The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-11

be abolished.
Rush Ii. Barnes, formerly travelling pas
senger agent OF the Chicago a Alton. has
been appointed Southern passenger agent
of the Kansas City. Pittsburg x Gulf. with
headquarters at Shreveport.
DR.. j. +. Raster. chief surgeon of the At
lantic & Pacific, has been appointed chief
surgeon OF the Santa Re lines. DR.. Yancey.
of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas. has de-
cided 10 remain where he Is.
Peasley Messer. passenger conductor on
the Nandalia. who last Saturday under
went trying surgical operation. is doing
as well = 5 could be expected and his sur
Seons think he will recover.
Good authority says that the syndicate
which controls the Cincinnati. Hamilton X
Dayton has a voice in the reorganization
of the Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville
Railroad Company-the Monon-
r. n. Moore. recently appointed master
mechanic Of the shops of the Baltimore *
Ohio at Glenwood. has increased the force
80 men, and repairing OF locomotives as
well rs cars is TO be done at that point.
W a. Stone. formerly in the Panhandle
shops at Dennison who went to Birming-
ham, Ala, as master mechanic of the
Southern Railway. was recently stricken
with paralysis, but it is thought he may
recover.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf has
placed an order for eighteen more locomo-
tives. This read yesterday begun TO run its
freight trains into Shreveport. The first
train was made up of twenty-five cars
Ex-senator Palmer and Senator Mason,
OF Illinois, passed through the city yester-
day on their return from washington; over vel
the Cincinnati, Hamilton q Dayton ana the
Monon, travelling i'm one of the elegant
Wagner private cars.
The Great Northern roau rs about to ex-
pend 100000 on the Improvement of the
equipment of its passenger trains. They
TO be Vestibuled according to the latest
and most improved methods and new
equipment will be added.
The New York New Haven * Hartford
has fitted six passenger coaches with mo-
tors and will in a few days place them in
service between Hartford and New Britain.
II is expected the car with the motor will
haul two or three additional cars on that
branch.
tween the Southern Pacific and the Santa
Re concerning the use of the former 5
tracks by the latter from Mojave into San
Santa Fe will effect a considerable saving
in rentals.
The report that William Stewart, general
freight agent of the pennsylvania lines;
resigned on account OF i'll health. is denied
by Pittsburg paper, which says ii was
made necessary by his many business IN
terests outside of railway affairs which re-
quireG his attention.
The Pennsylvania Midland, which was
begun by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany five years ago. is TO be completed this
summer. Last week General Superin-
the road so far completed and was salts
ned with the construction.
At meeting of the board of directors
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
held yesterday, Charles A Chipley was
made general freight agent of the COM
pany i'm charge of local traffic, and John b.
Thayer. jr-. made general freight agent
in charge OF through traffic.
Chief Engineer Hall. of the Louisville.
New Albany q Chicago, who has been at
Hot Springs for three weeks, returned just
in time to look after the trouble on the
road from high water, and, with General
superintendent Lowell. has been working
day and night TO repair the line.
The Pittsburg. Cincinnati Chicago & St.
Louis road will this season receive num-
Der of new high-grade engines Ten simple
Mogul freight engines now in process
of building at Juniata, and ten of the new
Glass / type of passenger locomotives are
to be built at once for the line west of
Pittsburg
Il. O. Mccormick passenger traffic man.
ager of the Big Four. says he breathes
adjourning without disturbing passenger
rates. He says i'm the Central ana Western
States a two-cent-a- mile rate would result
in wiDing out the low rates for conven-
tions or excursions and cause inferior serv-
ice.
Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf officials
deny most positively that they are cutting
rates on export grain below those quoted
tend TO take any radical action for the
present. but they decline TO state that rates
as they exist are wholly satisfactory to
them or that they may not find necessary
TO modify them in the near future.
Attorney General Taylor. of Kentucky.
filed four suits at Frankfort, KY, yester-
day against the Southern Pacific Railroad
for penalties in failing to report to the
Kentucky state officers. The Southern Pa
cific was organized under the laws of Ken
lucky and not long ago compromised a
heavy claim for franchise taxes on which
the State threatened to sue. The present
claims aggregate Sl3l 900.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
traffic report, issued yesterday, shows gross
receipts from traffic for the seven months
ended Jan. 81. 1897. of s13. 361. 1913. a decrease
of S1SI ,6u compared with the previous seven
months. The operating expenses and taxes
for the same period were 81. 21S. 1874. being an
Increase of $5077s5. Gross receipts from
traffic for February are estimated at 81 ,S03.-
l31, being an estimated increase of $4s, ass
over last year.
The first through passenger train from
Shreveport. La, to Kansas City over the
Kansas City. Pittsburg * Gulf Railroad
left Shreveport yesterday morning at IL
O'Clock. The train was a solid vestibule
and consisted of mail anu baggage cars,
day coaches and Pullman sleepers. The
first through freight train which will reach
Shreveport Saturday will consist of "A solid
train of flour. On the through passenger
train from Kansas City TO Shreveport there
will be attached through sleepers to New
Orleans and Galveston.
Western roads have been compelled to
postpone for a time putting into effect the
arrangements they had maue for the strict
limitation of their exchange orders. Yes
terday had been fixed on as the date when
all exchange orders were to have stamped
upon them a continuous trip condition.
Connecting roads complained. however,
that sufficient time had not been allowed
for getting new forms of oruers printed. In
response TO these complaints notice was
given yesterday that the new regulations
governing the matter would not be put into
effect until May l.
Through the efforts of President ingalls,
of the Chesapeake az Ohio Newport News
has become one OF the busiest export points
in the United States. Mr.. ingalls,. in COM
pany with General Manager Stevens. spent
a couple of days at that point considering
further improvements to better facilitate
the handling OF the company's export bust
ness. Their special mission was to consider
the advisahility of erecting another grain
elevator at that point. as the large one
now In operation cannot supply the de-
mand fast enough and ships are delayed
sometimes n day or so on account of the
large increase in the grain trade. Mr.. In
gals said the elevator would be erected
i'm the near future, and that ii Will cost
about $3.50 000. The president also said that
one or more piers would also be built
There are now twelve foreign ships in port
taking on cargoes of grain. and the ele-
Vator is being run day and night. but can
not supply the grain fast enough. -Four
ships have just arrived to take on carSoes
of cattle consigned to dealers in foreign
ports. and extra cattle trains are arriving
daily from the far West. Never in the
history of the port has there been such
activity in the shipping trade. and IL Is in
creasing daily.
The scheme of E w McKenna formerly
superintendent OF the Jeffersonville. Madi-
son Il Indianapolis road, for the rerolling
of old rails. is pronounced a success. The
Pittsburg Post says: The Lewis Foundry
and Machine Company. of Pittsburg, is al
constructing