The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-05-25
Chicago Great Western Officials
Visit Mankato Today.
WILL TAKE IN The SYSTEM.
Object Is to Meet Business Men in The
Towns; Fine Locking Body
of Men.

From Mondays Daily.
Great Western officials to the number
of eighty five paid Mankato brief visit
today and met number of the local
business men. The informal reception
took place on the platform of the depot.
| The officials carried their names in their
hats. so as to make it possible for the
business men to get acquainted with
their visitors readily.
The train, made up of Mr.. Goodell's
business car, three sleepers, diner and
an observation car, pulled into the de-
pot shortly before twelve O'Clock. IL
required but few minutes for the rail
road men to embark and they immedi-
ately mingled with those who were on
the ground to meet them. Mayor Taylor
gave the party the freedom of the city
and he was assisted in extending the
welcome by President Hixon of the Com
mercial club; Secretary Spencer of the
same organization and others. Among
those at the depot were: John j.. Dia-
| mond, L. c. NJ Fletcher, John A. White
Robert Brown, Mark Fancher, w. d
Willard Alderman Atchison, I'll. A. Pat
terson, f. i. Patterson, Fred Kent
Charles Macbeth, f. M. Currier, Thomas
Coughlan, HI. L. Nixon, Frank Pay, Mr.
Jackson and others.
The object of the trip is for the pur
pose of making the officials OF the
freight and passenger departments bet
ter acquainted with the Chicago Great
| Western system. Many of these gentle
men reside in the east and this is the
first time that they have had an op
portunity of going over the road. An
other object of the trip is to meet the
business men i'm the different towns. II
is expected that the trip will take up
the better part of week. In many OF
the towns receptions and banquets will
be rendered the railroad men, besides au-
| tomobile rides.
The officials are fine looking lot OF
men, and clever. They will spend a few
hours in Redwing this evening, where a
banquet has been arranged and later
they will 60 on to Winona. The party
is in charge of General Manager Stick
ney.
At about l2:l5 the train departed.
The officials spent a pleasant half hour
here.
The following are in the party: S.
| c.. Stickney, second vice president of
| Great Western, ST. Paul; L. S. Cass,
third vice president, st. Paul; G. A.
Goodell, general superintendent, st.
Paul; j. P. Elmer, general passenger
agent, ST. Paul; r. f. Malone, assistant
general passenger agent, st. Paul; w. E.
Pinckney, general freight agent, st.
Paul; c. R. Berry, assistant general
freight agent, st. Joseph; j. c. Else, as
sistant general freight agent, Chicago;
G. F. Thomas, assistant general freight
agent, ST. Paul; f. Z. Watson, assistant
general freight agent, st. Paul; S. Greve,
general advertising agent, st. Paul; j.
w. Adams, special traffic agent, st.
Paul; Charles T. Banks, freight claim
agent, St. Paul; H. Ernest, freight and
ticket auditor, st. Paul; G. I .Spillman,
general baggage agent, Chicago; E. b.
McConahy, division freight and passen.
ger agent, Chicago; F. Cassidy, division
freight agent, Des Moines; M. +. New
ell, division freight agent, Fort Dodge !;
HI. B. Holbert, division freight agent, ST.
Paul; Z. R. BEEN, division freight and
passenger agent, Red Wing; A. c. Hine,
travelling freight agent, Fort Dodge; B.
G.. Saunders, general Eastern agent,
New York; Z. Fl. Newbegin, New Eng
land agent, Boston; w. l. Laird, general
agent, Pittsburg; S. A. Baker, Canadian
freight and passenger agent, Toronto;
J. X. Macy, travelling freight agent Pc
oria; w. Fl. Olin, general agent, Seattle;
Don Morrison, general agent, Winnipeg
E. H. Burns, travelling freight agent, Ia
coma; w. H. Conner, general agent,
Butte; c. d. Thompson, general agent,
Duluth; F. 0. Hatch, general agent, San
Francisco; r. A. Belding general agent,
Denver, j. w. Tate, general agent, Dali
las; w. M. Burke, commercial agent,
Minneapolis; George Bristow, division
passenger agent, Des. Moines; G. j.
Brooks, division passenger agent, Fort
Dodge; Fred Wight, travelling passenger
agent, st. Paul; F. P. LASER, general
agent passenger department, Chicago;
W. G. Davidson, city passenger and tick
ct agent, Omaha: O. A. Mills, city ticket
agent, Kansas City; f. j. Sawyer, city
ticket agent, Des Moines C. ID. Fisher.
city ticket agent, Minneapolis; M. F.
Montgomery, city passenger and ticket
agent, st. Joseph; A. w. Moves, general
travelling passenger agent, Chicago: r.
c. Schultz, district passenger agent. Chi.
'cago; FIJI. Dunlop, travelling passenger