The Indianapolis journal., 1896-02-08

time being, for the persons composing this
syndicate.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
l.. ID. West has been appointed agent of
the Vandalia at Barton, on the Peoria di-
vision.
]. A. Williamson, ticket agent of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton at Cincin-
natl. was in the city yesterday.
The Jacksonville, Louisville & st. Louis
has been admitted to membership in the
Western Passenger Association.
The station OF Bradley H., located
twenty-five miles east OF Peoria, on the
Yandaiia, is hereafter to be known as
Tazewell.
The Big Four is making an enviable rec
ord in hauling its dressed meat and live
stock trains from st. Louis to Cleveland,
the Lake Shore keeping UP the fast speed
until Buffalo is reached.
w. III. Thomas has been appointed super
intendent OF motive power of the Southern
railway lines, vice r. D. Wade, resigned.
Mr.. Thomas has been assistant superin-
tendent of motive power.
Freight Traffic Commissioner Mcknight,
late of the Central Traffic Association,
goes TO New York as chief clerk of the
Joint Traffic Association, again becoming
closely associated with George Blanchard.
The statement that the Pennsylvania had
secured control of the New York Southern
road is confirmed. The tracks Of the two
roads will now be Joined. giving the Penn
Sylvania lines access to large number
of important manufactures.
The new bituminous coal combination is
getting into shape and is expected to be
that then the price of coal will be higher
and the railways will get something more
than actual cost for hauling it.
Chicago-St. Paul roads have Jointly called
on their ST Louis connections to cease
selling sccond-class tickets from st. Louis
or East st. Louis to st. Paul or Minneap-
cause they are used 10 scalp rates between
Chicago and the twin cities.
Trouble is brewing in the Western Pas
senger Association on account or arrange
ments which have been made to run a
special train from Denver to New York
over the Denver & Rio Grande, the Missouri
Pacific and seaboard airline; t,;,, fhe asso s
the p3rty get by the lines named.
The pocket list of railway officials for
the first quarter of 1896 is out and Is very
complete. This useful little book Is issued
quarterly. ard give in detail the official
changes which occur during each quarter
of the year. 1t is very useful for refer
ence. its compactness rendering IL superior
to larger publications of this character.
Expert mechanics say that the Big Four
has its power in the best physical coldi-
ton OF any road In the West. Ninety per
cent. of its locomotives have been pur-
chased in the last three years, or rebuilt,
and the nearness which its trains are run
ON schedule time demonstrates the wisdom
of having locomotives in good condition
The Louisville New Albany & Chicago
people are hurrying the work on their new
city freight depot hoping to begin to do
business i'm 1t on the 1st of March. The
management has an impression that when
the company has Depot and track facili-
ties of its own business men Will see that
the road gets its full share OF traffic. The
necessary switching engines viii be pro-
vided. (.
c. @. Burkhardt, for the past five years
travelling passenger agent of the Chicago K
Northwestern, with headquarters at Dem
yer. Col, has resigned TO go into CONNER
cial pursuits. Mr.. Burkhardt. prior 10 TAX
ing service with the Chicago & North
western. was secretary OF the Western
Passenger Association. l. :. Andrews, of
the general offices at Chicago, viii succeed
him at Denver.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is
rapidly getting Its power into better shape.
| During the summer. because OF the drought
and bad water. much of the company =
power got into bad condition. AT its own
| shops and at the shops of the Indiana De-
catur < Western large number of loco
motives are undergoing repairs. The six
new engines recently received by the COM
pany are all In service.
Edward $. Wasnburn. freight traffic man.
ager of the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis. IL is thought VIII be selected for
an important position on the Baltimore
* Ohio lines. Mr.. Murray has been asso-
| ciated with him in many ways in the
| last fifteen years and brought him 10 the
| Big Four as its general freight agent. Be-
| ing offered something better. he went tc
the Kansas City. Fort Scott < Memphis
The new box cars building at the In
/ diana car and foundry works and other
| car works on the Pennsylvania lines are
| said TO be the best box car which has ever
/ been built. being so substantially con-
that running them when loaded at pas