The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-02

twelve BY snow and ice. me markeu ieabures
OF the month were the Blsckshear disaster, In
which twenty-five persons were killed and the
great storms in the East and Middle States In
diana roads seem 70 have been quite exempt
from accidents But four occurred within the
State and but two on indianapolis roada The
Pennsylvania, east Of Pitfsburg. seems to have
suffered more than any other road. which was
largely due to the four days Of . blizzard it en-
countercd.
Personal, Local and ssate Notes
Beniamin Wilson yesterday retired from the
supsrin,endsncy of the Louisville. New Orleans
& Texas road
The Chicago, Burlington Northern has
contracted With the Ohio Falls car-works, at JEFF
fersonvil1e Ind, for ten new coaches
A. L. Milk yesterday assumed the duties OF
chief engineer Of the Toledo. St. Louis d Kan
sas City road. vice J. 0. Oseood, resigned.
General Manager Bradbury, Of the Lake Erie
&western, said, last evening, that he expected
TO get on full train service over their Peoria ex-
tension on the Goth Of this month.
Haskell g. Barker Michigan City. ara building
l250 cars for the Eastern railway of Minnesota.
The same company has ordered eighteen loco
motives Of the Rogers locomotive works.
The passenger department Of the Central
Traffic Association meets in Chicago to-day
The principal business is TO do something to stop
the cutting Of rates through mileage books
Yesterday, another reduction of 10 per cent
was made In the working force of the Pennsyl-
vania Company at their shops 10 Fort Wayne
The present number employed in those shops 10
Sol.
President McCrsa, Of the Union Railway Com
pany. has called meeting Of the directors for
May 1s. at which time it will DO decided what
action shall be taken in regard to building the
viaduct
Joe Webb. formerly travelling passenger agent
Of the C.. NJ e. ST. P. yesterday accented
similar position on the Pittsbure Il Western,
and the Lake Shore His headquarters are to
be at Pittsburg.
With the letter of thanks which President
the employees $50 bill was sent to conductors
and $40 70 every brakeman who stood by the
company during the strike.
General Superintendent Moore, Of the Indiana
Midland. Was in the city last evening He
states that their trains will be running into
Rsckvile by July i at the furthsst The line
has been located to that point.
The Emmsrt patent car seat has been on the
market osly since Jan. I, and six roads have al
ready adopted it. Among them are the Grand
Rapids & Indiana. the Chicago & West Michi-
gan and the Chicago 81 Alton.
g. ". Bsntly, the veteran railroadsr, who,
since 1888. has been general manager Of the
Jacksonville & Key West road, yesterday sew
cred his connection with that road and will
come North to accept another position.
W. H. Gays, formerly general freight agent
Of the Indianapolis q St. Louis road, has been
appointed general manager of the st. Louis
Transfer railway He is to have charge Of
maintenance Of way and operation of traffic.
The afternoon train north from Louisville will
be run to connect with the vestibule train the
Pennsylvania people and tho Vandalia ar
ranging to put There seems to be little
doubt as to the enterprise being a paying one
from the start
The belief prevails that the traffic arrange.
nent which the Philadelphia & Reading road
has entered IL to with the Pennsylvania people
a GER tn Ia MAJ al
the Baltimore 81 Ohio, as il strikes into the
heart Of their territory.
The Pennsylvania Company are Introducing
the Janney coupler on their freight equipments.
are being thus equipped. Where il is used
couplings can be made without the brakemen
going in between the cars
The St Paul papers are not much disposed to
take any stock In the Indianapolis ear-works be-
ing moved to that point. They say what they
do know about the matter they pot permitted
70 publish, but whether they come there or not,
extensive car-works will be built there before
the year closes.
The Buffalo Courier says that it has the best
Of authority for saying that s. M. FELTON, 10
soon to sever his connection with the Erie, aud
that Z. B. Thomas is TO be his successor. Il is
further stated that Ben Thomas. now general
superintendent Of the Chicago & Atlantic, will
succeed E. B. Thomas as second vice-presidsEt
on the Erie lines.
seriously contemplating extending their road
from Baldwin TO Traverse City, seventy-fve
miles survey war made OF the line last year.
The management Of the Chicago e. Indiana Coal
road expect, In connection with the c. & w. NJ 4,
to ind large market for Indiana Goals in the
territory the latter touches in Michigan.
The monthly report of j. Brosdbelt. secretary
OF ID. +. Whitcomb superintendent of the Union
RAILWAY Company. shows that in the month of
April there arrived at and departed from the
Union Depot ais trains, consisting Of % 141
coaches. OF the .557 trains arriving but TWEEN
ty-four were late. which Ia . remarkable record,
and has not been excslled in the history of In
Annapolis roads.
have been discharged from the shops Of the
Pennsylvania COMPANY at this point, aud yet
Master Mechanic Swanston says there are now
nineteen more men on the shop pay-rolls than
one year ago. After the burning offs portion Of
the shops the work on repairs got badly behind,
and when the shops were rebuilt the force was
largely increased.
The annual report of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
Il Dayton road will show that in the year ended
March 81 there were run over the q, II. IL /.
division 346 more passenger trains than 10 the
preceding year. hauling 1904 more coaches.
There were 2.03S freight trains run over the
road. hauling 1914 loaded cars. The increase
in loaded car mileage 81 29l miles: decrease
10 mileage of empty cars. l34.359 miles The
record to certainly complimentary to the master
of transportation.
The syndicate controlling the Indiana & III
inois Southern road have. IL is stated, sban-
doned the idea of building to Columbus, Ind.
and will build TO Indianapolis Surveys from
Linton 20 this city. and from Newton. ILL.,. to
ST. Louis now in progress, and if the pro-
grsmme 10 carried out, within few years at
furthest, there will be another road from Indian
apolis TO St Louis. This company has con-
tracted with the Massillon bridge-works for sew
e-al bridges. which to replace structures on
that portion of the l. & I. s. now built
The trains between Indianapolis and
Chicago. which the Louisville. New Albany &
Chicago management put experiment.
are surprsing the officials by the volume OF bust
ness they are doing. The train oct OF here in
the morning 10 more than paying. and the night
train which leaves Chicago ~ IL p. NJ has be-
come the best paying train run over the road
The rumor which gained currency a few DAYS
ago that thew were not paying and would soon
be taken of, was false in every particular.
Supsriutendsnt Woodland canvassed the matter
thoroughly and ne 10 not one who puts his hands
TO the plow and then looks back.
miscellaneous Items.
Ths Canadian Pacific now has the heaviest
locomotive in the world Il weighs 160 O00
pounds
The sensible declaration that the car lamp
rnust follow the car stove 10 made by the Buffalo
Express
The directors Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company yesterday declared . semi-snnual divi-