The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-19

(AAe OnO ICtOI1t4 lcotEIQ0y AIS
Florida trip.
The roundhouse of the indianapolis. De-
catur & Western IL undergoing general re-
pairs, and a slate roof Is being placed on IT,
traffic manager of the Big -Four, has re-
turned from his Western trip and is at
headquarters again.
The vandalia is bringing in daily from
three to six carloads of oranges from Cali
fornia, shipped in refrigerator cars over
the Santa Fe lines.
s. f. Medsker. union ticket agent at the
Observation-Disclosures Depot. lis arrang-
ing to go South for a few weeks with
an invalid daughter.
John Pontious, foreman of engines on
the indianapolis division of the Panhandle
lines, who has been quite i'll, reported for
duty again yesterday.
The Wabash is receiving from the Rhode
heavy PASSENGER engines. The first on the
order was delivered last Saturday.
r.. III. Parks, formerly general manager
of the n, adison, ILL.,. car works. has been
Elliott car works at Gadsden, Ala.
Agent Rice. of the Big Four at Lebanon,
reports the receipts OF the sation for jan
those of the corresponding two months of
1894.
The roadmaster's office of the Chicago G.
Eastern Illinois, which for three years has
been at Attica, Ind, on the LIST of April will
be removed to Brazil, as Will the supply
depot.
III SnlDmentS OIL QToSSeQ H1SSIS IIOIil SIh-
cage in 1894 the Panhandle carried l5S
per cent, or more than any other line; the
Baltimore & Ohio came second, carrying
1875 per cent.
t. w. Burrows, formerly superintendent
of the indianapolis and st. Louis, was in
the city yesterday. 1t is possible that ne
will be appointed to a position on the Lake
Erie & Western.
The Chicago & Rock Island and the Rock
Island & Peoria have entered into a traf1lc
alliance and viii at once put on through
train .caryina hnfyyeen ST. IxOlflS ana ROCK
Island via Peoria.
The Lake Erie & Western, in the second
week of March, earned S66,647. 6S, an increase
Sc. S69. O3: increase for the first half of the
month this year, s~9,756.3S.
On Saturday r. b. F. Peirce, general
manager of the Indianapolis, Decatur S
Western, closed a contract with the Pull
man company for three hrst-elass coacnes
of the most approved class.
The Illinois Steel Company has been
awarded the contract to furnish l59 miles OF
steel rails for the Trinity, Cameron d
Western, which is to be built in the interest
of the Missouri, Kansas 81 Texas.
In the week ending March Is there were
Transferred over the Belt road 1886 cars, a
decrease as compared with the week end
ing March 8 of 1873 cars. Belt engines last
week handled Gas carloads of live stock.
J. III. Setchel. general agent of the Pitts
burg locomotive works, is on a Western
chanic of the shops of the Little Miami
road, now part of the Panhandle system.
S. M. FELTON,, jr., president of the Queen
& Crescent, assigns as a reason for not
signing the new passenger agreement of
the Southern roads that the Louisville IL
Nashville is not willing to include all Its
mileage.
The committee appointed by ex-Mayor
Richard yaux to select a ticket for the
board of directors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, to be voted at the an
| nual election, have recommended the pres
sent board.
Joseph Wood. general manager of the
PENNSYLVANIA lines; John G. Williams gen
President Osborn. of the Big Four, are
expected here to-day to attend the general
managers meeting.
The Employees Saving Fund of the Penn
sylvania Company, which is entirely dis
tinct from the relief department. now has
4,112 depositors. The amount received dur
ing 1894 was s366.Ol5. and the amount in the
fund has reached 81 .354,5 95.
Only two of the class X engines on the
Panhandle lines, which are ten wheel ma
ice. They are not hello in high esteem
by the engineers. being more complicated
than are the class r engines.
One OF the Brooks engines on the Big -Four,
yesterday, hauling the Chicago express, left
Lafayette thirty minutes late and arrived
at Indianapolis on time, running sixty
four miles in eighty-three minutes and
stopping at Thorntown and Lebanon
]. T.. Odell, formerly general manager of
the Baltimore & Ohio, is proving a valuable
man on the New York & New England.
Last week he was elected vice president
of the road as well as It's general man
ager, the receivers approving of his re-
| election.
The Erie and Lackawanna roads have
| issued notices to the effect that they nave
| decided to sell no more mileage tickets.
| This opens a new feature in the trunk-line
| situation, and leads to the belief that it is
the entering wedge to adopting a two-cent-
| annie rate on all classes of tickets.
The kodak method of detecting infringe
| ments of railway rules suffered a rebuke
at Logansport last week. a Panhandle de-
L fnoffxro ruaC dicoGuprnd in the act of taking
a snap shot on an employe absorbing a
drink of whisky and the kodaker, as a re.
suit, received some rough treatment, but
the subject lost his job.
James Barker, general passenger agent
of the Missouri, Kansas q Texas, says ne
is losing faith in the sincerity Of some OF
of the Western Passenger Association.
Nearly four months have been consumed,
he says, in ~fruitleSS discussions and nego-
~tiations trying to get the troubles adj
justed.
To prevent generalization in passenger
rates on Eastern roads it is now proposed
by the strong lines to enter into a COM
bination with a view of forcing the weak
lines and those roads which. decline TO
go into an agreement into submission by
breaking off all pro-rating agreements with
all roads which refuse to- join the pool
or agree to maintain agreed rates.
A suit was begun in the Supreme Court
of New York, yesterday, which Involves the
payment of nearly two million dollars on
pany of the bonds Of the Denver, Lead
vile & Gnnnison railway. The plaintiffs in
the action are Henry Bulge, Charles A.
| Peabody and Henry De Coppet as a COM
Hittee under agreement dated Feb. 8, 1884,
with the holders of the 41a-per-cent. bonds
Of the Denver, Leadyille & Gunnison rail-
way. and the defendants are the Union
Pacific Railway Company.
In the Massachusetts Senate, yesterday,
the committee on ailway reported a bill
providing that on and after Jan. l, 1898, no
railroad shall use in moving trsflic between
points in that State any locomotive not
equipped with q power ~driving-wheel brake
and appliances Tor operating the train brake
system, or run any train which has not a
sufficient number of cars so equipped with
power as to enable the engineer to reg
ulate it. On and after Jan. /, 1898, no cars
shall be handled without being equipped
with automatic couplers, which can be
worked without going between ears. The
bill is suggested by the Railroad Commits
sioners.
The fact that c. r. Daily twice last week
visited Cincinnati gave rise to a report
that he was to succeed D.. b. Martin as
general passenger agent of the Big Four.
On neither trip did he go for the purpose
of a conference with the Big Four Off
Gals regarding the matter and further,
there is no real foundation for the report
that ID. r.. Martin is TO leave the Big
Four to become commissioner of the new