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Show IN RAILWAY CIRCLES. The Convention or Kellwejr Conductors at St. I.eole Next Week. Beginning May 12th, some ten days will be occupiod by tho convention of the national order of railway conductors conduc-tors of tho United States at St. Louis. The divisions of this order number 2!1, embracing 10,000 active members. It is estimated that 2000 conductors wiil be present at the convention, the delegates dele-gates to which will number about 300. Tho convention is of special import to St. Louis, owing to the effort that will be made to secure the removal of the order's headtpjarters from Cedar lisp-ids, lisp-ids, Iowa, to that city. Should St. Louis secure the prize, it would represent repre-sent the annual expenditure in that city of nearly $200,000 by the executive board, and the erection of a building to cost about $lo0,000. Kellroe.il Hippie.. The Union Pacific is angling for the Denver, Lakewood & Golden. S. II. II. Clarke has been elected a director of the Union depot company at Denver iu placo of W. II. Holcombo lired. The Midland is having a big picnic over its increasing freight business. The thing is growing like Jack's bean stalk. The branch of the D. & It. G. from Del Norte to Wagon Wrhcel Gap will not be operated this year. Too expensive expen-sive is the cry. Ed Waugh, until recently local passenger pass-enger agent of the Rock Island at San Francisco left for the east to assume a similar position with tbe company in Chicago. There is a probability that the American Amer-ican ticket brokers will incorporate with a capital of $500,000. The association associa-tion will meet in Kansas City next Thursday. 1'. D. McCarthy, passenger agent of the Atlantio & Pacific has been appointed ap-pointed to the position of general freight and passenger asentof the little California & Nevada railroad. He will continue to bold both positions. The North Paoilic Coast Railroad company has taken new otliccs over the intended quarters of Wells, Fargo & Co's bank, on the corner of Market, Sutter and Sansome streets, San Francisco. |