The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-19

heen. of the Vandalia. we're here and in con-
,eIence for several hours about matters
Pe,'aining to transportation
John Miller. ticket agent of the Big Four
Lafayette was in the city, yesterday. 10
attend the funeral of j. II. Wilson. late
TTIbnerai superintendent of the o.. /. a. W.
Aney We're room-mates for several years
william Bryant. an old Panhandle pas
eonger conductor on the fifth division. is
IN the northern part of the State. He is
West.
~Josephus Collett, of Terre Haute. was IN
Tue city, yesterday, and in speaking OF
twhmat Is known as the Mackey system, sad
.hat 1t was a spider web; Mackey ought
now to buy the Chicago ~ Eastern illinois,
and then quit"
re. l.. jeffrey. late general manager of the
LIMOS Central road, who has been In
Europe for some weeks. reached New YORK
on monday last. and rumor has 1T that ne is
al once TO take an important railroad posi-
zion on a Western system.
Inc management of the st. Louis, Alton
springfield road are expecting to perfect
arrangements with the Big -Four people TO
use Inelr track from Alton into st. LOUIS.
winch will doubtless largely increase the
tranc of the st. l.. A. & 5. road.
John Harvey, on the 18th day of this
month. completed his thirtieth year of
service on the Panhandle lines, most or
winch time he has held the position of bag
Sageman. Although higher positions have
oeen offered him. he declined promotion.
The Western States Railway Passenger
association was dissolved at a meeting of
tne general managers of the lines in the as
sociatlon. at Chicago. yesterday. This as
sociation has been the most important, In q
rate-preservlng sense. of any of the passen-
ger associations of the country. The West
ern and southwestern lines will undOubt-
ediy form a new association. leaving the
northwest lines to tight out their own sal
walton.
The ladies living at Highland: on the
vandalia. about forty miles out from st.
Louis, presented Col. Joseph Hill. assistant
general manager of the road, with a very
handsome floral emblem. with a card thank
ing MIN for putting on a train for Indian
apOlis out of st. Louis at 11:30 A. NJ, which
enables passengers to go into st. Louis and
return by dinner time. Under the old ar
Iangement passengers could not get out or
81. L0uis over the Vandalia between "a. NJ.
and z p. NJ.
Dating from Jan. 1 the Atchison. Topeka
~ Santa Fe Company will Issue no passes
10 families of employees, either officers or
pr1vates. and no trip passes of any descrlp-
tl0n will be issued, either to employees or
others on auxiliary lines, on any account.
When an employe takes a vacation he will,
IL asking transportation, be granted a i2-
cent a mile rate each way over the com
pany's lines The company will on Jan.
DO away with pay-cars, and checks for en-
pioyes will be sent through Wells, Fargo&
Co.'s Express.
The stockholders of the Terre Haute e.
Peoria road will hold their annual meeting
IN Decatur. ILL.,, on the 18th of next month.
The annual report of c. w. Fairbanks.
Much has been done in the past year to
Improve the physical condition of the prop
erty. and financially it is On a healthier
OASIS than at any former period in its his
that the company will consider the ques-
ton OF building from harrington to Terre
Haute. The ~company's traffic agreement
with the Vandalia is better for the road, in
q financial way, than to W terminals at
Terre Haute.
Said a Pennsylvania railroad official yes
terday: I'VE are in a singular dilemma.
For years the Pennsylvania Company
wanted to shorten the time between Its
eastern and western terminals, and its
southern and Northern terminals, but
whenever the matter was talked of we
were met with O threat that. providing 70
| did so. they-our competitors-would meet
us by reducing passenger rates. That
new management taking hold of the Bee
line the lnltiatOry step In that direction
was taken by the latter between New York
and st. Louis, between Cincinnati and
! Chicago. and Louisville and Chicago. The
Big Four. the Monon and the c., H. & ID.
having thrown downthe bars in the manner
| that they did. the Pennsylvania Company
shortened the running time Of its trains,
and between each of the points named
| above make the run a little quicker than
do our competitors; now they come back at
! US with the old cry that If the Pennsyl-
wanna does not make the time the SAM as
theirs they will cut the rates."
The stockholders of the Terre Haute &
Indianapolis road, and lessons of the VAN
! dalia lines. will hold their annual meeting
in Terre Haute On Jar 5. In speaking of
this meeting, the Terre Haute News says:
Col. Joseph Hills term of Office as assist
ant general manager of the Vandalia will
expire On May 5, 1890, and it is rumored
that at the election of officers on Jan. 5
Colonel Hill will be elected assistant gen.
eral manager of the Vandalia line, extend
ing from Indianapolis to st. Louis. and that
Ben Mckeen, now engineer of maintenance
Of way of the Logan division. will be
elected assistant general manager of the
VandalIa line extending from Terre Haute
to st. Joseph. Mich. a distance of 21S miles.
Both will come under the direction of w.
X. McKeen, president and general manager
of the road. This is simply cutting Oft the
Logan division from Colonel Hills man
agement and electing Mr.. McKeen. jr., to
the position named. Ben McKeen is the
third son of President w. X. McKeen, and
is a bright and progressive young man. He
is about twenty-six years of age. He is
the only one of President McKeen's boys
who has ever shown any interest in rail
roads, and President McKeen is very proud
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