The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24

j. L. Holden. traffic manager Of the
Choc;aw. Oklahoma and Gulf. was a visitor
C. {. Merrill. travelling passenger agent
of the New York Central at Chicago, VAS
here Yesterday.
General passenger agents here deny that
FOR all army veterans by Western lines.
George Il. Warfel. assistant general
passenger agent Of the +. IL %. S-W-. left
last night on a business trip TO old Mexico.
The adjourned meeting of the Western
Passenger Association to hear the report on
military rates viii be held at Chicago on
Tuesiay, May -,
5. Z. Lowe, Jr.. has been appointed as
sistaut ticket agent of the Missouri Pa
citiC 1t Kansas city. He was in the ticket
office at Memphis.
T. ana Assistant General Freight Agent
Grosclose are in Chicago TO attend a meet
ing on Texas rates.
Western roads have agreed 10 make a
rate Of a fare and one-third for the round
trip for the annual convention Of the Gath
Ollie Total Abstinence Union of Illinois. to
be held at Joliet on Man q.
A $500 conscience" fund deposited by
the LehiGh Valley with Chairman Macleod
Of the ": 7 A.. 10 be distributed among
and a scramble which Is st!Il pending.
Seven new large engines have been r.
coivei by the Illinois Central road They
are the last of n consignment OF seventy
which will be added to the system during
the year The total cost will aggregate
over $l.V0o,l0p.
1t is said that the Committee on Rail
roads Of the Massachusetts Legislature
will report favorabIy on the lease Of the
Boston aud Albany to the New York Cen
trai. In this case II would so into effect
on July l.
-Ths annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Burlington. Cedar Rapids and North
cFn Railroad was held at Cedar Rapids. All
the officers of the company were reelected.
The last year was the most prosperous in
the history of the company.
Assistant General Passenger Agent J.
NJ Chesnroush. of the Nantalia has APP
Ticket Agent J.. W. Hap,eI. Mr.. Wood
comes 20 ST. Louis from the engineering
department at Terre Hau;e. He succeeds
g. +. Harding. who has gone nugget hunt
ing in the Kiondike region.
Tho i~.ackawanra has engaged the serv-
ices Of a landscape photographer to take
pose or ~photoSraphing scenes along tho
line A special train will be provided. and
on the front of the engine a platform Will
he erected. enabliuC the photographer to
take pictures while the train is In motion.
Division superintendent of the Illinois
central are holding a meeting with General
Manager sullivan for the purpose OF revis-
ing train rules governing transportation and
handling OF cars. and also the rules regard
ing the duties of station gents, telegraph
operators and train dispatchers. II is the
purpose Of the SuperintendentS to make the
rules conform with the code promulgated
by The American Railway Association and
recently afneHued at inc EeTniannual con-
YentiOn.
The lake lines are in a fight for grain
traffic from Chicago TO Buffalo. Rates have
gone down TO bedrock during the past few
DAYS. Yesterday 10000 bushels Of corn were
chartered for Buffalo AZ II, cents. The vail
rate from the latter city TO New York Is
8 cents per ln pounds. which brings the
total through lakc-aud-rail rate from Chi
caSo 10 New York down to about : cents
per 100 pounds. against the all-rail tariff of
lS cents per 100 pounds.
Concerning the recently printed report
that the Pennsylvania would move its gen.
eral Offices from Philadelphia to New York,
Isonard's Railway News has this To say:
We have yet to learn that the Pennsyl-
wanna is dissatisfied with its general offices
In philadelphia. or that recent Developments
in the expansion OF that company neccSsi-
tate a change of base OF its operations.
President CaSSatt recently stated that the
Pennsylvania might as well give up bust
ness as To abandon its grain dinerential to
Philadelphia from a local point of view. and
there is less likelihood OF that company
giving up philadelphia as Its headquarters
for many years TO come"