The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-06

d Western road. which was very complete
and covered many questions that former
rate sheets had failed to do 1t effectually
prevents the working of unlimited tickets
to the profit of the scalpers. The matter
was taken up by the passenger department.
of the Central Traffic Association, and after
a careful discussion. was adopted as a basis
Tor preparing the rate sheets for the as
ISOLATION, which is considered very COM
plimentary to Mr.. Bronson.
The new cars of the Pennsylvania road
proper. which are being built at Milton,
Pa, look like stOre-houses on wheels. They
are thirty-six feet long and as high as they
can be and pass through the bridges and
tunnels on the road. They have a carrying
capacity of $4,000 pounds, and are equipped
with air-brakes, automatic couplers and
the Wagner door. The outside of the car
is flush with the roof, so that 1T presents a
smooth surface. The cars will pass through
any place which a Pullman car VIII;
These cars are coming west loaded, and
attract a good deal of attention.
The prospect that the c., l., st. l.. & c. is
TO do its heavy repairing work in the near
future at BrightwOOd, in connection with
the Bee-line work, has led to some inquiry
as to the facilities for doing it. While it is
not generally known, the Bee-line has the
largest and most complete shops at that
point to be found in the West. In the block
of ground where the shops are now built
there is twenty-six acres of ground, about
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ings, turntables and tracks, and the other
four-fifths of the ground lies in excellent
shape to further enlarge the shops as neces-
sity requires. AS now built there is ample
t%wenty,six acres on the east is q
strip of ground 400 feet wide and
three-fourths of a mile long, and
immediately adjoining this is another strip
hundred feet wide. all lying in excellent
shape to extend the already complete sys-
TEN of tracks. The Decline also owns a
strip Of ground from BrightwoOd to Massa-
chusetts avenue one hundred feet wide, the
distance being a little over two miles, and
jointly with the Lake Erie & Western a
like strip in width nom Massachusetts, ave-
nue. to Washington street. In addition
there is some four acres of ground just
north of Michigan street, on which the old
shops stood. To say that but few roads
East or West are better provided with
terminal facilities than the Bee-line is no
exaggeratiOn. j. II. Devereaux, when liv-
ing and president of the Decline. in plac-
ing the last SlO,0OO,OOO bonds on the road,
stated that the terminal facilities at In
dianapolis,. Cincinnati and Cleveland
would, within ten years, be worth as much
as the bonded debt on the road. and he evil
IDENTIFY was not far out of the way.
The Sunday Mercury, published in Phila-
graphical sketches of all the general officers
of the Pennsylvania road. The lives of the
railroad officials of that road show the Op-
pOrtunities open to the young men of the
country. All entered railroad service when
mere lads, but showed q determination to
succeed. Those who commenced railroad
service in the West have proven very
efficient men. j. r. Wood, general pasSen-
ger agent, acquired his first railroad expe-
rience In 1870, in the office of the superin-
tendent of the Burlington e. Missouri River
railroad at CrestOn, La. From superintend-
entS secretary he was promoted one year
later to train-master. From 1871 to 1872 he
was stationed in Chicago as general West
ern passenger agent of the same road. He
was next promoted to general ticket agent,
having his headquarters at Plattsmouth,
Neb. In 1874 he returned to Chicago as
Western and and passenger agent. In July,
1915, he became general agent of the Michi-
gan Central railroad, with his head
quarters at Grand Rapids. In Octo-
Der, 1876. he was appointed assistant
superintendent and in May, 1878, was pro-
noted to assistant general passenger agent.
In September, 1873, he left the services of
the Michigan Central railroad to become
general passenger agent for the Chicago,
1881, the Pennsylvania railroad secured his
services as general passenger agent.
George Washington Boyd. assistant gener-
al passenger agent, was born in Indian
apolis Aug. 1, 1S4S. At the age of fifteen
years he entered the freight department of
the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati d In
dianapolis railroad as clerk, at Indianapolis.
He remained there until June 1, 1872, when
he received the appointment of cashier in
the passenger department of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. From Jan.1 l, 1874, to Jan.
/, 1882, he was chief clerk in the passenger
department on the same road and then he
was promoted to the position he now holds.