The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

train.
E. NJ. Kinney has been appointed chief
train dispatcher of the Western New York
x Pennsylvania. Mr.. Kinney was at one
time a telegraph operator on the wabash
lines.
Superintendent Russell. Of the Rome.
WATERFOWL q Ogdensburg. who was
thought last week to be fatally Ill, Is i'm
proving and hopes are entertained OF his
recovery.
r. IT. Smith. who for some years has been
assistant to the general manager and pur-
chasing agent of the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco. has resigned and the office has been
abolished.
w. F.. Snyder. formerly with the Big
Four at st. Louis, has been placed IN
charge of all excursion business or the
Baltimore & Ohio, with headquarters at
Baltimore.
The Vandalia last evening announces that
II would meet the g rate made by the
Indiana, Decatur & western ana the 10
Iedo. St. Louis & Kansas City TO ST. Louis
on Sunday.
All the lines between Chicago and st.
Paul have announced that they will follow
the lead of the Great Western IN meetns
the rates made by the Lake Michigan Gar
Ferry Company.
IT Is stated that the tide has turned and
the older organizations of railroad men are
increasing much more rapidly IN meiloeI-
ship than the new one known as the Amer
lean Railway Union.
The Chicago 4. Alton and the Santa Fe
are laying a very heavy steel rail Tor a
considerable distance out or chicago ldn-
ing advantage Of the low price Oh rams
and the cheapness of labor
VIM. Swanston. master mechanic of the
Pennsylvania lines at this point, Went 10
Columbus last night TO attend a meeting
Of all master mechanics on the PehAsylNa-
MIA lines west, to be held to-day.
D.. C. Weatherby. division freight agent of
the American Refrigerator Transit com
pany, has resigned 10 engage in other busl-
ness. and Is succeeded by Edwar fells,
with hpadOuartQrG at Houston. lex.
James Pyron. the Oldest engineer in the
employ of the Western & Atlantic, dice on
Tuesday at his home at kennesaw' alusa
hut four days Illness. He had been IN the
| employ of that road thirty-six years.
C. II. Doebler, the new master mechanic
at the shops of the Wabash road at Fort
model work places. Changes have been
made which greatly facilitate the Work at
these shops.
George harrington. secretary or the van
dalia company. has been moved from the
room in the McKeen Bank building TO one
in the McKeen Block, Terrs Haute. Inc
room ne left has been his ONCE Tor nearly
thirty years..
William Brown. assistant general freight
| agent of the Observation-Disclosures line at
Portland. Ore. died Wednesday night;
Brown was a well-known railroad man ana
before going to Portland was connected
with the Denver & Rio Grande-
The Chicago. Hammond & Western.
opened last week for trainc. Is adreauy 10 70
to one hundred carloads OF dressed beef and
packing house PRODUCTS daily. Inc roda sA-
tends from Whiting. Ind, to Blue island.
General Manager Loree. OF the Pennsyl-
vania lines west. who made a trip over the
Indiauapolis & Vincennes on Wednesday,
| gives Superintendent Mansfield the credit
Of having got the operating expense or the
road TO the minimum and not a man was
ordered dropped.
The brotherhoods Of Locomotive Engi-
neers. Locomotive Firemen, Railway Iraln-
,,o,, Dnfrnn1 TolnCFQnhprS and RAILWAY
Conductors will hold a grand union meet,
ing at Terre Haute on Sunday. at when all
the grand officers OF those bodies Will De
| present and deliver addresses.
Judge Bacon. general agent of the Chi
cago. Rock Island & Pacific. is In the city.
He reports travel light with Western lines
after the presidential election. except pos
sibly in local business. resulting from po-
| litical meetings, which may be held at diff
ferent points.
New York & New England belonging TO
the New York. New Haven * Hartford:
Sunday trains of the New England road
VII begin to run into the Did colony pas
SAnger station at Boston, and the Old Col
ony is now a part of the n. Y. n. III.
& II. system.
The Big Four will meet the So rate. In
dianapolIs to st. Louis and return, on
Sunday next, tickets good going saturday
night and returning on Sunday night and
on the Monday morning train out OF St.
made by the Indiana. Decatur q Western
and the Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City.
The Michigan Central has adopted a new
method of paying its employees. Under the
new departure the pay car is hauled on
regular trains and stops at division points
one day. where the cash is left for distribu-
/ ton among the employees OF the respective
divisions. The division points are st.
Thomas. Detroit. Jackson, Bay City and
Michigan City.
For two years past the Class X engines
/ on tho PernSNivap mia have been considered
the best on the lines. but they are now fol-
lowed by the Glass l. engine. which is larg-
err and heavier and is making a remarkable
record with the heavy express trains. As
vet. none has been put in service west of
Pittsburg, bat within the next few months
a number will be at work.
One week from Sunday the Big Four will
put on a fast train between Cincinnati and
Chicago. both ways, in each case leaving
the terminal at 1890. noon, and making the
run between Cincinnati and Chicago in
eight hours. one hour quicker than the
time of any train on the present schedule.
and in fact faster than any train that has
ever been scheduled between those points.
There are two organizations which are
likely to become permanent among the rail-
road companies adjuncts: The car-service
associations, which are ~self-supporting and
which are aiding greatly in the prompt
movement of cars. and the Weighing and
inspection bureaus, which are handsome
revenue earners for the companies. not
costing more than 20 per cent. of the earn
ings to operate them.
1t is to be hoped that the rate war be-
tween the Southern roads will be averted,
as il has been officially announced that 1t
would result in wage and working forces
being reduced at least % per cent. If in
augurated. IL Will be one of the bitterest
railway warfares this country has ever
known. say those who understand the sit
uation. and ii begins to look as If the Sea
board Airline were anxious for a test of
strength and endurance.
The total salaries. 1T is stated. of the nine
managers of the Joint Traffic Association
amount TO 100000 a year. Commissioners
blanchard and Goddard each receive S25. 000
a year. The arbitrator. who are on duty
only on special occasions. receive but s.. ZOO
the cost of operating the organization is
insignificant when compared with the in
crease in revenue which has been derived
by the better maintenance of rates.
Every day" says an Expert engineer.
us making IL apparent that the Union Rail-
way Company must do something in the
way of Strengthening its track at the Union
Station train sheds. Since they were built
the passenger trains. especially the through
trains. have been considerably heightened.
and when several are at the station at one
ltime IL is difficult to handle them, as on
several of the tracks are curves too sharp
for the long Pullman and Wagner cars.
and three times within a week trains have
left the track in making these curves.
The Contra passenger committee, at its
meeting in Lakewood. last week. granted
the request of the Pennsylvania lines for a
personally conducted excursion, Sept /. &c
Mackinaw. via Richmond and @. X. & /
railroad, from indianapolis. Cincinnati
Dayton. Piqua and intermediate points. al
rate OF s. TO Mackinaw, and So to Travers,
City and Petoskey. and also granted the