The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-11
ELECTED MEMBER OF THE
WESTERN TRAFFIC AsSOCIA-
TION BOARD.
EXECUTIVES IN SESSION.
MEETING OF THE OFFICERS OF
THE ROADS AT ST.
LOUIS.
GREAT WESTERN NOT PRESENT
DOne-Passenger Agreement Also
Considered.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10.-The executives
OF the Western Freight association
held a meeting today in the Southern
hotel to fill vacancies on the board of
administration, caused by the declina-
tions of j. A. Munroe. of the Union
Pacific and James J. Fletcher, of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
The following roads were represented
by the officers named:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, E. P. Ripley,
president; Chicago & Alton, c. II. Chappell,
vice president and general manager; Chicago
& Northwestern, Marvin Hughtt. president;
H. J. Burt, tn I'd vice president; Chicago, Bur
lington x Quincy, Chicago, Burlington &
Northern, Hannibal & St. Joseph, Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern, c. j. Ives, presi-
dent of the last named company, and G. B..
Milwaukee & st. Paul, Roswell Miller, presi-
dent; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, R. R.
Cable, president Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis & Omaha, G. T. Clark, general man
vice president; Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis, E. S. Washburn, president; Mime
apolis & st. Louis, A. L. Mohler, general
manager; Missouri Pacific, c. G. Warner, vice
president and general auditor; st. Louis &
San Francisco, d. B. Robinson, president;
Wabash, ]. Ramsey Jr., vice president and
general manager.
The Chicago, Great Western, and the
represented, but wired their assent to
what had been done. Late in the
afternoon the board elected the fol-
lowing we'll known traffic men as mem
bers of the board of administration: H.
H. COPYRIGHT, general freight agent
of the Chicago & Alton, and H. c.
Shute, general traffic manager of the
Great Northern.
Chairman Midgley, of the board of
administration, announces that a meet
ing will be held as soon as the mem
bers can arrange their affairs and take
up their residence in Chicago. 1t is
not unlikely that this can be accom-
plished by the end Of next week.
The above named executives also
attended a meeting of the executive
committee on passenger agreement fOl
Western lines. This meeting was ais
attended by the following officers not
heretofore named:
Paul Morton, vice president, and ]. ]. Frey,
general manager Of the Atchison Topeka &
Santa Fe; G. w. Holdredge, general manager
of the Burlington & Missouri River in Nebras-
ka; H. H. COPYRIGHT, general freight agent
manager Chicago & Northwestern; ]. r.
Hastings, general superintendent Chicago,
Burlington & Northern; ". C. Brown, general
manager Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; w.
H. Truesdale traffic manager Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific; S. B. Hoyey, vice president
Chicago, Rock Island & Texas w. H. Scott
general superintendent Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha; A. H. Hughes, traffic
manager Denver & Rio Grande; Morgan
Jones, receiver for the Fort Worth G. Denver;
c. F. S-dwel, general manager Fremont
Elkkorn Missouri Valley; L. J. Polk gen.
eral manager Gulf, Colorado G. Santa Fe:
Howard Elliott, general manager Hannibal 6
st. Joseph; II. J. Hudson, traffic manager
uSnois Central; ]. J. Fletcher traffic manager
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis; w. B..
Doddridge, general manager Missouri Pacific;
B. S. Josselyn, Kansas City, Osceola & South
ern; ]. =. Barnard, receiver Omaha & St.
Louis; B. F. Yoakum, vice president and
ager, st. Louis & San Francisco E. Dickin-
son, general manager, and j. A. Munroe,
freight traffic manager, Union Pacific; j. H.
EcEntire, receiver Wichita & Western; ]. w.
Midgley, chairman.
The passenger agreement now in force
was readopted for another year with =
put important notifications. No
change was made in section 9, which
prohibits transportation being fur
nished to business men or shippers, o.
those in position to influence business
eating as bondsmen or directors in To-
cal or auxiliary companies. Section 5
was changed so as to prohibit exchange
OF ANNALS with lines of less than fifty
miles in length. The limit heretofore
was twenty-five miles. No action was
taken on the subject of uniform ca
pacity for freight cars, but the COM
nlittee passed a resolution declaring
Itself in favor of adopting whatever
recommendations may be made by the
conference committee now having thai
subject in hand.