The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-11

from the several mines which have resumed
opera tions. This morning O fifth switch
ing crew and engine will be put on at Bra
The Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
has created o new Office. that of controller,
and ii. NJ. Buckley has been appointed TO
I'LL the position.
On the first of the year the Northern Pa
ciic opened its new shops at Tacoma.
which are said to be the largest and most
complete in the Pacific States.
The old project of building q road from
Oxford, o.. to Richmond. Ind. has been re-
v1ved. At Oxford connection would be
made with the Cincinnati, Hamilton az
Dayton road.
Oh. Tyler has been appointed agent of
the Chicago IL Erie at Wilders, Ind. vice
N. L. Hell nick, resigned. and L. IL. war
veil. agent of the T.. 81 l.. at Highlands,
vice j. ID. Lynch. resigned.
General Manager Williams, of the Van
dalia lines. thinks that the new Union Sta
tion ct Terre Haute will be ready for occu-
pancy by July l. Until the last cold spell
the work has moved along briskly.
The Wabash company expects to have its
Ind, completed by Oct. /, 1882. When COM
pleted it will be seventeen miles the short
est line between Chicago and Detroit
General Manager Woods. of the Pennsyl-
vania lines west of PIttsburg. says that
the business of 1892 promises to be the most
remunerative in the history of the roads,
providing they do not get into rate wars.
The New York Central has ordered rails
weighing one hundred pounds to the yard,
which are to be laid on the line entering
New York, where traffic is the heaviest.
These are the heaviest rails ever laid In
this country.
The Nickel plate road in it's earnings last
year, far exceeded any former year, and
this surplus money has gone into the road
bed and equipment. ID. w. Caldwell, presi-
begin to talk dividends with them. prob
ably, this year.
The railroads are drawing on the coal
mines heavily for coal. The 1aily con-
sumption is now very large. anu many OF
the roads have let their stock drop down
TO only five or six days supply. Ordi-
narily they carry a stock which will sup
ply them with fuel for q month. at least.
Charles Harvey, who has been ticket re-
ceiver of the Pennsylvania lines at Chicago
for number of years, has resigned, and
George Henderson, formerly located at Fort
Wayne, has been appointed his successor.
This Is one of the most important of the
ticket receivers offices on the Pennsylvania
system.
The Big Four company has commenced
moving the buildings on the line of its pro-
posed new track, which will pass nnder the
Virginia-avenue viaduct. The old brick
house on the point of Alabama street and
Virginia avenue is being torn down. As
soon as these buildings are outof the way. If
the weather be suitable. grading for the
track Will commence.
j. @. Van Wrinkle, general superintendent
OF the st. Louis terminals, was In the city
over Sunday. He says that as superin-
tendent of the st. Louis division of the
was an easy task as compared with his
present position. However. after he gets
better acquainted with matters and knows
the men under him better. he may be able
to tighten his labors somewhat.
The directors of the New York & New
England road contemplate doubling the
track of the road between New Britain and
Hawleyville. Conn.,. where connection with
the Housatonic road is made. The COM
pany will then have 176 miles of double
Western man, became vice-president and
general manager of the N. Y. & N. L. it has
been both aggressive and progressive.
On the civil docket Of Floyd county are
forty-two cases for damages against rail-
I Ts sa as twsvs
the Louisville. New Albany u Chicago
comes next, with nine cases: the Pennsyl-
vania Company IT,, M. 81 L. six cases:
Belt and Terminal and Kentucky Il Indiana
electric road. two. and the New Albany
street railway, one case.
Regular ticket agents of the Vandalia
and the St Louis division Of the Big Four
are complaining of the light business
they are doing. the scalpers leading them.
This Is due to the fact that the scalpers are
selling tickets over either line to Western
points 81 cheaper than the regular fare.
This IS done In connection with the Chi
cago IL Alton, and under the arrangement
the passenger saves 81. the scalper gets 81
for selling the ticket. il 10 stated. from the
Chicago IL Alton, and the road gets 81 for
carrying the passenger from st. Louis to
Kansas City.
1t is stated that the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton 81 Day ton, the Chicago. Milwaukee 81
Quincy are all working to secure control
of tie Iowa Central road. The c., III. IL
ID. Is DELAYED in the matter by the reorgan-
ization of the Indianapolis, Decatur y
cation the c.. Fl. & ID. expects to secure
control of the l., ID. & W., giving it the
connecting link with the Iowa Central.
The control of the Iowa Central rests with
Alfred Sully and his friends who are, as
we'll. interested In the c.. III. & ID.
George B. Roberts, president of the roads
In the Pennsylvania sy stem east and west
of Pittsburg. stated to a reporter of the
Philadelphia Inquirer that James McCrea,
first ice-president of the Pennsylvania
81, 250.0 600 for additional trackage, passen-
ger cars and locomotives on lines west of
Pittsburg. The policy OF the road is to do
away with all grade crossings. and the
bridge across the Delaware will be wld-
ened for four tracks. The OK penditure for
the Trenton cutoff will exceed $4,000. 900.
but 1t was necessary for the relief of the
main line and the New York division. The
Broad-street station will be enlarged
shortly. The car movement, the largest in
the company's history, 10 being hauled
without difficulty.
General Passenger Agent Roberts, of the
Erie lines, has issued the following general
order: The passenger traffic of the Erie
lines will hereafter be conducted in two de-
paEtments, viz: First passenger traffic on
lines east Of Buffalo and Salamanca; sec
ond, passenger traffic on lines west of Buff
falo and Salamanca. including tho Buffalo
q Southwestern and Chicago & Erie.n
The official organization in the second de-
partment. which is the Western depart
ment, is to be as follows: "F. w. Buskirk,
assistant general passenger agent. Phoenix
Building. Chicago, in charge. reporting to
the general passenger agent: M. L. Fouts,
general agent passenger department., Cleve-
land; II. c. Holabird, general agent pas
senger department.. Cincinnati; +. M. Cald
well. division passenger agent. Huntin gton.
Ind, reporting TO the assistant general pas
senger agent; f. HI. Garfield. division pas
senger agent. Jamestown. n. Y"
The revolution last week on the New
York & New England road, through which
Austin Corbin reached the presidency of
the line, was as much q surprise to the Bos-
tonians az was the revolution in March