The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-28

Representatives or the brotherhood throughout
the United States will be present 1t is GUS
tomary for the order to hold meeting of this
nature every year. Pittsburg representa- t1ves
will make extensive arrangements for the ac-
commodaticn or all who may attend. 1t Will De
open meeting, and number of able speakers
will be invited. among them Andrew Carnegie,
Chauncey ID Depsw and General Beaver
Personal. Local and State Notes.
p. A Lynn, who represents the Wabash at
Pittsburg, has been spending day or two IN
the city.
General Manager Beach. of the Decline. and
number other of the general officers, are to
be In the city to-day
The committee appointed to arrange a plan
for the settlement Of differences among the
Western roads meets again to-day in Chicago
J. r. Maxwell who is interested in the Ohio,
Indiana s. Western road succeeds Mr.. gTillnghast
as president of the Lehieh g. WIlkesbarre road
The car-works yesterday had on their rolls
even GOO men. and the payroll now reaches
$26 900 month. The men paid every two
weeks.
The Fort Wayne & Jackson has joined the
dividend paying roads. and will, on the 1st of
next month"; pay dividend of "a per cent. to its
stockholders.
A. g. futile. ex-general freight agent of the
New York & New England road, has been APP
pointed to an important position on the N T.,
N. 81. g. II road.
link of road which the Chicago & Eastern Ili-
nois is building To connect their line with the
chicago d Indiana Coal road
Freight agents here. yesterday. were notified
by the general freight agent of the Chicago,
Burlington 81 Quincy road to receive
freight to 60 their line until further orders
The Chicago, st. Paul 6 Kansas City has put
In operation its line from Aiken to Dunbar, thus
securing u Jugh line between Chicago and
St Paul, without running over the tracks of the
Illinois Go; -al road.
The railroads have ceased to name through
rates export business and have quit cutting
on such traffic. The ocean steamers have now
taken it up. and were yesterday naming lower
rates than at any time for months.
The old express companies have been trying
TO purchase the Erie express from the Erie
Railway Company. but find the Erie people
welded to il, positively declining to sell. stating
that their express business is paying them hand
some returns.
Commissioner Fink states that the report
that he was meddling with the affairs of the
Northwestern lines is without foundation. He
has called a mt Getting of the executive committee
of the trunk lines at his Office to-day, discuss
the pro-rating of the Pennsylvania road with
the Chicago Northwestern. and hopes to
stop it.
The Indianapolis car.works are turning their
whole force on to building the wareroom of
the Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe road, the
manufacturers of furniture here, at Corners
vile and Cincinnati being anxious to load them
with furniture and bugges before the rates
the transcontinental lines advance, which is to
be on the 4th of next month.
Passenger conductors the Bse-line are the
best paid men In that branch of service on any
road running into Indianapolis. The conductor
runs on an average twenty-five days of each
mcnth, 10 on duty eight hours of the twentv-four,
and receives for such service $1l7. Anything
more than that service increases their pay
The hold which the Locomotive Brotherhood
has with it's organization is aptly illustrated
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg. Dur
ing the strike of 1873 every engineer left the
footboard and new men put Never
were the striking engineers re-instated. yet out
of the present force of engineers these lines
and these three are the engineers who ran the
engines when the strike was at its full height.
The new engine loads now being provided for
by the O., st. L. q Z. Rail road Company, in
calculations for their new brid ges, will show an
enormous excess over the usual loading ss given
by the heaviest consolidation engine now in
use. The new engine from pony truck to rear
wheel of tender is forty -seven feet eight inches
in length, and in this distance total load of
240, 900 has to be provided for. From front to
rear driver -four drivers) is 1873, and OH this
total load of l36, GOO pounds The tender has
1876 from front to wheel, with loGi of
$4,000 pounds. the pony truck carrying 10000
pounds
General Manager Moore, of the Cleveland,
Sandusky g. Columbus road. has appointed A.
II. Mcleod Western fire. light agent of the c., s.
q G., he TO assume the duties of the position
the lst OF next month"; and Joseph ". O'Boyle,
chief bookkeeper in the auditors Office of the l.
Is. q w. and former auditor of the L., p. & c..
road. as auditor of the c.. S. g. G. road. He
took hold yesterday. Who is to be the general
passenger agent IS still unsettled Possibly HI.
NJ Bronson will look after their passenger bust
ness as well as that OF the Ohio, Indiana s.
Western road.
A railroad man, who has been out on the
Atchinson, Topeka q Santa Fe road Eor few
DAYS. has returned very enthusiastic over the
Westinghouse air-brake for freight trains He
Gays 1t rs grand sight to see a train of FORTY
cars, hauled by powerful locomotive, come
laundering up to a station at the rate of twenty
hve miles an hour and the engineer bring it to
stand till quickly is passenger train
and with as little fuss. There is no whistling
for brakes, three or sour brakemenare not run
ming along tbe TOT Of set brakes there is
exposure of men to the weather. and the con-
ductor and one brakeman ride in the caboose.
Running freight trains is no longer uupleas-
ant task on the A, L. d 5. +. road.
railroad man who has recently been East,
and heard various rumors regarding the future
OF the Ohio. Indiana 81 Western road says there
is belief that in the not distant future the
road will pass under control of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The friendly terms exist
ing between Austin Corbin and Mr.. Roberts,
and their frequent conferences, stren CITIZENS the
belief that the Peoria division would be valua-
ole road for the Pennsylvania Company to con-
troll and by securing control of the o.. L g. w.
they would shut of the eastern division, from
indianapolis to Springfield competitor To
an OUTSIDER, however. the o.. i. % w. would
look 70 De more valuable property for the Erie
10 secure than for the Pennsylvania Company,
10 Inc Two connect at Springfield, o.
Nothing has been published recently which
nas created more OF stir in passenger circles at
indianapolis than the announcement in yester-
Gays Journal that the Indianapolis, Decatur g.
western ~ connection with the Wabash. is to
put on tnrouRh train between Indianapolis |
and Kansas City, to make the run in seventeen |
and half hours each way. Yesterday Traffic |
manager Lazarus and Superintendent Boyd. of
The H. ID q W., were In Cincinnati endeavorng 1
10 induce the Cincinnati Hamilton <, Indianap- |
oils 70 start their train, which now arrives here
ut 455 r.. NJ. hour earlier out or Cincinnati /
bringing IL 10 here season to connect with their
new train for Kansas City Ii this Is accom-
plished, 2 chair ear will be hauled from cincln-