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

court will take up the trial to-day.
Fredric Rogers. formerly general freight
agent of the Eastern Railway of Minneso-
and freight agent of the Washington &
Columbia River Railway. with h~eadquar-
tiers at Walla Walla. Wash.
Samuel Young, who died on Friday at
Chicago. is said to have been the oldest
railroad director in the world. He was
born in 1s02. was one of the projectors of
the Lake Shore road and helped TO build
the Columbus & Hooking Valley.
For the first time in ten years every en-
ploye of the Baltimore & Ohio. under
orders from General Manager Green. re-
ceived their monthly pay before Christmas
day. Only twice in twenty years have they
received ii before that holiday.
A number of freight officials yesterday
sent kilograms TO w. Sweed congratulating
him on his promotion from general freight
City 10 freight traffic manager in charge
of all freight traffic, both rail and lake.
A meeting of the Southern committee of
the trans-Missouri lines will be held in st.
Louis on Thursday. the meeting being con-
tingent. however. on the adjournment of
the meeting of the Trans-Missouri Passen-
ger Association now in session in Denver.
Tomorrow there will be shipped from
Silver Springs. n. Y. to the New England
States $50 carloads of salt. The train will
be run in sections made up of new cars
of the Erie road. equipped with air brakes,
automatic couplers and each car decorated.
A. b. Youngson. assistant grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
is visiting the various divisions and adj
dressing them on subjects of interest to
the members. On Sunday he was in Column
bus, o. He is expected at Indianapolis in
the near future.
In 1885 there were shipped east from Chi
cagO over the Vanderbilt lines 122, $50 tons
of flour. grain and provisionS; over the
Pennsylvania lines, 4J1 .6S2 tons; over the
Baltimore & Ohio, PA, 74 tons; over the
Grand Trunk. 235.173 tons. and over the
Chicago * Erie, 304,673 tons.
The Strong locomotive. which was run a
rev years ago on several OF the. indian
apolis lines, and which disappointed its
builder, has been rebuilt as a balanced en-
CINE, and its owner asserts that II Is per-
fectly balanced as a result of a peculiar
mechanism. 1t is now a four-cylinder COM
pound locomotive. .
1t is stated that Judge Stevenson Burke
will retire from the presidency oil the To-
ledO * Ohio Central and that j. Nj. Farris,
now general manager. will take his place.
which means that General Superintendent
Whittlesy Will be promoted to general man.
ager and hat Harry Ferris is TO be APP
pointed general superintendent.
President Walters, of the Atlantic Coast
line. made a number of New Years gifts
by increasing the salaries of the principal
officers in sums ranging from $500 to 1000.
according TO the Importance and tenure of
office. and It is stated that he soon intends
to increase the pay of divisional officials,
agents and employees on the system.
Master Mechanic McClurg. of the shops
VI III q Easter at Ddi III,
was i'm the city yesterday for a conference
with General Manager Barnard. During the
year 1896 an average of four hundred men
were employed at these shops and seventy
locomotives were given "a general overhaul
ing. a considerable number being practical
ly rebuilt.
The Monon last year did a good deal of
work on its main line in widening rock
cuts and breaking the stones and using
them for ballast A railroad expert who
yesterday came over the main line said that
rha rfnhf 90 xwnx- bod hnnp n pA1 I'D rrHnt
might possibly become instructions and a
general healthy appearance was noticeable
all along the line.
The Union Pacific passenger department
has issued a souvenir of its overland daily
limited train. which. i'm an artistic way,
eXcels anything yet undertaken by the pas
senger department of any of the roads of
this country. Besides being perfect in it's
mechanical appearance. it contains much
valuable regarding points of
interest on That system.
a prominent railway official vino spends
much of his time i'm the East says while
il is probably true that NJ. f.. Ingalls,. presi-
dent of the Big -Four. Is not at present to
take the head of the Vanderbilt lines. the
time will come that he will. as he is looked
upon by parties interested i'm the several
properties as one of the most practical and
capable all around railroad man and finan-
ciers connected with the Vanderbilt sys-
TENS.
The Kentucky Midland Railroad was sold
at Frankfort. KY, yesterday by order Of
the court and was purchased at the upset
price of $3.50 600 by the Attilla Company,
of Louisville. 1t is announced that the
purchaser represents creditors with prior
liens 10 the first mortgage bonds amounting
10 $9S0.G00 and that this syndicate of pre-
ferred creditors are i'm negotiations for "a
private sale Of the road to one of several
larger companies.
meeting of the lines of the Western Pas
senger Association will be held in Chicago
next Monday. The principal matter likely
to come before the meeting will be rates
to the Pacific coast from New England
points. and it is probable that on this the
lines will take some action TO protect them
selves against the practical differential now
enjoyed by the lines running through New
Orleans. A proposition to close the city
ticket offices in Omaha and Kansas City
will also be considered.
A call has been issued for a meeting of
the Transcontinenta Passenger Association
to be held i'm Chicago on next Wednesday ".
Among the more important matters that
are on the docket are the withdrawal of the
500 line from membership and the report
Of the action taken with "A view to retain
ing its membership; the application of the
Canadian Pacific for differentials from
points in ~trunk-line territory, the report of
the chairman on his conference with the
steamship line on east-bound trans-Pacific
business and the equalization of rates via
Ndw Orleans. There are other important
matters that will come up for discussion.
Representatives OF most of the big rail-
roads in the country will meet in Washing
ton to-day TO petition the lnterState-cOm-
merce Commission to intercede with Con-
gress to extend the time when all cars.
passenger and freight. shall be equipped
with air brakes and automatic cOuplers.
The s-afety-appliance act, which was APP
proved March 2. 1898, will become effective
Jan. /. 1898. The commission, in its recent
report. announced that the rate of progress
towards compliance with the couples feat
ure of the law. which obtained prior to last
April. must be greatly increased to secure
conformity with the law by next January.
u. G.. Edwards. passenger traffic man.
ager of the Cincinnati. Hamilton x Dayton.
Yesterday issued a circular announcing
the appointment OF j. c. Winans
as district passenger agent covering terri
who had his headquarters at Toledo and
who resigned on account of i'll health. Mr..
Winans. in addition to the regular terri
tory covered by him as district passenger
agent at Piqua. will cover the line between
Toledo and Dayton. including the branches.
Cleveland and as far west as the Ohio State
line. except the DelphoS division. which is
covered by w. II. WhittleSey. district pas
senger agent at Dayton.
Sir Joseph Hiekson. late general manager
of the Grand Trunk Railway, died yester-
cumberland. England. in 1880. and as "A lad
was employed on English always In 1861
he was appointed secretary of the Grand
Trunk Railway and came to America. In
1879 he was made general manager. He
resigned i'm 1891, and was then elevated to
vive him. Sir Joseph's last official act was
the preparation OF the report OF the prohi-
bition commission. of which he was APP
pointed chairman by the late Conservative
government of Canada. The commission
visited all the principal cities of the Domin-
ion. and the report concluded that senti-
ment was not in favor of prohibition.
4 committee of the directors OF the Cen