The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-18

ment was organized. there has been dis
bursed 1,95S, 22lS7. During that time S9.251
members or, in case of death, their legal
heirs, drew benefits.
The Southern Railway has perfected its
arrangements for schedules and through
sleeping-car service, Louisville TO Florida,
to leave Louisville 7:45 a. m, arriving jack
sonville $40 next morning, daily, twenty
four hours fifty-five minutes, connecting at
Lexington with solid vestibule trains for
Jacksonville, and through sleeper to Tampa.
This service VIII be improved on Dec. 26,
when through sleeping-car line will be es-
tablished from St. Louis in connection with
the L., e. & st. l.. Railroad via Louisville
to Jacksonville.
The Baltimore & Ohio which will on
Tue sday, Dee. 81, begin the running of Il
through tourist car from New York city to
San Francisco without change by way OF
Philadelphia, Washington, Parkersburg and
Cincinnati, reaching ST Louis Wednesday
evening, Texarkana Thursday afternoon, Ell
Paso, Tex, Friday evening and San Fran
cisco Sunday morning. This service is in
addition to the one provided by the Balti-
more & Ohio from Pittsburg by way of Gin
cinnati and the Illinois Central to New Or
leans and the Southern Pacific through to
the coast.
w. H. Hurlburt, general passenger. agent
of the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company, was in the city yesterday. going
to Cincinnati last night. Mr.. Hurlburt says
that already their lines are carrying good
many people en- route to Alaska, usually
men of means, who are getting toward
Klondike as comfortably as they can, to be
ready Tor the coming OF spring. he looks
for the rush to set in about the LIST of
March. He thinks the roundabout water
routes will not cut much figure in carrying
people to Klondike, as the rush will be
over before the water routes can get fairly
in operation in the spring.
The New York Board of Railroad Com
mssioners yesterday handed down a report
of its Investigations into the cause of the
accident on the New York Central Railroad,
at Garrisons on Oct "a last The commits
Sioners arrive at the conclusion that the
train was wrecked either by derailment,
which destroyed the embankment, or that
the embankment gave way and threw the
train into the river. The board recon-
mended that the force of track walkers on
Central be increased so as to provide a con-
slant and sufficient system of watches
along the line at all times.
j. Fl. Ford. chief surgeon of the Big Four
lines recently read very interesting paper
before the associate surgeons on the road,
in which he related number of striking
surgeon on the road had come to his notice.
One was where a section boss. just as his
men were going into quarters for the night
noticed a low joint, but put off raising 1t
until morning; that night train was
wrecked by this low joint and this over
sight cost the company $4,000. Another
more singular case was brought to his per-
sonal observation, where a small boil in the
external auditory canal of a telegraph oper-
ators ear caused a head collision, with the
loss of one life and the sending of another
through a rnaimed and pairfil existence,
and property loss to the company of $2o,COO