The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
Personal and Current Notes.

Charles NJ. Merrill, travelling passenger
agent of the New York Central at Chicago,
was here Friday.
C. S. Crane. general passenger agent Of
the Wabash, returned to headquarters Fri
day from Buffalo, where he had assembled
thirty-five representatives of the passenger
grounds. They 70 we're iase given a az" Carriage lap's drive
about the city and entertained at the ex-
position by the officials. Mr.. Crane says
the people Of Buffalo are highly pleased
with the work of Director General Blu
Chanan.
Chairman James Barker of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Southwestern Pas
nge Bureau has called a meeting to be
held at headquarters in the Union Trust
building on April 81.
Effective April IS. the Big Four will put
Oh an additional train between st. Louis and
Alton, leaving Union Station on Saturdays
only at 1:5O p. m. and arriving here from
Alton at 4:26 p. m
A special meeting of stockholders of the
Missouri Pacific will be held here or June
Is to vote on the proposed increase of CAPT.
tai stock by the amount of 100000 u.
Wonderland 1907 is the title of an
elaborately Illustrated and entertainingly
passenger department of the Northern Pa
cific Railway. The Custer Battlefield, Vel
lwstone. Park. Lewis & Clark's route and
the Siskiyou Range are among. the things
Discoveries in Cape Nome and a description
OF a special tourist trip to Alaska also find
u place in the booklet.
w. E. Christian has been appointed as
%sistant general passenger agent of the Sea-
board Air Line. to succeed r. H. Tate, re-
signed.
The New York Central is at work in an
effort to extend its business into Canadian
territory; The st. Lawrence is to be
spanned by a third bridge at Montreal, and
the Central has secured a controlling in.
begin on the bridge at once, and the Do
minion Government is to be asked to con-
tribute the usual Is per cent of the cost.
The subsidy has been informally promised.
The estimated cost OF the bridge is Sc 900, 900,
with 1900, 900 to be added for termina i'm
provements.
"A. ]. Cassatt. president of the Pennsyl-
Philadeiphia after a three weeks trip to
Mexico. Mr.. Cassatt stated that his trip
was solely for the purpose OF pleasure and
recreation for himself and family, who ac-
companied him, and that there was no truth
whatever in the reports published that the
object of his trip looked to the acquiring of
control of certain Southern and Western
railroad lines by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
The gross earnings of the Chicago Great
Western Railway for the second week In
April show an Increase Of N2.S4S over the
crease since the beginning of the fiscal
year. July l. to date. $135. AS.
j. Langan. a passenger conductor on the
Chicago division of the Big Four road. has
just He -sSSchu yea III hhs
present capacity. Mr.. Langan has served
much longer. but in other positions. His
railroad career has been remarkably free
from serious accidents.
F. E. Rooster has been appointed i'm
migrant agent for the Kansas City South
western road. He formerly occupied a SINH
lar office with the Iron Mountain system. 1t
is the intention Of the Kansas City South.
western management to make a feature OF
its immigrant department.
On May 1 the New York Central will
absorb the freight department of the West
Shore road. General Eastern Freight Agent
Van Woert of the West Shore will retire.
Officials of the Toledo. st. Louis and
Western Railroad have issued a statement
estimating gross earnings for the fiscal
year at $2.700.G0. which is 100000 in excess
of the original estimate. With his latest
report is a statement showing that fixed
charges on the $1,000, 600 prior lien 81. per
cent bonds. will absorb s315.O0O: and on the
4 per cent. S260, 0O, a total of S5I5. 900, leav-
ing a balance of S25,OW for the preferred
stock.