B&O Meeting At Grafton Attracts Staff Attendance
The Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad held a Tuesday evening get-together at the Grafton court house. General Superintendent F E Blaser spoke and gave advice while Engineer Clarence Dotson presided. Fireman Grant read a paper on air pump rates, enjoying a fair turnout as many trainmen rested or were on runs.
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F. E. Blar
Monongah Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Court House
Grafton
Blaser
Clarence Dotson
Darby
Grant
Clean Up Day Aids Cumberland Streets under Square Deal
Under the South Cumberland Square Deal Association a clean-up day will tidy streets and vacant lots below the railroad this Saturday. John H. Coleman leads the effort with wagons donated for rubbish removal and school children from Humbird Addition School aiding. Volunteers should meet at the Coleman store 320 Offutt Street at 7 o'clock. Ward Shields becomes assistant daylight yard master in Cumberland as A W Poling is transferred to Grafton. Extra shifts at Cumberland shops reflect rising activity and optimism for better work this month. Rev H B Brown, presiding elder, visited Trinity M E Church then departed for Listonburg. L F Foreman, recovering from a broken color bone, leaves Western Maryland Hospital for home on Elder Street.
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Coleman
Offutt Street
Howard Lynn
Shields
A. W. Poling
Grafton
Cumberland Yards
Cumberland
Hf. B. Brown
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Booth
Moorefield
H. W. Wheeler
Trinity M
Mr. Brown
Listonburg
I’a
Maryland Coal Company to Increase Forces at Wendel Mines
The Maryland Coal Company plans to boost labor at its Wendel mines in Taylor County from 700 to 800 workers, with President Galloway in New York directing orders due to rising lake trade demand. Payrolls show strong earnings, benefiting Grafton and surrounding areas, as the county gains economic activity and tax exemptions are debated in related legislation and court actions involving the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Grafton
W. Va
Maryland Coal Company
Wendel
Taylor County
Galloway
New York City
Tre
Consolidated Coal Company
B and C Win In State Tax Suit Against Baltimore and Ohio
Judge Ambler in Superior Court rules the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company did not forfeit its 1826 exemption from Maryland gross receipts taxes. State claimed nearly $2,000,000 for 1896 through 1908. damages request stood at $4,000,000, but the constitution amendment of 1891 did not void the exemption.
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Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Ambler
Washington Branch
Maryland
Baroad Company
Baltimore
Ohio
Pennsylvanians in Fear as Telegraphers Testify
Pennsylvania Railroad employes live in a state of terror according to H B Perham president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers who testified before the Industrial Relations Commission in Washington He said workers fear layoff for trifling reasons and are more afraid of their employers than any other railroad workers in the country The commission pressed on about shorter hours better conditions and wage cuts.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. B. Perham
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Industrial Relations Commission
Perham
Aishton
Penn
Insane Work Strain Claims Hit Pennsylvania Signal Men
Reported cases of signal men in Pennsylvania allegedly driven to insanity by work stress, viewed as potentially isolated incidents rather than a statewide trend.
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Sylvania
Within a Decade Timber and Coal Reserves Depleted
The Timberman argues that within ten years 460 to 600 billion feet of timber will vanish from markets, with coal also yielding 7.5 billion tons removed from the ground. Timber can regrow, but coal forms over geologic timescales, signaling grim future scarcity for eastern markets.
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Timberman
Portland
Ore
State seeks injunction to halt B and O railroad fare rise
A. A. Lilly and S. B. Avis sought a county court injunction to stop Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from collecting 20 cents per mile for passenger traffic. The action aims to delay the new rate until May 11 when the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will rule on the Public Service Commission mandamus application.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. A. Lilly
West Virginia
S. B. Avis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of Appeals
Public Service Commission
Taft to Dine With Van Hise Family in Madison
Former President Taft will dine tonight with President and Mrs. Charles R. Van Hise in Madison Wisconsin. Tomorrow he will dine with the law school faculty and students. Saturday he travels to Milwaukee to meet businessmen led by Gov Philipp and Mayor Bading before moving on to Chicago.
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Madison
Wis
Taft
Charles R. van Hise
Law School
Milwaukee
Philipp
Bading
Chicago
Woodmen to Use Movies Across Camps
The Modern Woodmen of America head camp in Rock Island Illinois voted to prepare slides showing chief features of its workings and loan them to local camps nationwide for use in gatherings and events.
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Rock Island, Ill
Woodmen of America
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