The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-18


of this territory.
A movement is ON foot to GUST Russell
Sage from the presidency OF the Iowa Cen
trail Railway Company.
u. 3. Martin, passenger traffic manager
of the Baltimore & Ohio, was in the city
yesterday en- route to Chicago.
o. z. Raidy. trainmaster of the Nandalia
line. has returned from French Lick
Springs much improved in health.
The Wabash and the Grand Trunk are
negotiating with the Erie to extend its new
service from Buffalo to New York over the
Erie.
1t is stated that the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy will show an actual increase In
earnings for May this year over May, 1896,
of 100000
Charles Clark, now with the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, on July goes with the
Chicago q Alton as its contracting agent
at Louisville.
The statement of Receiver FELTON, SHOWS
that the Queen * Crescent earned IN May,
gross, 1904 S4Si net, SlO9,229; increase over
May, 1896, $49,3O.
The passenger department of the Cincln-
natl Hamilton 81 Dayton is making a spe-
cial effort 70 do a large pleasure excursion
business this year.
Robert McSmith, representing the. Grand
Trunk and A w. Noyes, representing the
Chicago Great Western passenger depart
ments, are in the city
The Big -Four will run an excursion on
Saturday from Terre Haute and points
west to St. Louis at $3.50 the round trip,
good to return on Monday.
The remains of John w. Shaw, formerly
president of the Columbus g. Hooking VAL
ley. were yesterday shipped from New York
to San Francisco for burial.
r. II. Vaughn, commercial agent Of the
Missouri, Kansas q Texas has resigned
and goes TO New York to represent the
Union Pacific, Denver 81 Gulf.
J. b. Paul has been appointed superin-
tendent of the New Orleans division OF the
Texas & Pacific, and John Ward superin-
tendent of the Rio Grande division
Receiver Jarvis, of the Louisville Evans
vile K ST. Louis, hopes to get its passen-
ger trains running into the Seventh-street
Union Station at Louisville by July l.
The Pennsylvania will on Sunday put on
its Michigan flyer. 1t will leave CINCINNATI
at Gas p. m. and reach Mackinac at u:l0
next morning. The distance is 544 miles
o. ,. Harmon, commercial agent OF the
PittSburg, Bessemer az Lake Erie, mas re
signed and the position has been apoilshed.
He will be given a. clerkship with the road.
Passenger Conductor Shoneyberger, one
of the veterans in service on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton lines, viii be buried at
Hamilton to-day. He died Unexpectedly
Tuesday night.
c. A. Waterman has been appointed COM
mercial agent of the st. Louis q Iron
Mountain at San Antonio, vice Homer
EadS, who on July / takes service with the
International & Great Northern.
T. c. Wallace, the newIy appointed dis
trict passenger agent OF the Union racine,
with headquarters at Indianapolis, Is
ing an acquaintance with the ticket agents
and business men in his territory.
Orders have been given to begin on July
! the working of men in the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas, shops full time, and train
crews which have been practically idle for
three months. are now being put at work.
The report of the commission of Ohio
shows that the Erie employs the largest
ing the State-5,S5S. The Lake Shore has
1924, the Big -Four 3,349, the Panhandle 456l.
The locomotive engineers of the Big -Four
system will have picnic and excursion
to BateSville on Sunday, at which IL IS eX-
pected to have a large number present, as
the families of the engineers and their
friends are invited
Some of the general passenger agents are
strongly advocating the issuing OF a 3,O00-
mile interchangeable ticket at $40, with a
rebate of $40. Others favor the Sebastian
interchangeable mileage in use on several
of the Western lines.
r. F. Kelley, who is to represent the Wa
bash at Buffalo, has been given more. au-
thorfty than at first contemplated, and his
title, will be that of general agent, with
headquarters at Buffalo, with additional
territory to look after.
Travel through Louisville to the centen-
NAL exposition at Nashville, Tenn, John
Moran, in charge of the transfer business
at Louisville, says is now heavy and giving
Louisville quite an active appearance in the
way of travel through there.
Samuel Moody, of Pittsburg, assistant
general passenger agent of the Pennsyl-
vania Company, was in the city yesterday.
He reports a considerable improvement in
passenger business with the Pennsylvania
lines of late, and freight traffic is again
reaching a large tonnage.
Richard M. Green, who died at Baltimore
on Monday night. was the pioneer locomo-
tive engineer on the Northern Central road,
now part of the Pennsylvania system. In
later years he became a machinist of con-
siderable note Among his inventions were
two valuable machines for bending links
of chains.
A freight official who has just returned
from California says the fruit crop is inn
mense and the tranScontinental lines Will
run at least six full trains a day across the
continent to market the product. Fast
up to move the business and keep 1t in good
condition
The Santa F'e has adopted a new plan to
increase the carrying capacity of its freight
cars. AS they come into the shops the old
aXles and trucks are removed and stronger
ones substituted, the floor of the car is
strengthened, and when the cars leave the
pacity than when taken in.
The Big -Four will on Monday next put
on its new parlor car, line between Indian
apolis and Benton Harbor and between
Louisville and Chicago via Indianapolis.
The company will then have thirteen parlor
cars in daily service and six dining ears.
c.. 3. Kole, in charge of the dining car serV-
ice, reports that the six cars are now on a
good paying basis.
The railroad telegraph superintendent, in
session at Niagara Falls, yesterday elected
these officers: President, j. e. Lattig. of
the Lehigh Valley, at South Bethlehem,
Pa: vice president, w. w. Ryder, of the
Chicago Burlington 81 Quincy, at Chicago;
secretary and treasurer, +. w. Drew, OF the
Wisconsin Central. at milwaukee,. me
next convention will be held at Hot Springs,
S. D.. June is, 1893 "a
The Southern Railway claims to have the
largest passenger engine in service in this
country. The driving wheels are Y inches
in diameter, the cylinders q by Is inches
and the boiler GO inches in diameter at the
smallest ring. The boiler has 2.405 square
feet of heating surface. The engine proper
weighs $50 900 pounds, 115000 pounds resting
the driving wheels. The working steam
pressure of the boiler is 200 pounds to the
square inch.
In compliance with the suggestion of the
Joint Traffic Ssociation that special rates
could not be & anted to prospective buyers
who wished to visit New YORK until the
wholesale merchants there perfected an or
ganization a meeting of the merchants in
terested in the scheme of cheap excursion
rates for Western and Southern buyers was
held yesterday. 1t was stated that 1T was
necessary to raise $4,000 and adopt char
ter 1t was decided that an advisory board
should he elected at another meeting TO be
held Monday
J. d. Kinds will, on July /, retire agent
of the Marine Central at South Orrlng ton,
time TO the date of his resignation
being handed in he has never failed to open
the ticket office on time; never failed to de-
liver the mails to the train as scheduled;
never checked piece OF baggage wrong or
erred in sending q single express package,
but the most remarkable feature OF his ca
reer is that he never sent in a monthly re-
port to the auditor S Office showing an un-
collected freight bill In ms possession, nor
was never criticised on his report.
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