The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-11-19

Traffic association, in which there are
about four large systems. each sends
freight official to act on the commission
when it meets. There are SO many roads
in the Western Freight association that
the same plan is hardly practicable. 1t
NAV be followed, however, for no line
will care tohave its rates made for II
by a body OF men connected with conf
peting lines.
c. Densmore Wyman, at present gen.
eral manager of the Milwaukee street
Railway company, has ben elected gen.
eral manager of the New Orleans Irac-
ton company under a reorganization
and general overhauling of the concern.
Mr.. Wyman is credited with having ia
ken the Milwaukee street railway when
it went into the hands of receiver and
built il I'D to an excellent standard. He
has also been connected with New York
street railway lines.
PIERPONTS COAL INTERESTS.
Cincinnati. o., Nov 1S.-The CONNER
cial Tribune special from New York
says: j. Pierpont Morgan and associ-
ates for the Erie railway, have arranged
for extensive shipments of coal 10 Chi
cago and other western points from
Marion, O., at which point the Erie con-
meets with the Columbus, Hooking Val
~ and Toledo railway and the Column
bus, Sanduslly ard Hooking railway,
both coal roads that tap all the coal
mines Of southern Ohio.
NO MORE TRAFFIC MANAGER.
st. Louis. Nov. sc. G. Wagner. vice
president of the Iron Mountain railways,
officially announces that the office "t
traffic manager. made vacant by tia res
icnat:on of c. A. Parker, mas been abOi-
ished aLd That all freight traffic Wall be
undo the management of w. g. S!.ii;l:
general freight agent.
RATES FOR ENDEAVORERS.
San Francisco, Nov. 1s.-Local Chris
.ian Endeavorers have given an enthusi-
astic reception 10 John Willis Baer of
Boston, the general secretary of the Uni
ted Society of Christian Endeavor, VINO
is here to make arrangements for the
great convention which meets here next
July The business men of the city have
subscribed literally to the convention
expense and a large attendance not
only from the Pacific coast and
the central west but from New Eng
land and the south is expected. The
railroad rate has; not yet been
announced. but it is confidently expect
ed that the Trans-Continental Traffic
association will at the next meeting
agree to a $50 rate for the round trip
from Chicago to the coast. All other
eastern and southern lines will make
equally low rates. Mr.. Baer, VINO returns
at once to Boston without stopping en-
route, expressed great satisfaction with
the local committees advcrce arrange
ments, and will announce t. the Enjeav-
orers everywhere that a genuine Cali
fornia welcome awaits them.
DEEPWATER HARBOR.
Washington, Nov. 18.-The committee
recently appointed to locate a deepwa
ter harbor at San Pablo, or Santa Mon
lea, California, have decided to meet at
Los Angeles on December II fore pre-
liminary inspection of the two harbOrs.
The commission expects to spend most
of the winter in Sou-Lern California il
the prosecution OF the work. So far it
has discussed the matter only m a gen.
eI al way. The commission WI hold 10
meetings after today until rs sessions in
California begins.
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