Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — BIG RAILROADERS AT DINNER [ARTICLE]

BIG RAILROADERS AT DINNER

Bcme of Country’s Most Prominent Men to Attend Pittsburg Banquet. Pittsburg, March 26. —One of the greatest gatherings of leading railroad men ever assembled in this country will meet here tonight at the annual banquet of the local Traffic club. While the greater part of the guests at the banquet will be railroad men, a large number of other prominent men will also be present. - . Among the orators at the banquet will be Secretary of State Knox, former. United States Senator Hemenway of Indiana and President Finley of the Southern railway. Over 300 invitations have been sent to prominent railroad men, captains of industry and others. On the list of guests is James McCrea, president of the Pennsylvania railroad; W. C, Brown, president of the New York Central lines, and Chairman Knapp and other members of the interstate commerce commission.