The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-28

freight agents Of eaSthpuud lines he'll
theiir weekly meeting yesterday ~ 3-nioi
=. =. Mclaughlin general fr.iaI-- ac.p,
az the Etijjnu:s and nh.p $arf-by-,..f,F.,
left last night f"T headquarters II Cinciu.
"Hti
-GeEorai Passenger Agent .ilrrss Bark,
"i the Missouri, Kansas and Texas is -
ltct"i at headquarters to-day after a trip
John VI. Cheshroush. assistant general
passenger agent IF the NauGe5.t. saws no
has been comparing the business uf ~,
Naudalia IN" i-St three months with that
nt corresponding periods IN former years
ana found This wear Ia b. a record Irs;. k -
H. volume OF travel ard passenger earnings.
Frank J.. Harris. general agent I'm thu
passenger department of III. ATnbil,. .D.j
Ohio. has returned from "a ;rIp To- the North
~" lakes. ~" did q great deal Of f-hir..
While W there. was created Kin. Of Pow
cry lS!an'- anu Is telling thu truth we'll
~ may h' expected under such cream
W. J. Lynch. general passenger agent Of
the HiG -Four Hines, says the earnings rf
the passenger trains Of the Big -Four for
the yyir ending Jun, 20. not iuclG.Iiu;. cam
u = from mai! and express service. are a
niue over S'-5l''@ being The irs. time iir
the history of the Biz. Four that its MISS. A.
co. revenue ''' any one year Reached S''''7-
The Darlington. Cedar Rapids and
NnIinern h3nwty has purchased the
franchises and property of the Cedar Rap
ids Garner and Northwestern Railway. and
will in future upCFIj, IL .S a branch az IL
main line. This branch ,xtcud. tventv-
eight miles in - HurJhW'et.riy direction
nom Garner. on tho Iowa Fails division Of
the Burlington. Cedar Rapids and Northern
at HayfieId.
The Baltimore and Ohio has commenced
the distribution among It's engineers OF med
ais according to the length Of service. Thasa
that have been in service hftv years rec,i,...
gold medals, which act as passes over 'tba
lILes for life free. En- gince,s pha hay, heO :,
II, service iurtN-iive years receive "a Il med
al a string Of Thirteen ueiallous Of silver
TIE otter medals for men of shorter ter1,
"f service only differ in the inscrintiou.
which vary with each five years of Scrvit.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
has aYdrGed q contract to -. II. Hutton
Il Co. Of Birmingham. To build eight miles
Of railroad from the main line at Hance-
vile to the mines Of the Stout Mountain
coal and Coke Company. in Alabama. The
road IS TO be finished in four months and
viii cost Sln'wtl. I'll" l. n y. Is now
building abgU, eighty miles Of new railroad
IN Northern Alabama 10 reach the coal ana
mineral re ;ions. and is making extensive
arrangements to increase the output of the
iron mines in that region
1t is now generally believed among rail
road men that the Great Northern is he
hind the Omaha Northern Railroad prof.
miles from omaha to Sioux city. crossing,
a valuable farming country and the
Omaha and Winnebaeo Indian reservation
II is announced that The construction
work will begin about August I. ana that
Il will be finished in about twelve months
The reasons advanced Tor the Great
NOrthern's interest in the project are thar
it may get its share uf the packing husi-
ness NJ Omaha and also get connections To
81: Louis and the Southwest via the Mis-
souri, Pacific.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
will employ inspectors August I to see that
the Law Is carried out requiring railroads
to have safety appliances gf all freight
cars. Commissioner Erouty says none of
the lines have asked for an extension OF
time. and it is the information of the cc,n-
mission that the equipment required hy law
will be provided ON the date named Hpayt
penalties are provided Tor using ears win
out safety appliances after August / ON
account Of the large loss OF life because
81 the failure to have safety APPLIANCES an
of the failure tD have safety appliances ali
commission in enforcing the law