The Indianapolis journal., 1891-01-12
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. MONDAY, JANUARY r. 1891

light Company to equip ten freight engines
with the light. A number of that COM
pany's passenger locomotives are already
provided with them. The Chicago d. East
ern Illinois has contracted to equip its pas
senger locomotives with electric head
lights.
James II. Phyfe has been reinstated as
assistant superintendent of the New York
Central road between Albany and New
York. 1t is stated further that General
Superintendent Voorhees, is to take super
vision of the construction of the Water
town extension, and mis- position will be
filed by the promotion Of J. N. Toucey.
The trainmen on the Ohio Southern road
have made demand on the management
that Thomas Clayt master mechanic, be
Henderson, general manager Of the road.
will investigate the charges, and unless Mr..
Henderson goes back on his record Mr..
Clayton will remain with the road.
NJ. NJ. Mounts. the enewly-appointeds snper-
intendent of the Peoria Il Pekin road. finds
he held on the Cincinnati, Hamilton g.
Dayton. He had hardly got seated In his
office before q committee of the train crews
waited on him and demanded an increase
in pay. He has summoned Joseph Ramsey,
jr., president of the road, to his aid to sd-
just the matter.
President Waite, of the Columbus e.
Hooking Valley road, is encouraging the
passenger department. by putting on some
entirely new trains of modern build. In
General Passenger Agent Fisher made for
1890 was so favorable that President Waite
is disposed to help that department along
to an extent which has hitherto been un-
known.
The rooms Of the officials of the Big Four
lines in the Union Station are so crowded
that the offices of the four travelling audit
ors aud their clerks were removed on Satur-
day to the rooms on the east end of the
former Ohio, Indiana * Western freight
depot. Sand a railroad official Saturday:
IF indianapolis ever expects to become a
center for the heads of departments of
roads running in here some of her wealthy
citizens should turn their attention to erect
ing some buildings of modern style fitted for
Offices"
+. o. Mccormick, general passenger
agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day
ton lines shows determination to keep the
c., II. & ID. in the front. He announces
that the two-cent-per-mile mileage books.
which will be put on sale Jan; 20. will not
the Louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago,
the Lake Erie & Western, the Terre Haute
* Peoria, the Vandalia, the Dayton, Fort
Wayne & Michigan, the Michigan Central.
and the N. Y. p. d D. divisions of the Erie
road.
George B. Sherman. general manager of
the Color and the Midland fast-freight
lines, spent Saturday and part of yesterday
in the city. While the fast-freight lines of
which he is general manager did the largest
business in their history last year. tho ex-
penses of operating them were heavier, es-
specially the refrigerator car lines. In this
service immense quantities of ice are used
daily, and last year in all parts of the
country where these lines run ice was very
scarce and expensive. He states that al
ready parties have offered to furnish Ice at
half the cost of last year at such points as
they need it, and before he closes his con-
tracts he expects to secure all they need
for the year 1891 at 0ne-third the cost of
last years supply.