The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-10

to get about again he took the position of
fiagran rather than be idle.
Roadmasters and superintendent.
The convention of the National Road
masters Association is in session at Nj
agara Falls, with an attendance of eighty
delegates, representing nearly all the roaGs
in the country. Connected with the meet
road appliances that has ever been seen IN
Officers have been elected as
follows: Preside nt r. Caffe ry, Lehigh Val
ley, South Bethlehem, Pa; first vice presi-
dent, A. S. Weston, New York Central,
Rochester, n. y; second vice president,
T. Hickey Michigan Central. ST. Thomas,
Ont; secretary and treasurer, j. &. Dick
son, Chicago & Northwestern, Sterling, Ill,
member of executive committee, William
Wis. The convention of railway superIn-
tendents is also in session II Niagara Fails
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Toledo & Ohio Central was operated
the last year on 6S.19 per cent. of It's gross
earnings.
The Pennsylvania lines have discontin-
ued their through sleeping car line between
st. Louis and Washington.
The Erie has divided its order for twenty
locomotives between the Baldwin, the
Brooks and the Cooke locomotive WORKS
In the year ending June 80, 1885, the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul paid for Ia
material and supplies $5,S2O.136
Train s. over the NanQalfd, was run yes
terday in two sections, so heavy was the
train, there being one extra mail car, one
extra coach and two extra sleeping cars
Under its new schedule the fast mail
covers the 800 miles from Chicago to
Omaha in eleven hours and thirty min
uteS.
A special train of four cars. carrying the
Lake Erie Commandery of Knights Tenn
plars over the New York Central on Mon
day made the run from Buffalo to SYRIA
cuse 149 miles, in 160 minutes.
The Alton has given notice that 1t will
make from Chico go for the meeting of the
Pan-American Congress- which is to be
held in the City of Mexico in November, a
rate of one fare for the round "trip.
The presidents of the trunk lines are
urging upon the Joint Traffic Association
ousy in the curtailng of expenses by es-
tablishing joint agencies wherever prac-
ticable.
A Glass x engine on Monday hauled a
train of fourteen cars from Xenia to In
dianapolis and made up five minutes. of
time lost in leaving Aenia. The train was
hauled from Columbus to Xenia in two
sections.
The retrenchment policy has reached the
Jersey Central, and employees all along the
line in PENNSYLVANIA and New Jersey are
being dropped wherever one can possibly
be spared without injury to the companys
business.
Thomas A Broughton. of E. P.
Broughton Superin tendent of the Chicago
& Eas tern Illinois was buried on Monday
at Chicago. he was president of the Ores
cent Coal and Mining companies for sew
eral years.
President ingalls, has promised Chief En-
gineer Kittredge that should business i'm
prove and look favorable to the election of
Mckinley, he will purchase thirty thou
sand tors of new steel to be placed in the
track this fall
The meeting of the Western Freight AS
int anded to last for several days, but
owing to the inability OF several of the
general freight agents TO be present, it has
been adjourned to a date later in the
month.
W. w. King. for the last three years
traffic manager of the Chicago sugar re-
finery, has resigned to accept service with
one of the leading Western roads. Mr..
King was connected with the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy in an official capacity
twenty years.
Present indications are that the Western
Freight Association is about to pass out
of existence. The pOstponing of the meet
ing until Oct. 10 is looked upon in freight
circles meaning that the roads in the
ASSOCIATION were so at variance that they
cannot come together.
Coke from the coke ovens on the Nor
folk & Western is arriving for the Amer
lean steel works. this city. in considerable
quantities over the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton and efforts making 10 return
these ears loaded. Rumor has it that
shaded rates are offered.
The State authorities of Pennsylvania
have notified the railroad companies which
are delinquent in making their reports for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1886, that
unless such reports are filed within fifteen
days the penalty of s. coo will be collected.
Six roads are yet to report.
1t is stated that the Seaboard Airline
viii make an attack on the Pennsylvania
road, charging it with violating the law
by allowing lower rates from New York
and Philadelphia to Richmond than from
Baltimore and Washington to that point
The question, of course, involves the long
and Short-haul clause.
General Manager Ferris. of the Toledo
& Ohio Central, says that road can hardly
be blamed for Withdrawing from the Gen.
trail Passenger Committee when the Column
bus & Hooking Valley and other roads
which are its competitors are now not in
the association and 90 about as they
please in rate matters.
The Lehigh Valley has notified the Ma
tional Express that it must on April l,
give way to the United States Express.
which will then commence operating over
the Lehigh Valley system From this it
would seem that the United States Express
is not yet to be absorbed by the American
and the Adams Express companies.
Lest injustice be done to General Man
to state that the 72.16 per cent. of the
gross earnings it cost to operate the road
includes extensive improvements which had
been made during the twelve months and
charged to operating expenses. For the
year there was an Increase in net earn
ingS from traffic.
C. S. Mckee, master mechanic of the
Big Four shops at Nation, returned from
the East yesterday, where he went with
SUPERINTENDENT CaTStan2r
to purchase new machinery. In the last
few months several thousand dollars
worth of new machinery has been added to
the equipment of these shops, where $50
men are employed.
Three passenger conductors on the To-
ledo. Ann Arbor & Michigan We're. dropped
last week and their places filed by the
promotion of three freight conductors. No
special charges were made against the con-
ductors dismissed. The conductors dropped
were Murphy. Kettle and Bennett all old
men in the service, and freight conductors
Stotenberg, Harley and Foye were pro-
noted
The new freight engines the Vandalia
has recently received are now rated to
haul $50 tons between indianapolis and
Terre Haute, trains on the Vandalia being
rated on the tonnage basis. This would
under the old method, mean thrty-five
loaded cars. The engines heretofore used
on the Vandaiia have been hauling but
twenty-five to twenty-three loaded cars
between indianapolis and Terre Haute
Duke Nicholson. general agent of the
Red line at Chicago, ii is thought will
be selected as the successor of the late
George e. Sherman as general manager of
the Vanderbilt fast freight lines. Mr. Mich
olson was for years agent Of the White
line at Evansville, Ind. and a few years
warm personal friend of c. j. Grammar
general traffic manager of the Lake Shore
and his suggestions will be influential in
the selection of a general manager of the
Vanderbilt fast freight lines.
w. II. Newman. third vice president of
the Chicago q Northwestern, has rendered
his resigna zion and Sent goes to