Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-08-07
RAILROAD News
Items Relating to the Greatest of
American Utilities Cleaned
from Far and Near.
Rates Passenger and Freight and
Other Matters Concerning the op.
GRAFTON Of the Big Lines.

The Missouri Pacific Railroad has
filed suit In the Federal District Court
at Lincoln to have the Nebraska -
cent fare statute declared null and
void, and asks that the. members of
the state railway commission be en-.
Joined from exacung penalty for
violation of the statute. The suit. fol.
lows q recent decision of the Nebras.
ka Supreme Court, denying a man.
damus writ to compel the railway
passenger rate. The Missouri Pacific
bases its suit on an alleged discrimi'
nation between freight and passenger
rates in the state. ... . ....
Kansas has no money with which to
gather evidence to present to the In
terstate commerce commission In the
fight against the application Of rail
roads doing an interstate business for
Increased passenger rates. j. l.. Bris
tow, chairman of the state public util
tiles q, commission. announces. Mr.
Bristow described Kansas as "a men
dicant among the states" appearing
before. the commission, and pointed
out that Oklahoma. has $4,000 with
which to fight the proposed increase
and that other states also have funds
He asserted. however that the com
mission would make every possible
effort to fight the application.
After working for the Pennsylvania
for forty.eight years Lewis Z. Bond
foreman Of iaborers, living at 1911
Avenue H.. Chicago. has been retired
on a pension.
Rates over the Missouri Pacific ant
other railroads on corn and oats In
carloads from Iowa to Leavenworth
Atchison. Kansas City and st. JOSEPH
were found today by the interstate
commerce commission to be unreason
able to the extent that they exceed
the aggregate Of the intermediate
rates In effect ut the same time L
and from Council Bluffs. Iowa.
James r. Buckley. Chief Clerk II
the Criminal Court Clerks Office. Il
always adding to the efficiency Of tn,
public service.
John D. Gallivan, the veteran lette
carrier, 10 one Of the most populal
men In the service Of Uncle Sam.
Harry L. Shaver is highly respecte,
at the bar.
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Alderman John Powers 10 invincibl'
In the Nineteenth.
Robert R. Jampolis would make
great Judge.
Joseph I. Novak has always mad
q good record in public life.
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Boulevard Addison Street and saw
1t for the people.
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Hampstead Washburne, the popula
former mayor is active In man,
branches Of public life. .'' .
Get ready to make the drys dry VI
by beating them at the polls.
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II the Democratic party falls dow
ON the Initiative and Referendum.
will fall down on itself.
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F. w. Koraleski has made q splendi
record as County Assessor.
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Judge Charles A. Williams Is NAL
ing the excellent record on the MI
nicipal Court bench that all his friend
predicted he would make.
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John z. Vogelsang Is the dean Q
Chicago restaurant men.
Francis d. COnnery will make goo
comptroller of the Sanitary Distric
Richard J. Finn, the able and pOpl
lar lawyer, would make good judge
Civil Service Reform. hailed wit
Joy by the public, has established a
Office holding aristocracy In th
United States. In Chicago al0n'
Civil Service employees have forty a
sociations OF their own to pry add
| tional coin from the taxpayers. TIL