The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-12
Railroad and Industrial Notes.

w. 5. Smith. Of the Wabash. left for
Portland yesterday.
Michael Earles. Of the logging firm OF
Carstens e. Earles, is expected 10 return
from the East this week.
". II. Meade. general agent OF the Bur-
ington route in Portland, vas one OF the
visitors 20 the city yesterday.
c. P. Converse. chief CLERK in the office
of the general Western freight manager sI.
OF the Great Northern, returned sunday
night from Portland &.
Fred Allen was back at his desk yester-
day for the first time since the Madison
street cable car accident. In which ne was
badly shaken up. The Seattle & lntefna-
tionaPs freight and passenger agent IS
just a bit shaky, but otherwise Is all
right.
The corrugated iron roofing OF the COW
cred gangways AT the Seattle * lnterha-
while the painters we're busy hiding any
marks OF age in the ratings and oalus-
trades leading up from the street 70 the
general offices.
G. ]. Smith, receiver; L. e. smith, SUI
perintendent OF railroads. and f. W.
Clark, general freight and passenger
agent OF the Oregon Improvement 81 stem,
and W L. Benham.. general Western
went out yesterday over the line of the
Columbia q Puget Sound railway in Mr..
Smiths private car.
a meeting Of the lines Of the Western
Passenger Association viii be held in Chi-
cago today. The principal matter likely
TO come before the meeting VIII be rates
10 the Pacific coast from New England
points, and X is probable that on this the
lines VIII take some acton 70 .pFosect
themselves against the practical dineren-
tiaI now enjoyed by the lines running
through New Orleans.
L. II. Gray. general agent OF the freight
department of the Great Northern, who
has been on a trip to san Francisco. will
n IA Ia I'D Inv M
During his absence Mr.. Gray has had the
doubtful honor Of being caricatured by
the San Francisco Call. The picture was
very good Of Mr.. Gray's clothes. but the
likeness 10 the freight agent was decid-
edly of Had Il done M Gray justice
the Post-Inteiligencer would have taken
pleasure In reproducing the picture.
Serious trouble IL threatened on rates
from the East 10 the Pacific coast. The
Atchlson last week applied 10 the chair
man OF the Western Passenger AsSOCia-
ton and OF the Transcontinentai Passen-
ger association for authority to reduce
the through rates between New England
points and the Pacific coast. The West
ern roads have for some time been very
FESTIVE under the amount OF business for
the Pacific coast that has been going by
the Southern roads. The Atchison was
requested by the chairman to wait for a
few days until after the meetings thar are
70 ba held In Chicago this week. and II no
action is taken then II Is likely that the
Atchison wili make the reductions on its
own account
The Great Northern Is now IN line with
nearly all the roads in the Western Pas
senger Association 10 regard 20 the sale
or local tickets. on January / the Great
Northern put into effect the continuous
passenger system for local tickets and
from and after that date no stop-overs
viii be allowed except upon especially au-
thorizsd tickets or excursion rates. etc.
In other words, a person buying a ticket
on Thursday viii have 20 use the ticket
preeB thar Fav II Will he hon0~pd of, she
trains % The road an no other day. Tick
cts not used by purchasers viii however
1.e redeemed by the agents. in cash or hy
the issuance o. another ticket OF the
same kind for the date ~ departure The
system VIII reduce the work os the ac-
counting department..