The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-11

Company, returned yesterday.
Edward C. Law, travelling passenger
agent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day.
ton lines, who was thought to be fatally ill,
Is convalescent.
A special train on the Wabash road.
Tuesday carried the Sousa Band from La
fayette to wabash, sixty-seyen miles, in
seventy minutes
The Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief De-
parament viii pay 70 the motner OF prake
at Arcadia, $1,000
Fl. c. Parker, traffic manager of the Lake
Erie & Western, returned last evening from
West Baden Springs, where he had been
stopping few days
The Findlay. Fort Wayne g. Western on
Monday received from the Pttsburg loco
motive works the first of four engines the
works are building for that road.
A citizens committee of Terre Haute is
taking steps to secure the headquarters
The Mayor has the matter in hand.
NJ. w. Mansfield superintendent of the
indianapolis & Vincennes, and his subordL.
nate officials are spending three days on
the road inspecting track, bridges and sta
TONS
The yanda1ii,, on May l. will put on
new train to run the Michigan division
between Logansport and st. Joseph, chiefly
to accommodate the pleasure travel north
ward.
Lewis Stinson, passenger conductor on
the Evansville & Terre Haute, is in the
city visiting his brother, who is fatally i'll.
Albert Stinson, the comedian, also is here
on the same mission.
John IT, Duckey, who for some years was
train dispatcher on the indianapolis &
yincennes, has accepted the position of pri-.
vate secretary to w. Il. Leeds, president of
the American Tin-plate Company.
The superintendent of motive power and
the master mechanics of the Pennsylvania
lines east and west are in Altoona, "a,
attending a meeting called to discuss To-
connective and car repairing expenses
a special train, consisting of six cars.
left this morning at O'Clock, over the Big
/ Four, carrying the Lillian Russell troupe to
Detroit the Big Four turning the train
over to the Wabash at North Manchester.
An official of the Pennsylvania Company
states that probably with the taking effect
of the summer time table sleeping car
York on Train 20 and the fast limited,
No. O.
Clifford S. Sims on Tuesday assumed
the duties of engineer of maintenance of
sylvania lines. For some years he has
been assistant engineer on the Fort Wayne
division.
The Evansville & Terre Haute earned in
March sS6.5Ss against .2O2 in March, 1894,
and against s107,I las in March, 1898. The
against $27.s5o in March, 1894, and against
$32,162 in March, 1898.
Samuel Bells. treasurer. of the Railway
Officials and Employees Association. is on
the Pacific coast, combining pleasure with
business One of his objects in going was
r. IT, has been held on the Pacific coast bv the
QuakeTs.
1t transpires that it was the Findlay
Fort Wayne & western people who, under
the name of the Lima Northern Railroad
Company, have been trying to get hold
of long stretch of roadbeed constructed
by the Columbus, Lima & Milwaukee
some years ago.
James Murray, whose death in England
was recently announced. at the age of
on m the tn Erie with the late Ross Winans.
Fifty years ago he was master mechanic
on the Baltimore & Ohio, in charge of the
Mount Glare shops.
Chalmers Brown, president. of the Rail-
way Officials and Employees Association,
says the Improvement in business with the
association of late is evidence to him that
the situation with the railroads is improv
ing, and that the officials and employees
doing better financially.
the Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago
at Fort Wayne, obtained six months leave
The venture did not result as expected,
and he has returned and resumed his du-
ties as cashier of the company.
citv: JUDGE U~ Racon and RI niG 3. Mantz ' of
the Chicago & Rock Island; G. Clifford, of
the Canadian Pacific; E. L. Frary, of the
tation company, and Col William Shaw, of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy.
The Atchison railroad directors met yes
ton made by the joint reorganization COM
mittee. The board recommends that the
stock Of the company be deposited under the
plan that the assessment be paid and that
the reorganization be facilitated in every
way.
The remains of Michael oConnor. the
freight brakeman killed on the Panhandle
for burial. The deceased was an indus
was a relative of Thomas Courtney,
well-known Panhandle passenger con-
ductor.
of Locomotive Firemen win hold meet
ing at Fort Wayne, at which Grand Chief
Sargent will be present and also Vice
Grand Master Hanrahan. Represen tatives
of the Elkhart Garrett, Huntington, An
derson, Van Vert and Lima lodges will
be present.
March So, rs 42o, an increase over March,
1884, OF $Io653 For the, quarter ending
crease this 4 sn Year e Of Since a
it has earned ss1.9s4,se7, decrease, as com
pared with the corresponding period ending
with March 81 1894, of $1.767, 746
George Bender, superintendent of the
Chicago division Of the Big Four. is proud
the train crews made less than hour
overtime and the wrecking crew was not
called GUT once something which , mas not
ton. Considering the severe weather in
early March, Mr.. Bender thinks this a re-
rlarkable record.
in the rumor that<the Nanderbilts are in a
fair way to secureNcontroi of the Erie road.
posed. competition would practically be
narrowed down to the Vanderbilt, the
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore e Ohio
these being the only really through lines
Could such combination be effected it
could easily dictate and enforce the main
tena1ce of rates.
The passenger lines of the Central Traf-
fic Association, which have been in ses-
sion at Chicago. adjourned Yesterday after
disposing of mass of routine stuff. such
as granting special rates to number of
meetings and fixing unimportant associa-
ton rules. The question of inter-
chanseable mileage ticket was not taken
IN at all, but went over until the next
meeting. a meeting of the Ohio River
lines will be held to-day
Officials of the Toledo, Peoria & West
are under control of the Pennsylvania
| Company are considering the question Of
improving the terminals of the two lines
at Peoria. The Peoria Transcript says:
There has been disposition for some
time to break with the Peoria & Pekn
Union, and it was this fact which first led
the Peoria & Pekin Union to consider the
question of reorganization. The t. p &
X. owns piece of track from their bridge
| TO the shops. together with four spur
| tracks at the shops This track has been
| leased to the Peoria & Pekin Union for a
| period of fifty years, but the r.. p. & W.
| now claims that the provisions of the lease
have been violated and that they are at
| liberty to break the terms of contract
whenever they see fit. Should they seek
/ new terminals they would be compelled
! TO build from their shops to Hollis or from