The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-20
PeraonaI and Cnrrent Nofea.

President B. F. Yoakum of the Frisco
returned yesterday from trip East.
Bryan Snyder. general passenger agent
OF the Frisco, left last nisht for Chicago.
Ed Swift, Southern passenger agent of
the Wabash at Cincinnati. was at head
quarters here yesterday.
John Miilspaugh, travelling passenger
agent Of the Vandalia, at Decatur, ILL.,. was
at headquarters here yesterday.
Russell Harding, vice president and gem
eral manager of the Missouri Pacific left
last night for trip to New York.
he Henry Miller; assistant superintendent of
the Burlington Missouri lines. at Hannibal.
was at headquarters here yesterday
&C. P. Johnston has been appointed city
passenger agent at Kansas City of the
to other duties.
.-southwestern lines have granted one
Iare rate for the round trip for the National
C3iored Baptist Convention. to be held at
Cincinnati September II to 49,
The local association of civ passenver
and ticket agents met yesterday at Secre-
tafy Hannegan's offices In the Union Trust
onlolnS and disposed of some routine mat
-General Freight Agent Somers of the
Great Northern. has had a town christened
IN ms honor. It is the terminus of the
branch OF the Great Northern, from Kalis-
pei opened to traffic July S.
-Scalpers are increasing at Indianapolis
as Wei as at Buffalo and Chicago. Three
years ago there were two scalping Offices
are Fronting by the hume rouS excursions to
indianapolis.
W, b. Doddridge, vice president and
was here yesterday. M. DoddrIdse is san n,
guine Of the success Of the new Clarks-
willie and Nashville road. of which he is also
vice president.
A freight storage yard in East Kanka-
zee. H., with a capacity of 1000 cars, is
to be constructed by the Big Four com any,
During the past year the business of this
road on Its Chicago division has increased
quired.
THE community of interest in the
Eastern territory has not yet reached q
state where competition has be5n act al v
eliminated. The Pennsylvania management
Is pushing its line into Detroit, and the
ang into Toledo and Pittsburg.
Harry E. Moores. for several years city
passenger agent of the Wabash road IN
Omaha. has been appointed general Western
quarters in Omaha, to succeed the late
George N. Clayton. Mr.. Moores will have
all the territory west Of the Missouri River
and between st. Paul and Kansas CITY.
Executive officers of the Chicago Omaha
lines met in Chicago and adopted the same
measures to maintain tariff rates as did
the Chicago-kansas City lines last Thurs
day. The meeting was harmonious. all lines
represented declaring their willingness to
strictly maintain published rates, and be
governed by the decisions of Special Com
The Frisco Line will formally open its
new city offices at Eighth and Olive streets
on Monday. lack Mulhall. live stock agent;
A. p. Leighton. general agent, freight de-
partment, and F. ]. Deicke. city passenger
and ticket agent. have sent out invitations
to their friends. announcing that they will
be at the new stand from II a. m. until 3
p. m. on that day-perhaps later.
The statement that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has entered into q traffic
agreement with the Wander bilts whereby
It will run its own trains into Eetrot over
tie Michigan Central lines from the Ohio
State line. is denied. The Pennsylvania has
been running sleeper from Pitfsburg to
Detroit but President Ledyard said tn at
no traffic agreement of the character spec
flied has been entered into.
1t is characteristic of American enter
prise and thoroughness that an advertis-
Ing pamphlet issued by the passenger de-
partment of a railroad, treating of a coun-
try. on the other side. of the world. should
be strictly up to date as regards geographic,
historical and political facts. No. % of the
New York Centrals "F'our-Track Series
treats Of the Chinese Empire as it exists,
to-day. The large colored map is new
one. corrected by Information secured from
thu allied Powers. The descriptive article
ed bodies twenty years experience in that
country and the pamphlet is Of interest to
every one who Is watching the growth Of
American commerce with the Orient.