The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-13

per cent; the Cincinnati. Hamilton IL
Day ton. sh per cent: the Lake Erie 81
Western, 8 per cent; the Louisville, New
Albany 81 Chicago. and the indianapolis,
Decatur Il Western. each 5 per cent.
Captain May. the general utility man OF
the Pennsylvania railroad. passed through
here yesterday, Ell route for philadelphia.
Last week he wns eighty-one years old. and
celebrated his birthday on the top OF Pixies
Peak. The Captain has been with the
the last five has been peDsioned and goes
where he pleases. but always talks Penn
syivania road wherever he Is.
Harry Miller. superintendent of the
Louisville division of the Pennsylvsnia
lines, Is In thu city. Last evening he stat
ed that the fastest schedule train run in
this State. Ohio or Illinois. is Train IL.
from Louisville to Indianapolis Between
Langdens and Chestnut Ridge. 332 miles
are covered in three minutes. and at many
other points where the track 10 straight
and level equally as good speed Is made
The Shitfler Bridge Company. Of Pitts
burg. which has the contract to build
twelve bridges on the Peoria " Eastern
road. yesterday completed the NTH or the
Der The most important structure
the company is building is near Danville.
ILL.,. to enable them TO reduce the heavy
grade there. For this place the Detroit
Bridge and Iron Company is building q
steel viaduct /. 100 feet long and 80 feet
high. To construct il will require 1.400. 600
pounds of steel.
A strong pressure Is being brought to
bear on the appointing power of the Big
-Four to have b. f. Sipp. private secretary
OF George Bender. superintendent OF the
Chicago division of the Big Four. appoint
ed superintendenJ Of tho Whltew ster road.
Those urging his appointment take the po-
eitlon that he commenced In 1913 on the
road, as messeD ger boy, and has rapidly
come TO the front as o railroad man. and Is
fntlu Qnvnv afanf m handle tina M N ia ~ alter
or any other division of the system.
A dispatch from Mansfield, O.. says:
Sheriff Guthrie, of Richland county, has
been making it lively around the Union
Depot In this city by levying on rolling
stock belonging to the Pennsylvania Com
pany to satisfy q judgment for 3347. 100. is-
sued from the Circuit Court in the cole
brated Coldwater case. He has already
levied upon seven locomotives and eight
freight cars and other property aggregating
$4,000. and proposes to contin ne until tho
entire jud gmeDt Is satisfied. Attorneys for
the company are here. and will resist every
step that tends TO hamper their business.
There is a nice little quarrel on the Pc
oria ~ Eastern. A few days ago j.. Z.
Hicks, superintendent of terminals at this
point. discharged II. Snyder. the West
side yardmaster of the Peoria 81 Eastern.
and In bis place appointed A. II. Shaw.
who had Just returned from Washington.
His action displeased General Manager
Barnard, who took the ground that Hicks
had no business TO discharge one man and
put another in his place without confer.
ring with him. John Riley takes two views
of the matter. He says the place should
have been filled by promotion. there being
enough good men on the Big Four system
competent to fill the place without ap-
pointing a politician Just home from q good
position In Washing ton. Col. Hicks takes
the position that he is superintendent OF
terminals. and has . right to appoint whom
he chooses to such position. The fight on
Hicks has been carried so far that the po-
siti0n of superintendent of terminals has
been abolished. President INGALLS, says
Hicks is a good man. and will be taken care
of. Mr.. ingalls, 10 very determined about
two things. One is that politics shall not
influence the en- ploying or discharQing Of
men, or the church q man may belong to.