The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-02
Superintendent Raff Takes Charge.

soon be asked for and the property taken
out of the hands of the receivers as soon
Superintendent Ran Takes Charge.
Ferdinand c.. Raft. of South Bend. who
was made superintendent of the Indiana
Illinois & Iowa railroad last week, as
sumed his duties yesterday, with headquar-
telegraph operator and then train dis
patcher for the Lake Shore e. Michigan
Ind. Later he went to South Bend as agent
for the same road, retiring several years
ago. Mr. Raft has charming wife, and
daughter and occupies very pleasant home
in South Bend.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Indiana Car and Foundry Company,
of this city. has secured the contract TO
build 200 cars for the Big Four
In March So, Az cars were transferred over
the Belt road, and Belt road engines
handled 3,367 carloads of live stock.
Freight traffic is SO heavy with the Lake
Erie q Western that every locomotive the
company owns fit for service is in use.
The Panhandle and the Peoria e. Eastern
will put in an interlockng plant at the
crossings of the two roads at New Madi-
son, o.
OF the Belt road III March 2.522 loaded cars.
against 1884 in March, 1894, an increase
this year of over rs per cent.
A. L. Stacy, State secretary of the Y NJ.
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made pleasing talk to the railroad branch
of this organization in that city.
w. F. Bruner, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the. Pennsylvania and Van
dalia lines, is in the city. He expects soon
to remove his family to st. Louis
Asa d. Mcintyre. who was brakeman on.
one or the first passenger trains of the
Lake Shore run west of Toledo, died SUM-
day in Toledo Suddenly of heart disease.
b. f. Mesker, joint ticket agent at the
Massachusetts avenue station, returned yes
an invalid daughter, who remains in that
section.
the Pennsylvania lines West. Who has been
in California for three months with an in
valid wife, is expected home the latter part
of this month.
Fred Ellison yesterday retired from the
service of the Vapdalia, and D. p. Downs
assumed the duties of claim agent in addi-
ton to his duties as live stock agent of the
Vandalia lines.
In March there were handled at the city
f e e It. depots OF the PENNSYLVANIA lines
senting 4,139 cars, in March, 1894
E. L. Wirchell late assistant general
passenger agent of the X; c., F. S. & M,
passenger agent of the Union Pacific, Den
yer & Gulf, vice F. B. semple. resigned.
The Chicago and Rock Island is arrang
tween Chicago and Omaha, to leave Chi
cago at s p. M, on arrival Of the trains
OF the indianapolis lines and arriving in
Omaha at $50 the following morning.
d. c.. Frederic, superintendent of car
service of the ST. Louis, Chicago & St
Paul. is in the city. He states that of late
there has been a decided Improvement in
freight traffic with lines in the territory
roads
The Hudson River. Navigation Company,
which is backed by the New York Central
proposes to contro, the passenger business
on the river and is building two new pas
senger steamers, which will cost 81, 800 900,
and be the largest and fastest boats in ex-
istence.
The Toledo & Ohio Central made a new
departure, yesterday. Hereafter all engi-
signed and disciplined by the superintendent
instead Of tbs master mechanic. In the
satisfactory results.
General Manager Barnard, of the Peoria
& Eastern, yesterday issued orders to have
the gravel pits at Mound City, Ind, and at
Mackinac ILL.,. opened and construction
trains put on to commence the distribution
Of ballast, proposing to do good deal in
that direction this year.
The Wabash company has commenced the
Improvement of itS buffet cars by equipping
them more deliberately for cooking, SO that
passenger who desires a first-class meal
can be supplied. The ordinary buffet kitchen
admits of cooking little more than eggs
ana oysters. tea and coffee.
r. Il. Jones, general travelling freight
agent of the Chicago & Rock Island and
w. l. Laird, holding the same position with
the Chicago Great Western, are in the city
last week business had so improved that
six additional freight trains We're put on.
chairman CALDWELL of the Uniformed West
ern passenger association, is getting uneasy
about his salary, and has written the gem
eral passenger agents of the roads in the
old organization, and who favor reorganiz-
ing it. asking how the expenses of the as
soc1ation under present conditions are to
be betrayed.
Superintendent Ralph Peters. of the Gin
Pennsylvania lines. Considerable of his
spare time has been used in hunting spec
linens among the fossiliferous limestones,
ana he now has some rare specimens He
has several times been called to give
geological lectures.
For the month of February the net earn
an increase of sSs.719 over the same month
of last year. For the eight months of the
1sss year. M from July ls to s, Feb %
crease of 81 1865, 923 from the corresp ond ns
period of the previous fiscal year.
The Monon is finding it difficult to fur
ders of the Bedford quarries Never before
has a spring opened with so favorable pros
poets for t tn soo Indiana quarries Without
from the quarries on the Monon this sea-
son. Last year 1900 carloads were shipped.
The business of the new limited No. 2
over the Vandalia and the Pennsylvania
lines is. reaching such proportions that the
PENNSYLVANIA Company will, with the taking
eHecl OIL Tile summer time table, take the
local sleeping car now hauled between In
dianapolis and Pittsburg and haul it be-
tween indianapolis and New York on the
fast limited.
DIR. Webb. president of the Wagner Car
Company, is vice president of the Findlay,
Fort Wayne Il Western, and in company
with a party of friends on Saturday last
inspected the road. This gives color to the
report that the Vanderbilts are behind
this enterprise and that the road will
eventually be operated in the interest of
the Big -Four.
1t is now four months since the Peoria
& Eastern put on its fast train to connect
with the KnclSerbocker fast express of the
Big Four, and not once has it failed to
make this connection, and but three times
has the train reached indianapolis late,
and then only few minutes behind time.
The actual running time of this train,
stops deducted, is five hours; distance, PIP
miles.
The wisdom of consolidating the outside
ticket offices of the Cincinnati Hamilton
& Dayton and the Monon and moving to
one of the most prominent business corners
has been fully demonstrated by the in
crease in business of both lines. The re-
cciptS from the sales of tickets of the c.
III. & d. have increased fully 20 per cent
and those of the Monon are equally graf
flying
The Southern Railway Company which
has been observing the long and short haul
OF the Interstate commerce law has applied
to the Interstate Commission for relief I'M
der that clause, that it may be able to
meet the low passenger rates of the Sea-
board Airline to Atlanta and other places
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