The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-03

court denied that the act delegated legls-
lative powers, deprived persons of property
without due process, infringed upon the
rights OF trial by jury or impaired the OBJ
legations of contract as was contended by
the railway.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
c. Z. Schaff general utility man. of Pres
time last night
Isaac Burhans. agent of the roads cen
tering at New Buffalo. Ind. has resigned
and is succeeded by w. b. Helston, of
Michigan City.
The fve-year-old son of Mrs. Alice Han
son, stenographer in the office of NJ. w.
Mansfield, superintendent of the Indianapo-
lis & Vincennes, died yesterday.
A. W. Harwood yesterday assumed the
agency of the Peoria, Decatur q Evans
vile at Evansville. He will have charge
OF freight and passenger station and ter
minals.
Charles E. Smith, who looks after the
interests of the Railroad Officials and En-
ployes Accident Association at Chicago, is
In the city for conference with the gen.
eral officers.
George S. Sipp car service superintend-
ent of the Chesapeake & Ohio, who has
been visiting his mother, who resides here.
Richmond. Va.
The spoilers who worked the Big Four
numbered ten, and four of them were
womeI. 1t is stated by one of the officials
that there will be no more dismissals of
conductors for the present.
Lewis DOnOugh, son of General Ticket
Agent Donough, of the Union Station, has
been appointed travelling passenger agent
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton,
vice Harry j. Rhein, who has gone TO the
Big Four.
General Passenger Agents Reed, of the
Monon, Edwards, OF the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton q Dayton, Chesborough, of the Van
dalia: Dering Of the Pennsylvania, and
Martin, of the Big Four, will be in the
city to-day.
Since establishing its own steamship line
the import business OF the Chesapeake &
Ohio road has increased fully 100 per cent
and the west-bound business of the road
nCw compares quite favorably with the
east-bound shipments.
The employees of the Louisville Southern
have been notified that on May l there
will be reduction of 10 per cent. on
all salaries exceeding S35 per month. Any
employe whose wages were reduced last
May May !. + not aiie''e" 0y the reou''ion on
The handsome building in which the Ad-
ans Express Company placed its unique eX-
hibit at the worlds fair has been purchased
by the Pennsylvania Company and will be
taken down, shipped TO Waterford, on the
Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago, and used
as depot
Harry Miller, superintendent of the Lou
isville division of the Pennsylvania lines,
was in Terre Haute yesterday, and
turned from there accompanied by N X.
Elliott, superintendent of the Vandalia main
line and the Logansport division. The trip
excited some speculation as to its mean
ing.
The dismissal of passenger conductors on
the Monon lines, on careful inquiry, proves
to have been somewhat exaggerated. Up
to last night but three had been dismissed
Superintendent Lowell assigned as a reason
noncompliance with the rules of the COM
pany.
Major E. B. Stahlman. commissioner of
the Southern Railway and Steamship AS
SOciatiOn, has so recovered from his recent
Illness in New York as to be able to return
70 hp off pfal of Il
citation expires July 81, and on that date,
it is stated, Mr. Stahlman will positively
resign.
The receivers of the Evansville & Terre
work on the road the coming summer.
They have purchased steam shovel, which
they will put TO work at once loading grav-
el for ballasting, and a good deal of work
is to be done in rebuilding or putting in
new bridges.
AZ MeadvilIe. on the New York, Penn
sylvania & Ohio division of the Erie lines,
there are a large number of employees of
the road and they have formed cooper
and are selling Western meats, guarantee
ing that the best cuts shall not sell at over
cents per pound.
Quint McNabb. formerly with the Big
Four as superintendent of bridges, left,
yesterday, TO take position on the st.
Louis * Iron Mountain offered him by Cen
eral Superintendent Peck. On Saturday his
friends on the st. Louis division of the Big
-Four presented him with gold watch and
chain and his wife with a valuable diamond
ring.
a. A Zion. superintendent of the Union
Railway Company and Belt road, dis
missed more men yesterday Three men on
the Union tracks are now doing the work
that eight formerly did. 1t is stated that
the pay roll for March will be 30 per cent.
below the sum required for Feruary, and
the work of reducing expenses is not yet
completed
A G. Gibbons. chief engineer of the Van
dalia lines. states that the track of the
main line is now in such excellent physical
condition that but little money will be
expended on it this year. on the branches
il is the intention to do good deal of
work, more especially on the Peoria divi-
sion, which, when the Nandalia took il.
was in bad shape, but is already in 80 per
cent better shape than when Benjamin
McKeen took the position OF superintendent
of that division.
c. w. Woods chief clerk to Superin-
tendent II. J.. Miller, of the Louisville di-
vision, p, G., &. ~ 81. l., has recently
become member Of the state executive
committee OF the Indiana Young Mems
Christian Association. 1T is probable that
a Big Four representative Will be chosen
in the near future. All four of the rail-
Elkhart, LoganspOrt and ColumbuS-were
represented by their respective secretaries
at the seventh international conference Of
railroad associations in New York city,
which closed on Sunday night
For years ii has been understood that
on what were known as the MacNey lines
on any other road in this country but the
receivers of the Peoria, Decatur * Evans
Vile of the Evansville & Terre Haute and
OF the Louisville, Evansville * st. Louis have
issued a circular requiring employees in the
offices on these lines TO be at their desks
at a: m. daily, except sunday; take the
usual hour for dinner, and complete their
days work at p. m, instead OF 8 and
sometimes II p. under the old order of
things. or Saturday the offices close at 3
p. m.
East-bound shipments from Chicago last
week amounted TO S5.1SS tons, against 3D.
SIG for the preceding week and 65,52 tons
for the corresponding week of last year.
The roads carried tonnage as follows
Michigan Central, 9,2S6, Wabash, Ssh; Lake
Shore, 1881; Fort Wayne. 1885; Pan
handle 9.l06 Baltimore * Ohio, ; Grand
Trunk, 6,291; Nickel-plate, 900i; Chicago *
Erie 10O98: Big Four. 246l. Shipments
tons: Flour 1858; grain and mill stuffs,
49l72: provisions. lard. etc. S5ll: dressed
beef, 1i.Oi4: butter. 1.131; hides. 1.175; lum-
Der, $3.50; miscellaneous, l,s45.
Jan. 6. two of the roads running out Of
Pittsburg volunteered TO carry persons who
were being aided 10y the city, and who de-
sired TO work on improvements going on at
Highland and Schenly parks free, and up
10 Saturday last, when the relief work
ceased. the two roads heVe carried free
TO these parks. in the interest of charity,
291. 200 persons. who worked day or more
at the parks. If the distance 10 and from
the parks was computed and the mileage
of each passenger figured OUT on a scents
per mile basis. it would be seen that the
two roads contributed handsomely the last
three months 10 the relief work.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders
of the Chicago x Alton road and subsidiary
lines was held at Chicago yesterday and