The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-06

Ralph Blaisdell, auditor of the Chicago
Peoria and st. Louis. was in the city yes
Colonel G. A. A. Deane. land commits.
sioner of the Iron Mountain. was In the city
yesterday.
The Pullman Palace Car Company has
issued an order that hereafter no berth will
be reserved after 4:l5 D. m. unless Raid
for.
Benjamin Norton. president of the Clo-
Yer Lear, passed through St Louis yester-
day ON his way East. He Is reported to be
on the sick list.
The Missouri Pacific took charge of the
sarah Bernhardt party from Kansas City
to Omaha and tn, Madame was well pleased
with the excellent service.
H b. Mcclellan. general Eastern agent
or the wabash at New York, was al local
headquarters yesterday and took occasion
TO visit a number Of his old friends.
&C. w. Green. travelling passenger agent
of the Big -Four at Kansas City. who has
been under the surgeons knife at St. Louis.
lent health and spirits.
The Pennsylvania Company has unds 7
contemplation establishing through passen-
ger service between Cincinnati and Buffalo.
The route will be 5Ss miles via the Pan
handle and Allegheny Valley.
Albert G. Glover, who was formerly con-
nected with the Pressed Steel Car Com
nany. is now lending his talents to the
Railroad Digest. which Is published at New
York MIR. Glover has hosts OF friends in
the railroad and newspaper fraternity in
the Middle West.
AT the meeting called at the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday for the purpose of pro-
testing against certain rules governing car
service at st. Louis. Chairman A. Prall OF
the Car Service Association, after hearing
complaints, announced that an adjustment
proper to shippers would be made.
&C. r Hudson general agent at the City
Of Mexico of the Mexican Central. has
wired several passenger agents here that a
certain party. who represents himself TO
be the chief rate clerk OF that company, and
fr
and wife at various points. has no author
fty to use Mr.. Hudson's name
Local railroad men. in discussing the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific alliance
time. 1t is believed here row that either
the Burlington or the Chicago and North
western will be taken into the deal The
G. n. W. is closely idenuhed with the
Vanderbilt interests in some respects, but
is still an independent factor in the pas
senger and freight business.
Work on the erection of the steel over
head crossing bridges along the line of
the Fort Wayne between Lower Allegheny
and Rochester Is being pushed rapidly
Whoever designed these bridges is deserv-
ing OF much credit. as they are very neat
and substantial affairs and will be orna.
ments TO the river division, which Will be
the finest section Of four-traek line on the
system when IL is completed
In order to pay its interest every year
the ST. Louis division of the Southern
Railway, known as the Air Line. must
sued Is $1aooo.ooO but only SO. 10000 have
been placed on the market 1t Is believed
the Air Line can earn enough to pay its
obligations. as IL has been earning an
average of $4,000 for several years. 1t is
probable the Air Line viii spend large
sums this year in earnings and will sell
some of the bonds in reserve.
The preliminary report of the income
account of railways in the United States
for the year ending June 30. 1900. has just
been issued by the statistician Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
1t appears to be impossible to suppress
the rising poet of the Chicago and Alton.
H H. Sheppard Of Denver. He Is solely
responsible for the following:
There's millions in our right-of-way.
There's millions in our rail.
There's millions In equipment
Complete In each detail:
There's comfort in our sInoking-rooms
There's comfort in our chairs,
There's comfort I'm sleeping cars
That wipes away all cares.