The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-11

Waller .. lSrlttc1 has been appointed
district PASSENGER agent OF the Pere Mar
quette. with headquarters at Saginaw,
Mich.
NJ j Sanders. agent OF the West India
and Pacific Steamship Line At New Orleans,
was in the city yesterday.
Henry Baldwin. foreign freight agent Of
the Illinois Central at New Orleans, was
here yesterday.
agent cc the Boston and Maine was a ris-
i,ur here yesterday.
-R. W. stutzman. travelling passenger
agent Of tGe Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis.
was here yesterday.
j. w. Braden. representing the Traffic
Committee of the ST. LOUIS Manufacturers
Association, leaves tonight for Hot Springs,
Ark, 10 appear before the Western Classt-
ncasion Committee. which convenes Tues
day at the Arlington Hotel. There are sew
crai matters before the committee that are
OF Vital Importance to the st. Louis manu-
tactureEs.
r. t. Cleaver has been appointed super
intsuucnt OF motive power and the car de-
partment of the Wisconsin Central. with
headquarters at NaukeShs. vice Angus
Brown. resigned.
-Aiexanuer Cochran, prominent director
OF the B0s:OD and Maine and president of
the jeII Telephone Company, accompanied
by party OF friends, will arrive in St.
Louis ut G.5i p. III. to-day over the Wabash
from Chicago. They Will remain over night
an; leave over the Big -Four Monday TOR
the East.
-lhe Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
asked Tor bids FOX Ge:O freight cars OF
lvr,rN pounds capacity each. The bids are
20 be iOr $500 hopper, 10y! fiat, 1850 box
ANA 1oJ9 gOndola cars. These cars are for
delivery after the first OF next year. This
years delivery Included orders for 500
cars. of which tWo-th!rds are for the lines
east Of PittsburS and Erie, and the re-
maigdcr for the lines west of P!ttsburg.
OF the Cara purchased this year over 2eSo
were pressed steel
Chief clerks and rate clerks of lines In
the South and Southeast met in Cincinnati
and agreed on Il division Of rates, round
trlp and one way. on initial and intermedi-
ate business from Cincinnati, Louisville,
Evansville. st Louis and Kansas City TO
points in til" South and Southeast The
lines Interested were falIy represented. and
thc meeting was harmonious throughout.
Very few changes were made. &. Z. Clark
Of the IL. y n. at Louisville was the COM
rilsr
COMES general manager of the Colorado
Midland. Anthony Snevc. general freight
agent and ". F. Bailey. general passen-
ger agent, viii possibly retire.
The reports that commissions are again
berg paid to ticket agents and brokers
are denied by the passenger agents of the
various roads parties 20 the anti-commis-
sion agreement.
John r. Walsh president Of the South
err Indiana, IS taking definite steps TO eX-
tend the iDe southwest, eventually ma kinS
t. the Mississippi River.
Assistant General Freight Agent II. D.
YoalSum Assistant General Passenger Agent
i. EoWss and City Passenger and Ticket
Agent j. VI. Hunt OF the Chicago and Alton
VIII leave tonight 10 attend the general
conference Of traffic agents of the Alton in
Chicago tomorrow. After the conference it
IS probable that 4 trip over the line Will be
made
William n. Jackson, secretary Of the
Union Railway Company Of Indianapolis,
who is over .! years old and quite feeble.
voted at the recent election. He has voted
al seventeen presidential elections Mr.. jack
son is believed TO he the olies' man in active
railroad service in the United States
A Detroit paper says Mr. Hays goes to
San Francisco as president OF the Southern
Pacific to take charge o: IN Office which his
predecessor found 50 unpopular that he
crossed the continent to get away from
scowliEg faces and public and private abuse
Mr. Hays's task viii be % show the peopio
OF California that he IS a business man who
Will use only legitimate business methods.
Unless Eerorts are false, two Of the In
diannpoiis roads in connection with West
ern roads. are doing a little crooked work
on passenger rates to Western ports-at
least, doing things that are contrary TO the
spirit of the agreement between lines inter-
ested.