The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-05

to remove their coats when riding in a
coach with ladies.
The Haskell & Barker car works are
building six hundred cars for the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois.
For the first time since the Columbian
exposition every Pullman and Wagner
sleeping car is now in use.
In the year, ending June 30 the Penn
| sylvania handled on It's lines 7,110,499 tons
OF coal and 313l,1l5 tons of coke.
The parlor cars of the Monon have just
come out of the shops rebuilt, and present
very handsome exterior and elegant in
terror
The Illinois Central has received all the
bonds of the Ohio Valley road, and at the
foreclosure sale July will bid the prop
erty in.
\ The Pennsylvania has just put in service
between Jersey City and ST. Louis two
new postal cars.
Chief Engineer Hobson has been assigned
by the Grand Trunk people to supervise the
work of the reconstruction of the Victoria
bridge at Montreal
William Burke, one Of the older OF the
passenger conductors on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois, has resigned to go into
business at Chicago.
The Chicago freight handlers of the Pan
handle lines have struck for more pay, and
their places are being filled by employees at
points along the line.
The railways will disburse in interest on
ponds IDS al and dividends on stock this month
Si6l22, SO3, against $724 ,066 in July 1885, and
against $iO,3l6,907 in 1895.
NEGOTIATIONS are pending which will prob
ably result in the Delaware, Lackawana e.
western securing control of the Northern
Railroad of New Jersey.
The Wabash has ordered built at it's own
shops five parlor cars and one dining car
10 be put in special service between Chicago
md Buffalo on the line
General passenger agents of the Western
lines held short session yesterday in Chi
cago and further agreed that no commits
slons should be paid on the cheap-rate coast
business.
r. In N the last few years more than fifty rail
the little town of Millersburg, O., and in
railroad circles the place is now known as
the home Of rairoaders' brides
Piece work in the Norfolk & Western
shops has been abolished and the Old sys-
tenn of paying by the day substituted. The
skilled men are not pleased with the
change, as 1t means less wages for them
). +. b. Morse, general passenger agent
OF the Atlantic division of the Southern Pa
clfic, who has been i'll for some weeks at
cincinnati, is so much better that he eX-
poets to resume his duties in a few days
Chairman Caldwell, of the Western Pas
senger Association, has gone to Washington
to be present at the hearing of the scalpers
before the Interstate-commerce Commits
sion on the matter of prohibiting scalping.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie has Just re-
celVed from the Pittsburg locomotive works
monster freight engine; 1t is of the ten
WheeI type and weighs 10000 pounds, 1875, 900
or which rests on the six driving wheels.
The side rods of the new engines building
for the Santa Fe at the company's shops
are made from old coupling links and pins.
This particular class of scrap iron was
chosen on account of the superiority of it's
metal.
e. A. Ford, general passenger agent of
the pennsylvania lines west, has been asked
TO deliver the opening address at the meet
ing of the Travelling Passenger Agents
association to be held in Nashville in
October
S. NJ. FELTON,, receiver of the Columbus,
Sandusky & Hooking Valley, has appointed
NJ f. Bonzanor an old Panhandle man,
general agent of the company, he to repre-
sent Mr.. FELTON, when that official is away
from Columbus.
John Irwin, city ticket agent of the Big
press editor and advertising man of the
Big -Four, vice William Loves. Mr.. Irwin
IS succeeded at Louisville by, Ticket Agent
Mccormick, of Anderson, Ind.
The order of Railway Conductors has ar
ranged fer an excursion and picnic at La
fayette Sunday, July rs. The excursion
train will leave the Union Station at a. M
The picnics of this association are always
enjoyable affairs and largely attended.
Mr.. j. W. Adams, representing the Chi
cage &, Alton in San Francisco, takes serv-
ice with the Nickle-plate to-day. Mr.. c. c.
Cooper, of Denver, has been transferred to
San Francisco and Mr.. Arthur Moore, chief
clerk in the G. w. z. office, goes to Denver.
On July l the Southern Railway organ
lied three new divisions, making twelve
divisions in all. These divisions are named
after some city in such division instead of
by numbers, as heretofore. No changes in
personnel will result from the new arrange
ment.
1t is quite possible that the Pittsburg.
Fort Wayne & Chicago which now runs
the engines on it's fast trains through from
PittSburg to Fort Wayne, will extend the
run to Chicago, which would make it much
the longest run made by any locomotive in
this country.
The two large passenger locomotives
which were in the wreck on the Vandalia
last week were taken to the shops at Terre
Haute to be repaired. To the surprise of
Superintendent of Motive Power Arp
neither engine was much damaged, and $500
will cover all repairs.
The Panhandle has sixty Glass r freight
engines on the division between Columbus
and PittSburg, and SO heavy has been bust
ness that for two weeks these engines have
been in constant service, as soon as arriV-
ing at one end of division being turned
round with another crew and sent out
The new contracts placed by the Mexican
Central with Northern manufactures for
cars and locomotives, and those recently
delivered, in the aggregate amount TO
S1,150000 in gold. When the new orders are
filled the company will have received forty
six first-class locomotives and l., 40 freight
cars.
The brotherhood of Firemen of Indian
apolis Eureka division) are arranging for
a grand social at the hall of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers on the even
ing. of July -. The friction in the organi-
cation has all died out, and the membership
is now up to $4,000. In May the net in
crease was 532 members.
The Santa Fe has arranged for a new
passenger and freight line between Chicago
and the north Pacific coast, the traffic al
oregon Railway and Navigation Company
and the Colorado Midland, the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Western
Railways. thus opening up much new ter