The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-12

Assistant General Passenger Agent II.
Bowes of the Chicago and Alton made ar
rarsements yesterday to have. electric fIns
Iut in the s.eeplng cars Of the Atoms mil
night Special. while the train l..s at Union
Station. from $50 p m to ll:3o p. m. This
will assure plenty of ventilation. cool air
and comfort for those VINO wish TO OCCUPY
their sleepers at an early hour.
General Traffic Manager Halle and Gen
eral Freight Agent Drew of the Nj. *. &
i. are Ia Chicago.
T. g. Fitzgerald, passenger and ticket
agent of the NJ, X. q I. at Kansas City,
and II. Z. Watts. passenger and ticket
agent at Moberly, Mo, were at hcadguar-
tiers yesterday.
C. J. Grommett. assistant general man
ager and auditor Of the Missouri Midland at
Columbia. was here yesterday.
The Illinois State Railroad and Ware
house Commission has begun its annual ia
spection OF the tracks of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois Railroad. The work Will
be concluded tomorrow.
The statement of the Louisville and
Nashville for the fiscal year. which ended
on June 80. showed surplus of S.i69,l6i.
which is equal to OBS per cent on the stock
Thomas J. Barnes, Jr.. who has been
assistant ticket agent of the Wabash lines
at Fort Wayne, has been transferred to
Danville, Ill, where he Will be permanently
located as ticket agent
IT X Scott. general manager Of the
Georgia Railroad, is mentioned as the sue
cessor of the ;. r. Knott on the Plant sys-
TEN.
"A. b. Garretson of Cedar Rapids. Ia.
assistant grand chief of the order of Rail-
way Conductors. is at the Laclede. Mr.
Garretson is here for the purpose OF hold
ing a conference with the grievance COM
rnittees of several railroads. He is assist
ing In Strengthening out their differences.
Don't say l am here to take any action
in regard to the street car mems strike"
said he. for l am not. We have troubles
of our own to settle.
The following changes. II IS said will be
announced on the Omaha road In "A few
days: W. e. Winter, supt rintendent Of tho
northern division. goes to the western Ill
Bennett assistant superintendent of the
western division, will be made superintend-
en-, of the northern division. and T. W. Ken
nedy trainmaster of the eastern division.
will be appointed assistant superintendent of
the western division
oil is to be substituted for coal on all
Santa Re engines in California. The change
in fuel viii be made October l.
In the coming annual report Of the
Northern Pacific road II will he shown that
Is per cent of the gross business both pas
scnser and freight, is purely local
-Curtiss Millard. general manager Of the
Chicago. Peoria and St. Louis, was here
yesterday.
Sam Fl: Dixon has been appointed pas
senger and immigrant agent of the Hous-
tiers at Houston. Tex.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
took out a large number of excursIonists
to the meeting OF the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union at Cincinnati
1t is said that Stuart r. Enot,'s salary
as vice president of the Plant system was
$50 0to per annum. TIE supposition is that
the Hartman syndicate will pay more than
this for his services on the Alton and Kan
sas City Southern
The Burlington broke its own record for
June by handling 1o.co cars more this year
than In any prior year.