The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-04

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rectors were unanimously reelected. This
was the only business transacted.
Mrs. Wells, wife of Arthur Wells. gen
eral superintendent of the Atlantic & Pa
ci6c, was in the city yesterday to visit J. A.
Barnard, her brother, general manager of
the Peoria & Eastern, who is still confined
to his room with in1ammatory rheuma-
t,sm. and who. since the disagreeable
weather set in, has not been so well.
The West Shore Company practically
abandoned it's shops at Frankfort, n. Y,
On May /, and the machinery has been
shipped to Depew or the shops at West Al
bany. This change takes IS men and their
families, if they choose to so TO the places
named, but a number will remain, owning
homes there, and will seek other employ
ment.
In the month of April ten coaches and one
parlor car of the Cincinnati. Hamilton q
Dayton We're rebuilt at the Indianapolis
shops OF the Indiana, Decatur & Western,
and in a few days one of the trains entire
when are run between Cincinnati and De-
troit over the Cincinnati Hamilton * Day
ton and the Michigan Central viii be sent
to these shops to be overhauled.
w. J. Van Arsdale, for twenty-five years
a claim agent for the New York Central
lines, on Friday suffered a severe paralytic
stroke, which terminated fatally in a few
hours. He had been in the employ of the
company forty-fve years and was one of
the late Commodore Vanderbilt's confiden-
tial advisers. He drew up the merger agree
ment between the New York Central and
the Hudson River Railroad companies when
those lines We're consolidated.
Z. st. john, vice president of the Seaboard
AIRLINE, aas fitted up a fine room at the
Nashville exposition and has extended the
newspaper fraternity the courteSies of the
premises. The invitation says: 1t will be
a nice, cool place, where you can have a
quiet corner all to yourself to writa and we
want you TO understand this is not an ordi-
nary formal invitation, but a downright,
old-faShiOned request for YOU 70 make our
building your headquarters, just as though
you had put it up for your own use
3. M. FELTON,, receiver and president of
the Queen & Crescent, is determined that
this road shall be brought to the highest
standard, and to encourage the trackmen
TO work to such an end he announces that
IN November there will be a track inspection
and the roadmaster having the best division
will receive a gold medal. The supervisor
or the best division will receive $75, section
Ioremen having the best section $50, second
best section $40, third-best $40, and a pre-
MUM of $50 will be paid to the foreman
having the best yard on both divisions.
The executive committee of the Western
Passenger Association met in Chicago yes
terday to complete its report on the rules
ana arrangements for the convention of the
Society of Christian Endeavor. The gen
eral meeting of the association will be held
to-day, and the report of the executive COM
mittee will be submitted. 1t is not likely
that any material change will be made in
the report of the committee which has al
ready been published. The meeting yester-
day spent some little time in the consider
atlon OF rules and arrangements for eXcur-
sion business during the coming summer.
The aggressive methods of the Baltimore
q Ohio management are striking all i'm
rort2nt points on the system. At Columbus
been dismissed to make pf ce for a younger
man, and at all points changes are being
prompt handling of cars. The Baltimore &
ONO management seems to be following
in the footsteps of E. b. Thomas when he
became general manager of the Erie lines.
it was said that when ne found a man had
been on the Erie pay rolls twenty-iv
years ne ordered his dismissal ana a
younger man put in hiS-nlEcp
j c. Tucker on the 1st of Nav COM
pleted his fortieth year of service on what
IS now the Big Four line, he leaving the
Michigan Central to become a passeI ger
conductor on the Big Four between Gin
cinnati and Indianapolis. At that time
there were two trains each way daily. the
time was four hours and thirty minutes,
and John Egan was i'm charge of one of the
trains; now there are twelve trains between
the time of the fast train over the Big
-Four and the Cincinnati. Hamilton q Day
ton is less than three hours. The Big -Four
has two trains that. cover the 10 miles in
two hours and forty-tiVe minutes.
The Atlantic & Pacific is now under full
control of the Santa Fe, and the folloWing
official changes, Which. it will be seen, con-
tinue Arthur WelIandOrmerly wit. the Big
-Four, IN service, are announced, the only
change being that Mr.. Weiss headquar-
tiers will be at Los Angeles instead of Al
buquerque. Arthur G.. Wells is made general
superintendent of the lines west of Albu-
querque, including the California Southern
lantic q Pacific and California Southern:
c.. r. Perry, division superintendent from
Albuquerque to Seligman. Ariz., the division
being extended fifty miles; John Denair
superintendent from Seligman 10 San Bar
nardine, Cal, and from the latter city to
Los Angeles. including San Diego; c. Bea-
mer, division superintendent: J. Byrne. pas
senger and ticket agent of the lines west of
Albuquerque, with headquarters at Los An
geles. The auditing department Of the At
lantic q Pacific WIFI be consolidated with
the California Southern and removed 10
Los Angeles. w. e. Walsh will be the gen
eral auditor.