The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-23

Whiteside and ]. A. Andrews, clerks in the
Office in San Francisco and Il. Greenwald
and NJ Greenwald. ticket brokers. have
been arrested for forgery. The swindIe has
been going on for some time, and the proiits
OF the consDirators were quite large.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
w. H. McDoel, general manager Of the
Monon lines, has returned from New YORK
George T. Gunnip. general Eastern tray
cling passenger agent of the santa re
lines. was in the city yesterday.
William Green. general manager Of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines, was
in the city yesterday, en- route 10 chicago
George Stats. secretary OF Superintend-
ent Mansfield, of the indianapolis & Vim
cennes. is so Ill as to confine him TO MS
room.
The belief is general that eventually the
New York &. New England will pass under
control OF the New York, New Haven &
Hartford
Mai. William West, representing the car
service department of the Baltimore d
Ohio. is in the city for a couple of days
on official work.
The Illinois steel rail mill at South Chi
cago has orders to keep II running ninety
days, and the mills at Joliet to keep them
busy for six months.
Next Monday the executive committee of
the Chicago & Rock Island will have
meeting, when a 1 per cent quarterly diVi-
dend will be declared.
Hereafter engineers and firemen on the
Panhandle lines will be credited on the pay
roll with the amount OF coal saved from
the regular allowance.
Edmund Seacher has been appointed
temporary receiver of the Newport News
81 Mississippi Valley, at the instance OF &.
L. Huntington, IL Is stated.
NJ. ID. Woodford, president Of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton d Dayton, who came West
to attend the annual meeting, returned 10
New York Wednesday night.
The only railway tunnel in Illinois Is on
the. Big Four's Cairo division. 1t is sew
eral hundred feet in length, passing through
what Is known as Tunnel hill.
The new management of the Evansville
& indianapolis are placing the road in
much better physical condition, and with
that its business is increasing.
The plan Of the reorganizat ton of the Chi
ego. Peoria a. ST. Louis has been declared
operative, and the securities of the jack
sonville, Louisville q st. Louis are frozen
out.
The Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton has
the contract to haul five hundred carloads
OF Pittsburg coal from the Ohio river 10
indianapolis for the indianapolis Gas Com
pany.
The directors of the Columbus & Hook
ing Valley unanimously reelected G. G:
Waite president of the road and general
manager. All other officers elected reside
in New York.
The directors OF the Missouri Pacific and
of the st. Louis < Iron Mountain in each
case reelected the old corps OF officers,
George J. Gould being elected president of
both companies.
c. f. Fuller, superintendent of bridges
on the Vandalia lines. who has been i'll for
three months, the last few days has been
much worse and no hopes are entertained
OF his recovery.
The committee appointed to nominate
thirteen directors for the Pennsylvania
on Tuesday next, have named the present
thirteen members of the board.
On April l w. J. Lewis will become sec
rotary for the receivers OF the Peoria, De-
"a m Ila \ pal limo rlpPal
freight and passenger agent and 5. j. Cas-
setty assistant general freight and pas
Senger agent.
The Seaboard Air line, which has never
leans. has appointed r. II. Tate. who
formerly Travelled in this territory for the
East Tennessee, Virginia d Georgia, to
that position.
The Lake Erie 6 Western earned in the
second week of March $59.77S. a decrease as
compared with the corresponding week Of
1893 of Sl5,S22 but, going back to the corre-
spending week in 1892, this years exhibit
is much more flvorah,t.
Mort Pierson. who has been with y. x.
Elliott superintendent of the Vandalia
main line, has resigned and returns TO In
dianapoliS TO engage in business after an
absence OF four years. John Davis will
succeed Mr.. Pierson in the Vandalia office.
There is excellent authority for saying
that whenever any change is made on the
Indianapolis division of the PENNSYLVANIA
lines Harry Miller Will be APPOINTED SUI
rumors sent out from Richmond or Gin
cinnau.
The presidents of the Trunk-line Associa-
ton and the managers of the Central Traf-
fic Association have agreed to regulations
providing for a ten-thousand-dollar forfeit
for the violation of the agreement not TO
pay commissions Oh passenger business
after March 81.
The locomotive recently burned at Pur-
due University will probably be brought
to the Panhandle shops this city, to be re-
William SWangtDn. mechanic
of the Panhandle shops was at Lafayette
yesterday inspecting the. partially burned
engine, and gave an estimate of the cost
of rebuilding 1t.
p. a. Hewitt, auditor of the Big Four,
is In the city on official business 1t is
probable that the headquarters Of the four
indianapolis again, so much more con-
venient is it for them to reach the different
divisions, indianapolis being practically in
the center Of the ten divisions.
f. l.. Martin, commercial agent Of the
Missouri, Kansas Texas for this terri
tory. was in the city yesterday. He states
OF business from this section. and, now
that Ii has line of It's own into St. Louis,
bids fair to get stll larger share of the
traffic for Missouri and Texas points.
Robert Wright, who has been treasurer
of the Grand Trunk road since 1878, has
resigned on account Of i'll health. and
Charles Percy, who has been assistant to
the general manager for number OF years
takes the position OF treasurer; j. j. Lam
ming, private secretary TO the general man.
ager, becomes assistant to the general man
ager.
f. l.. Corwin, superintendent of the Chi
cago a. Eastern Illinois, has issued the new
schedule TO take effect April %. and TO the
surprise of the trainmen the schedule of
wages Is but little lower. 1t Is probable
no further opposition on the part of the
tratnmen will be manifested. Agitators
had made the issuing of the schedule
much more formidable affair, II is stated,
than there was any grounds for
The Pennsylvania Company, several
weeks ago, tested on one OF its coaches a
ventilator which was designed by one of
the employees on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne
X Chicago. Since then six more coaches
have been fitted up with the device, which
performs very satisfactorily y coach can
be cleared of the most impure air and
smoke in one-third the time required by
the present system OF ventilation.
While the Garstang type of engine on the
Big Four is very fast with six or seven
cars, they do not handle the fast trains on
the Chicago division, which usually consist
or ten or twelve cars, satisfactorily, and
the ten-wheel passenger engines which the
Brooks locomotive works built for the Big
Four lave been put in service hauling these
heavy trains. They doing good service
making up time with these trains, If nee
essary.
Samuel FELTON,, jr., president of the Queen
and Crescent. and also receiver, has pub
lshed in pamphlet form his answer TO
General Manager Smith, of the Louisville
& Nashville. Mr.. Felton's defense is fully