld an the divisional bond holders
month aft"r moth with the assuranc" that
W. ar" doing everything in our power 10
gain favorable ennstd.ration at the hands
~ IT, legislature and obtain IT, r'ilsf
nee. ssArS To Keep the system intact The s'.
bond and morigag. holders Will not much
longer h" denied | wish ! could but In.
situation before all the people OF Michigan
In the light W. who are striving to saN"
III" railway for the state. can -" 81 You
cannot make II too strong that the 'r!-is
has been reached and Michigan either
must gi,e aid to the Fere Marquette or
b" prepared To lose 1t.
Rss Parts \i"se.
II II only matter of time when the
dlN Istonal mortgage holders will step in.
" hasis FOR r"otRanizati"n II not "it.f-
81 In the shape Of relief Those holding
m"risases on the Grand Raplds -chicas"
alone and MAX. n paw. and take this diNi-
sion out OF the system. Those controlling
the Detroit Grand Rapids division will
do nk.wi~. The one two other pay
ing divisions Will be likewise taken. out
and the great mass of hopeless trackage
from the stand point VI earning power or
even esprns. paying -w'tl have recourse
but to cease operation
But this Is not all The holders Of
equipment mortgage notes are pressing
the p.re Marquette. Unless there is some
lmmediat. promise Of relief these mort
gage holders will step In and take the
wh.r. II can he made to give at least a
promis. Of eventual payment You can
the possibility Of having equipment taken
from us when are now none to well
equipped Thus 1t there danger tina,
We Will have to curtail sorNic" not On
branch lines alone but on main lines
stssssssa h A~~s~.
The situation for the psre Marquette
= fnprs acute than any on" can undrr~th Il
who - not c0nN.rsant with the details
propl. r-sliz. that Michigan l. face to
fac With the probability of the loses of
the railway that means the most to tts
Industrial growth. | have worried more
over the Psre Marquette situation than
over any crisis In my own personal bu~
mess affairs We of the recsiNership are
giving our hest effort to the saving of
the system to the state | only hope that
the issu. will not be involved through
dragging In the justice Of the claim OF
competing railroads for relief in parseng"r
rates
4 am convinced there il justice In tn"
request OF all Michigan roads for increaz-
.d passenger TARIFF. There Is no question
on thi. score But their need i as no
prompt action to save the lere Marquette
Nnd IL is an indisputahlr fast mat To
give the Perc Marquette relief the others
too fnnst receive assistance
sAeSusess STRIKE.
The foregoing appeared in the Sagina%t
pailV News and states very plainly the
Financial condition that the = NJ. has
arrived at however, II Is the strike Of IN"
shopman on thi. road that IL reEponsibf"
for thee. conditions. II Is the fault of the
Management IT the 7 NJ themselves
There for they arr not entitled 10 any
supnart from the state OF Michigan. or
any one else You should remember thai
IL IL tn. strike Of the Shopmen mat has
mn, the 4 NJ out of existance aud the time
=, in never com. that n can be operated
a. a successful railroad again until the
strike Of the shopmen Is settled and these
n,n who have built the fefe Marquette
ha,k To work again.