Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-21
hoard OF railroad assessors will start
"Wednesday morning on a tour OF inspection
over the Rock Island railroad.
lieneral Ranrsaa Notes.

OUaebSb vO0HUs
Colonel +. 8, .'ewett. OF the Missouri Pa
rific. is attending "a ratesheef meeting in
st. Louis.
@. Il ftamsey, general passenger agent
Of the Louisville e. Nashville. arrived from
Nashville yesterday on business bent.
Harry ID. Dutton. Of the passenger de:
partment Of the Pittsburg a. Gulf. is in
81. Joe hrstling for Port Arthur excursion
lists.
II. ". Morrison. general freight agent Of
the Little Rock 4 Memphis. Is In Kansas
City on business. His headquarters are at
Little Rock.
Commissioned ". P. Trickett. OF the Kan
sas City transportation bureau. spent yes.
terday In St. Louis. He Is due to be at
his desk to-day.
Edward s. Orr. general agent OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwt ste I'm; with head
quarters at St. Louis. paid the Kansas City
office Il visit yesterday.
On account of the recently formed car
trust three big roads have now declared
their inter ton to build their own cars. The
lines are the Rock Island. Great Western
and the Great Northern.
Pat Humphrey. travelling passenger agent
of the Lake Shore. departed for San An
tonic. Tex. last evening. He has been in
Ill health for some time and will recuper-
ate in the historic adobe town.
o. G. Burrows. general agent OF the st.
Joe 4 Grand Island. returned yesterday
expresses himself as being well pleased
with the outlook for the coming season OF
activity.
In an opinion Just rendered at Columbus.
o., railroad companies are given the right
to refuse to furnish letters of recommended
ton. or clearance cards as they are
called. to employees discharged for good
and sufficient cause
Charley Green. the travelling passenger
agent of the Big Four. will return this
morning from an Eastern trip and about
the same time c.. NJ. Saffarfan. the general
Western freight agent. will report at the
Office from Il Northern trip.
P. p. Hitchcock. travelling agent Of the
Lackawanna. dropped into town yesterday
and was kept busy shaking hands with his
many friends in railroad circles. Little
Phil as he is familiarly called. is one of
the most popular travelling agents in the
business.
James G.. Cantrell. general Western agent
of the SeabOard Air Line. with headquar-
tiers at St. Louis. spent yesterday in Kan
sas City He says that General Prosperity
Is in of the industrial forces in
his territory and that business in his line
was never better.
In Il recent communication to the indus
trial commission at Washington the grand
chiefs of the orders of railway conductors.
engineers. brakemen and te%lesraphers
of running Sunday trains ought. SO far
as possible. to be abolished.
Lew Evelan. or Dad as he il known
said yesterday that Kansas City was the
~livel!est city in his territory. He is travel
ing passenger agent of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande. with headquarters at Denver. and
as Il hustler after business he has no peer
in the West.
E. D Wolfe. general Western agent of
the Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis.
with headquarters in this city. has gone
sick man for several weeks and the visit
is made for the purpose of gaining strength
Suh1c1ent to warrant him touring Old Mex
leo. a pleasure he has been anticipating
| for some time.