The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-06

Winona, which will be a great improve
ment over the hack or boat method OF con-
veyance of last year.
Patrick Oates has been in the service of
the New York Central for thirty-seven
years and has lost but two days in that
time. For the last twenty three years he
has been fiagman al crossing in Lockport,
n. Y.
Lewis Williams, for many years general
superintendent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton, has been appointed general man
ager of the Cleveland Car-service Associa-
May May; 4. 80 a. 49, "''O = % u
Grand Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, says that in his
long connection with that organization he
has never known matters to be moving
more tremendously or the divisions more
prosperous.
But few points in the country are increas-
ing in Importance as a railroad center as
is Salt Lake City. A number of new Of
fees were established there on May l and
most of the positions filled by railroad men
from this part of the country
The sIeeping-car run between Chicago and
the seaboard over the Monon the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton and the Baltimore
Il Ohio, which leaves indianapolis at 30
a M reaches Washington at 6:47 next
morning and Baltimore at 1855.
II. b. Cole has resigned his position as
travelling freight and passenger agent for
the Colorado Midland, at Salt Lake City.
and has accepted a similar position with
the st. Louis & San Francisco which has
ital.
Train crews excepting the engineers and
nremen, on the Grand Trunk now run from
chicago to Port Huron. a distance of 335
miles, instead of changing passenger-train
crews at Battle Creek, as heretofore. BY
the change several train crews are dis
pensed with.
The Panhandle Company is distributing
thirty miles of steel rail, sixty feet in
length, weighing eighty-fve pounds to the
yard, east from Chicago, where the traf-
hn hon oct 49,, - = d.,
and Pittsburg.
The. Union Pacific has given notice that
1t Will make every Tuesday while the Ten
neSSee exposition is in progress a rate of
one fare. plus 10 per cent from all territory
tributary to it's lines. This action may have
the effect of bringing down exposition rates
generally throughout the West.
p. ]. Flynn, of Denver, has resigned his
position as chairman of the Utah Railway
Association, and has been succeeded by
Z. II. Griffin. The offices Will be moved to
Salt Lake City, Mr. Griffin being already
the demurrage commissioner and agent of
the Western Railway Weighing Association.
Excursion business will set in vigorously
on Sunday. The Big Four will run an ex-
cursion from Cincinnati, Aurora and
Greensburg to Indianapolis, and also excur-
points as far north as Wabash; one on the
Bee-line division from Union City and
points this side, and the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton & Dayton will run an excursion from
indianapolis to Cincinnati.
Among the passenger men connected with
lines which run from this section TO ST.
Louis there Is a good deal of unpleasant
feeling. The Big Four some time ago con-
tracted with the Turner's at Cincinnati and
at this point to carry them to st. Louis at
the agreed excursion rates between the
roads, and some of the competitors con-
ceiVed the idea that rates were shaded on
the agreement between the roads which Sc
cured the business to the Big Four. One
of the competitors then offered a much
lower rate, and as a consequence the Big
Four will not realize the money that 1t
would had the competing line accepted the
situation and carried all that it could on
the agreed party rates. All roads, in MAX
ing contracts with societies, agree to meet
a lower rate should one be made by a
|. competing line, and this forced the Big
Four to meet the reduced rates offered by
its competitors.