The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-22

4z1 cars.
Joseph Ramsey general superintendent Of
the St Louis Terminal Company, was In
the city yesterday.
Between this date and Jan. the West
ern lines will deliver TO the Chesapeake &
via Newport News.
The car-service department of the Big
-Four was operated i'm November, this year,
company over November, 1892, of $3.50.
II. ID. Smith, Detroit ticket broker,
who Is accused OF printing lis own tickets,
has been suspended, during investigation Ia,un;
Brokers Association.
]. II. +. Hughart, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Grand Rapids & Indi-
ana, has been in Pittsburg for several days
10 ascertain what improvements the Penn
sylvania Company would allow him To
make the coming year
The action OF Receiver Trumbul in oper-
ating the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf
road independently of the Union Pacific is
REGARDED as the first step towards a disin-
tegration of the Union Pacific system.
w. II. Clough. the well-known division
passenger agent OF the Erie. has been
transferred TO the main office at New York
TO relieve General Passenger Agent ID. l..
Roberts of portion of his detail work.
The Columbus, Shawnee & Hooking rail-
road and the Sandusky & Columbus short
line railroad stockholders agreed yesterday
to consolidate these roads and name the
new one Columbus, Sandusky Hooking.
Within short time the Monon people
Will DeSfn the work or converting the BED
ford & Swiss City narrow gauge road into
a standard gauge line. II is expected TO
have the Improvement completed by April l.
Some important changes in the Toledo.
Peoria Western lines are contemplated
In the early spring by the Pennsylvania peo-
pie. The proposed changes will make Bur-
lngton a much more important point on
the system.
senger conductor on the Chicago & Erie
died at KentOn on Wednesday OF consump-
to- .l~. Of fhn 1r1n of
Railway Conductors. from which associa-
ton the mother of the deceased will re-
ceive 5000 within the next thirty days.
The new board Of directors OF the Balti-
more q Ohio met on Wednesday in Balti-
more 10 elect a president, and President
Meyer being absent TO attend the tqneraI
ton was postponed until next week, when
Mr. Meyer will doubteless be reelected.
The west-bound tickets through which
the Cincinnati, Hamilton q Dayton has been
raising some little trouble have been altered
as to read one-day limit instead of three
I. IS will give the brokers in St Louis no
chance to scalp on the coupons, and Is ex-
pected to bring peace to the other roads.
The American Railway Union has issued
new directory of its local unions. This
shows that there are already 116 local
unions But four are in Indiana-one at
Indianapolis, one at Evansville, one at Fort
Wayne and a fourth at Washington, 1t Is
State within thirty days.
The passenger department of the Big
-Four is preparing its annual Gazette on an
elaborate scale. Several numbers will be
bound In morocco to be placed at the lead
ing hotels on its system. Representatives
Of the department are visiting the larger
ton of interest TO be published in the New
Years number.
The Big Four has received its compound
works. and is now testing its power and
economy as fuel burner on the hill be-
bnf As yef It Ss hn%ed mo- and oT cars
than do the simple engines OF the same
weight. but in hauling the same number
coal was shown.
Joint grievance committees Of the Louis
vile. Evansville st. Louis. the Peoria,
Decatur q Evansville and the Chicago q
Ohio River roads (Mackey lines) are to
meet with the officers to-day at Evans
Vile to discuss their grievances. Traffic is
light the freight crews are not earning
much. and they want enough men dis
missed from the service to enable the re-
mainder 10 make more money.
George Deb Keim, who lied in Philadel-
phia this week, came into prominence as
railroad man through the fight the dissat-
isfied stockholders Of the Philadelphia &
Reading made on Franklin Il. Gowen. de-
ceased he succeeding Mr.. Gowen as pres
ident of the p. & r. company in 1884 He
ousted and Mr.. Gowen again reelected.
Mr.. keim, during the two years he was
president OF the company was also presi-
dent OF the Reading coal and iron compa-
MES.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, of
Denver. will be ready TO start its Bessemer
Pacific for rs, 0O0 tons of steel rails on March
i. The work on this one contract will last
about one.hslf 9TH the uneonloved in CoIoradn
The amount called for in the agreement is
1860, 600. and with some work they have for
about 81. 100000 worth of work on hand.
The company has adopted the Pittsburg
and Milwaukee, scale.
I,,~ - ~ II,
diana & Illinois Southern, appeared on
Wednesday before the Railroad Commits
sioners OF Illinois and gave the reason he
had not improved the property as they
ordered. He stated that arrangements Were
made last summer to practically rebuild
the road but the company's plans were up
set by the financial troubles. Now such Is
the weather that but little can be done.
he promised that the work should be be-
gun in the early spring. and the Commits
siopers showed a disposition to be lenient
unG or the circumstances.
The new passenger agreement of the
Western lines goes into effect the 1st of the
year. Ali applications for passes made by
officers of transfer companies, stage and
omnibus lines, stock yards. freight bu-
district committee of managers There IS
so much red tape about the operations of
little good will result to the roads. gen
eral freight agent will not stop to get per-
carIoads Of stock or any kind of freight
| by signing his name to q pass.
The new bridge of the Chicago, Burling-
| ton & Quincy at LeayenwOrth will be
formally opened for business Jan. 20. X is
TO be made an important event 1t will
| be tested by ten locomotives running over
F! II at one time In the evening there Is TO
be banquet. at which a number of prom
| inent men Will be present ana make adj
| dresses The go" is getting matters in
good shape to handle it's Southwestern bust
| ness. With the completion OF the bridge
near St Louis the extensive new terminal
| facilities of the c., =. & Q. will become
| Texas will use the same terminals. Here
tofore the c.. b. & Q. has entered St
Louis by using forty miles Of the Wabash