St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-21
THE NEW ST. PAUL DEAL.
The Appointment of Miller as General
Manager and Tucker as Assist
ant Agreed Upon.
The Rate War on Emigrant Business
from Chicago to the Sea-
board.
The st. Paul and Minneapolis Passenger AS
ISOLATION Meets and Goes Through Its
Mon .hly Routine Business.
New st. Paul OfiiciaIs.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Roswell Miller, assist
ant general manager of the Chicago, Mil
waukee 81 st. Paul road was to-day appointed
! to succeed the late 5. S. Merrill, whose duties
1 he has been performing since the latter's
death. Joseph f. Tucker has been
rendered and accepted the posi-
ton of assistant general manager
/ of the same road in charge of tie freight
/ traffic. Mr.. Tucker was for a number of
years traffic manager of the Illinois Central
and is one of the best known traffic men in
the country. The appointment will go into
effect about March L.
| Roswell Miller, who three years agowas ap-
| pointed to the position of assistant to the
general manager of the st. Paul road, has
| made
A CREDITABLE RECORD.
| Comparatively new in railroad service when
Mr.. Merrill was by illness untitled for the
work, about year ago Mr.. Miller was APP
pointed assistant general manager, became
| the acting general manager, and has con-
Quoted the affairs of the company in man
ner to compel the Endorsement of those who
year ago doubted his capacity
for position involving responsibilities
80 great. Messrs. Miller and Tucker will
| the qualities insuring a successful admins
! tration.
JOSEPH r. TUCKER.
Ever since Joseph F. Tucker left the po-
sition Of traffi. manager Of the Illinois Cen
trail. the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul people
have held open for him similar position
on their road. For various reasons he had de-
ferred accepting until to-day, when he ac-
cepted the position of assistant general man
agei of the St. Paul system. He will have,
it is understood, practically exclusive juris-
diction over the traffic departments as well
as the other responsible duties usually at
taching to the position he assumes.
MR.. fuckers RAILWAY CAREER
is familiar to everybody who is but even
| slightly con versant with western railroad his
| tory. For twenty-eight years his name has
| been honorably connected with the opera
tons of the Illinois Central system. Since
severing his connection with that /, com pany
| he has had fiuttering offers from the st. Paul,
| Northwestern, Baltimore Il Ohio, Erie
and several other railroads, and has been re-
peatedly urged to take the commissionership
OF the TranscOntinental association. When
last October the various western pools were
reorganized, Mr.. Tucker was the unanimous
choice for the responsible and difficult task
of apportioning the traffic among nearly all
the lines operating between st. Paul,
Chicago and st. Louis and the Pacific coast.
| During this time he was also settled as
special associate arbitrator Of
| THE TRUNK LINE POOL
! to advise with Arbitrator Cooley in awarding
| the percentage Cor the division of freight
traffic east bound from Chicago. In numer
Gus other instances he has acted as special
arbitrator in the settlement of minor
differences between railroads. He is
now permanent arbitrator of the
| Colorado Traffic association, commissioner
and arbitrator of the Nebraska range cattle
| pool, and referee Of the Nebraska dead
! freight covenant. These positions he will
resign if he has not already done so, and
Geo. NJ. Bogue will probably be elected his
| successor.