The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Officers will be elected by the board Of d.
rectors in New York next week. and Til
ford will probably be chosen president
Personal. Local and General Notes.
G. f.. Schaff, assistant general manager
or the Big -Four, viii be in the city to-day
S. NJ Hice. ticket agent OF the Big Four
at the lower office, has returned from MS
Colorado pleasure trip.
The freight department OF the CentTaI
Traffic Association will hold its regular
monthly meeting here to-day.
j. 5. Eaton has been appointed travelling
passenger agent of the Southern Railway
Company for Western territory.
A. p. Rosenberg has been appointed dis
trict superintendent OF the Pullman COM
pany, with headquarters at Jacksonville,
Frank Deweese. formerly in the auditors
Office OF the Indiana, Bloomington & West
ern. is now assistant auditor of the Denver
81 Rio Grande.
Chief Engineer Mansfield. of the Belt road.
has taken a room in the Union Stauon Tor
the Belt road and Union tracks engineer
ing department.
The Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, will
open for business it's extension TO Billings,
Mont, Oct: q. Freight service has already
been established on the new line.
The Western roads are again agitating
the establishing of joint offices at the prin-
cipal competitive points, thinking this will
lead to a solution OF the traffic problem.
Superintendent Mansfield states that at
the coal mines on the Indianapolis & Vim
cennes they expect this week TO get out
from seventy 10 seventy-hve cars or coal
per day.
The Pennsylvania road has fixed a uni
form rate OF Sc per month on all employees
burg. which is considerably below any for
mer rate.
J. j. Russell. who has been with the
Adams Express Company for many years,
and who was at one time agent of that COM
pany at ~Logansport, was buried at Toledo
on Sunday.
w. p. Ijams, president of the Indianap-
oils stockyards and Belt road company,
returned yesterday from an extended bust
ness trip through the Northwest, going as
far as Dakota
b. t. Booze has been appointed general
frelgh and passenger agent or the Fort
Worth & Rio Grande- He has long been
connected with Southern roads, but this is
a new field to him.
General Manager Hendricks, of the
| Northern Pacific, has issued a circular and
ordered it distributed among the employees,
to the effect that they must take no part
in politics this year.
]. p. Liengang has been appointed gen.
Valley road, vice J. r. Caven. whose posi-
ton he has been filing temporarily since
the death of Mr.. Caven.
w. b. Poland, assistant engineer on the
Big -Four, who was transferred to Cincin-
natl a few days ago, has been sent back
to this city and placed again in charge of
eAC oAo Ai(G5 ~
enlarged duties.
President Roberts and other officials OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
started, yesterday. on their annual tour of
inspection. The first stop will be made at
| Altoona, and from there the party will go
to Pittsburg and the West.
The construction trains were taken off
the Vandalia main line on Saturday. In
the last thirty days over 5000 carloads of
gravel had been distributed between Terre
Haute and Efingham. Ill, wherever the
ballasting had become light
| The Southern lines are building a good
deal OF new equipment. The Southern rail-
way, last week., let a contract for five hun
dred freight cars; the Atlantic & Great
Northern for three hundred box cars. and
other lines are in the market for cars.
Receiver E. Mcneil has depopulated the
Iowa Central general offices in getting his
and Steamship Company, and the directors
OF the Iowa Central are now hunting men
e TO 6l ehsif IS o e. e PS1j5iens, ir The re last bs g sD-
eral freight agent of the road.
| John Henry. jr., has been appointed SUI
perfntendent of motive power OF the, Old
Colony road, with headquarters at Boston,
vice j. N. Lauder, deceased. Mr.. Lauder
was well known in indianapolis railway cir
cles, having been sent West two or three
times to report on the condition of the
lines.
The Pittsburg Chronicle gives some inter
eStng statistics regarding the railway
L S4NtPhhChl wiz . EIONluSu WITH air
brakes. The statistics show that in the
year ending June 80. 34.7SS locomotives were
in service, 1850 of which were equipped
with air brakes. There were 1,274.9 46 freight
cars in use, Of which 21,267 were equipped
with air braks. The total number of freight
and passenger cars 50 equipped was 299, 041.
There are now half a dozen air brakes
patented.
The passenger locomotives which the
Brooks locomotive works are building for
the Illinois Central will weigh sixty tons,
L nave q boiler sixty inches in 6iqmerar
wagon-top type, and sixty-nine-inch driving
wheels. The locomotives will have 21 two
inch fues. and be very complete in modern
the Rogers locomotive works are building
for this road will weigh sixty-four tons
nave 1sx24 inch cylinders, and 561la-inch driv-
ing wheels.
Oscar Murray, vice president Of the Big
-Four, is still in Chicago. The feeling is
general among Indianapolis shippers and
conslsneeS that IL will be unfortunate for
lines for the Santa Fe or any other road.
as he has done more to place Indianapolis
Shippers and conslgnees on an equal basis
Louis than has any other officiai ever on
the Big Four. Especially have the Indian
apolis ~Stoekyaris, Touring mills and cereal
me mills been benefited by the position he
has taken for them.
Several roads, the Monon being of the
number. have adopted on their train
schedules, and will, on their time tables,
as published. use the Corbitt Il Burnham
biack and white system, patents for which
are pending. The advantage of this method
IN the operating DEPARTMENTS, of railroads
cannot be overeStimated, and il will be
highly appreciated by the patrons of the
road. By this device day trains on the
train schedules and on the time tables are
and fer night trains a white letter with
black ground work. At a glance the eve
deslgnates the one from the other. 1t pre-
sents all the advantages of the twenty-four-
| nCur system while designating fha hours