The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-28

Kentucky Masonic Orphans. Home. with
nine attendants, furnishing the party two
special cars and carrying them free
II. W. Hibbard. general freight agent of
the Vandalia, is very indignant that his
competitors charge the Vandalia with cut cut
ing in plain words that it is lie"
The rush from Chicago has set in, and
the Monon, the Panhandle and the Big -Four
are troubled 10 furnish coaches to move
the crowds. All are running their trains
out of Chicago in two to four sections.
The shippers of Houston. Tex. have
grievance against the Santa Fe, and threat
en- TO boycott 1t; in turn. the road threatens
TO divert it's business from that point and
make it little else than way station.
An appeal has been taken from the ruling
senger Association that he had the right
TO announce all votes taken when the bal
lot was divided so that any line desiring
SO. The matter is now being voted upon.
John King, president of the Erie road, It
is stated, Is still determined to retire from
that position as soon as the company is
reorganized. and who is to be his successor
has narrowed down to J. G.. Mccullough,
president of the Chicago & Erie, or Samuel
FELTON,, Jr., president of the Queen & Cres-
cent.
Superintendent Reynolds claims that the
freight engines on the old Bee Line division
OF the Big Four make the largest freight
mileage of any engines in the country. In
September they averaged 141 miles a day.
One hundred miles a day is considered good
mileage for a freight engine the month
through.
Sumner Collins general superintendent,
and George Lowell, superintendent of the
Monon lines, are being congratulated on all
sides for the business-like manner and sue
cessful management of the road during the
worlds fair. Trains have been run in two
TO four sections, and without accident by
which u passenger or employe lost his life.
Daniel NJ. Carr, one of the oldest con-
dllctOrS MOnOn n
at Lafayette, OF congestion of the lungs.
He had run on the Monon over thirty years,
and was prominent member of the Order
of Railway Conductors. His remains were
yesterday shipped to Liberty, Mo-, for burial.
He commenced on the road water boy
on trains.
The Central Traffic Association lines have
not yet finished their vote on the propo-
sition to extend the time of the sale of
almost up which will allow the filing of the
rate with the InterState-commerce Commits
sion, and If the votes are not a little swifter
in coming in the lines will have TO make
the rate their responsibility.
There is no foundation for the report of a
Cincinnati paper TO the effect that Samuel
Moody, assistant general passenger agent
OF the Pennsylvania lines, is TO go to Lon
don, England, to represent the road. J.
NJ. Taylor, who occupies this position,
is giving perfect satisfaction. 1t is true
that Mr.. Moody for the benefit of his health,
will go to Europe on leave of absence or
three months
Four of the Big Four switching engines
arrived this week, and one will be stationed
at indianapolis, one at Mattoon, one at
Columbus, o., and the fourth at Bei1efon-
taine, o. AT all these yards more switch
cago division of the Big Four was so
crowded with business that at indianapolis
1T obliged to use one of the double tracks
(main line) for storage.
On Thursday four days test of one of
the new class ''R' locomotives on the Penn
sylvania lines was completed, and it showed
power and speed fully up to the standard
expected The test was made with a dynam-
eter car, under the supervision of ID. r.
Crawford. assistant master mechanic of the
shops at Fort Wayne, and two expert me
chanicS from the Altoona shops The dy-
nameter car is attached to the locomotive
1t contains an ingenious apparatus for reg
istering the pulling capacity of the engine
its speed, steam pressure, fuel consumed,
etc.
Some surprise has been expressed that
j. r. Odell general manager of the Balti-
more & Ohio should resign and take a less
important position on the Northern Paci-
fic. This was explained to journal re
porter yesterday, as follows: When Mr.
Odell was i'll and went to Hot Springs for
a few weeks, the duties of general manager
of the b. & o. lines were performed by
Thomas Nj. King, second vice president of
the company, and so well did he i'll the po-
sition that it was decided that. after.
reasonable time Mr.. Odell should retire
and, as an economical measure, Mr.. King
second vice president, should be the gem
eral manager. Then Mr.. Odell was desir-
in comfortable circumstances, still, he did
not care to retire from railroading.
With Sunday the great flow of travel to
the worlds fair will cease, and by Nov.
10 the crowds will have reached their homes,
making end of the most remarkable pas
Senger movement for such a length OF time
ever known in American railroad history.
The last three months the receipts from the
passenger departments have been very wei
come to railroad companies. the freight
revenue dropping to the lowest figures ever
known in the history OF eight out of ten
roads Freight traffic is now improving,
and the less sening of the receipts OF the pas
Senger department will not be as notice
able as was feared. The Big Four, which
Is a good pulse Of business, handled on its
system on Wednesday forty-five more loaded
cars than on the corresponding date in 1892,
and on Thursday thirty-three more, and the
Monon and Lake Erie e We, Meste5n & people '9ie
would show a marked Improvement had IT
the power the Indianapolis division 1t
is entitled to.
Railroad men some times make mis-
of Conductor Josin, Of the indianapolis IL
Vfncennes. demonstrates. Some times his
lay-over on Sunday is at Vincennes; he
formed q close personal acquaintance with
DR. Beard. of that city. and the two, one
Sunday decided to spend a day at Evans
Vile taking one Of Mackey's Sunday morn
ing trains, expecting TO return on the even
ing train. IN the early evening they
boarded what supposed to be a train
by which they could reach Vincennes,
but by mistake took a dead train which
could not go out until toward morning.
After waiting for some two hours for the
train TO start, they went out to see what
was the matter, and imagine their surprise
on learning that the train they should
go on had departed on time and fifty
miles away. Conductor JoSlins train went
out at q. m, and he must be in VIM
Mackey line, told him his dilemma, and an
engine was furnished him and the doctor,