The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-05


Work was yesterday resumed at all the
shops of the Baltimore * OHIO.
Employees in the shops of the P~ennsylva-
MIA lines East yesterday commenced work
ing nine hours a day.
Bruce Wheedon. for several years con-
tracing agent of the Erie fast freight lines
at this point. has resigned
J.. j. Turner. vice president and general
manager of the Vandalia. is in the city to
confer will Receiver Malott.
General Passenger Agent Atmore. of the
Louisville & Nashvine. claims TO have in
vented a nonscaIable mileage ticket.
Efingham b. Morris has been chosen one
of the directors of the Pennsylvania road,
vice H.. ID. Welsh. recently deceased.
The office of general superintendent of
the Baltimore x Ohio's Western lines will
this week be removed from Chicago to
Newark. ..
eraI baggage agent of the Queen * Cres-
cent. has resigned. and the position has
been abolished.
Mr.. Ingalls,. president of the Big Four.
has signiiled his intention TO be at Indian
apolis on Jan. IL and 70 to take part in the
monetary conference.
+. NJ. Conlan. assistant superintendent
of the Illinois division of the Chicago. Rock
Island * Pacific, retired yesterday and the
position has been abolished.
A. Christeson has been promoted TO the
position of manager of the central depart
ment Of the Wells-Fargo Express, with
lteAttiddA tOAc dt dsAN u
On the first day of the year the passen-
ger department CT the Pennsylvania had is
sued over 10.0G clerical permits for 1885,.
Thomas F. Steele. division freight agent of
the Alabama Great, Southern. has been
promoted To general freight agent of the
road. with headquarters at Birmingham.
Col. Wm. Shaw begins the year with a
promotion from the position of travelling
passenger agent to that of a district agent,
which carries with IL an increase i'm salary.
Daniel Donough. general ticket agent at
the Union Station. stated last svening that
the receipts from sales of tickets yesterday
were the largest OF any Monday in many
months
Andrew w. SWEET. who. with Samuel
Adams. founded the Adams Express Com
pany. died. in Bensonhurst on Christmas.
of Bright's disease. aged seventy-five
years. He was born i'm Maine.
General Manager Peirce. of the National
Electric Headlight Company of this city.
yesterday received an order for three more
electric headlights from the Texas Midland
road, where seven are now in use.
J.. o. McMullen. who died i'm Chicago last
week. began service on the Chicago * AL
ton in 1900, and was steadily advanced UNI
company. to which position he was elected
in 1883.
A large number of men who were tenn
/ porarily laid OF on the Michigan Central
put at work again without a decrease in
pay. Trainmen are the most affected by
the reinstatement.
Should the business OF the Big Four justi-
fy. President Ingalls, will. the coming year
purchase twenty-five heavy locomotives TO
take the place OF the light. ones now in
service on some divisions and several thou
sand new freight cars.
John r. Miller. general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania's southwestern system.
has not improved i'm health by his stay at
Atlantic City 50 much as his friends had
hoped. and his condition Is such as to un-
ft him for arduous duty.
Chicago yesterday Judge Grosscup over
ruled the demurrer of Joseph W. Reinhart.
ex-president. and John \. Manley, ex-
traffic manager of the Santa Re road. to
the indictment charging them with