The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-13


Big Four. The people up there cannot get
10 Indianapolis until 10 o'clock a. m, and
must leave at 40 o'clock p. m. and can
not visit the theater game Of baseball
without remaining over night.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
The annual convention Of the National
Car-service Association begins at Cleveland,
o., June IS.
The gross earnings OF the New York
Central for May, show an increase over
May. 1884, of 1903. 263.
The stockholders OF the Cincinnati, Ham,
iton e. indianapolis will hold their annual
meeting to-day in this city
George Sipp, superintendent OF car service
OF the Chesapeake * ONO, was in the city
yesterday for a short visit 10 his mother
The joint rate committee of the Western.
the Central Traffic and the Eastern Trunk
June 10.
The Pennsylvania has commenced extern
sive improvements at Ashtabula docks for
better handling its ore and coal traffic at
that point.
The new management of the Pittsburg.
Akron & Western has already begun put
ting the property and its equipment in
good physical condition.
The Vandaia on tuesday settled two
moro claims for damages from the Coats
vile accident paying r. II: CROUCH 5000
and Miss Agnes Patrick $500. The latter
was not seriously injured.
=. 4. BUSH, superintendent OF motive
power of the Panhandle lines, will read
paper before the master car-builders' con-
vention. to be held at Thousand Islands,
on the subject OF shoe-brake tests.
A new time card has gone into effect on
the New York Central. which makes some
important changes in it's through ear serv-
ice. st. Louis and indianapolis business,
however Is not affected by the change.
The Wabash, the Big Four, the Lake
Erie & Western and the Chesapeake x
Ohio show the largest gains I'm May earn
ings. when compared with May, 1894, ac-
cording TO their mileage, of any roads in the
country.
The large ten-wheel passenger engines.
Pittsburg build, which were run on the
trains t Of the 1isian IN
freight. and handle thirty-lve loaded cars
with ease.
NJ. +. Denniston, trainmaster of the
Lake Erie Western, is going over the
all employees who read signals, to color
blindness. Hereafter these tests will be
made once year.
Engine 40 of the vandalia which had been
rebuilt at the shops In Terre Haute and
given a larger driving wheel. yesterday
hauled Train 20 from Terre Haute TO In
dianapolis and made up twenty minutes on
the fast schedule.
1t is stated officially that the contract
to build the new Big Four shops at Wabash
has not been let, neither will 1t be until
the city of Wabash gives the company a
good title for the ground on which the
shops are 10 be built
superintendent Potter. who was three
months ago appointed superintendent of the
Pennsylvania lines Toledo division), and
soon taken seriously i'll, was yesterday able
to go to his office for short time. being
the first visit TO his Office in nine weeks.
Harry Delaney, late master mechanic of
the Louisville. New Albany K Chicago. has
gone East with his family on a pleasure
trip He has recently received three good
offers, but is undecided as to their accept
ance, he desiring to have a few weeks
rest.
The railway telegraph superintendent
are holding their annual convention in
Montreal. VI. b. Leonard vice president,
of Richmond, Va. presided yesterday, and
a number of papers were read. after which
the members went for a drive around the
mountain.
George ]. Bradbury. vice president and
general manager of the Lake Erie & West
ern and the lines controlled by IL, yester-
day issued a circular announcing the APP
pointment OF w. T.. Hackedorn general
solicitor and John b. Cockrum as general
attorney.
Captain May, the general utility man OF
the passenger department of the Pennsyl-
vania. with headquarters at Philadelphia.
was in the city yesterday en- route East.
The Captain is eighy-three years old, and
has been in the service of the Pennsyl-
yana since 1885.
The Lee spark arrester. which has been
testing for some time past on one of the
Big Four locomotives, hass not proved the
success expected. and the report that the
company had adopted it's not correct, says
an official who is in authority In the motive
power department.
The private of Oscar Murray, vice
president and freight traffic manager of
the Big Four. will be turned out of the
shops at Brightwood to-day, after undergo
ing general overhauling. Mr.. Murray has
arranged for an Eastern and then an ex-
tended Western business trip.
F'redric Shultz. the engineer killed last
Panhandle wards
yesterday at Logansport. His funeral was
largely attended by railway employees,
members of G.. A. r. Post No. II, and the
Chosen Friends. he being prominent men,
Der in the organizations named.
One firm is TO spend $4,000 in developing
coal mines on the Louisville. Evansville *
promises to yield in the not distant future
large revenue. as New Albany and Louis
vile are large consumers of coal mined by
operators on the line OF that road.
samuel R3ss' the lost lire lreign1 agent h 9l
thirty-sxth year of service with the COM
pany He has kept a record of the mileage
he has held and it reaches 2,S55,si6 miles.
Mr.. Ross was seventy-eight years old last
February.
The official record shows that 81 per cent.
of the locomotives of the Big Four proper,
which number 443, are in perfect order for
service. Forty-four engines i'm the
shops for light repairs, and twenty-five for
ent Van Wrinkle expresses the opinion that
but few roads of the country have 81 per
cent. of their power in good condition.
superintendent Zion is doing a good deal
of work on the Union and Belt tracks, and
has two extra gangs of men employed in
addition 10 the five regular gangs of sec
ton men But few persons are aware OF
the effect on the track of the heavy trains.
But few, IL any. pieces of track i'm the
country the length Of the Belt road have
many heavy trains over II in twenty
four hours.
IL is understood in Wall street that the
presidency Of the New York. Susquehanna
x Western Railroad Company has been
offered TO Samuel Nj. FELTON,, formerly first
vice president of the Erie Railroad Com
pany and at present receiver Of the Gin
cinnatl. New Orleans & Texas railroad.
and vice president OF the Alabama Great
Southern Railroad Company, with offices in
last week. hut went hack 10 Cincinnati
without deciding to accept the position.
IL is said that his answer has not yet been
received. but is expected shortly.
The putting on OF fast train out of
Cincinnati. for indianapolis, at noon. over
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, will
probably result i'm some changes in the train
service of the Monon. II is quite possible
that the MOnon Will break the monotony
of all Chicago trains leaving indianapolis
at noon and midnight, except the morning
train recently put on for Chicago by the
for Chicago at so p: m. arriving at Chi
cago at y. m. and catching all the 10
o'clock western connections. thus extending
the service OF the noon train out of Gin
cinnati.
A PENNSYLVANIA official. who has Just re-
turned from the East over the Pennsyl
vania road proper. states that important
improvements are i'm progress all along the