The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-19
Personal. Local and General Notes.

The receivers and a number of the bond
holders of the Louisville. Evansville & St.
Louis road are inspecting the property.
I. II. Burgoon, late superintendent OF the
Terre Haute a. Peoria, has been appointed
superintendent of the Findlay. Fort Wayne
& Western
Eugene V. Debs, president of the Amer
lean Railway Union, on Tuesday night
organized a local union at Milwaukee,
starting with los charter members
b. Z. Moody, an old train dispatches on
the Panhandle lines, has been appointed
superintendent of the New York division
Of the Erie, with headquarters at Jersey
City
The Louisville, Evansville & St Louis
Is said 10 have more business than it has
rolling stock to handle, and is pushing re-
possible.
j. +: Reeves. Southern representative of
the Big -Four, James WEIGH, representing
the Union Pacific, and NJ. r. Warwick, Of
the Missouri Pacific, were in the city yester-
dey on official business.
]. x. Iape, who has been appointed
SUPERINTENDENT of. motive power Of the
Louisville Evansville * ST Louis, was at
one time master mechanic of the Bee
line shops at Brightwood.
w; c. Alvord, late general freight agent
or the Jacksonville Southeastern, is in the
city. Should he become a freight official
or the Big -Four it will not be surprising
as he is very capable freight man
company in which indianapolis men are
interested has been organized to build a
road, forty miles in length, from Washing
ton, ID. G.. to Chesapeake Beach, a new
pleasure resort, where an immense hotel is
to be built at once.
Master Mechanic McClurg, of the Peoria G.
Eastern, is building a new passenger engine
at the Urbana shops. 1t will be of the same
type as the engines recently built for pas
senger service for this road by the Schenec-
tady locomotive works.
The Richmond locomotive works have
done so we'll in rebuilding ten of the con-
3olidated engines of the Peoria & Eastern
that General Manager Barnard has con-
tracUed TO have SIX more of the old L., Il. &
w. standard consolidated engines rebuilt.
The st. Louis & Iron Mountain now runs
two trains daily each way between st.
Louis and Hot Springs Since r. y. Peck
took charge as general superintendent of
that road there has been a great growth
CT passenger business as a result of fur
nishing better train service.
j. o. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent.
the ten division superintendents Chief En-
glneer ktttredge, and the several engineers
or maintenance Of way of the Big Four
are holding a two days conference at Gin
cinnau. in which President Ingalls, takes
part, to decide on improvements for the
present year.
A gentleman who is well informed as to
rate matters states that without question,
at indianapolis, St Louis. Peoria and Chi
cago, east-bOind rates are firmly held, but
he has ample evidence that on second and
third-class freights, at certain less impOr-
tant shipping points rebates are being paid
TO get such business
Nj. b. Cutter. division superintendent of
Pittsburg, is the Journal is informed, 20
resign and go 10 the Southern Pacific At
the time c. p. Huntington (who owns large
ly the Southern Pacific road controlled the
Newport News Il Mississippi Valley. Mr.
Cutter was general superintendent of that
line.
Secretary Jackson of the Union Railway
Company, is anxious that steps should be
taken at once to organize a railroad branch
OF the Young Mems Christian Association
at Indianapolis. Several of the officials OF
the lines running in here have expressed
willingness 10 assist IN the matter, and just
now good rooms for such an association can
be furnished in the Union Station.
During the two years that Sumner Col
Inns was general superintendent of the Mo-
non the employees on the line became much
attached To him, and on sunday a com
mittee OF each department with George
X Lowell, now general superIn tendent II
me SoiIin Hitb an e5nt @ si,,apI seii
ing 500.
Without question the Louisville. Evans
vile st. Louis viii in due time be sold
at foreclosure sale. and viii likely pass
into strong hands. Parties interested in
the Wabash road are said TO have shown
considerable interest in the future OF the
road. Those well informed say that large
sum OF money must be expended before
the first mortgage bonds. Within the next
twenty-five years this road viii doubtless
be good property on a reasonable in
The transcontinental lines viii hold an i'm
portant conference with the Western Pas
senger Association. at Chicago. to-day. Tn,
question or allowing a dhIerential To the
Canadian Pacific on business which reaches
San Francisco by water is one which direct
" interests the lines Of the association ant
their rduncauon l5 necessary part OF IN,
programme in granting the differential 1h'
Canadian Pacific may get the diiferential
but there are lines which are opposed 10 al
lowing IL. ana ole two of them will max,
hot fight against the proposition.
Financially speaking, the Ohio Southern 1
said 20 be in a bad way. The building OF III
Lima extension and lavish expenditures 10
equipment. IL Is stated. have brought abou
such results. The company has purchase,
some 5000 box and coal cars: I'm fact. IL Ia
many cars that IL depends on connection
for side tracks when the cars are not II
service. and IL is only a coal road tn
box cars hundreds of them, are standing
on side tracks OF other roads idle. and Goa