The Indianapolis journal., 1891-10-21

dnd can rest While alter ten years or faithful
servo on the o. NJ. road as its general pas
senger agent
The permanent committee of the Eastern and
Western lines on q uniform bill of lading will
hold meeting in New York city Oct 20; and at
the same time new export bill or ladiDg viii
come up for consideration.
Shipments of corn. it Is expected. will set In.
should the weather continue dry. about the 25th
OF this month. Most OF the corn IL in condition
To crib. but hardly dry enough TO shell. heavy
movement Is looked for in November aud De-
cember.
What is known a. the national transportation
committee has devised new form OF bill OF
lading on inland business, which the committee
is very DESTROYS should be examined by the gen.
eral freight agents OF the leading roads with a
View TO its general adoption.
The net earnings OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for 1891 promise TO foot up very hand
somely. The company this year has no loss like
that or the Johnstown disaster To make good.
ana the costly improvements at Jersey City
were al made out or new capital.
W. 4. Woodland, late general manager of the
kentneky and Indiana bridge and New Albany
Terminals, Is 10 remove 10 Chicago to connect
himself with another road in an official capacity.
Wnatroad he Is 10 take position on.
The statement OF the Southwestern pool shows.
Tor September. q large increase OF traffic over
last year. The percentages of the Santa Fe and
the g. IL. Il q. are about the same as last year.
The Alton increased its percentage 30 per cent,
while the other threo roads in the pool show a
heavy falling off.
Some Of the ticket agents on the Big Fonr lines
are uneasy over n rumor that some OF their nam-
Der are TO be dismissed for receiving commissions
on the sale or tickets. An investigation OF the
matter has been going on. but no dismissals are
likely to follow, says an official of the company.
as q result or such Investigations.
The new heavy freight engines on the Louis
Vile division of the Pennsylvania lines o.. NJ &
ber OF loaded ears in either direction that the
ordinary freight en- gnes able IN. Their use
enables Division superintendent Miller TO largely
reduce the cost of the train service of this char
acter.
1t is stated that the vote OF the flremon on the
Lake Erie Il Western road was adverse 10 strik-
Ing. it requiring n tgo-thirds vote 10 order q
strike. IL is said they have not given up hopes
or General Manager Bradbury giving them at
least a part of the advance asked for. should the
business OF the road continue as heavy as at the
present time.
The ST. Louis division of the Big Four In being
placed in good physical condition for winter
service. Between indianapolis and Carmi for
ty-three miles OF new steel will have been put in
tween GreencastIe and Terre Haute this fall. In
the last four months 14O 900 new cross-ties have
been placed under the track on this division.
@. III. Prescott, superintendent OF motive power
OF the Vandalia lines, is now employing over
five hundred men at the shops In Terre Haute.
At the present time he Ia building two switching 2
engines. fitting up eighteen engines to furnish
several coaches, baggage and express cars. In
addition 10 doing the general repair work, which.
at the present time, is very heavy.
A statement of the emigrant traffic between
Chicago and 5t. Paul by the lines in the blind
passenger pool during the period from Jan. &c
10 sept. 30, shows that the combined revenue OF
the ak roads on this business was S25,599, di-
Nlded as follows: Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul, Sl26.5O; Wisconsin Central, S379.50; Chi
cago, st. Paul IL Kansas City. 50, ,04S; Chicago &
Northwestern. s., ,46s.25; Burlington, $7,733.5O;
Albert Lea, S7s325.
r baUip ff,I Ioab tIaa Hatl, a
general manager Of the Cincinnati, Sandusky &
Cleveland road, viii carry out his threats. made
10 President ingalls, OF tn Big Four securing this
road, that he would parallel it between Sandusky
and Columbus, the Lake Erie ts Southern and
the Columbus d Hooking Valley agreeing to
torn part OF the line, ne building from san
ddsky to connection with them. The work is
row progressing rapidly.
The AttOrney-general OF Kansas Yesterday
filed petition In the state Supreme Court asI-
ing for a writ of mandamus to compel the
Union Pacific company to relay the Kansas Cen
tral branch with steel rails before the at of Jan
uary next The orders OF the state Board of
new rails have been utterly disregart,ed by the
officials OF the road. The action taken Yesterday
is to enforce obedience to the boards orders.
The ninth annual meeting OF the Association OF
the surgeons 10 the pennsylvania Company was
held at Chicago yesterday. The following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year: J. j.
Buchanan. president: Dr. Foster. Washington.
ID. C.. vice president; {. Il. Post, Canton, o. seq
retary and treasurer. and A. w. Ridenour, j. b.
MurCock and j. j. Larzin. executive committee.
Seyera! papers on the dressing of wounds were
read. lne next meeting will be held in Chicago.
at the Chesapeake L Ohio railway annual
meeting held ut Richmond. Va, yesterday, the
following board Was elected: W. III. Anderson.
OF Cincinnati; Decatur AteI of Richmond: Geo.
G. L. Huntington. OF New York, NJ. L. In
gals. or Cincnns'i samuel spencer, of
OF Richmond. The board was re,
duced b. dropping +. Norton and A. J. Thomas.
PRESIDENT ingalls's report was read, showing a
gratifying increase In traffic and in net earnings
The only other business was the approving OF
contracts and mortgages already anticipated.
NJ. A. Zook met X. III. Wade, general manager
of the Southern California road. when on the
Pacific coast. He states that Mr.. Wade has
made himself very popular oh the coast and IL
handling the road with marked ability. Mr..
Wade received his education on Indiana roads
He entered the railway service November. 1887;
from then until November. 1867, was on Toledo.
Wabash IL Western as telegraph operator at va
rious stations, as ticket agent and as train-tis-
patcher. From 1857 to 1870 he was train-ds-
patcher for the Indianapolis. Cincinnati IL La
fayette at Lafayette, Ind, and from 1870 until
years as tranmaster OF the Illinois division, two
years as superintendent OF the Ohio and Indiana
divisions and four and One-half years super
intendent at Fort Wayne, Ind. In August 1881,
Mr.. Wade accepted the position OF superintend-
ent on the Chicago, Burl ngtOn & Quincy. and in
1882 he became superintendent OF transporsa-
ton on the wabash. St Louis & Pacific, and in
1886 general superintendent. leaving this posi-
tion 10 take the one he now holds.
c. III. Rockwell, wen known In Indianap apolis
railroad circles, has been appointed general
superintendent OF the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
road. with headquarters at Chicago. This Il q
newly created position, NJ. g Conners's title be-
ing simply superintendent Mr.. Rockwell COM
menced his railroad career in Indianapolis TAX
ing the numbers of ears of trains in the yards of
the indianapolis st. Louis road. This was
twenty -five years ago. From that position he
went into the auditors Office of this company
and soon reached the position of chief clerk.
This position he LETT 10 become auditor OF the
indianapolis, Peru E Chicago road, and on the
retirement or 4. L. Wade was appointed general
ticket agent of the l., r. 4 c. This position he
left TO become general manager OF the Chattaroi
road. On retiring from this position Le became
auditor OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton * Dayton.
then general passenger agent Of the road. He
next accepted the position OF private secretary
to George w. Pullman. president OF the Pullman
Palaee-ear Company. remaining there but one
year. when he accepted the position OF general
superintendent of the Columbus & Hocki 4
Valley road which position he now leaves to 20
10 the G. * K. l. 1t is unde stood that Alonzo
Robbins. formerly trainmaster OF the Nandalia.
now division superintendent of the Columbus &
Hooking Valley road. will e'lcceed Mr.. Rockwell
as general superintendent.
New Corporations Organized.
Tho Citizens Naturalg gas Company of Now