The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-23
aa,,re.s and Industrial Notes.

w. II. Phelps. of ST. Paul. land commits
sioner of the Northern Pacific, was IN Sc
attic yesterday.
w. G. Pearce. assistant general super
fnfendent OF the Northern Pacific. was
over from Tacoma yesterday
r c. Stevens. general Western passen-
ger agent OF the Great Northern, who is
up the Coast line, viii return 10 the city
tonight
w r. Niles. travelling freight agent OF
the Union Pacific. with headquarters in
Portland, was in tonw and went to Taco
ma yesterday.
L. r Smith. superintendent Of railroads
for the oregon Improvement Company.
was out yesterday over the line OF the Co
lumbia s Puget Sound
NJ. q. Hall. Of Portland. superintendent
OF the Northern Pacific Express COM
pauy. Was among the out-of-town people
VINO visited Seattle yesterday.
: L. Moore general freight agent OF
the Northern Pacific. who returned with
l. A. Nadeau from the meeting OF the
Northwest Fruit Growers Association at
Yakima. went TO Tacoma yesterday.
Superintendent Kline, OF the Seattle &
Ford and Stewart. of the Dominion ard
Western express companies. went over
the line OF the Seattle & International
Yesterday in the presidents private car.
The party Will return today
" II. Hill. assistant general freight
agent of the Great Northern. who is Wis
Sting on the sound is looking over Van
couver and Victoria. He Is accompanied
Acc OF W l.. Renham, Western freight
manager Of the Great Northern.
A prominent passenger Official calls at
tentiou 20 the fact that all over the coun-
try passenger earnings have Recently been
proport ionally worse than freight earn
inEs Passenger business is generally In
ciiued 10 decrease more than freight bust
ness. bat why earnings of the passenger
sr4svs al Fssteg
now show proporii0naily worse than
those OF freight departments Is hard to
understand
General Superintendent ]. NJ. Barr. Of
tho Great Northern. has issued a circu-
lar announcing the transfer Of J. .. Tay-
Tor. superintendent Of the Wlllmar divis-
SON. 20 the Dakota division. in the same
capacity His headquarters will be at
Grand Forks. T. T. Adams. formerly SUI
pcrintendent OF the Dakota division, has
been transferred 70 another position. r
l.. Clarity has been appointed superln-
tcndent OF the Willm8r division The
changes we're effective yesterday.
The old report that the Wisconsin Cen
trail viii shorten It's 81. Paul-Chicsgo line
has been revived. II Is said that cutoff
vii be made by building about forty
miles ~ track between Marshdeid and
Bateman- a short spur has been built
from MarshHcld 80 Greenwood. and the
cutoff would b. secured by completing
this spur rs proposed. The distance be-
tween s. Paul and Chicago IL now SEQ
miles VIA the Wisconsin Central thirty
Eve miles longer than cue OF the compel
inE lines
The appointment of Percy Callahan. at
present a clark IN the Great Northern Ex-
press Company's office as district agent
~ thu Western FXprees Company. Was
made yesterday by Acssrs. q. Ford and
Ronald Stewart. the respective super}u-
tendeufs 81 the Dominion and Western
express companies Mr. Callahan As 70.
eaTdcd as an efficient young man Had Is
expected. IA his larger field. 70 make
himself a cansidera he factor fu EXPRESS
matters in this city. His appointment Is
regarded as q r3crtted Advancement.
The effect % the treatment the funding
bill received ten d2Ns ago upon TIRE
southern Pacific cTfirialS is explained IN
the following telegram from san Fran
cisco. under 6tte - January % THE
head Officials 81 tha Southern Pacific are
having a bard fire. General Manager
krutf-chaitf FL down With the grip. GEN
eral Superintendent Fillmore has tGst re-
covered from severe att@ck ct pucu-
wouia ard 81 iu Arizona with Vice Pref
dent t'rockrr. Who fled from san Fran
cisco % esrspe tire disease ana Vice
President sFuohs IS almost disabled from
rheumatism.
Tee Northwestern Company has Within
fhe last few months. spent something
NEe 81 .e0 $40 tu the work az douhliag the
track 81 Us ChicaEa-St. Paul line. and Ia
a8t-E 80 has performed. - I'D Is claimed
aH extraordinary engineering fesf Tne
crack cf this Hire WAS doubted 81 Barring
-n- some years ago. ard tae recent work
vas 30 complete stretcn - thlrtY-tve
mites between Msd8 suu ard Ftsra hao. Tee
heaviest work VAS eope IN The Barahoo
mountains. where che read was cat out
of s'lt1 rerh Iae grade has esen Pc
8acsd III feet hetWeen Madison and Bara-
boo au& reverse curves taken out En-
E.ueaTs eialm that the Nork. considering
tts UHEnltu1r. vas completed Ia a Won
dsrfuliy SNORT tine.