The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23

Lake Shore, was promoted from engineer,
he being one of the men long in the service
Of the company.
On account Of a prospective scarcity of
coal the Lake Erie & Western has taken off
It's construction trains and cut down other
train service somewhat.
N. J. Garce, travelling agent Of the Grand
Trunk, will on Aug. retire from that po-
sition. He has been connected with this
road thirty-three years.
Western roads have refused to join the
trunk lines in allowing $50 pounds of per-
sonaI baggage free transportation on each
domestic ticket sold for transpacific travel
Before the recent Strengthening of tracks
of the Baltimore & Ohio under the present
receivers it is stated that the longest piece
of straight track on the road was but three
miles in length.
For the first time in four years the shops
on the st. Louis & Iron Mountain are work.
ing ten hours six days Of the week. For
the last four years they have run only
forty hours per week
Diedrick Lohmuller, one of the veteran
engineers in time of service on the Balu-
more d Ohio, and well known among the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers, died
on Wednesday az Baltimore.
A gigantic searcklight is to be built at
the Niagara Falls view station, on the
Canadian side, so that passengers on the
Michigan Central can enjoy the same view
of the falls that day tourists do.
Indications now are that the earnings of
the Chesapeake G. Ohio for July will be the
largest of any month in the history of the
road. Ir all lines its traffic has been thus
far unprecedentedly heavy for July.
The railroad branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association of the Baltimore d
Ohio will hold their sixteenth annual re-
union at Island Park Harpers Ferry on
July %. Good speakers will be present.
There is no truth in the report that oscar
Murray is to be elected president of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Just now
he has his hands full in Strengthening out
the affairs of the Baltimore 81 OHIO proper.
G.. G. Hadley, formerly general superin-
tendent of the Toledo Ohio Central, it is
said, is to be the general manager of the
Car Ferry line to be established in the
Brice interest between Holland, Mich, and
Milwaukee, Wis.
Local agents were notified yesterday aft
ernoOn that the Lake Erie & Western, on
account of a scarcity of coal would run
LEGAL freights only every other day, and
that the company would receive no perisha-
Bile freights for any point
Canada has driven all ticket scalpers out
OF that country, and the roads have not ex-
perienced the trouble over scalpers getting
hold of tickets held by the Epworth League
people which they would have had if the
convention had been held in this country.
A. H. Mcleod, genera freight agent of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton g. Dayton, has in
structed all agents to take freights only at
tariff rates, as but a few days will pass be-
fore the company will need every car it
can command to carry business at tariff.
The Erie, which has for several years
operated the Northern Railroad of New
a
trolling interest in the property, and will
at once bring the road and it's equipment
up to the nigh standard of the Erie lines.
M. e. ingalls,, president of the Big Four,
left Cincinnati last night for Cleveland TO
attend the funeral Of the late u. w, Cald-
well. The funeral service in Cleveland
will be held at his late residence at p. m.
to-day, and tomorrow the remains viii be
buried at GAINESVILLE, 0.
The bondholders' committee of the Colo
RADIO Midland Railroad Company yesterday
published. The committee consisted Of
Frederick f. Olcott chairman; Charles f.
Aver, James n. Jarvie, George Mosle, VIM
K. Rathbone and VIM. ID. Sloane.
]. 7. Brooks, second vice president of the
pennsylvania Company is in the city on
official business. He intended to go to
Cleveland last night to attend tie funeral
of the late d. w. Caldwell but found it inn
possible to get away Mr.. Brooks says
that as yet no action has been taken in
filing the place of ]. f. Davidson, late
third vice president of the company.
The trouble the Wabash had over bring
ing crews from Canada has been settled
investigation showed that inaSmuch as the
men started from the United States at De-
troit and again entered the country at Sus-
pension bridge, being in the employ of an
American company and drawing their pay
on American soil, they were to be treated
as American citizens and could not be
barred out of Canada.
Samuel FELTON,. president and receiver of
the Queen 81 Crescent and receiver of the
Columbus, OduuQSKy q Hooking dIIey,
has made himself very popular with the
employees of both interests by Offering to
pay contain per cent. Of the premiums re-
quired to insure them against accident or
death in the Railway Officials and En-
ployes' Insurance Association. On both lines
the receiver proposes to provide As per cent.
of the premium.
The new plan of operation which is to
go into effect on the Chicago Great West
ern road Aug. !, by which the services Of
division superintendents viii be dispensed
with, will not be altogether an experiment
The Alton has had it in operation for the
last six years and has found it to work adj
mirably. General Superintendent Gray de-
serves the credit of being the originator of
the plan. He introduced it when he took
charge of the operating department of the
Alton The result has been a considerable
saving in operating expenses.
The Oregon Pacific Railroad Company
passed out of existence on Tuesday The
affairs of the railroad in Oregon, the orig
inal jurisdiction, were closed about three
years ago, and the only assets left of the
railroad company is q fund of $23 600, the
proceeds of the sale of a steamer and a
dozen parties claim this sum. The road
was projected to run from Yaquna bay,
Oregon to Boise City, Idaho. One hundred
and fifty miles from Yaquina bay east
were actually constructed. which cost $12,-
900 600, every dollar of which the bond
holders lost as the road sold for 100000 al
auction, hardly enough to pay the court
costs.
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