The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-27

the opponents Oh the
law. The law has by no means proved as
destructive to railroad interests as had
been predicted. Their financial distress has
not been greater than that of other busi-
ness interests. II should be borne in mind
that pools and traffic agreements nave
worked with the best success only When
| the volume of traffic was large. mo scheme
has vet been devised" said the attorney,
to prevent Irregularities when there was a
scramble for the light traffic and / believe
this agitation will lead TO the suggestion
Of plans. some one of which will be Sc
lected. permitting railroads to adopt an or
ganization which will furnish stability to
rates under the protection or law through
legalized pools or traffic agreements.
Personal. Local and General Noes.
O.. p. McCarty, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, Is IN the
city.
An official circular announces the APP
| pointment of H. c. Helwig as general agent
of the Union Star line at San Francisco.
Seventy-two per cent. of the hopmen
on the Pennsylvania lines west are now
members of the Voluntary Relief Associa-
ton.
The directors of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna q Western Railway have declared
the regularly quarterly dividend OF ia per
cent.
Rumors are afoat that the first of April
will bring some official changes on the
Wabash lines besides the transfers recently
noted.
Under the proposed refunding scheme of
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern the
company will save 100000 a year In in
tereSt.
] w. Greenen. trainmaster of the In
dianapolis division of the Panhandle. is
still so crippled by rheumatism as to con-
fine him TO his room.
Oscar Murray. receiver and vice president
of the Baltimore a. Ohio lines, who has
been in the West several days, will re-
turn 10 Baltimore to-day.
George B. Terrier: of the general passen-
visit with Mr.. T. b. Arnold.
James McCrea, first vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company. has returned from
the East and is expected to make a trip
over the Western lines the coming week.
Shippers who have felt the grip of the
joint Weighing and inspection bureaus are
prone to believe that the ruling or the Su-
preme Court will apply to that association.
c. f. Schaff. general manage of the Big
Four lines. who has been on a weeks IN
spection trip over the western DIVISIONS,
returned last evening and went TO Cincin-
natl.
Joel West. for many years master me-
chanic of the Chicago. Burlington u GUM
cy, is dead of rights disease. He recently
went to Los Angeles, where he died on
Tuesday night.
Another valise was stolen from the wait
ing rooms OF the Union Station yesterday.
Superintendent Zion placed a colored man
i'm the waiting rooms as a detective, but he
failed to catch the thief.
Panhandle engineers say that the tracks
of that road are in better condition than
at any former spring in the history of the
lines between PittsbGrg and Indianapolis
and between Cincinnati and Chicago.
The local ticket scalpers are much elated
over the turn matters have taken under the
decision of the United States Supreme
Court and are already handling tickets of
roads which have of late ignored them.
H.. r. Stafford. assistant chief engineer of
A. to Cont a1 fG in IA nffN Mr. CQf-
ford is a graduate of Purdue University
and now has charge of some very important
improvements the Illinois Central is max
ing.
The Dayton Northern COMPANY is ex-
periencing some trouble in securing the
right of way through Lima TO connect with
the contracts for its new buildings at
Lima.
w. t. Marlowe, rate clerk in the office of
General Freight Agent Tifin, of the Cana
dian Pacific. has been appointed general
agent of the company i'm Hong Kong,
China, and ID. L. Brown general agent for
Japan.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton yes
| terday commenced hauling the l.5W car
loads of coal from the river at Cincinnati
for the indianapolis illuminating Gas Com
pany. and will deliver 1t at the rate or
twelve carloads per day.
The Pennsylvania, the Panhandle, the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, the
Pittsburg & Western and the Baltimore *
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city limits of P~ittsburg. which is prac-
tically connected by side tracks.
John W. Dooley. who had run on the Big
Four between Cincinnati and Columbus as
baggage master and express messenger for
twenty-three years, is dead. When at his
work on Thursday he suddenly fell for
ward and never regained consciousness.
So much has the business of the ticket
scalpers increased since the ticket offices
of the Big Four and Pennsylvania lines
near the Union Station were closed that it
| iS iptinatpH that the lower offices are nkplV
TO be reopened within the next thirty days.
j. Heglin. for several years past super
intendent of the Grand Central Station at
Cincinnati, died on Thursday night. He
entered the service of the Big Four in 1866,
and was appointed to the position he held
at the time of his death at the suggestion
of President ingalls,.
There are but three associations in which
indianapolis lines are directly affected by
the decision of the United States Supreme
Court. namely, the Chicago and Ohio River
Traffic Association Theatrical Pool. the
Central Passenger and the local
passenger association.
George T. Gunnip. general agent of the
passenger department of the Santa Fe lines,
is in the city for a couple Of days. lie
states that it is probable the Santa Fe Will
continue it's California limited service
through the summer Heretofore it has
been taken off from May l to Oct. /.
The Lima Northern has closed a deal by
which the road will be extended to Tecum-
sch. Mich. The subsidies required have
been raised and the Lima Northern is TO
have its trains running into Tecumseh by
June /. This means that the road is to be
built on 10 Detroit in the near future.
p. A. Bonebrake. superintendent of the
Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines. is constructing a switch from the
main track at Jeffersonville to the Indiana
Reformatory. and the work is well adj
vanced. 1t is really "A flank movement on
the Big Four and the Baltimore * Ohio
Southwestern. and gives the Pennsylvania
Company marked advantage in handling
the business that this institution creates.
1t has been discovered that large blocks
of tickets are in the hands OF ticket scalp
ers at Kansas City. The general passen-
ger agents of the lines not in the ring are
said TO be much disturbed over the matter.
threaten TO make rates 80 low that these
tickets will be Of little value 10 the scalp
ers. and hold them until the offending lines
which have put their tickets in the scalp
ers' offices are ready 10 act honorably
with their competitors.
G. G.. Waldo. general manager; r. Is.
Turner. general superintendent; c. \. VIII
son. chief engineer. and c.. III. Cory, super
intendent of motive power of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton lines. are inspect
ideas TO be utilized in building the com
pany's new shops at Lima. O. Yesterday
they were in Lafayette inspecting the shops
of the Monon at that place. which were re-
Gently built and are provided with the most
modern machinery.
Last October John Davis was walking on
the Big Four tracks toward Paris. Ill.
He stepped 10 one side 10 let IL pass and
a lump of coal fell upon him from the tank
of the locomotive. He was bruised con-
siderably. and brought suit against the
company for 5000. contending that the in
Jury was caused through malice and wan
fnnnoGG on the mart of tho hFRInQn The