The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-24

Personal, Local and General Notes.
W. Walls yesterday succeeded NJ f.
Douglass as agent Of the Peoria. 81 Eastern
at Modoc Ind. SrTOI t.
d. T. Mccabe, general freight agent of
the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg,
is in the city official business
The Union Railway Company is making
extensive improvements to its electric plant.
boilers, ETC., at the Union Station.
George Johnson, one OF the most useful
men connected with the Railway Officials
and Employees Association, is quite i'll.
The extension of the Ohio Southern to
Chillicothe is held in allegiance until 1t Is
easier to raise money for building rail-
roads.
The Western Passenger Association gives
notice that all east-bound rates will be re-
stored to tariff Oct 81. and all west-bound
rates on Now To-
A special train carrying theatrical party,
hauling three cars, yesterday made the run
from East St Louis to Indianapolis in five
hours and thirty-two minutes.
The Chicago & Rock Island, inrconnec-
ton with the Texas Pacific and the South
ern Pacific yesterday put on line of
tourist sleepers to California points via
Fort Worth.
meeting of the stockholders of the Gin
cinnati Jackson & Mackinaw has been
called in Toledo for Nov. to vote on the
question of purchasing the Cincinnati. Leb-
anon & Northern.
]. A. Barnard, general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, who has been in Chicago
several days, will return to-day, as will
VIM. Garstang, superintendent Of motive
power Of the Big Four.
The offices of the trainmasters, now that
freight traffic is improving, are daily crowd
ed with men anxious to enter the train sery-
fetal, six men for every one needed. iot1a
c. E. Schaff. right hand man of President
ingalls,; j. Q. Van Wrinkle, general super
intendent of the Big Four. and a number of
subordinate officials, yesterday began an
inspection of the lines in the system.
C. o. Gevatkin, who for some years has
represented the Northern Pacific in Bos-
ton, has been transferred to the New York
agency and will look after the interests of
the Wisconsin Central at that point.
The Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland,
O., is encouraging the owners of the Ohio
Valley road in the building of an extension
of that road to Bellaire where connection
with the Baltimore & Ohio would be made.
One of the new ten-wheel engines of the
Vandalia, with Thomas Manifee, engineer
last week hauled train No. 20, consisting
of nine cars, from st. Louis to Efhngham
in one hour and ffty-two minutes, making
three stops
Matte Dunwoodie was yesterday appoint
ed agent of the Peoria & Eastern at New
Ross. making the second lady agent on the
p. & Z. road, the other being Miss Della
Mckee, at Kennard Ind. Both are good
telegraph operators.
W. w. Heafford, who has for ten years
represented the Chicago. Milwaukee & St
Paul at Buffalo, has been transferred to
Chicago, with the title of district passenger
agent, and William Kelly, jr., succeeds him
at Buffalo as Eastern agent -
The Chicago e. Erie has recently re-
ceived from the Baldwin locomotive works
two compound type of engines for passen-
ger service. The high pressure cylinder is
14x24 and the low pressure 24x25 inches
Both engines are making excellent records.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton COM
pany has leased one OF the old freight de-
pots of the Big -Four on South Alabama
street until the depot burned on Saturday
night is rebuilt, work on which will be be-
gun as soon as the lumber can be shipped
here.
Master Mechanic Swanston, of the Penn
sylvania lines at this point, states that they
have received three of the new class "R''
freight engines, and they are, without ques-
ton, the finest and most powerful type or
freight engines yet placed on their Western
lines. ,..8a
The new private car Of President Bacon.
passed through here yesterday en- route to
Chicago. 1t is, without question, the most
elegant car of this class yet built. 1t cost
nearly $4,000, and is large, convenient and
elegant.
The grading of the new line of the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois. between Rossville
and Sidell, is completed, and the track
down for twenty-five miles. 1t is ex-
pected to have the entire distance, thirty
four miles, so far completed by Nov. that
trains can be run over it.
The Baldwin locomotive works last week
made a further reduction in its force. Last
year. at this time, the works gave employ
ment to $500 men. They now have on their
pay rolls 2,4So, and are working that force
but half time. The orders they have are
mostly from foreign roads 70 n
The Union Pacific has declined to take off
it's rate of $3.50 from the Missouri river to
the Pacific coast. The 500 line offered to
take off it's reduced rate provided the
Southern transcontinental lines would do
the same thing. The Union Pacific declares,
however, that its rate is in to stay until
spring, at least.
The shops Of the Pennsylvania Company
at this point commenced yesterday to run
nine hours a day Master Mechanic Swans
ton says an impression got out that the
company was to increase its force as well
as its number of working hours and when
the whistle blew yesterday morning there
were thirty or more men there seeking en-
ploymeDt
Captain Christian Heller. who, for the
past twenty-five years, has been the lum-
Der purchasing agent fer the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg, was yesterday no
titled of his 81 o TO t6 epre sTsfs
operated by the Pennsylvania railroad.
This gives him jurisdiction from Washing
ton and New York to Chicago.
j. E. Gimperling. general superintendent
of the Cincinnati, Dayton & Ironton and the
Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago, has ten
dered his resignation. to take effect Nov.
company. Mr.. Gimperling will engage in
mercantile pursuits. He has been connect
eS with frd these fbe eoa fnaa q Boomnston &
Western.
Official notice is given of the appointment
of William Henry, formerly roadmaSter of
the Indianapolis & St Louis, as roadmaster
of the St Louis & Iron Mountain from Lit
tie Rock to Poplar Bluff, including the
White River and Doniphan branches. with
Headquarters at Little Rock, Ark, and John
Sloan formt Fly roadmaster OF the Indian
apolis. Bloomington & Western. as road
master of the Arkansas division, with mead
quarters at Walnut Ridge, Ark.
r. p Refenberick, who looks after the
tax matters of the Cincinnati, Hamilton ~
DAYTON lines, is in the city. He says 1t is
but little trouble to look after the tax busi-
ness of the company in this State, as all
the company has TO do is TO turn It's gross
earnings over for taxes. He states that on
the fifteen miles of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Indianapolis road in Ohio the company
Is taxed but $1,000 per mile. while the por-
tion of the road lying within the State OF
Indiana is taxed $4,000 per mile.
The Great Northern has inaugurated a
daily passenger train service on its new
branch between Sioux Falls and Yankton
a distance of seventy-five miles Rurlors
as to the Great Northern's ultimate aim
i'm this direction are plentiful, but the most
general and feasible Is that the line will
eventually be projected to Denver Should
This branch receive its extension it would
mean an air line 10 Denver. One of the
principal effects of such line would he
to give the traffic more direct
route TO the seaboard via the great lakes.
A patent has been recently granted TO j.
NJ Adkins and r. g. Berry, or this city,
for a safety cock. or locking stop cock,
designed to take the place OF those now in
use on both ends of all locomotives and
cars equipped with air brakes. The object