The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-21

the railroad for thirty -four years, and until
1884 he was one of tnedirecters of the Pitts
burg * Cipcinnsti Railroad Company. now
the Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago a. st.
Louis Railroad Company.
w. p. Ijams. president of the Bolt Road
and Stock Yards Company. has returned,
from Colorado in excellent health He
found his brother. who has charge OF his
cattle ranch in Colorado. quite Ill. and
brought him further east to another
climate that he might recuporate.
J. @. Hicks returned from the yardmas-
ters' convention at Duluth, yesterday. He
states that the attendance ut the conven'
ton was much larger that had been looked
Tor and that the organization seems TO have
taken q new lease of life. Several new
divisions are applying for mem bership.
Chalmers Brown, president; William X.
Bells, vice president and general manager.
and w. De NJ. Hooper. actuary of the Rail-
way Officials and Employee Accident Asso-
citation, are spending the week In Chicago
attending the International Association of
Accident Underwriters' annual meeting.
A. NJ Kittredge. superin tsndent Of tho
Barney ~ Smith Car Company. Dayton, o.,
was In the city yesterday on business. He
states that the works now employ 1.sO0
men and the pay rolls amount to SIS. 900
month. The works are now building some
very fine oars for the Great Northern road.
The Northwestern lines. in connection
with the Trunk lines. on Monday put into
effect an ell-rail rate of 35 cents per
hundred pounds. Minneapolis to New York.
This Is pa cents lower rate than that of
last winter, aud makes the sll-raIl rate 5
cents per hundred pounds lower than the
lake and rail lines.
The new Union Station and the train
sheds which the Vandalia has been build
ing for two years at Terre Haute are near
ing completion. The grading for the tracks
and laying heavier rail Is now in prog
ress. lie Is expected that the improve
ments will be completed and turned over
TO the company by Aug. 1.
Frederick Arm, the engineer on the Pc
oria IL Eastern road who fell from his cab
accidentally, on Monday, and died from the
injuries received. was one of the oldest and
most popular en- giDeers on the road. When
the Indianapolis. Bloomington IL Western.
now the Z. IL f.. was building he ran one
OF the construction trains.
VIM. Garstang, superin tendent of motive
power of the Big Four lines. and his force
are rapidly getting settled in their new
offices here. This is the fourth time In three
years he has changed his headquarters. He
feels now he has settled for series of
years, as the company owns the building In
which his offices are located.
AS result of the increased shipments of
wheat abroad ocean rates are stronger,
and. to some points. higher. The shippers.
however. are not making contracts far
ahead. believing that lower ocean rates
will soon prevail. Rail rates are so firm
that If any shading is done it will ncces-
ssrily be done by the parties who control
the ocean rates.
The second suit against the Wabash to
have q receiver appointed for It's Eel River
division has been taken from the Cass TO
the Fulton County Circuit Court on q
change of venue. This case 10 thought to
be kept in the courts to give the lawyers
something to do. One of the attorneys Of
the Wabash road says IL has long since
al m tha haa Raj
pany.
One of the large Schenectady engines on
the Cincinnati. Hamilton ~ Dayton road
on Monday hauled train of eight cars
from Cincinnati to Connersville. sixty
seven miles. In one hour ana thirty min
utes. For so heavy q train. aud the max
ing OF two stops, this was remarkable run.
There 10 not a road in this country on
which faster time Is daily made than on
the C.. II. IL ID.
special was run over the Michigan Gen.
tral road last week carrying Vanderbilt
party. and much of the distance was run at
speed of elxty-ive miles an hour. The
Same train was hauled back over the Lake
Shore road and speed of seventy miles an
hour was attained. This has created some
jealousy among the engineers. and the
Michigan Central wants to get anoth her
Vanderbilt train to haul.
Last week President Perkins. of the Chi.
cago. Burlington ~ Quincy road. made
Trip oVor tno company q lines IN NeOraskas
as did the officers of the Union Pacific. In
both cases the officials on their return to
headquarters, ordered q new time card,
which materially affects tho lines of each
In Nebraska, as passenger trains are with
drawn. and only mixed trains freight and
passenger, run over such branches.
The New York Central-Lake Shore fast
train is proving so much of q success that
1t Is very evident the Pennsylvania must
put on similar trains or lose It's standing
somewhat. So fac the flyer" has been
late bur once. and in this case the cause
was unavoidable. Going west the demand
for space Is such that passengers must re-
servo seats days in advance, and out of
Chicago it's business Is daily improving.
A Cincinnati paper revives a rumor pub
lished some days ago in the Journal to the
effect that William Green might return to
the Big Four as it's general manager. At
the time the Journal published the item
President Ingalls, had offered the position
to Mr.. Green. but be was not In q mood to
acceptlr At the present time matters are
moving so smoothly on the Big Four that
one high in posItion says there will not
likely now be any change.