The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-22
Personal and Current Notes.

Russell Harding. vice president ana gem
eral manager Of the Missouri Pacific-lron
Mountain system. returned to headauarters
yesterday from a trip over the lines.
F. H. Britton. vice president and general
OF the CotfSn Ss Ss,:on Sns
south for brief trip.
"A s. Dodge. freight traffic manager of
the Frisco. returned to headquarters yester-
day.
"A B. Richie. travelling passenger agent
OF the vandalia at Joplin. Mo-. was here
yesterday.
agent tn. !: in
on and where to Find Il. Is the title
system II is handsomely gotten up. printed
in large type and Is profuseiy illustrated
with half-fones.
ness to Belle, Maries County. Mo-. los miles
from ST. Louis. From this date 1t Will be
a collect station. with an agent there to rep
resent the company In both freight and pas
The gross earnings of the Chesapeake
and Ohio for the second week OF August
show an increase of $20.s6S
President ingalls, Of the Big Four de-
nies that he contemplates moving his resi-
dence from Cincinnati to New York
The gross earnings Of the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois last year were N.Ui pc.
%ils easins sna june .Ga g. iass ss fSeAs psr mie
G. NJ Nave has been appointed city
passenger agent for the Union Pacinc-
Burlington Line In san FRANCISCO ''oe
Clarence Smith, resigned.
Net earnings Of the Chicago and Alton
system for July were $780, 90. an increase
of S5S Ol9 over those of the last year. Gross
receipts increased SSoss sna a. NIsra''ns rs
u. II. Crumton. who for a number ot
wears was passenger conductor on the Big
-Four, has taken service with the Ptttspure
and Lake Erie as assistant general yard
yuovtor of PitfsburC.
The Santa Fe announces that the CUR.
Colorado and Santa Fe road has opened
for freight and passenEs,sr ps,I, tramc ram the Gnr
beaumont and Kansas City Railway. form
ing q through Santa Fe line to Beaumont
Tex
Gently put $S.0OOO00 into low-priced stocks OF
Vanderbilt lines. All of the junior Hanoer-
bilt stocks. II is said. are to be MADE moIs
active, conspicuously the Big -Four. whicn
is expected to soon sell 10 points higher. due
to a report that the directors are 10 IN
crease the dividends.
Effective at once, the minimum weight
as provided in the oficial classification VIII
apply to Texas and Mexico. where the mini
NUNS are higher than at present. Under
this arransemsnt the weight OF OF >, e sSIoos ,s car
"A deal has been completed which gives
the Chicago Great Western possession OF
the Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad
This ACQUISITION gives the Great Western
entrance to some Of the richest territory ir
Iowa, and at the same time prepares the
way for the construction next year Of the
proposed extensions to Omaha and Siouz
City.
Samuel J. Clifford. who was the first tele.
graph operator on the Lake Shore anc
Michigan Southern and dispatched the first
train ever run over IL under telegraphic or.
ders, Il dead at his home at Dunkirk. N Y
After filling positions on the Erie and the
Lake Shore roads as operator and train
dispatcher, he became a partner in the firm
of skinner & Clifford. which built large
shops in Dunkirk for the construction Of
engines and railroad fixtures, and also ir
1875 and 1875 the Texas and New Orleans
Railroad now the Southern Pacific. Ginort
later went into the insurance business.