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Show RAILROAD PRESIDENTS DINE AND TALK BUSINESS Fourteen Rulers of Roads Talk Over Momentous Questions at New York Banquet. American railroads and phases of what might, perhaps, be called political questions ques-tions having a direct bearing on railroading rail-roading that ought to be frankly discussed dis-cussed by the heads of the leading companies. com-panies. With this object in view invitations invi-tations to the dinner were pent out and Mr. Ripley came on from the West especially es-pecially for it. Every man present had something to say and, it is understood, spoke his mind freely. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. A conference of railroad presidents has just been held at the Metropolitan club, where the real or official heads of nearly all the great railroad systems of the United States dined as the guests of Edward P. Ripley, Rip-ley, president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. Nothing was made public as to the result of the deliberations which ensued. There were fourteen at the table, and, beside the host, who represented his own road, there were Gorge J. Gould, representing the Missouri Pacific and Wabash systems; Edward H. Harriman, 'the head of the Union, Southern and Central Pacific systems: Marvin Hewitt, Hew-itt, president of the Chicago A Northwestern; North-western; Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern railway; Roswell Miller, chairman of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul board, of directors; A. J. Cas-ratt, Cas-ratt, president' of the Pennsylvania; William H. Truesdale. president of the Delaware. Lackawanna A Western; ' William H. Newman, president of the New York Central; Charles 8. Mellen, president of the New Tork, New Haven A Hartford; President Earllng of the Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul; B. L. Winchell. president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Robert Mather, president of the Rock Island company, and F. D. Underwood, president of the - Erie. For some time it is said, Mr. Ripley has. been convinced that there were certain cer-tain matters relating to the running of |