The St. Louis Republic., 1901-12-12
Railroad Notes.

Faith grows in the report that w B.
Leeds. the American Tin Plate man. = to
become president Of the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific His Affiliations In the
railroad world are with the Pennsylvania
system. it is said. and this fact Is made to
stand for much in the runor OF a close
traffic alliance between the TWO roaos.
The Ohio and Little Kanawha. running
from GAINESVILLE to Martetta. o.. has been
sold to the Baltimore and Ohio. President
Durham is said to have made fortune BY
the deal 1t Is reported that the GouidS
were backing the Wabash and Wheeling
and Lake Erie for the purchase Of the road.
but were overbid by the Pennsylvania,
backing the Baltimore and Ohio.
1T has been positively stated that the
Baltimore and Ohio will not leave the
Grand Central Station at Chicago Sego-
sasons are nGw RsnaHS the WHICH
owns the station. and the Baltimore AMI
Ohio, whereby the latter !. to secure q
lease Of the station and adjoining freiehs
Nickel Plate trains will use the station Art
er January I on a six months lease. which
may be extended. as the Van Buren, sta
tion will not he ready until January i. lS0
The Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul
has received some monster engines that are
claimed to be the largest ever constructed
The driving Wheels s,sis are nenss ns,ns IN and
tender Is IS feet II inches: the tender car
rtes 1890 pounds Of coal and 1000 gallons
Of water.
-Vnc SOuIneIn ktAuNdy lhSSS
appointments in its legal service In Ken
lucky, Illinois and Indiana: Judge Alex p:
Humphrey OF Louisville. assistant general
phrey. division counsel for Kentucky: Judge
Edward c. Kramer. division counsel Tor u
Hnois: Honorable John d. Wellman Of Ev-
ansville district counsel for Indiana
Tom Quill. travelling passenger agent
Of the Chicago and Great Western. head.
quarters at Pittsburg. II Is understood. will
resign Januar- l. to become an Insurance
man.
-DaEiel H. Hillman has been made as
sistant general freight and passenger agent
OF the Evansville and Terre Haute TO sue
ceed H. R. Griswold. who goes with the
President L. F. Loree Of the Baltimore
and Ohio has issued q circular announcing
that his company will abolish al exchange
iSe'To the road % win not request passes Of other
roads, and that hereafter passes to en-,
ployes will be granted only by the general
half-fare tickets to the members OF
families Of employees Of other roads Will
not be issued.
in order to beat the 30oo-msle minimum
distance books. which all the roads in the
Interchangeable Mileage Bureau Of the
Western Passenger Association have
agreed to use in place of the 2oe-mile
persons will buy the 2.0O0-msle books before
January L when the longer-dfstance books
will be used
Inc IuI. 6S1UIuUul anu SIIC3t NUttuS-u
Railroad Company has made application to
the Railroad Commission for authority to
r. .g1ster $oa.oO additional bonds on sever
and ; If S. msn. Of
$500 bonds on nineteen miles Of COM
pleted read from Rogen north by the way
Of Jasepr.
Railroad Commissioner Storey Of Texas
has received notice from the frei:h, trarlc
manager OF the Southern Pacific that the
road has obtained shir:y six additional cas-
IL bot Eoc hs.ov v,1r fn,- -
more tank cars to haniie the l., auinsnt
oil. In capacity these cars will equal 80
small cars
Frank Conway has been appointed gen.
eral freight and passenger agent of the
Kingston ard Pembroke Railway Company
at Kingston. Ontario.
Franz ?. Wade. srayeiins passense.
W. at indianapolis. was In 81. Louis
yesterday.
The Terminal Railway Association he'd
but no definite action was reported 1t was
given out that many propositions ana
projects were discussed. but that action had
been deferred indefinitely.
&C. p. Lamprey. manager Ct the Ecie
Dispatch. was in St Louis yesterday.
"A military meeting Will lie hsld at the
Western Passenger Association headauaI- |
tiers in Chicago. December Il.
Lines. members of the Southwestern
Passenger Bureau. have announced a rate
Of one-anc-one-third fare on the ce-tifcAte
at Buffalo. January 20-2. Also for the an
nual meeting Of the Affiliated Scientific So
cieties at Chicago. December 70 T. January.
The Illinois Central Yesterday moved
Louis to Knoxville. George ". Becker as
sastant freight agent Of the Illinois Central
AT Chicago was In st. Louis yesterday r.
c. Kennedy. travelling passenger agent of
the Big Four at Cairo. wls In St Louis
yesterday. C. B. Allen. assistant general
passenger agent OF the Southern Railway.
was in Chicago yesterday.
The new Western paas agreement has
been issued by George ". Rfstine. chair
man Of the Executive Committee.