The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-17

The management of the Indiana & Illinois
Southern gives notice that the line is again
open for business. all damage from the
flood having been repaired.
+. Il. Choate. who represents the Union
Pacific, with headquarters al San Fran
cisco. * in the city for "A day or two. call
ing on old-time railroad acquaintances.
The Wabash has made arrangements for
a line of boats during the coming season
to ply between Toledo and Put-in-Bay. run
ming in connection with their fast express
trains.
III. p. Danenberger. late general yard
master of the Chicago * Eastern Illinois
road at Terre Haute, has been appointed
trainmaster of the northern division of
that road.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton will
train thirty-one carloads of machinery,
which will be distributed to other roads on
arriving here.
The final segregation of the Oregon Short
line from the Union Paciflc system took
place Monday midnight, and yesterday all
trains We're moving under the new oregon
Short-line management.
Too close application TO business has
compelled Harry Heptz. superintendent of
terminals of the Baltimore x Ohio at Chi
cago, TO give up work and seek complete
rest. at least for a time.
The Toledo. St. Louis q Kansas City, for
the second week OF February, shows an in
crease over earnings of the corresponding
week of 1896 of 81, 356.s9. The increase the
first half of the month was s10.561.90
ID. Miller has been elected vice president
ana general manager OF the Missouri, Kan
sas IL Texas. with headquarters at st.
Louis. Mr.. Miller recently declined a good
position on the Baltimore & Ohio lines.
Charles I. Cole confirms the report that
he Is TO retire as general freight agent of
the Pennsylvania northwestern system on
April /, and that he expects TO be appointed
United States consul at Dresden. Germany.
j. A. Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria A. Eastern has QOnp fn Cincinnati
Tor a couple of days TO confer with Pres
ident ingalls, as to what improvements shall
be made to the property the coming season.
The car department of the Norfolk a.
mouth. o.. TO Roanoke, Va, April l. and
the shops at Portsmouth will be used ex-
clusively for locomotive and freight car
repairs.
The Southern States Freight Association
has adjourned until March 22 without hav-
ing perfected It's plans of reorganization.
IL has been definitely decided that the Of
flee OF Commissioned Haines shall be
abolished.
c.. w. Ransdall. who, on April 1, will sue
ceed j. Hlll as general western passenger
agent at Chicago. of the. Pennsylvania
lines. was born in Madison. Ind. and begun
railroading on the Jeffersonville, Madison
* indianapolis.
George w. Davis. division freight agent
quarters at Richmond. Ind. goes TO Co.
lumbus as assistant general freight agent.
and is succeeded at Richmond by w. n.
Tallant, chief clerk of ID. L. McCabe.
A few weeks ago the Pennsylvania Com
pany built as an experiment a few .furni-
ture cars fifty feet in length, and so much
pleased are shippers with a car of such
dimensions that the company has ordered
nifty more built at the Fort Wayne shops.
Ray S. Kayler, of Alliance. o., has ar
rived in Columbus to assume the duties Of
railroad commissioner of that State. Mr..
Kirby will remain with him until he be-
comes ia miliHr with tho dutipc of tho M
sition. The appointment is for two years.
At one time last week eighty miles of
track of the Toledo q Ohio Central. lying
in Virginia, was under water. and as the
water subsidies ii was found that the actual
damage done was insignificant, not a
bridge being damaged and no serious wash
outs.
The freight department of the Big Four
issued a revised official directory, giving
the stations on the system. names of
agents. an atlas showing the location of
such stations and containing many other
points of interest to the patrons of the
road. h-l-e+
The Big Four's mechanical department is
placing an air spraying machine at each
and repaired. These machines are to be
used in painting the cars. cutting down the
cost of painting at least 80 per cent. on the
ordinary process.
A. Galloway. superintendent of the Gin
cinnati and indianapolis divisions of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton x Dayton. was in the
city yesterday. He states that all over the
system the last few days there has been
a great Improvement In business. and all
their power Is in use most of the time.
1t is claimed by Division superintendent
May that the track OF the Pennsylvania
Company from sRichmond TO Cincinnati is
in as good condition as any division west
of Pittsburg. In the last two years a good
deal or money has been expended on this
division III laying new steel, rebuilding.
etc.
For three days past the Big Four has
been turning over TO the Chesapeake x
0onmdio at CINCINNATI 900 loaded cars per day,
turn 2V loaded cars per day and $50 empties.
which belong 70 the Big Four, which
News for storage purposes.
+. r. Laying, who represents the Bic
Four lines at Pittsburg. was in the city
yesterday for a conference with Ford Wood
general freight agent of the Peoria a. East
ern. Mr. Laying states that in the last
three or four weeks there has been a very
perceptlble increase in freight traffic out
OF Pittsburg in all directions.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton has
been awarded the contract TO haul %, 600
tons of Pittsburg coal from the river al
Cincinnati to indianapolis for the IlIumi-
mating Gas Company, and 1000 tons. i'm con-
Cincinnati 10 'Terre Haute This means
fifteen hundred carloads OF coal.
Promises made some time ago by the
Southern Pacific to shippers at Galveston
are now to be fulfilled and the road Is
about to make that point one of it's prin.
cipal gulf ports. IL is announced that G.
p. Huntington has made an offer of 81. 600.
600 for the Galveston, Laporte & Houston
road. running from Galveston, a distance
of ffty-three miles, and that the offer will
be accepted.
George j. Bippus, of Huntington. Ind.
has, with Calvin S. Brice. became heavily
interested in a contract to build a railway
III Japan. to be 200 miles long: 1t is ex.
pected that the contractors will make q
handsome sum through its construction, as
at, the present time steel rails can be pur-
chased for $40 per ton less than when the
contractors obtained the contract with the
Japanese government.
George Lowell, general superintendent OF
the Monon. was in the city last evening
He spent most of last week in looking after
repairing the breaks on the main line. II,
states that people who have lived i'm tn,
part of the State sixty year:
during the late flood, which did so much
damage to roads in the southern part o.
the State.
The management of the Chicago. Indian
apolis & Louisville tMonon) is negotiating
with the Schenectady locomotive works Il
build five passenger engines of the hes
type built by these works. The engines
an official of the road says. will be used il
hauling the fast trains between Indianap
oils and Chicago. and when ready for serv
ice the Monon will schedule one of it
trains each way at four hours and thirt,
minutes.
F. w. Gentry. representing the Richmon,
locomotive works. is in the city on bust
ness connected with the works. Mr.. Gen
try states that the works are very busy OIL
contracts for twenty-rhree engines. all o
the high grade. This week ii is expecte'
that contracts for twenty more will b
closed. Six of the engines will be com
pound. and will be built fer the Chesapeake
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