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GRADUAL INTRODUCTION OF ELEG
TRICITV INTO RAILROAD SERVICE.
WORK WILL BE HAST
ENED IN SOUTH.
WHAT THE Ft’TUlE HAS LX
STORE. STEAM RAILROADS
IN CENTRAL LOCALITIES.
Ihe following from the Manufac
turers' ecord is of interest Just now
in connection with tho Burks Gar
den trolley lino:
Step by step tho introduction or
electricity into railroad service to
perform certain kinds of work
hitherto done by steam Is being uc
complUbed, with the prospect Hint
tho next few years will witness its
advanvement in a much greater ra
tio than is apparent.
Several months ago tho Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. began operat
ing one of its Atlantic City lines
with electric trains, and still later
the New York Central started tho
operation of suburban service out
of New York city with electric en
gines. Now the Pennsylvania shows
sijtns of following in the path of the
latter, as it contemplates, uccord
iug to report from Philadelphia, of
equipping one or two of Its subur
ban divisions out of that city with
electric trains, probably like those
in uso between Camden and the
seashore.
These developments nt New York
and Philadelphia are Indicative of
what the future has in store for
steam railroads in central locali
ties of the South, districts having
a large population and demanding
frequent train service. Thus It Is
likely that in a few years conditions
prevailing about such centers as
Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta,
Birmingham and New Orleans will
demand that the strain railroad*
serving them shall adopt electric
trains to perform the fast and fre
quent service necessary in suburban
passenger business. Cleanliness Is
one of the chief characteristics of
electric service which lias rocommen
ded it not only to the transportation
companies, but to the public, and it
has had its efforts In hastening the
movement to dispense with steam
locomotives around terminals ns
much as possible.
The Introduction of electric ser
vice upon steam roads In the South
will perhaps he hastened there, as
it has doubtless been in other sec
tions, by the activity of street rail
ways in extending their service into
country districts surorunding ctties,
thus robbing steam lines of much
suburban business. In some places
this loss of businss has been so
great as to cause steam roads to
close stations, patronage at those
points having been practically all di
rected to the electric street cars. Not
only are the street railways pushing
for such traffic, hut the “interur
hans'' are growing more and more
frequent, and their progress will be
wonderfully hastened by the ut111
zatlon of water-powers, so many of
which are now under development In
the central South.
While the future Is expected to
bring about a gradual application of
electricity to railroad service, dis
pensing entirely with steam, such a
result must necessarily take many
years to accomplish on account of
the magnitude of the development
Wherever possible electricity for
such general railroad work will he
generated by the use of water-pow
er. but In localities where sufficient
water-power Is not at hand steam
power-hou*eR will be established
Yet. it will be a long, long time be
fore the world sees the last of the
steam locomotive, which has served
so well ever since its application to
railroad transportation.
THE NEW SENATOR
FROM OREGON
Wllo WAH ELECTED HV POPE
LA It VOTE OF THE
Hoi'Li:.
The first I'nited States senator
ever elected \>y popular vote of the
peopb Is the subject of much curi
osity. His name in Jonathan Bourne
Jr., and he comes from Oregon.
'Ye.-/* said Senator-elect Bourne,
when t asked him about bis eiec
tlon, f find wherever 1 go there Is
great curiosity about this new
v 1 erne by which senators are elect
ed by the people. I have been up
In New England, and even In Cana
da And everywhere F go there are
thf« same questions."
"Doc* the Oregon law really put
the matter directly up to the peo
ple?" Mr. Bourne was asked.
“Directly, and In Just as binding a
way as In a presidential election
Our law works. I am here as a
testimonial of its working powers. T
am here In spite of the opposition
9
of the bosses uud tho influences
which ordinarily control the bosses.
After tho peoplo had expressed their
choice at tho primary elections uud
the regular elections in April uud
June, i went away uud stayed away.
1 was convinced that tho law would
work,and 1 wanted to givo it u fair
( hauce. 1 havo been away for six
months- in fact havo not been back
and yet I received 80 out of vo
votes in the Legislature. I received
a lot of votes which w'ere not un
der uny pledge to me.’'
“Was this not a personal trib
ute?”
"Not at ail. It is merely a trib
ute to the intelligence of tho peo
ple In adopting such a law. it was
the law and principle they had in
mind. i just happened to bo the
man who had made tho light to get
the law. So they nfudo me the
candidate to test it out. My elec
tion is merely an opportunity. 1
am here to make good. If i make
good there will he no question about
my return. Ami to make good I
will have to make good with the
peoplo. ■■■., as I look after
their Intele. .» i will bo ag cortnln
of my coninued return as 1 am that
I um hero now. Under our now
law the senator from Oregon will
hu\o to play politics with his bruins,
not with his pocketbook. He will
have to give his best thought to
the service of the people, or they
will hold Him to account.”
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., who has
boon chosen for the six-year term
beginning March 4, i8 a smooth
faced man of about tj() years of ago.
His most characteristic feature is
his firm, straight mouth, though
there is a suggestion of brains in
1,10 "idtli of the head above the
temples. It requires a man of pu
tience, brains and firmness to make
the fight ho made for this law.
for the past 10 years Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., has been a sort of joke
with the Oregon machino politic
ians, and the Joke is extinct. There
are no conventions—no middlemen
no bosses for the corporate in
terests to buy. "Jack” Mathews,
w lio was the boss of Senator Mit
chells machine, has Just emigrated
to San Francisco, where he has
gone into the "real estate business.”
i be light really began with the
adoption in 1897-8 of an initiative
and referendum law. But, in spite
of this, the Legislature has bectn
able to dodge the issuo in regard
to senators, until Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., Btaited out u year or two ago
to get a primary election law' which
would permit a pledge by candi
dates for the Legislature to their
constituents to some particular sen
atorial candidate. This law was
passed, and it lias put an end to
corporate a*,d corrupt contro. of
senatorial Sections in Oiegon.
Other States, attracted, by t! o
Oregon success,, are beginning to
I sit up and take notice Senator
La Follette has secured a copy of
the cast, and is thinking of recom
mending it8 adoption in Wisconsin.
A measure almost Identical with,
the Oregon law Is under considera
tion in Idaho. The state of Wash
ington is working on a similar law,
and it is being agitated in Iowa
and some oth-v western states.—
Washington Letter.
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LAD'i DUDLEY
MET EARTHQUAKE
A very strange story is bging
told concerning Lady Dudley's
presence in Jamaica at the time of
the Kingston earthquake. From
her girlhood's days l^ady Dudley
took a deep Interest In earth
quakes, not only as natural phe
nojnena, hut as an Interesting sub
ject of study. Whenever a groat one
occurred In any quarter of the globe,
she road the details with the keenest
Interest. She has often expressed a
wlHh to feel one. "A good, big,
proper one like this, f moan," she
said at the time of the Ran Francisco
shako. "j don't mean a little quiver
like what we have In Kngland, but
a genuine sort of thing, that smashes
i place up; how I wish I had been In
Frisco when this one occurred.'
V»s. that Is all very well," said a
friend, who had overheard her re
marks, 'but you don't, count the dan
ff®r, ’ Oh, bother the danger,"
"But you might he swallowed up."
"Well, one can only die once, if I
had any* Idea when the next one
would he, f would he off like a shot
and wait tin |t came off " Htrangely
enough. Just on the eve of her depar
ture wi»h Ixtrd Dudley for the|r visit
to Jamaica. In falktng about Its trop
W;,| scenery and climate and the no
Nlli»y of It, she said suddenly, as If
’’m thought had Just struck her: "I
erhaps there may he an earth
fl ^ ‘ »f',w awfully jolly that would
lo • < ople are anxious to hear
e, experience*; jt Is probable she
J has had enough earthquako to sat
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isfy her longings.”—St. Louis Globe-1
Democrat.
A postal card addressed "Uncle
Joe, care Uncle Sam, Washington, D.
C.,” arrived in the Capital last week.
The postofflce authorities promptly
sent it to Speaker Cannon. The
writer, a citizen of Columbus, Ohio,
urgo8 the Speaker to "give us fewer
battleships and railroad wrecks,
smaller salaries and mileage bills,
briefer Congressional records, more
postal routes and 1-cent postage."
There is a fresh rumor that the
bicycle will come Into general use
again in the spring, of course there
is no especially good reason why it
shouldn’t.
Read the Daily Loader.
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NOTICE OF MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS
Notice lg hereby given that the
Annual Meeting of tho Stockholder*
of rhe LouIhvIHo Coal & Coke Com
pany will be held In the office of
Jon<*, Watt* & Company, Law build
ing, Lynchburg, Virginia, at 10
o'clock a. m. Tueadday, February
19th, A. D. 1907,
Thl* January 27th, 1907.
ISAAC T. MANN. Prealdent.
JAIRU8 COLLINS, Secretary.
I AM AGENT
For two of the largest Hut
terino Concerns in the coun
try. Good Terms and lowest
prices obtained for those
who favor me with their or
ders.
Am also wholesale dealer
in the Finest
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Packed in squares and solid
Prompt Delivery.
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Phone 93. Pulaski 8t.
Undertakers and Funeral
Directors.
Prices Reasonable,—Satis
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Day, Phone, 196; -Night
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WEEKLY
COURIER-JOURNAL
—and—
THE DAILY LEADER,
FOR ONLY $3.00’.
The Presidential election Is ap
proaching. “Time# have changed.
That is all. Mr. Watterson Is a
Democrat, and has always boon a
Democrat, never a Republican. Es
sential difference* out of the way,
Democrat* are getting together. •
* * * The Courier Journal Is going
to Support the ticket. And there
you have it.
SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR THIS
COMBINATION TO. U8_NOT TO
THE COURIER-JOURNAL.
The regular prle* of th* WEEK
LY COURIER JOURNAL It fl 9f
A YEAR.
Read the Dally Leader.
W. S. CROGKETT, F. D.r
Embalmer and
Undertaker,
BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA.
Phone 128 Day and Night.
Kverythlntf reasonable In
Srlce. Official undertaker for
. A W. R’y Co. The most
complete stock in this part of
the State.
6arrlages and Funeral Equipages
furnished.
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Schedule In Effect
Janualy 6, 1907.
Leave Blueflold 9:35 a. m. for Ro
anoke, Lynchburg, Norfolk and all
points on the Shenandoah division.
Pullman sleeper to Roanoke and Ro
unoke to New York, via Hagei stowu
Parlor car Roanoke to Norfolk.
8:16 a. m. dally for Roanoke and
Intermediate points.
2:65 p. in. for Roanoke and Lynch
burg and Intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley, Philadelphia
and New York. Sleeper to Philadel
phia— Roanoke to Richmond.
8:33 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg. Richmond. Norfolk, Pullman
sleeper East Radford to Norfolk aud
Lynchburg to Richmond. Cafe Car
Trains arrive at Blueflold from the
east at 8:68, a. m., 2:10 p. m., 810
p m, and 9:20, p. m.
From the west at 8.00 a. m. 9:20
a. in. 2:05 p. m., and 8:18 p. m
Leave Bluefleld at 8:20 p. m. for
Kenova. Columbus and all points
west and northwest. Pullman sleep
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Cafe car.
9:08 a. m. for Kenova. Cincinnati,
Portsmouth, Columbus, St. Louis.
Through Pullman sleepers to Colum
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Leave 9:15 a. m. and 2:25 p. m.
dally for Tuzewoll, Norton, and all
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and all nolnts
on the Clinch Valley division nt 2:40
and 7:55 p. m.
Leave 6:60 a. m. tor Kenova and
Intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave 6:00 and 2:40 p. m. for
Welch and Intermediate stations.
For Pocahontas 6:60 a. m. 9:08
a. m. 2:40 p m and 8:10 p m. Ar
rive from Pocahontas at 8:00 a. m.
2:05 p. m. and 8:18 p. m.
For Bra inwell, leave Bluefleld 6:60
a m, 9:08 a m, 2:40 p m and 8:20
p. m.
Call on agent Norfolk and Western
Railway, for tickets, maps, and addi
tional Information.
W. B. BBVILL, O. P. A.
Roanoke, Vs
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