The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-08

IN the name or McCrea against the North
ern Pacific in the United States Circuit
Court at Tacoma, Wash.
I. M. Person assistant grand chief of the
order of Railway TelegrapherS. who has
been on the Pacific coast for some weeks
IN the interest OF the organization, returned
yesterday.
James SAMSON, chief clerk to T. E. Watt
district passenger agent of the Pennsyl-
Pittsburg.
l. A. Boyd formerly superintendent of
the Indiana, Decatur q Western but for
TWO years past trainmaster on the Southern
halfway, has resigned and is succeeded by
J. A. Droge.
The retrenchment policy has struck the
Toledo, ST Louis a Kansas City in earn
est. All departments of the shops are TO
be shut down except those required to keep
cars in repair
j., w. Greenen, trainmaster of the Pan
handles indianapolis division is not re-
covering from his illness as his friends had
hoped he would. He has practically lost the
use of his legs.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois is ex-
pending a good deal of money in construct
ing 1nterlocking plants at crossings of
other roads and in putting in electric
stfeet-cross1ng signals
r. Marpole, who has for many years filed
the position of Pacific division superin-
tendent of the Canadian Pacific, has been
appointed general superintendent in sue
cession to II. Abbott, resigned.
The Ohio Falls car works have this week
shipped several fine coaches to the Georgia
Central The works have secured a con-
tract from Southern road for 600 freight
cars and have 500 cars to rebuild for the
Baltimore & Ohio.
The Peoria & Eastern has placed in serv-
ice one of it's new stub-blind mail, express
and baggage cars on its eastern division,
and 1t IS attracting a good deal of atten-
ton, so much does it differ from the or
binary combination car.
The Big -Four has been named as the Off
c1dI route from Indiana to the following
meetings The Baptist Young Peoples
Union, at Chattanooga; the Epw0rth
deaVor, at San Francisco.
j. M. Schriver, assistant general passenger
agent OF the Baltimore & Ohio has been
appointed general passenger agent by the
manager of passenger traffic, D. q. Martin,
he will have entire charge of all the de-
tail work in the passenger department.
The competitors of the Rock Island have
all given notice that they will meet the ac-
ton of that road in making reduced rate
from Utah points to Chicago and the Mis-
sour river for school teachers who desire
TO come East for their summer vacations.
The Pennsylvania has been building some
new postal cars at it's shops at Meadows N.
j. in which number of improvements
have been introduced. These cars are to
be run between New York and Chicago
over the Pennsylvania and the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne & Chicago.
E. w. Forester Western superintendent
Of the Union line agencies, was in the city
yesterday He stated that he had in the
last week visited a number of the agen-
cleS, and without exception the representa-
tives of the Union line reported an improve
ment in traffic since the more seasonable
weather set in.
President Thomson. of the Pennsylvania,
and Vice President McCrea have been urg-
ing John f. Miller, general superintendent
OF the Southwestern system, to go abroad
for few months and take a good rest bur
he tells them he prefers to remain at
home, not work very hard and keep the
operating and transportation expenses down
as low as possible.
1t is stated that there is not a manufac-
turing point on the Big Four in the gas belt
territory where there was not an increased
tonnage shown over April 1896 and the re-
cepits from sales of tickets larger than in
the corresponding period last year. Ander-
son and Muncio made especially favorable
exhibits, and the business of May promises
even better results.
Negotiations are pending which will
DOUBTLESS result in the establishing of
faster passenger service between the East
by the Pennsylvania, the Vandalia, the
Missouri Pacific and the Union Pacific
shortening by five hours all present sched-
ules by any lines from New York to Den
yer. This fast service is proposed in both
directions.
The faster freight service is cutting into
the business of the express companies in a
marked manner, not only between such
points as Indianapolis and Chicago, but for
longer distances; Freight shipped from In
Evansville, at night is delivered the next
morning, and freight shipped from New
York or Boston is delivered at Indianapolis
in forty-five to forty-seven hours.
At New York yesterday Russell Sage
characterized as utterly false a statement
that he and George j. Gould have had
falling out over the Missouri Pacific con-
struction account and in regard TO the man
agement of other properties In which he
and Mr.. Gould have been jointly interested.
Mr.. Sage said, further, that he had not
demanded any accounting or statement as
to the bonds mentioned; that there was no
thought of a receiver for the Missouri Pa
cihc, and the story was circulated by bears
for market purposes. Edwin Gould Endorsed
the denial by Mr.. Sage.
The lines of the Western Passenger Asso-
citation and Of the Central Passenger Com
n1ittee have reached an amicable agreement
regarding the arrangements for the sale of
the Christian Endeavor tickets. For time
it was thought that the difference in the
forms of the tickets to be used by the lines
of the two organizations would result in
considerable friction. The arrangements of
the Western roads, however, have been so
satisfactory that there is now no chance of
trouble at ALL A round-trip form of ticket
will be used up to the Eastern gateways
of the Western roads, and from this a one
way ticket will be used
Representatives OF the Western lines met
in Chicago yesterday to consider what Is
the best thing to do in relation to the con-
troll of the immigrant traffic. The roads are
a unit in declaring that the immigrant
traffic must not be left to take care of
itself, as it has been such a fruitful source
of decentralization in the past that they are
fearful that all sorts of trouble will come
from it if they allow it to pass out of their
control. On the other hand the attorneys
of the roads have for some time been con-
siderine the matter and thew have all come
to the conclusion that there is way in
which the emigrant clearing house can be
kept alive and the law as laid down in
the Supreme Court decision be observed.
No definite action was taken at the meeting
Yesterday.