The Indianapolis journal., 1892-01-23

months general superintendent of the Indiana.
Bloomington Il Weste road, and from this road
Went I'd the Long Island.
An old bill, which has been defeated in three
successive legislatures, making 1t unlawful Tor
any railroad in Ohio 10 charge In excess OF
cents per mile for the transportation of passen-
gers, has been reintr0dnced.
President Ingalls, expects that the Chesapeake
the Newport News * Mississippi Valley road by
March 1. This division is 40 miles in length,
extending from Huntington. w. Va, to Lexing-
ton. Ky.
have been placed on the Pennsylvania line, TO
run between Indianapolis and New York, on
Tans ~ ana III The new 1 cars are na nansd trd r
Is yet to be put into the line
r. x: Roederer. local agent of the Big Four at
East ST Louis, has been appointed general agent
or the freight department OF the Big -Four at 81.
Louis and G. W. BENJAMIN, agent of the Big
-Four at Anderson. Ind, succeeds Mr. Roederer
as local agent at East st. Louis.
John Smith. passenger conductor on the Chi
cago division of the Big -Four, on reaching the
city yesterday afternoon, received the news or
the death of sister but short time before.
Ten days ago he buried his wife. number OF
friends met him to sympathize with him in his
sad Affections.
The older employees OF the Pennsylvania lines
have organized a veterans association OF which
any OF the older employees can become members.
Edward Pitcairn, trainmaster, and Thomas
Ewatt. district passenger agent at Pittsburg, are
ernment of the association
The Chicago & Indiana Coal road management
has about decided 10 put on a through train
each way daily between Brazil, Ind, and Chi
cago. The proposition Is TO keep 1t on for one
year, then II 1t proves non-paying, take IL of.
1t is hoped to develop large milk traffic from
points on the line into Chicago.
The Pittsburg Lake Erie road will, on Tues
day next, hold its annual election for officers.
John Newell Is president OF the company, and
the position of vice-president has been vacant
since the death Of DR.. Hostetter. 1t Is now un-
derstood that Judge Reed, solicitor for the road,
Is 10 De elected vice-preedent
1t is stated that new parties have taken hold
Of the partially completed Cleveland. st. Leuis
d Kansas City road. and will complete it this
year 20 Kansas City. This enterprise was first
undertaken by j. II. Devereux and his friends,
with the intention of making 1t the Western di-
vision of the Bee-line. but with Mr.. Deveruex's
death the road was shelved
Col VIM. Shaw, of the Chicago, Burlington &s
Quiz O. was in the city yesterday. He states
that sae ''Q' people are not worrying over COM
petitors getting more of the Knights Tempars
70 carry TO Denver at their annual gathering
tracted for knights Templars In the East in suf-
ticient numbers to fill two hundred coaches.
Austin Corbin. president of the Long Island
and the New York New England roads, has as
one OF his pet schemes the building of ferryboats
on which whole train can be transported. and
then perfect his new line between Boston and
Brooklyn. n. Y, using these ferry-boats only be-
tween New London, Conn.,. and Green Point
Long Island, reaching Brooklyn over the Long
Island road
The New York Recorder of Jan. 20 contains an
excellent portrait OF George SAUL president of
the Chicago IL Eastern Illinois, and speaks in
high terms of his ability as q railroad man. His
first service was on the Ohio & Mississippi road
Hamilton d Dayton, and in 1890 took service
with d. ]: Mackey. through whose influence he
reached the presidency of the @. & E. i.
E. B. Walls, superintendent of motive power
of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg,
spent yesterday In the city, looking over the
shops and power on this division. he stated that
$4,000 has been set aside to put into new ma
tenn, which includes Indianapolis. The power Of
the Southwestern system will be increased fifty
one engines and the passenger equipment hfty
coaches and at least $500 freight cars.
Frank Chandler, general passenger agent of
the Wabash, In conversation yesterday as re-
CARDS the Chicago & Alton boycott, said that the
Wabash had never joined in the boycott. the
1t Is a member OF the Central Traffic Association
and OF the Western Traffic Association. and was
obliged to gently glide betwixt both sides and
thus escape JAM" In other words, the Wabash
was not disposed to get into any OF the wranggles
OF passenger men.
special Agent Frank Kretachmer, Of the In
terstatecommerce Commission, was in ccnsulta-
Chicago, yesterday. regarding the coming trial
of the cases against the Swifts and others, who
were indicted for receiving unlawful freight
rates. The defendants will be tried at the March
term or court kretschmer says the recent de-
cision of the Supreme Court in the Counselman
cases. 1--WE do not depend upon any Of the
employees agents of the indicted parties for
our evidence" i" he said, "and hence our evidence
Is just as strong now as 1t ever was"