The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-05
the road. The earnings of the last week OF
March were the largest of any week since
the road has been In operation.


The Fort Wayne division of the Order OF
Railway Conductors now has 207 members.
The Terre Haute car works are turning
ont the Hicks patent stock cars at the rate
of eighteen q day.
The Louisville Southern Is Just complet-
ing an Extensive shop plant at Youngs-
town. a suburb of Louisville. KY.
The Ohio Falls car works will next week
turn out two elegant vestIbuled trains Tor
Tie Louisville. Evansville IL 81 Louis.
John Cbesbor0uRh. general passenger
agent of the tandalio. arrived in the city
last evening, and will remain over part of
to-day.
Dennis suGhrue. one of the veteran en-
Dioges on the aDdalia. who was crushed
between cars. Saturday, died. on Monday.
from the injuries.
j. c. Burch. Southern passenger agent Of
the Chicago Alton. spent yesterday In
the city. He has Just completed his sew
enth year IN his present position.
William A. Brown. formerly with the
pennsylvania Company at New Albany. has
been appointed general yardmaster OF the
Missouri Pacific at Kansas City.
With the opening of the DetrOit-C Chicago
Wabash line train crews will run from Peru
| to Montpelier. niuety-nine miles. and from
Montpelier to Detroit. seventy-six miles.
The Santa Fe on Sunday put on lts new
train from st. Louis to Galveston, Tex.
and IL is expected to prove q very popular
route from 81. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico.
Fl. r. Duval, president of several Florida
roads. was in the city yesterday. He states
that passenger business With Florida roads
has been the heaviest in the history of the
roads.
w. H. Vandergrift, formerly superintend-
emit of the Big Four, now division superin-
tendent of the Wisconsin Central. has been
visiting friends in this city mi Conners-
willie for q day or two.
w III NoD1. -
subordinate officials are spending three
days on the lines of the Louisville. New
Albany IL Chicago system, inspecting
track, bridges, stations. etc.
j. NJ. Philllps. ex-passenRer conductor of
the Louisville division OF the Pennsylvania
Kentucky Union road. is visiting friends
on the line of the j.. NJ. IL !.
j. II. Norman on Monday took the POSI-
tion OF assistant general superintendent of
the Louisville. Evansville q st. Lonis rail
road. He comes from the Central Railroad
of Georgia. and 10 said to be O very compe-
tent transportation man.
; The Lake Erie 81 Western expect to put
| on through cars between Indianapolis and
Detroit with the opening of the Chicago
Detroit short-line, or soon after it's opening.
by this line the distance will be 24S miles,
or a seven hours run between this city aud
Detroit.
The Big Four and the Peoria, Decatur 81
Evansville will this week complete and put
In operation an interiocking switch and sig
nal at NATION. and next week the Big
-Four will the erection of an in
terlocking switch and signal at it's Cross
ing OF she Indianapolis Belt road.
The Vandalia now has three steam SHOW
els at work on the main line, one at Seeley-
VILE. q second at Fsrmeasa and a third at
have been established. which greatly as
sist in the movement of the gravel trains
without interfering with the regular train
service.
The pet scheme of George Daniels. gen.
eral passenger agent of the New York
the Vanderbilt lines from New FORK TO
Chicago, at Buffalo dividing the business
between the Lake Shore, the Michigan
Central and NIckel-plate, all Chicago
through lines.
r. L. Stevens. one of the Oldest depart
ment foremen of the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne
& Chicago in the Fort Wayne shops. is ly-
ing at the point of death. George Stevens,
his son. who has charge of the advertising
department. Of the Chicago. Burlington 81
QUINCY. passed through here yesterday en-
route to Fort Wayne.
The Illinois Central people are so we'll
pleased with the first one hundred cars the
Indiana car and foundry works built for
them that they have ordered one hundred
more OF the same type. They are q car
"hl0b IN III aoO0 " Uoo6CnkCl y u
during the worlds fair and then converted
into O very superior refrigerator car.
There is what the section men call a
strike on the west end of the Lake Erie &
Western, but the railway officials are Civ.
ing the matter but little attention. On
these sections the men are receiving 81. Is
per day. and ask S1.25. Farmers along the
line are short of men, and are Offering 81. 20
q day. 5 cents more than the railroad COM
pany will pay.
1t is stated that the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton & Dayton management Will have a
voice in selecting q successor to l.. A.
Boyd as superintendent OF the Indianapo.
lis, Decatur IL Western. and that for the
present A. Galloway, superintendent of
the Indianapolis division Of the c.. II. &
d., will as well act as superintendent of
the L., ID. 81 w.. giving him supervision o.
253 miles of road.
1t is stated that the b. & o. b est.
ern people have made an arrangements
which Is tn 90 into effect on the first day
of May. whereby they secure O line from
Columbus to Sandusky, and thence to Chi
csgO via the Columbus 81 Sandusky shor;
line. This will also give them q line by
way of Columbus from Cincinnati to Chi.
cago. From Cincinnati to Columbus the
Midland road will be used.
On Monday last the Monou put OF, one OF
it's new vestibule trains etween Louisville
and Chicago. hauling it through with one
of the company's new psssen ger
engines. Inc train consists OF q combina.
ton mail. express and baggage car, two day
coaches. a parlor car and dining car. Two
more trains of the same character will be
ready by April Is. The trains were hull,
at the ONO Falls car works, Jetfersonvillc
and are a great credit to the WORKS. equal.
ing In every respect Pullman's best produc.
tiOn.
1t is stated that the Wabash is seriously
considering letting the Eel River line, from
Logansport to Butler. revert to it's Original
owners. 1t has never been operated n,
profit by the Wabash company, and switt
It's new Detroit-ChicaGo line it is NOT n ne.
cessity to the Wabash. as the two practical.
~ parallel each other. For years the Wa
bash has been in some legal snarl over the
road. and it is said the company is heartily
tired of 1t Should it 20 back to the own
ers 10 will doubtless be operated independ.
emily from LogsnspOrt to Butler, instead
of. as now, from Peru.
The general passenger agents and presi.
dents of the roads IN the Western Passen-
ger Association and the roads west of the
Missouri rive met at Chicago yesterday To
discuss the question of world's-fair rates
and the points of difference resulting from
the meeting of the Western Passenger As.
ISOLATION. held last week. A committee OF
those representing the trsnsmissouri lines
was appointed to arrange an agreement OF
rates west of the Missouri river. this being
q necessary preliminary TO the settlement