The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-21

completes his twentieth year in that posi-
ton on the 1st OF next month. He con-
tihues as one OF the roads directors.
w. Z. Burbank, who had been rOadmas-
ter OF the Concord < Montreal nearly thirty
years, died at Concord last week. aged six
ty-nine years.
Charles Hendrix. passenger conductor on
the Big -Four, is laid up by injuries received
by being thrown violently from "A coach
platform by a lurch Of the train taking him
off his feet.
Large quantities of grain and provisions
are now moving southwark over the Penn
sylvania's Louisville division and the
MOnOn The billing shows it is divided be-
tween Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama
The Chicago & Erie and the Big Four
have made a friendly traffic alliance which
Is resulting in a large amount of through
freight for the South being turned over to
the Big Four at Bolivar. the connecting
point.
The operating expenses of the Pennsyl-
vana lines for February, IL IS stated, were
100000 less than in February 1898. If the
wealthiest corporation in the world makes
such reduction, what can be looked for
by the weaker roads?
The Chicago q Rock Island will. soon
money matters ease up, build a cut OH
between Beatrice, Neb., and Herrlngtols
Kan, which will reduce the distance from
Omaha to Fort Worth to 64S miles; the
present line is 74S miles
1t is stated that work is to be resumed
on the extension Of the 81. Louis, GhlcaSo
* St Paul road east to st. Louis. The line
extends from Alton To East St. Louis along
the leveeS on the east side of the Mlssis-
sippi. and is nearly all graded and the
bridge built
Engine 40, Thomas Klein. engineer, on
Monday hauled the fast express from IN
dianapols to Monon, ninety-five miles, IN
two hours and twenty-three minutes, max
ing seven stops at crossings and stations
The run from Frankfort to Delphi was
made in twenty-eight minutes.
The December report Of the st. Louis
Alton & Terre Haute shows: Gross earn
ings, 1925 492, a decrease of Sls,3z net earn
ings, s63.SS4, an increase of A4'I. FOR the
year ending Dec 81 the gross earnings were
SI553 g74 an increase of $22114; net earn
ings, S6S2,300, decrease of $l,siS
A freight man who has seen the agree
ment Of the roads doing east-bOund bust
ness out of Chicago Peoria, st. Louis and
Indianapolis states that the companies nave
never before entered into SO ironclad an
agreement, and ii will be serious matter
for any agent who devates from ii.
The building of new shops by the Monon
people at Lafayette has become SO prODaple
that the citizens OF New Albany are pc
coming restless and are considering the
taking of steps to prevent the Improvement
being made. alleging that in consideration
of a large sum of money paid the SHOPS
were TO remain at New Albany.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton * Dayton was held at
tbrs t toF f f6Ttv thousand
shares, 1884 were cast and all for NJ: ID.
Woodford, Henry f. Shoemaker and VIII
berforce Kelly. A meeting for organization
will be held soon but no changes are an
ticipated.
Tomorrow the Big Four will run excur-
sion trains TO Indianapolis from Lafayette,
Benton Harbor, Union City, Greensburg
and Champaign, and excursions Will be run
into Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, St
Louis and Chicago. r. O. Mccormick, pas
senger traffic manager. says he is going to
try 10 get people travelling again The rate
is about one cent per mile.
A high official of the Big Four said yes
terday that despite the fact that the Big
Four now waited on much larger num-
Der OF connections than ever before, not
in the last five years has the record of
arrival Of trains at terminals on time been
so noticeable as during the last three
months. on some divisions late train
has not been known in that period.
A convention will be held in New York
city, May q, % and g which will repre-,
sent the railroad employees of the United
States Canada and Mexico. The unions to
be represented are the Order of Railway
Conductors the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers, Brotherhood OF Railway Train
men, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
order of Railway photographers and the
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association.
Martin A Knapp. Interstate-commerce
Commissioner, is opposed TO the amendment
TO the interstate-commerce law proposed
by Senator German, which seeks TO repeal
the prohibition of pooling. Mr. Knapp re,
CARDS a permission TO the railroads to pool
as desirable because likely to do away with
unjust determinations between shippers,
but objects 10 the amendment because 1t
does not vest in the commission power 10
fix rates
A Joint meeting of the indianapolis. An
dersOn, Muncie, Marion, KOkomo and Terre
Haute freight committees will be held at
the Office of ]. B. Eckman, in the Board
of Trade Building, at 10 O'clock this morn
ing, for the purpose OF revising the rates
on pig iron scrap iron, billets, blooms, cast
iron pipe etc, from the above-named
points to all points in Central Traffic Asso-
citation territory The new rates Will be
lower than those now in effect.
George b Roberts was yesterday
elected president of the Pennsylvania for
the fourteenth time. The history OF the
road is the history of his life, as he began
his career on it as a rodman with the
construction corps. II Is his pride that he
is civil engineer by profession, and ne
science beside exercising control over
system OF railroads $500 miles In length
and employing nearly eighty thousand men,
women and boys.
The managers of the roads in the Trunk
line Association, the Central Traffic AssO-
citation and the managers of the lake YES
sells will meet in Buffalo March 20 to en-
deavOr TO agree on basis OF rates which
will leave the roads and the boats some
margin in the business they carry. The
Western Freight Association IS expected to
take part in the conference. On the same
date the Western Freight Association will
part toward maintaining east-b0und rates
from points west of Chicago.
Allan Campbell died in New York on Sun
day. He was for many years chairman of
sissippi He was noted chiefly, however,
for his engineering ability. When twenty
years of age he was chief engineer of a
railroad. In 1850 he went to Chilli and built
the first railroad In South America. For
six years after his return he was presi-
dent of the Harlem company. The repu-
tation of Mr.. Campbell a skilled engineer
secured for him the appointment as chief
engineer of the construction of the Union
Pacific.
The Western Passenger Association has
| decided that the local associations in St.
| Paul and Minneapolis need overhanling.
| Yesterday IL adopted a resolution providing
that the local associations of the two cities
| shall be merged into one, with a single sec
! rotary. This official is to look after the
| rules OF organization more sharply than
has been done heretofore, and to devote
especial attention to the conditions govern
| ing the sale of mileage tickets which the
| Minneapolis & ST. Louis complained were
being manipulated so to make a rate of
| 80 between the two cities and Chicago. The
| Minneapolis st. Louis has temporarily
withdrawn its application TO make the nine
dollar rate openly, and Will wait TO see how
| effective the new association becomes
Int for II (~rs,