The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-31
RAILROAD news.
Passenger Men to Hold Meetings
in Kansas City.
Two Important Ones Have Been
Called for Tuesday Next.
ON MILEAGE BOOKS.
May Substituted Exchange Scrip
for Plan Now in Use.
Gossip and Matters of Interes t
in Railroad Circles.

General passenger agents and traf-
fic passenger managers Of the south
western lines Will meet in Kansas City,
Mo. next Tuesday morning, the south
western mileage bureau meeting hav-
ing been called for 10 o'clock and the
southwestern excursion bureau meet
ing for II o'clock. both at the Midland
hotel. The principal subject before the
mileage bureau will be that of substi-
tuting a mileage exchange scrip book
system for the interchange mileage
credential plan now in use. This lat
ter is an invention of John Sebastian,
passenger traffic manager of the Rock
Island and Frisco system, patented by
him, and has been in use for several
years, Mr.. Sebastian always coming
forward as its champion.
The proposition to abandon it in
southwestern territory and to substi-
tute another system by joint action
has no probability of success for the
reason that favorable action can be de-
feated by negative vote of any one Of
the lines members of the southwestern
mileage bureau, and seven Of these lines
are under the jurisdiction of Mr.. Sc
bastian. These are the Chicago Rock
Island & Pacific, to be represented at
the meeting by L. NJ. Allen, general
passenger agent, Chicago; the St Louis
& San Francisco, Alex Hilton general
passenger agent St. Louis; Choctaw,
Oklahoma & Gulf, George H. Lee, Lit
tie Rock; Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf,
Phil A AUer, Fort Worth; Kansas
City, Clinton & Springfield, E. J. Perry,
Springfield; st. Louis, San Francisco &
Texas, and Fort Worth & Rio Grande.
c. W. Strain, Fort Worth.
Each of tn csc officials reports to Mr..
Sebastian and in order to defeat the
age book system for his own, it is only
necessary for the passenger traffic
manager Of the Rock Island route to
influence one OF his representatives to
cast negative vote. OF course, the
proposition may carry, but
The Southwestern mileage bureau
will also consider the question of adopt
ing an interchange excess baggage
book to be used in the territory
throughout which the interchangeabl
mileage credentiaI issued by the South
western mileage bureau is hOnored.
Some of the lines are opposed to using
any excess baggage books. but there is
a public demand for them and there is
APPARENTLY no reason why the inter-
changeable baggage book would not be
quite as satisfactory to the roads and
much more so to the public than would
books issued by individual roads.
The docket for the southwestern
excursion bureau includes a proposition
to maintain the minimum rate of fare,
plus so cents, except where one and
one-third fare makes less, on week
days in Southwestern territory, except
Texas, for all conventions, Grand Army
reunions, Chautauquas, etc. A similar
proposition failed in the Western Pas
senger association and there is little
proba bility of a different fate in the
Southwestern bureau.
A question as to accepting for basing
purposes individual tenders of certain
eastern lines (Grand Trunk ct a) Of
e.
published by these lines, will be con-
sidered and it is expected the South
western viii follow the lead of the
western lines in this matter, using such
tariffs for basing purposes, but refus-
ing to accept q division less than would
have accrued to them under the normal
rate.
Rates and arrangements for numer-
Gus conventions and other coming
events are to be considered and acted
upon.
Passenger Traffic Manager w ].
Black, of the Santa Fe, and the fol-
lowing general passenger agents are
expected to attend next Tuesdays
meeting: J. NJ. Connell, Santa Fe, To-
peka; L. NJ. Allen, Rock Island. Chi
cago; w. S. St. George, katy" St.
Louis; H. @. Townsend, Missouri Pa
cif1c, st. Louis; E W. LaBeaume Cot
ton Belt. st. Louis; George H. Lee,
Rock Island, Little Rock; E. 2. Turn
err Texas & Pacific, Dallas; w. S.
Keenan,. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe,
F. E Batturs, Southern Pacific. New
Orleans; T J. Anderson. Southern Pa
cific, Houston; J. A HELEN. Southern
Pacific Houston; w. G. Crush
Katy" Dallas: J. F. Leblanc. Cotton
Belt, Tyler; Phil A. Auer, Rock
Island Fort Worth; A A Gibson,
Fort Worth & Denver. Fort Worth; c.
". Strain, Frisco, Fort Worth; NJ L.
Robbins. Houston & Texas Central.
Houston; D. J. Price. International &
Great Northern. Palestine: Alex Hill
ton, Frisco, St. Louis; G. F. Lupton,
san Antonio g. Arkansas Pass. San An
tonic; S. G. Hopkins. Texarkana &
Fort Smith. Texarkana w. F. MILAN,
Texas Central. Waco; T. B. Mckay,
Texas Midland Terrell; William
Dougherty, St. Louis. Brownsville &
Memphis. Corpus Christi; E. J. Perry.
Kansas city, Clinton & Springfield,
Springfield.