The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-30

strict disciplinarian but has the respect
and good will of those under him. and as
a transportation man stands high with
President Woodford and General Manager
Waldo.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Harry Miller. general superintendent of
the Nandalia lines, is so i'll to confine
him to the house.
VIM. StillweH, passenger conductor on
the Monon, has obtained a two weeks
leave of absence and is visiting friends in
Ohio.
The made-to-order collision which was TO
have taken place on Monday near Evans
vile was postponed on account of the
heayy rain.
Of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
is about perfected. and will be given to the
stock and bondholoers within a few days.
n. c. Deane. superintendent of the Van
dalia main line is so we'll satisfied with his
position that ne has gone to Carnegie, Pa,
TO remove his family to Terre Haute, his
headquarters.
The Illinois CentraIs new elevator at
New Orleans. of 900 COO bushel capacity, is
completed and will next week begin to
receive grain, greatly increasing the facil-
tiles of the company
c. A Lucas, travelling agent of the Lack
aWanna fast freight line. win on Oct l
transfer his headquarters from Toledo to
indianapolis. Mr.. Lucas will remove his
family to this city next week.
Jacob Phipps, conductor the Toledo
division of the Pennsylvania lines, who &C
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died from the injuries he received and was
buried at Mansfield, o., yesterday
r. Train No; II, on the Big -Four, over the
st. Louis division has become one of the
test-paying trains on the system. 1t usual
~ hauls eight cars, including two Wagner
cars. and is invariably well filled with pas
sengers.
The Michigan Central is testing a con-
trlVance by which cars on parallel tracks
can be shunted without the engine leaving
the main track. The car switcher is at
TAchGG lnFOmnfiVP a.
JUsted to the service intended.
Arrangements are being made by which
passenger trains which are heated by
train sheds any length of time without a
locomotive attached can be heated by
steam furnished by the Union Railway
Company.
The fast freight line men and others who
We're with Henry Fraser when general
agent of the Big Four at the uptown Office
yesterday presented him with elegant
mahogany desk for his office at the city
freight depot. 1t is very complete and con-
venient in it's construction.
a hall in the third story of the Big
Four freight depot. on South Delaware
street, eighty feet in length by forty in
width. has been fitted uD for the Railroad
lighted by electricity. heated by steam, and
will be provided with 400 chairs.
Under the. new schedule the Monon fast
express makes the run from Indianapolis
to Chicago fifteen minutes quicker than
does the Big Four while between Cincinnati
and Chicago the Big Four covers the dis
lance fifteen minutes quicker than does
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and
the Monon.
The Santa Fe fast train, which is to be
put on Nov. 4 between Chicago and San
FRANCISCO, will be run but twice a week
leaving Chicago on Wednesday and Satur-
day. Last year, during the winter months
1t was run daily, but was not profitable
consequently, like the Southern Pacific but
two trains each way will be run weekly
The net earnings of the Burlington for
the month of August were S440,651, a de
crease of So. $50 from the same month of
last year. The net earnings of the road
from the first of the year to Aug. 81 We're
S251053 an increase of s332215 over the
same period of last year, when the net
earnings of the road showed a deficit of
$s1, 1872
city freight agent in Milwaukee of the
Chicago & Northwestern. has been APP
pointed general freight agent of the North
western in Chicago, the most important
city agency in the gift of the company. AT
the last annual meeting of the National
Association of Railway Freight Agents Mr.
lyman was unanimously elected president.
John F. Miller, general superintendent of
the Southwestern system of the Pennsyl-
yanla lines, was in the city Yesterday. He
r. Roberts, president of the Pennsylvania
lines, will soon retire and be succeeded by
James McCrea. Like other officials of the
pennsylvania lines he thinks Mr.. McCrea
fully competent to assume the duties of
president.
Albert ingalls,. third son of President
career, entering the office of c. E. Schaff
general manager of the Big Four. he pro-
gals, another son. has been for two years
with George Stevens. general manager of
the Chesapeake e. Ohio, and is showing
marked ability already in the line of rail-
road service.
b. J. English, who tomorrow takes the
superintendency of the Cincinnati and San
Four tyUe
years. Mr.. English has been given the
privilege of selecting his own successor as
STATED Will appoint a brother of General
Manager Schatf. who is now general yard
master at lvorydale yards.
A very important road from New Or
leans to Atlanta, to be a perfect airline
has been projected by capitalists of the
former city It would be 1859 miles shorter
time of passenger trains between New Or
leans and New York six hours and freight
trains twelve hours The road is to he
built entirely independent of the Southern
railway or the Seaboard Airline.
The reorganization of the official staff of
the the Northwestern read made necessary by
Newman has been practically completed, No
of1lcial announcement has yet been made
but it IS understood that General Freight
traffic manager and that Marvin Hughitt
Jr;, now assistant general freight agent
VIII be made general freight agent.
Coroner Cooley of Connersville was in
tne city Yesterday to take the testimony
of brakeman KeDners. one of those who
survived the wreck at Longwood on the
Cincinnati Hamilton 81 Indianapolis Con-
ductor Brown, of the pay car who was
badly injured. is doing as well as could
be expected, but fireman Hughes still lies
III an unconscious condition, although it is
nearly two weeks since the accident oc-
CURED.
The Chicago & Rock Island has every
thing in readiness and on Oct 1 will intro
duce the merit system of promoting en-
ployes. General Superintendent Hit i'm
speaking of ii said that the plan had been
tried on other roads and he could see no
good reason why it would not be q good
thing for the Rock Island. Wherever if has
been tried it has been unanimously an
proved by the employees as well as by the
officers. --
The funeral services of the late Joseph
Hill who for many years held official posi-
tons on the Vandalia. occurred yesterday
at st. Louis. number of railroad off,
Gals connected with the Vandaiia and the
pennsylvania lines went to ST Louis to +
tend the funeral, including VIM r. Nc
Keen. eX-president of the Vandaia: Ma ior
Crawford paymaster of the Vandalia and
George T. harrington. secretary of the
Terre Haute 81 Indiana polls Railroad Com
pany.
The passenger department of the South
ern halfway announces that it has OK
tended its through sleeptng-car service
from the East to Galveston, Texas and
beginning Oct l the sleeping-car line now
being operated on the fast mail from
Washington to New Orleans w1ll be ex-