The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-04

George Nagelmackers. director general
OF the Transsiberian Railway, with head
cular announcing the appointment of Jules
Clerfayt, as general passenger agent for
the United States. with headquarters at
San Francisco.
The Detroit and Lima Northern, of
which Samuel Hunt is president. has
changed its name to the Detroit Southern
Railway.
The Burlington announces reduced rates
to Colorado points from August q to 10.
with return limit until October 81. The
rate from st. Louis will be 81 for the round
trip. which is s. less than the regular one
fare rate.
The benedicts and bachelors of the Mis-
souri, Pacific general freight department will
cross bats on Saturday at the Christian
Clark will act as umpires, and General
Freight Agent ]. c. Lincoln will hold the
gun. The betting is even ice that the game
Is not finished.
from May were 1888 $50, an increase of sl13.-
"a. Gross receipts amounted to 1920. 1913.
an increase of sals,ssl. Passenger earnings
creased S32s. 740. Operating expenses and
taxes Increased s296, 1855. Net earnings for
the two months ending May 81 increased
An effort will be made to form money
pool, 1t is said, on the business to be moved
on account of the Grand Army Encamp-
men, ment in Cleveland. The Western roads
undoubtedly try 1t again. AT a meeting
yesterday the general passenger agents of
these lines agreed to make no change In the
rates promulgated for the veterans meet
Ing in Cleveland, one fare for the round
trip. plus 81.
The crop report of agents along the
Rock Island system. issued yesterday, indi-
Gates that west of the Mississippi River. in
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Tex
as rain Is needed to insure an average
crop. Reports from Texas are that the cot
ton will he llnnSll11lv large
j. A. Mcdonald. who has been connected
for several years with the general freight
office here Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway, has been appointed tray
cling passenger and freight agent for it,
with headquarters at Aberdeen. S. D. His
territory will comprise the James River di-
vision and that portion of the Hastings and
Dakota division west of Orionville, Mimi
The management of the Atchison. To-
reka and Santa Fe has decided to establish
four new reading.rooms during the year at
at La Junta. Colo; Ration, n. NJ; Wood
ard. Ok. and Gallup. n. NJ. This will bring
the total number of Santa Fe reading-rooms
different places along the coupany's lines
Within less than three years the company
has spent sl50,0D on these rooms. and has
When the plan was put in operation 1t was
in the way of an experiment, and results
were closely watched.
The universal and irrepressible drummer
may be relied upon to keep himself before
the public says the Railway Review. 1t
was at the suggestion of these gentlemen
and for their convenience that the railroads
in the territory west of Chicago issued an
Interchangeable mileage tick t. good over
some thirty roads. so that a commercial
traveller, instead of being Obliged to carry
large number of mileage books. could he ac
commcdated by one. Necessarily these tick
cts are not transferable, and for each 1000
miles the purchaser Is charged 81 IN audi-
ton to the price of the ticket. To this
charge. as well as to the nontransferabe
feature. the commercial trave ers object, and
they demand that both conditions shall be
removed. 1t may not be out of place to sug-
ticket is not thoroughly in favor with ali
the roads: that 1t will not take great deal
of controversy to cause 1t to he abandoned.
I In which case the travellers will find them
selves very much worse of than at present