The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-12
cago by 100 miles It will be Independent OF
the Hill combine at st. Paul.
Personal ana Crrrent Notes.

President and General Manager Russell
Harding OF, the Missouri PacifcSIron Noun
Mountain for Helena, Ark.
&C. Halle. general traffic manager Of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas returne6 70
frsm cheass
back tomorrow.
u. @. Fry. Southwestern freight agent Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern at
Dallas. Tex. was here yesterday.
H. G. Townsend. general passenger agent
Of the Missouri Pactfc-Iron Mountain, VIII
leave this morning for Glenwood Springs.
Colo. where he will attend the meetings Gf
the Transcontinental Association and the
accompanied by Mrs. Townsend and their
two daughters, who will spend the remain-
der Of the heated term at Colorado resorts.
Il. W. Wakeley. general passenger agent
Of the Burlington, has returned from a trip
to Missouri River points.
Three parties of Epworth L?asuers from
Southern points arrived at Union Station
last night over the Louisville and Nashville.
Mobile and Ohio and Southern lines. They
left later for Frisco via the Chicago and
Alton.
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas has ar
ranged to send through coaches to Ell Reno
on July Is. 16, % and %. to accommodate
those who want to register at the land office
The Burlington Is understood to have de-
cided upon pension plan for Its employees,
similar to that adopted by the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul and the Northwest
ern gystt ms.
All grades on The Minneapolis and St.
Louis between Waseca and Albert Lea
maxim Jim Of six-tenths Of one per cent to
the mile. Many stretches Of track are being
rebuilt. The heaviest work is being done be-
tween Manchester nah and New New Richmond The
and some OF the cuts deepened. The com.
pany is making all Of the improvements
necessary to make the Minneapolis and St.
Louis a speedy line.
-Rumors are In circulation that serious
disputes have arisen between Northern Pa
ci1c and Great Northern interests concern
1t may develop that these alleged diner
ences are the basis for the persistent re-
ports that Charles S. Mellen Is about to re-
sign the presidency of the Northern Pa
is little likelihood Of the Great Northern
getting all It wants. It Is said the Great
Northern wants the Burlington traffic at
cific should be satisfied with what it gets
fro mthe Burlington at Billings. With such
division the Northern Pacific will not be
delivered to it at Billings 1t gets only tie
chort haul, whereas the Great Northern
will get the long haul on all business deliv-
The semiannual meeting Of the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie has been postponed
until July g.
The Oldest locomotive engineer in con-
tinuous service In the State Of Indiana Is
Tony Kelker. who. since 1856 has been rum
ming on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi
oago Railroad. OF late years he has had all
The fast runs and the most important spe-
c,als that have gone over the line. He he
gan running an engine on the road on April
10, 1855 :
Better progress is being made with the
branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio between
Lester and Lodi than has been expected.
1t is now said that the engineers have civ
en- the assurance that the options on the
right-of-way will be exercised Immediately.
and that sufficient force of men will he
employed on the ,roadbed to complete the
line before snow flies.