OCR Text |
Show ""Xtlanlal Gn. Tho roconrT proposf. "H t'on of J. Popo Brown, Chairman of H tho Georgia Railroad commission, to H loduco tho passenger rate in Georgia H from three to two conts per mile was H rrotosted against by tho Brothorhood H of Locomotivo Engineers, the Order H of Railway Conductors, and unions of H the blacksmiths, machinists and teleg- H rnphors, bollormakcrs, railway train B Lien, carpenters and Joiners, clerks H and car men. Thcso organizations em- H I'loyed an attorney especially to rop- H tescnt them, who urgiid that such a H reduction would work against tho H prosperity of tho stato and load to a H i eduction In tho number of railroad H oin ploy os, as well as of tholr wagos, M Tho Travelers' Protcctivo Association H also protested that a reduction, as H proposed, would result In tower trains JH and poorer sorvlce, H |