The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-06
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ultimately the men back Of the Chesa.
peake Western Of which forty miles are
IN operation expect to have the road ex-
tended through West virginiaEto Pitts
burg at one end and the Chesapeake Bay
at the other Thousands OF acres OF coal
lands have been acquired In anticipation
Of this.
1T is said that II. S. Cable, general su-
pcrintendent Of the Rock Island lines
west OF the Mississippi River, is to be
transferred from Topeka. and Will DO sue
ceeded by w. r. Morse, Of ST. Louis, as
general superintendent Of tho st. LOUIS.
Kansas City and Colorado. 4a
Following the resignation of j, a. Foley
as division superintcndenttfo for the Missoll-
ri Pacific. to become general superintend-
cnt OF the Orient, 1t Is announced taat
j. r. simons. of Concordla, Kan, VIII
succeed Mr.. Foley. u. H. n Holden. chief
dispatcher at Atchison, will succeed Mr..
Simons at Concordia, and John ], Skinner,
recently with the Wabash at Peru. Ind,
will succeed Mr.. Holden.
Edwin Booth, city ticket agent in De-
troit or the Rock Island. has resigned to
take q position with the Detroit Graphite
Company His successor Is Ernest a.
lIanlln, who has been with the Wabash.
He Is succeeded by c.. Eugene Mccarthy,
who was with the Grand Trunk. Ernest
Lepine will enter the Canadian Pacific
office, taking the place OF r. Ruhlman,
who also enters the employ OF the ROCK
Island. LIZ
The appointments are announced OF
John p. McCill as traffic manager of the
III. j. Heinz Company; 4. Frederick Irues-
dale. formerly contracting agent OF the
Pennsylvania Lines in Pittsburg as
traffic mana ger of the American Lumber
+. Lent, traffic manager of the Standard
Steel Car Company. 1t Is said the posi-
ton at the Union Steel Company pre-
viously held by Mr.. Lent Will be abo-
ished, on account OF the sale of the COM
pany to the United states Steel Corpo-
ration.
M Arthur w. Street, who was general
freight agent Of the Northern Steamship
| Company, has been appointed eastern
freight agent Of the Great Northern In
| New York. He will have Jurisdiction over
the freight agencies of this company IN
| New York, Buffalo, Boston, Philadelphia,
Plttsburg and Cleveland
JIggJ Campon, general agent OF the
| Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton at De-
trolt and Toledo, has resigned to. become
Iitraffic manager OF the Kentucky Rein
ling Company, in Louisville.
e. w. THEIRS, chief clerk in the Big
Four freight Office at East st. Louis, has
been appointed freight agent al Terre
IIaute. a new position. j8f az
Joseph Munday has been appointed sl-
perintendent of telegraph Of the Colorado
Southern.
| Advances In freight rates agreed upon
by tho Southwestern Freight Bureau arc
Knot satisfactory to Texas lines. being
considered too radical.
n tits said that contractors engaged to do
Rock Island construction work need 1900
men and arc having lnuah dlniculty4in hir-
ling them. Il
General Passenger Agent Bnrlcy, of tho
| Oregon Short Line has started on q trip
to the Hawaiian Islands. NJ
THE la kawannn passenger department
has put out q second series Of poster pie
lures that tell the story of how Miss
Phoebe Snow was able 10 tour the road
or anthracite without sollng her gown SO
white. and tho polite attention she had
from tho men In the train service
III view or a survey having been ordered.
1t is believed to be the intention of the
Rock Island to build from Fort Dodge to
Bows, and tthcre connect with the Rllr-
lington. Cedar Rapids and Northern part
of the system. 3 4
Officials OF the Chicago Short limo arc
now quoted as admitting that tho Big
-Four is to go intoEPittshurg via tho now
Southern route from Greenwich, Ohio,
and not from Shelby through Mansfield
ana tho Southeast. IVY s
/ Another section Of the Denver, North
western and Pacific Is about ready. for the
! lettIng OF construction contracts.
Tho extension Of the Brunswick and
completed to Della, and It is said the
company has bought the DELLA and r.
winville, which will be a twelye-mile link
between the two places after which u
Is named,
| II, II. Johnson, trainmaster OH the New
Castle division of the Northumberland Ohio
| Inns resigned to become terminal superip.
terdent Of tho Chicago and Northwestern,
| at Chicago,
e Whenever fast railroad building becomes
n subject Of conversation, tho 275 miles
| or the main line of the San Antonio nn[
Arkansas Pass, which was completed ir
3G5 days. Is always sure of consideration
After hEty-six years of consecutive ser,
yicOi with the Pennsylvania as baggage,
master Jacob M. sebley has been retired
! on a pension, lie Is seventy years ole
and has Travelled in his Scareer 1900 ON
miles. ~
TX lis thought the Pennsylyania's neN
terminal in West Philadelphia, whidh \
is said will cost 100000. may be read,
for use by April 18TH
| About the Same. ,S5
The condition Of senator Opie remains
practically unchanged. Dr.. JohnstSn.
however, says he ls in no danger, AID
that be sSal| pa!| him thE0ggA plI Tlsat
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