The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-13
RAILROAD NOTES.

Cal E. Stone. assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Great Northern, returned
yesterday from six weeks vacation trip
spent abroad.
A. M. Cleland, assistant general passen-
ger agent for the Northern Pacific, has
gone South on a vacation trip. He will
return Sunday.
The earnings of the Chicago Great
Western for the first week in October
were SIP S22. II, a gain of $20.922.77 over
the earnings for the corresponding week Of
last year.
The order to reduce the number of shop
men on the Vanderbilt system has caused
the discharge of about 500 employees at
Buffalo and Depew. N. Y.
The Canadian Pacific has discontinued
its Imperial Limited trains Nos Sc and
81 the last westbound arriving at Van
couver Oct. 4. and on its return to Mon
treal the service will be discontinued
The Santa Fe has received a shipment
of twenty-six new Pullmans, and is to
place them on the line between Chicago
and the coast. Several new dining cars
together with a ten-Section observation
car and sleeper, will also be put into serv-
P. w. Tobin base been appointed as
sistant general baggage agent of the
Northern Pacific a position just created
on account Of the increase in the bust
ness of that road. His headquarters will
be at st. Paul. The appointment was
made by w. H. Lowe, general baggage
agent.
The interstate commerce commission
yesterday heard arguments from counsel
representing a number of railroad COM
panies which have made application for
further extension of the time in which
to comply with the law requiring the
roads to affix safety appliances to all
trains. The hearing will be continued to-
day.
D. G. Moon, formerly assistant general
superintendent of the Lac Erie & West
ern road has been appointed assistant
general superintendent Of the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern railroad with head
quarters at Cleveland He will be sue
perintendent of the Peoria division of the
Lake Erie road. D. Z. Bowes will be the
successor to Mr.. Boomer.
The annual meeting of stockholders of
the Philadelphia & Reading company and
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
company, was held at Philadelphia yes
terday. The old board of directors was
reelected. A meeting OF the directors of
the Reading company will be held tomor-
row. 1t is expected dividend will be
declared on the second preferred stock.
The Louisville & Nashville has given no.
tice that on account of the extreme car
PEELED to restrict the operation of its own
freight cars to the Louisville & Nashville
system. This means that if car of the
Louisville & Nashville is loaded at Cincin-
natl for Jacksonville, Fla. when the car
gets to the end of the Louisville & Nash
vile rails the connecting line must trans
Ter the load to car on its own line.
b. F. Winchell, vice president and gen.
eral manager of the Frisco lines. will be-
come the third vice president and the ex-
ecutive head of the Rock Island system
in the West Thursday, with headauart-
ers in Chicago. Official announcement of
this appointment was made yesterday by
President Leeds. The offices of First Vice
President Charles H. Warren and Second
Vice President Robert Mather will be re-
moved to New York, leaving Mr.. Win
chell in full control of the Western lines
of the Rock Island system.