The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-24
Personal and Curreut Note..


"A. O'Hara. superintendent of the st.
Louis division of the Frisco at Springfield,
Mo-. was at headquarters here yesterday.
of the Hs Frisco at
Mo-. will be extended over the Memphis
Route after August /. when S. NJ Hibbard's
resignation as general baggage agent Of the
Memphis takes effect.
H; Lains, travelling passenger agent of
the Pere Marquette at Chicago. was here
yesterday.
of the Baltmore and ohio soashWessern % stern.
was In the city yesterday.
3. A; Williams. general passeng.t
agent OF the Chicago. Peoria and St. Louis
TO the Plasa Chautauqua at Chautauqua
nights.
-Ashbell Newell has been made vice
president of the White Pass and Yukon,
| with headquarters at Chicago.
-Central Passenger Association lines have
agreed to cooperate with the Western Pas
senger Association lines In the sale Of col
onists' tickets at low rates during August
and September, and it is expected that East
ern lines will take similar action.
President Fish Of the Illinois Central
Railroad has informed the authorities of
New Orleans that his company has aban-
doned the project Of building extensive
wharves within the limits of that city ow-
ing to unsatisfactory action on the COM
pany's application for privileges.
The report that the owners Of tho To-
iedo. st.. Louis and Western hay have % purchased e.
given some credence. as It would be a val
liable acquisition to the Glover Leaf On
Color to
rumor
Walter F. Scott, who has been chief
Dering of the Pennsylvania road in Chicago
! for the last five years. has been appointed
travelling PASSENGER agent for the same
Wash This Is a new agency.
Three new suburban stations are to be
built on the Chicago division OF the Wabash
Railroad They will J. bel be LOCATED ga ts at % Chicago
| last year or two the suburban business Of
| this line has increased to such an extent
| that the company has decided to make q
feature Of II. Increased train service will
soon be added.
e. A. Gould. superintendent Of the East
ern division of the Wabash lines. is send
ing out circulars relative to the delivery of
device by means of q stan and wire holder.
A wire hoop is set in socket In the stan.
holds 1t up to the trainmen, who catch the
wire or the holder and avoid the delay OF
| stopping for train orders: But few roads
have yet adopted the device, although 1t u
said to be success.
Edward H. McHenry. who has Just re-
ment that tends to reveal Just how much
Of power James ]. Hill has become in
the affairs of that road. He says: II do
for nSs rest sskn nor because was ased nor Tor 9or
| many other possible reasons. l resign be-
cause in trying to figure out the problem
of grade reductions found hill which
could not be overcome.
Cost of Hish-speed Trains.
| One Of the topics that received attention
! at the recent meeting OF master mechanics
/ at Saratoga was the cost OF running trains
at high speed. Elaborate reports upon this
| Intricate subject were made by committee
| of the most competent superintendent Of
| motive power. The report treated the sub
| ject on the mechanical eide exclusively, and
| made clear a distinction between the Ques-
| tion. what does 1t cost to run trains at high
| speed? and the question. does II pay TO run
( trains at high speed? The question whether
| the running Of trains at high speed is profit
| able 1t was claimed. Is purely commercial
! one and far more difficult to solve than the
other, because the extent Of earning power
advertising value and many other consid-
| erations enter in well as the question Of
| the expense of operation. 1t Is well known
that with the railroads generally. outside
States. passenger traffic is not money
+; maker Railroading, speaking generally.
/, Is understood to be the transportation Of
freight. This. indeed. was the original mo-
cay that the earliest promoters OF the rail-
| way system of England were astonished
| and not a little disgusted when they found
that their first line, designed for the move
travel also. As to fast freight trafic, such
| ss that westbound between New York
Chicago and st. Louis. the opinion of the
master mechanics was that 1t had been
much overdone. and that 1t opened a PROM
Using field Of investigation.
Declared Unconstituti0nal.
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