The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15

Thomas Johnson. chief engineer Of the
Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg. who
was injured in an accident on Tuesday
night. is improving and will soon be ready
for duty.
The Lima Northern people have agreed
TO extend the road TO Tecumseh, Mich. IL
that town Will raise a subsidy of 5000. The
company will need only TO build from
Adrian, Mich.
On Feb. 1 Frank Drew will take the
position of general passenger and freight
agent Of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
for Kansas and Indian Territory, with
headquarters at Parsons, Kan.
J. ]. Turner. vice president. and General
Manager Turner, of the Vandalia. and II.
/. Miller. superintendent of the Vandalia
main line. were in the city yesterday and
had a short conference with the receiver.
w. T. Connor, chairman Of the board of
directors of the Wheeling &c Lake Erie,
denies that a receiver has been asked for
and says the report is started by persons
who wish to buy the stock and are seek
ing to depress it.
William Warner. who died at Cleveland
on Tuesday, was for forty years an engi-
neer on the Decline division of the Big
Four. He left the footbOard about three
years ago on account OF age, he then be-
ing sixty-eight years old.
Travelling Passenger Agent Clifford, OF
the Canadian Pacific, who has been in the
city a couple of days, states that the re-
port that District Passenger Agent Sheehy,
who has Travelled for years in this terri
tory, is TO retire Feb. ], is untrue.
The quarterly issue OF the Big Four SER
les is out and contains many very inter-
esting and instructive articles, the most
important of which is on airbrakes, with
complete Illustrations. 1t is the first num-
Der of the Industrial series yet published.
General Passenger Agent Horner. Of the
Nickel-plate. is a strong advocate of the
5.000-mile Interchangeable ticket, and eX-
presses the opinion that 1T has come to
stay. He says 1t may not be just satisfac-
tory now TO everybody, but time will adj
just the matter.
Oscar Murray. receiver and business man
ager Of the Baltimore * Ohio, has con-
scented to appear before the Coal Traffic
Association and meet any charges which
may be made against him in the matter of
cutting rates. The time set is Tuesday
next, at Chicago.
There will be an inspection trip on Satur-
day over the Chicago, Hammond & West
ern road. lust opened for business. The
president OF the road has sent out numer-
Gus invitations. The train will leave the
Illinois Central Station at 10 a. m. and
will return at 3 p. m.
\ number of Western lines are behind in
their traffic division of earnings and Chair
man Midgley has suggested that there be
a change in. percentages SO that there can
have dropped far behind in carrying al
lotted percentage of tonnage.
Vice President Brooks. OF the Pennsylva-
MIA Company. said last evening that while
ing much anxiety. kilograms received the
last two or three days had given encour-
dBcfleHI 10 DellcNe IIlaL he WOULD EeI ABOUT
again. He has now been confined to the
house sixteen weeks.
Sleeping cars in all directions On Wednes-
day and last night We're crowded with the
returning delegates from the monetary con-
vention. Train 20 yesterday had three
sleeping cars from this city; Train 2 had
two. and the Knickerbocker express on
Wednesday and last night went out with
three sleeping cars.
All preliminary arrangements for erect
ing one of the finest passenger stations in
the world at Boston, Mass. have been COM
pleted. The ground on which TO erect IL
and over which to approach il has been Sc
cured, arrangements made for the money TO
proceed with the work and within a Few
weeks the Improvement Will be begun.
The Swift Refrigerator Car Company has
Just sold $3.50, 900 of its bonds in London at
par. They bear 6 per cent. interest and run
ten years. The money will be used TO pay
off its floating debt and purchase more cars.
The capital stock is s., 000. coo, and the COM
pany now has $500 ears, which are in
service running from Chicago to all points
reached by rail in this country.
The Big -Four has for some time been
operating a Pintsch gas headlight on one
of its locomotives with excellent results.
see clearly from three to four times as
far as with the ordinary oil headlight, while
at the same time the light is not so pow
erful as to blind those on locomotives APP
preaching from an opposite direction.
General Passenger Agent Eustis. of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. had the gen.
erat passenger agents or the inherent parts
of the system i'm Chicago with him on
Wednesday and in the evening gave them
a supper. Mr.. Eustis now has some very
capable men in charge of the more impor-
tant divisions. among them Lucius Wakely.
general passenger agent of the Missouri
river division.
For some months every member of the
Passenger Association at Kansas City has
been sworn TO secrecy concerning what oc-
Cured at their meetings. but so many
things have leaked out of late. the Wabash
hos nnnnrInnad chat "a hn1 n nm
that arrangement, and that. hereafter. If
the representative OF the Wabash attended
the meetings Of the association. 1t would
be on condition that reporters were adj
nfitted. in order that the statements, if
made public. should be more accurate.
Up to Wednesday night 1900 clergymen
had made application for permits and
ger Committee. had issued q little over 1000
permits. 1t is reported that the interchange
able 5.O00-mile tickets are selling better ev-
cry day: this week eight or ten tickets have
been sold in this immediate territory. The
1.0O0-mile books of the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton q Dayton. the Monon and the Big Four
cover SO much territory that naturally but
few 5.O00-mile interchangeable mileage tick
cts would be purchased.
James McCrea. first vice president: ]. r..
Brooks. second vice president: j. u. David
son, third vice president. and Joseph Wood.
fourth vice president of the Pennsylvania
Company, came over from Terre Haute
yesterday. and MesSrS. Brooks and David
son remained at Indianapolis during the
day. going to Pi.tsburg last evening. II =
ing the day Mr.. Brooks, who is the Il al
adviser of the Pennsylvania Company, lad
"A conference of several hours with their
local attorney. $. O. PiCkens. Mr.. Brooks
expressed some anxiety as to the makeup
Of the present legislative bodies of the
State. as, under present conditions with
railroads. a two-cent a mile passenger rate
or any other move TO cut down revenues
of the ailway meant, he believed. more
bankrupt roads and poorer service for the
business public.