The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-15

Caldwell at once took hold OF the matter.
and finally succeeded In obviatinR possi-
ble trouble by arranging an agreement be-
tween the Kansas City lines for an abso-
lutte maintenance Of rates.
II. Z. Parker, traffic manages of the Lake
Erie 81 WESTERN: Albert 5. White. assistant
general freight agent of the Big -Four. and
Ford Wood. assistant general freight agent,
went to Chicago. last night, to attend Q
freight meeting TO be held there to-day.
III. BnrResser. assistant general freight
agent of the Erie road. has resigned. his
duties to be performed by II. b. Chamb er-
lain. she newly appointed general freight
agent. Mr.. Burgesser will take q position
with tho Erie Dispatch fast freight line.
The troubles of the Big Four with its
switchmen at Springfield, o.. have been
settled and everything is moving smoothly
and promptly at that important point. Or
the forty-twO switchmen who struck, but
Six have been re-employed by the company.
On Easter Sunday the Indianapolis &
V~incennes will put on q new train COM
plete, except tie engine. and this Will be
an engine just out of the shops. The train
Will be- decorated in the interior of the
coaches with towers and plants suitable
for such On occasion.
The statement of the Ohio Southern Rail-
road Company. for the year ending Dec. 30,
1892. shows: Gross earnings, S71l.6il, an
increase Of S92. ss2; expenses, $685.. 491. an
increase of l 7.lO6; net earnings. S362,049
w. &-~Vs-
800; surplus. Sla5. 249. aD increase of $75. 776.
The ger business of the Big Four
between Cincinnati and st. Louis has In
creased the last few months far beyond the
expectations of the passenger department..
1t Is not unusual for either of the west
bound trains to q twenty or thirty
through passengers. Yesterday. Train II
brought in twenty-four from the CInoin-
natl end of the Chicago division.
The prospects Of the Big Four getting it's
~ rn ~ sA~ .ll ~. 49,
Ohio q Mississippi are becoming more and
more improbable. the new parties In con-
troll being more obstinate IN the matter
than were the old board of directors. That
OF Louisville Is quite apparent. and the
prospects that another road Will be built
TO the river grow brighter daily.
The Big Four. owing to the lsteness of
Its Lake Shore connection. sent out O spe-
oisl yesterday noon over the st. Louis de
vision to haul Tram II, SO many passen-
gers would il Inconvenience to have
awaited the arrival OF the eastern connec.
ton. All through trains over the Decline
division came in late yesterday. having
been detained by the washing out of q
bridge on the New York Central.
The citizens of Cloverdale and farmers
between that point and what are known as
the Flats have offered the Louisville. New
Albany IL Chicago such Inducements to
build an eight-mile branch that next
month the Monon will put q surveying
corps ct work to look into the feasibility
of the project. At the Flats the road would
reach lands which are known to be under
laid with a superior quality of coal.
F. d. Casanave, who for fifteen years pact
has been master mechanic of the Pitts burg,
Fort Wayne q Chicago shops at Fort
Wayne. will to-day take the position of
superintendent OF motive power of the
headquarters at Altoona. The promotions
spoken Of q few days ago on the Western
lines take effect to-day. Mr.. Casanave and
family left Fort Wayne Monday night for
their new home.
1t is stated by one we'll acquainted with
the affairs of the Santa Fe road that both
General Manager Robinson and Freight
Traffic Manager j. A. Hanley are to resign.
and the former will take a position OH the
Missouri Pacific. Losing General MANAGER
Robinson from the Santa Fe will be uu-
fortunate for the road. as no man on 1t has
done more to develOpe the line than he,
and all bat 500 miles of the syste N has been
constructed since he became connected
with it.
At the annual meeting of the ~stockhold-
ers of the Missouri Pao,ic Railway Com
psny, held at ST. Louis yesterday. the fol.
lowing board of directors was elected for
the ensuing year: George j. Gould. Russell
Sage. A. L. Hopkins. Edwin Gould, Louis
FITZGERALD, John p. Munn. John q. Moore.
Howard Gould. Samuel ID. an.'Thomas
L. Eckert. ID. ID. Parmley, all of New York.
and Carlos s. Greelin and s. III. H.. Clark.
The new directors are Howard Gould and
Louis Fitzgerald. ei
The Big Four people allege thai while the
Big Four has strictly maintained rates the
Vandalia has had two tariffs, one the same
as that of the Big Four to st. Louis and
other Western points. and another TO meet
the rates made by the indianapolis. Deca-
tur q Western, the Lake Erie 81 Western
and the Chicago Il Alton, and offer to back
this statement by ample proof. Whenever
necessary to hold q passenger. the Big Four
people say. the rates of the roads named
are used. but when no inquiry as TO rates is
made the rate made by the Big Four to st.
Louis and other Western points is used.
At a meeting of the rail and lake routes
terminating at Chicago the following were
appointed as an executive committee in
charge OF the bureau of I or
rail and water companies to be establish ed
at the worlds fair ground: tor Western,
North western and South western lines. Geo.
Heafford. of tho Chicago. Milwaukee d ST.
qies' of The Wicbiasn 'C(a entrs1: for s 80 Ssg,
lines. A. IL. Hanson. OF the Illinois Central;
for lake lines. John singleton. OF the Good
rich TRANSPORTATION Company; committee
man at large. P. s. Eustis. of the CHICAGO.
Burlington Il Quincy.
In commenting on the large number of
| pa ssenger brakemen who have been ex-
smined on the Pennsylvania lines. an Of
fetal of the road ssld: 1T Is net expected
that all these mon will successfully pass
examination. and for that reason q large
noted. the coming summer. to fill vacan-
cies. and others Will be employed as train
agents should the travel become so heavy
that the regular conductors cannot handle
1t. Freight conductors can then run pass
enger trains with train agents. In this
way the company proposes to handle the
heavy volume of worlds fair travel.