The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-23
RAILROAD WORLD.
The General Passenger Agents
Arrange a Scale of
Rates to st. Louis.
Items of Interest Picked Up by
"Bazoo" Detectives-LOcAl
Spikes.
RATES FOR THE FAIR AND EXPOSITION.

The St. Louis association OF general pas
senger and ticket agents met Friday after
noon at the office of Chairman Braisted OF
the ST. Louis Freight committee. John W..
Mass, of the Louisville and Nashville, pre-
rided c. S. Crane, of the Wabash, secre-
tary OF the association, was present, and
the following lines were likewise represent
ed Frisco, General Passenger Agent,
Wishart; Chicago and Alton, S. H. knight;
ST. Louis, KeOkuk and Northwestern,
Howard Elliott; Missouri Pacific, B. d.
Caldwell; Burlington, j. III. Palmer; Van
dalia, w. +. Bruner Cairo Short Line, ).
w. Wilson Mobile and Ohio, John Eber-
lie Zee Line, F. ID. Gildersleeve; ST. Louis
Bridge and Tunnel, V. w. Fisher.
The rates for the ST. Louis Fair were de-
termined upon as follows: A rate OF one
fare for the round trip from all points, the
tickets to be on sale from October to II
inclusive, available for return until Octo-
Der IA.
The association agreed to allow fare
of one third for the round trip every Mon
day and Thursday during the exposition
season. which will extend over the usual
period-forty days.
The application of the Commercial Trav-
eler's Association for mileage ticket for
), 900 miles for 500 available over differ
ent lines was presented, and the association
expressed its willingness to hear the busi-
ness men on that subject at the next regular
meeting in August,
The question of adopting a special form
Of excess baggage ticket was brought up
and sample presented. No action was
taken, however, the matter icing referred
to the General Baggage Agents.
MIR. Bishop, formerly yard master at
this point, has removed with his family to
Sedalia.-Council Grove News.
The NJ, X. d L. General Offices will
hereafter close al o'clock Saturday after
moons instead of 3, the custom which has
prevailed foI some weeks past.
The Alton officials deny that their road
is for sale and the Missouri Pacific claim
that they never offered TO purchase ii.
That seems TO be about as near a settlement
The impression prevails generally
among stock spectators that NJ, <. & T.
stock and bonds will take jump upward
and some of them, including several Soda
liza capitalists, have purchased heavy
blocks of all classes, particularly of the
stock. The prices of the latter stood al
l0g to ii all the week.
M. G. VanScooter, of this city, was
the engineer in charge of the construction
train when the NJ, K. & 7. was building
south of Parsons He has in his possession
the first time card issued by the company.
In those days (only Is years ago. there
were no printing offices nearer than Kansas
City large enough to print timetable
and the first cards were therefore written
out with pen by the clerks.
One of the officials of the Midland
Railways of England is the company's
photographer in ordinary. His functions
are various. When engines..or carriages OF
new pattern are constructed he takes q
record of their features. Again perhaps,
it is reported to the engineer that a via
duct shows signs of giving away, or a wall
has cracked, or an embankment has slipped
and in the first instance, if the damage is
only slight, instead of going himself to see
the state of affairs, he sends the photo
grapher and he records il for him; or, if an
accident has happened, there is no dispute
afterward how the engine was lying, or
whether such and such carriage left the
metals.