The Indianapolis journal., 1892-11-04

ii, which had been sent out before il was
known that the special would be run; so.
in fact. the tifty-seven and q half miles
were covered in fifty-nine minutes. A. /.
Byrkit, engineer OF No. ~. made the run.
Joseph Mathers. formerly a train-dis-
pather on the CbicagO& Indiana Coal road,
has been promoted to chief train-d spatcher
OF the southern division of the Chicago &
Rock Island. with headquarters at
ChickasEa 1. K.
TIE VandalIa is remodeling all it's parlor
cars and vestibuling them. Parlor Car IA
yesterday came out of the shops and was
put into the ST. Louis and Cincinnati run
over the Vandalia and the Cincinnati.
Hamilton u Dayton.
The membership of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen the last three years
has increased at the rate of four thousand
year. So conservative and well man.
aged Is the organization that Ii now stands
on much the same basis with railway OIL
cIais as does tho brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers.
Mr. Bruff. agent for some years of the
United States Express Company at Lafay.-
cite, was yesterday succeeded by Il. w.
Foster of Watertown. :. ID. Mr. Foster
has been in the employ of the company
most OF his life. ana before going West was
for twenty years agent of the company at
LogaDsport, Ind.
The funeral of James Shea. late conductor
of the Louisville division of the PennsyIva-
MA lines, occurred mt New Albany Wednes-
Gay afternoon. Several orders of rail-
road men attended the funeral. which was
one Of tho largest seen in that city for some
years Mr.. shea was prominent member
of the Ordor of Railway Conductors.
Miss Emile Tyler, a telegraph operator
on the Wabash, has gone into the office at
Peru as train dispatcher. This is the high
est position lady can attain In the rail-
way service under existing laws. Miss Ty-
Ter has two sisters who are telegraph oper-
ators. one at West Lebanon, Ind. and the
other at Danville Junction. Iii. Both arc
expert operators.
VIM. r. McKeen. president of the Van
daiia lines and of the Union Railway CON-
pany. Is endeavoring TO have q meeting of
the presidents and general managers of
roads under the Union Railway Company
next week. Several important matters
need attention. Something has to be done
10 prepare for the prospective increase In
business at Indianapolis the coming year.
Business men on the Chicago * Indiana
Coal road are loud in their praise OF Gen.
eral superintendent Rock well. In years
past this portion of the Chicago * Eastern
Illinois received bnt little attention. On
his taking hold he put on additional trains.
and has made much more of II than q coal
road. although its coal traffic has increased
rather than decreased under his manage
menf.
Big Four official says he thinks there is
not the least ground for the rumor set
aicat in Cincinnati TO the effect that the
election of Oscar Murray as second vice.
president meant the retirement of Joseph
Ramsey. ir.. general manager. Presi-
dent Ingalls,. In an interview. gave out
plainly that il meant no other Official
changes except those mentioned in his cir
cular.
feet and powerful Pennsylvania en-
gine, with seven-foOt driving-wheels was
turned out of the Altoona she Dps on Tuesday,
and was run on the Piftsburg division
quito distance as test. then sent back to
the shops for some minor chnnges. The To-
cOmotive Is TO Dc put III use between Phil
adelphia and Jersey City, and is ex pected
TO Laul ten cars ninety miles In ninety
minutes.
The Boston holders of securities of the
Toledo. ST. Louis Il Kansas City. at q re-
cent meeting passed resolutions protesting
against increasing the bonded debt of the
road SIP 500. 600, and also asking for an ex-
animation of the books and affairs of the
company generally. saying that the only
information which they have been able to
gain regarding the property was through
the Western press.
The Pennsylvan lines have ono of
the largest and most complete Libraries
at Pittsbarg TO be found at any railroad
center in the country. Seldom does
one enter the reading-room that he does not
find large number of the employees on
those lines spending their leisure hours
reading some of the books. many of which
treat on mechanical arts and other
subjects il which railroad men would like
ly he interested.
The official statement of the operations
of the Big Four lines for September makes
the following exhibit: