The Indianapolis journal., 1892-04-18
the line will be fifty miles shorter than
that .f th,, aka Shore

the line will be fifty miles shorter than
that "i the Lake Shore.
T. l.. Lord. superintendent of motive
pewer of the Big Four lines was In the
city YESTERDAY. The contracts for the new
engines have NOT yet been awarded.
+. ID. Casanave. .superintendento of motive
power of the Fort Wayne shops OF the
Pennsylvania Company. who has been quite
i'll for ten days, on Saturday was much bet
ter.
T. o. Mccormick. general passenger
agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton N Day
ton lines. continues to improve. the report
on Saturday that he was much worse being
false.
The trustees of the syndicate which pur-
chased the Lafayette car-works will at
once put the machinery in working order.
and if unable to dispose OF the works. pre-
pare to begin to build cars.
Thomas Adams. supervisor on the Bal
timore * Ohio road. died on Saturday. He
had been in the employ of tins company
thirty-nine years. commencing when thir-
teen years old water boy on trains.
Thomas Noonan, general manager of the
Central States Dispatch. expects to soon be
able to announce that his line is also New
England line. as it operates over the Phil
adelphia & Reading road. which has leased
the Penney lvania. Poughkeepsie ~ Boston
road, which gives the i. d X. one of the
most direct lines from New England to the
West.
The coal and coke-dealers of Cleveland
have won one of their demands from the
Car-service Association. The dealers are
given fGrty-cight hours to re-card cars OF
coal or coke to be reshipped. the forty
eight hours not to be counted following
the consignee's receiving his freight: or, in
other words. the dealer can hold the car
for ninety-six hours, providing 1t Is re-
shipped without unloading
Superintendent Galloway. of the Indian
apolis division of the Cincinnati. Hamilton
a. Dayton, has examined 1O5 of the train
employees on this division on the new book
of rules. and found fourteen were not up to
standard. They were sent home TO become
better posted as regards the rules and then
return for a second examination. Super
intendent Galloway says he was surprised
to see with what readiness some OF those
whom he supposed were the most inefficient
in the company's service answered the
numerous questions correctly. while some
of those he thought the most competent
were badly off in their answers
The directors of the Lake Erie Il West
ern road will meet in New York to-day. and
it is expected the dividends on preferred
stock will be increased to per cent. or
Ia per cent. quarterly. An official of the
company states that THE earnings last year
amounted to nearly 9 per cent. on the pre-
ferred stock and the earnings this year are
even better The directors have taken the
conservative course in keeping dividends
well within the earnings, but are inclined
to meet the views of the stockholders in
paying out more money In dividends. The
largest individual stockholder OF the COM
pany is Mr. Calvin s. Brice, who with his
immediate friends. easily control the prop
erty. The property Is desired by other
companies for its valuable connection"
A. NJ. Mozier. who, since Sept. l, has
been superintendent of the Chicago IL
Erie division of the Erie system, to-day
takes his old position as superintendent of
transportation of the Erie lines. and the
Chicago Il Erie is taken in as o division of
the Erie system proper. The eastern di-
vision extends from Marion, o., TO Hunt
ingtoa. Ind; the western division from
Huntington Ind. TO Chicago. The former
division will be under the esuperintendency
of g. G.. Reynolds. with headquarters at
Huntington: the Chicago division under
G. A. Coe. with headquarters at Chicago.
Mr.. Reynolds was formerly on the Indian
apolis Il St. Louis road. but for some years
past has been superintendent of transpor
tation of the Buffalo division of the Erie
proper.