The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-15

passenger coaches fs-to be made, and a def
mite decision as 10 the ore 10 be adopted
VIII probably be made.
The 10-cent rate or wheat put in effect
by the Great Western road and afterwards
met by the other Western lines on traffic
from southwestern Missouri river points 10
ChlcdSo, VIII be Cancelled April =.
The earnings OF the Lake Erie & West
ern increased the first week i'm April over
those of the corresponding week OF 1896 by
u ;s49. The earnings OF the Chesapeake &
ohio Increased sls.63S. and the earnings of
the Wabash decreased $13427.
Harry Grassland. of this city has in his
possession a ticket issued Feb. 4, 1884, from
Crestline to Philadelphia. 1t is printed on
fare ST." which is a little less than the
present fare between those points.
Moses Hanna. for thirty-one years in the
most of the time as general foreman of car
repairs, was buried yesterday. the services
being CONDUCTED by the railroad branch of
the Young Mems Christian Association.
Frank keeney. city ticket agent of the
Pennsylvania lines at Pittsburg. who has
been in Florida most of the winter Tor his
health, has returned the stay there not
having been as beneficial as was expected.
and his illness has assumed a serious form.
r. y. Jones. general agent of the freight
department of the Chicago Il Rock Island,
who travels largely in this territory, was in
the city yesterday. He states that there
has been a gratifying increase in business
in the territory he travels in the last thirty
days.
Albert Foster. purchasing agent of the
Philadelphia & Reading. is dead. He en-
tered the company's service in 1858 as a
clerk. During his connection with the road
he has held several important positions,
and in 1880 was appointed purchasing
agent.
S. j. Reynolds has been appointed travel
ing passenger and freight agent of the Gin
cinnati Jackson x Mackinaw, with head
quarters at Cincinnati This is a newly
created position. Mr. Reynolds was FORM
erly on the Ohio River road as travelling
passenger agent.
1t is stated that thus far the Detroit di-
vision of the Wabash has been an expense
to the Wabash Company rather than an
aid in a financial way, but with the revival
in business the friends Of the property look
for goods results through its operating, not
only as Chicago but n St. Louis line.
The members of the board of adminstra-
tion of the Western Freight Association
will get their salaries whether the asso-
citation lives or dissolves. as the roads IN
the association have guaranteed them
$4,000 year each for two years. They
have served three months and fifteen days.
b. r. Horner. general passenger agent of
the Nickel-pFate begun his railroad career
as brakeman in 1863. Harry Fuller, gen.
eral passenger agent of the Chesapeake &
Ohio, begun his railroad career as brake
man. but after one years service accepted
a position with the Woodruff Sleeping-car
Company.
There is a good deal of anxiety reported
agents as 10 the policy ID. b. Martin. the
new passenger traffic manager of the Bal
timore & Ohio. viii adopt. Many of them
were appointed many years ago by e. ~
Lord and have fears lest younger men will
be appointed to fill their places.
1t is reported that large orders for equip
ment of all kinds are being placed in this
is said that the road is now doing the larg-
est business in it's history, and that its
traffic is largely on the increase A large
the last few years, been placed in Mexico.
and the impetus it has given TO business of
all kinds is being felt by the roads.
NJ. S. Connors. superintendent of the Co
lumbus & Hooking Valley, has asked COM
mittees of the engineers and 1iremen TO
meet him to-day TO consider a readjust-
ment of wages. Mr.. Connors claims that
the company is paying higher scale of
gests that they return 10 the old scale that
existed prior TO 1884, which was $50 per
trip for engineers and $2.25 per trip for fire.
men.
The address of James Charlton, general
ticket and passenger agent of the Chicago
& Alton. on two-cents-per-mile passenger
rates. which vast delivered at public
hearing before the Senate and House COM
mittees on railroads of the Illinois Legfs-
lature at Springfield, has been published in
pamphlet form and will he generally cir
culated Mr. Charlton treats the questions
a issue in detail, and by carefully pre-
pared statistics backs all statements he
makes
Train collectors were not put or passen-
ger trains of the Wabash lines. as had been
announced they would be some days ago.
For two weeks or more persons who were
expected to fill such positions had been
going over the road, and familiarizing them
selves with the business. An official of the
road is credited with saying that the plan
was abandoned for the present as an eco
ncmicaf measure, assit- would have cost be-
tween S4 900 and So, 00d per month to have
employed ticket collectors on the trains
proposed. rff
IT is stated that D. b. Martin who to-
day becomes passenger traffic manager OF
the Baltimore & Ohio lines, much regrets
that Charles Scul has rendered his resig-
nation. and Mr.. Martin Is quoted say
ing that Had Mr.. Scull accepted the con-
ditions i'm the same graceful manner that he
did when r. o. Mccormick was appointed
passenger traffic manager of the Big Four
lines, they could have got along very pleas
antly and been of great advantage to each
other in pushing the aggressive policy
which the Baltimore Ohio announces II
proposes to pursue. .{,e
Train SO, on the Cincinnati Hamilton &
Dayton, was on Monday hauled from In
dianapolis TO Cincinnati in two hours and
Connersville and Hamilton seven minutes
which cuts the time down 70 two hours
and thirty-two minutes. The distance il
125 miles. The train was hauled by Engine
210 which has just been rebuilt at the In
diana Decatur & Western shops, and Nj
Dooley was the engineer. This is the fast
est time ever made between indianapolis
and Cincinnati over the Cincinnati. Ham.
ilton & Dayton with regular train.
Since the ticket brokers of Chicago have
realized that the anti-scalping bill is likely
to become ii law they have been making ef-
forts to put off the day of grief that they
believe is impending. They have been pre-
pairing petitions by the wholesale and cir
culating thcm among. the business men with
the idea Of presenting the. signed petitions
to Congress. The railroads have followed
suit and they are now circulating petitions
of their own which are of course. in favor
of the bill and they will present these tc
Congress about the same time the petitions
of the brokers 20 TO that body. Both sides
are now making charges that many of the
signatures on the icounter-petitions are not
genuine and do not represent the actua
opinions of the sGners.