The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-21

charges again. and naturally every rate war
serves 10 increase the agitation for regu-
evidenced in the fact that several States
have already passed maximum rate laws.
Fast Time on the Fort Wayne.
A special train on the Fort Wayne road,
which is scheduled to make the run from
Chicago to New York in eighteen hours,
passed through Lima. o.. on time at 12:3O
yesterday. The Pennsylvania is making an
effort TO beat the Lake Shore time OF
twenty hours, and secure the mail contract.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
President Ashley OF the Wabash, says
the company is now practically clear OF
floating debt.
A A. Mcleod, ex-president Of the Phila-
delphia & Reading is with his family trav-
cling in California.
The Pullman company has declared
quarterly dividend of s. per share. Trans
fer books close May 1.
u. A Barnard, general panager of the
Peoria Eastern, has gone 10 Cincinnati
to remain until Monday.
The Big Four employees are to be given
the privilege Of voting on the question Of
establishing hospitals on the system.
General Manager Lee, Of the LaPorte,
Houston Northern, says It's trains will
be running into Galveston. Tex, by July /.
The directors of the Lake Erie & West
ern nave declared a quarterly dividend on
the preferred stock OF IA per cent, payable
May 10.
1t has been a busy week at the Stock
yards. Yesterday the Western lines de-
livered at the yards liz carloads of cattle
and hogs
H. H. Kingston has been appointed as
sistant traffic manager of the Lehigh Valley
system in special charge of the road
through business.
After July 1 Joseph Ramsey, -jr.. will be
general manager of the st. Louis Mer-
chants Bridge as we'll as of the st. Louis
Terminal Bridge Company.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe asks
for bids for the construction of a hospital
at Topeka, to cost not to exceed $4,000,
and one at Newton to cost $4,000.
r. b. f: Peirce. trustee and general man
ager of the indianapolis, Decatur & West
ern; who has been in New YORK for sew
eral days, Is expected home to-day.
General Manager Wood, General Superin-
tendent Miller and Chief Engineer Becker,
of the Pennsylvania Company are this
week inspecting the Panhandle lines.
Barney Pollman, a veteran engineer on
the Missouri Pacific, Is one of the aldermen
of Kansas City, and has recently been ap-
pointed chairman Of the city's Board OF
Health.
Judge Cot, of Boston. has decided against
the New York & New England road re-
ceivers in the case of alleged discrimination
on the part of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford road.
April will show fifteen hundred more men
employed on the New York Central than in
March. This includes the increasing Of the
at work on the tracks and roadbed.
General Manager McDoel, Of the Monon
lines, has announced that the recent agree
ment between the company and it's engi-
neers and firemen is annulled and new
schedule will be in force after May Is.
Commencing with the first Saturday in
May. the offices of the Big Four at Indian
apOlis, including the car-servce depart
ment. will be closed at / p. m A practice
which was inaugurated at Cincinnati last
year with good results.
Chief Engineer Moore and his assistants
were yesterday setting grade stakes on the
new road to be built from Huntington to
Union City which, in connecting the Dayton
& Union and the Chicago & Erie at no dis
tant day, Will be an important north and
south road.
The Boston press says but little progress
Is making in the reorganization of the
New York & New England. Its greatest
enemy is the New York New Haven &
Hartford, which fears that the new
organization will carry out the plan to
build to New York city.
The management of Purdue University
has decided to send the experimental en-
CINE Schenectady" which was damaged in
the fire, to the Panhandle shops. at In
dianapolis, to be rebuilt Master Mechanic
Swanson promises to have it rebuilt and
back in Lafayette by Sept. 1.
Grievance committees of the trainmen of
the Monon lines will next week go 20 Chi
cago for a conference with General Man.
ager McDoel and General Superintendent
Wages There Is mo taIR Of strike or III
feeling over the matter. but the men wish
| more fully TO understand the situation.
w. T. Kelley who retired as general su-
perfntendent of the st. Louis * Iron Noun
| tain on the appointment Of Z. A. Peck TO
the position, has accepted the position of
| general manager of a railway in Central
America being constructed from Puerto
Barrios to Guatemala, pa miles, with
| branches which swell the mileage to 364
miles.
John Lazarus, traffic manager of the In
4 0ldnaDOllS. Decatur A Western. has lust
turned from Western trip, and reports
freight traffic very light At Peoria there
| at any time in years, and none of the
| freight officials is able to fix upon time
| Improvement.
Frank j. Reed, general passenger agent
of the Monon is preparing the matter for a
| book on the industries and resources located
| on the Monon lines and other points of in
| terest regarding the road. It's history, II
| published in full, will be an interesting one.
| The road physically and in It's equipment,
| is now in better condition than at any
| time in its existence.
Semi-official announcement is made that
| the newly-formed general OF sanfzation COM
/ Fe railway system will report a plan In
| about month which. 1t is claimed will
pany. 1t is not thought that the committee
| will find Ii necessary to call for the de-
| post of any class Of bonds.
| t. ~, Ironmonger. of Toledo. general
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1 the city for a few days. On Monday next
| division of this association will be organ
/ led here or one hundred railroad men. The
/ meeting for organization will be held at
/ Red Mems Hall. The organization is much
I similar to that of the Red Men, except
| that only railroad men can become men,
| bers.
| Each year seems to increase the import
| ance of Logansport as a railroad center
| The locating of the headquarters Of the
/ Michigan division of the Vendala at that
| point will result in quite an accession TO the
| railroad fraternity at that city and twelve
| months from now the indianapolis, Logans-
! port & Chicago will likely be in operation
| which will further add to Logansport's i'm
| portance as railroad town.
| The new Chesapeake & Ohio STEAMSHIP
| Company, sailing between Newport News
| and London and Liverpool is giving great
| ness OF its service. Its advent adj
| vances this route TO British ports TO front
| rank. 1t is the intention of the manage
| ment, in connection with the c. & O. and
| c., c., c. q st. l.. to give a fifteen days
service under practically one management
| between cities hereabouts and British ports
Paul Rainier. chief OF the weighing and
| inspection bureau Of the Central Traffic
| Association and trunk lines spent yester-
| day in the city. Mr. Rainer states that his
| annual report will show that tho several
bureaus under his supervision earned about
800, 600 less In the last year than in the
| year preceding, hich. he thinks. when the
depressed condition OF business the last
eight months is considered, is an excellent
dianapolis. Terre Haute, Evansville. Vim
cennes and Louisville have come nearer
earning their usual amount than a MAORI
~ of the associations have.