The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-18

age ticket Of the Central Passenger Commit
tee is approaching a crisis and it is likely
that at a meeting of the committee in the
near future it will be found necessary to
revise the agreement in several important
particulars if not make new one alto
gether The Vanderbilt lines have declared
that they are going to accept the inter-
changeable ticket for transportation when
it is presented on trains, and it is likely that
the other lines will be compelled to follow
suit or devise some form of an agreement
that will be acceptable to the Lake Shore
and the Michigan Central. The matter Is
likely to be taken up at the next meeting
of the committee.
Person: i, Local and General Notes.
w J. Hartman, superintendent of the in
struction car of the Big Four, who has been
quite i'll, is about again.
The Panhandle has a side track at its
yards at Golfers three miles in length. The
yard is in a valley and much longer than
wide.
The Rock Island has given notice that it
will make a one-fare rate for holiday eX-
curisons between all points in Kansas, Ne
braska and Oklahoma Territory.
The Big Four is this week getting in six
miles of steel rail- Weighing eighty pounds
to the yard, between Lawrenceburg and
Manchester on the Cincinnati division.
The Erie a few weeks ago inaugurated
fast train service from points in the Ma
honing valley to Chicago ana Clnclnnau'
Frank Beals, for many years a yardmas-
ter on the Wabash road, of late at An
drews has taken position on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio which is quite promotion
Samuel Bells, assistant secretary ana
treasurer of the Railway Officials and En-
ployes' Accident Association, who has been
i'll for several weeks, is now convaescent.
John Conklin, an old-tirne engineer on the
Wabash, has secured the position OF SUI
perintendent of the steam heating and
other apparatus required at the postoffice
building, Fort Wayne.
For the last six months the shipments of
stone over the Monon from Bedford have
ranged from fifty to sixty. cars per day
Shipments are to continue, but not in such
large quantities. through the winter
months.
David p. Beach has been appointed super
intendent of signals and telegraph on the
Cleveland division of the Pennsylvania lines
He is the son of r. c.. Beach, Of the Union
line, and recent graduate of Ohio State
University.
The general offices Of the United States
Express Company will be removed from st.
Louis to Cincinnati, Jan. 1. The two divisions
will be consolidated, with headquarters
there. No reason for the change has been
made public. orr
The net earnings of the Great Western
road for the month of November were $l39,-
Isl, an increase of $S6,622 over the same
the net earnings of the road have been
s79S, 1853. an increase of 1854 1888 over the same
period of the preceding year.
Il. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big -Four, Cd. G. Edwards, pas
senger traffic manager of the Cincinnati
Hamilton q Dayton. and o. +. McCarty,
general passenger agent Of the baltimore more
q Ohio Southwestern, who have been East
for a week past, are expected nome to-day.
John A. Williamson, who has just re-
ceived the appointment of district passen-
ger agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton q
DAYTON, formerly lived in Lafayette, and is
a brother to George Williamson, who has
just completed his twenty-ffth year as a
passenger conductor on the Lake Erie "
Western.
An expert mechanical engineer who
keeps well informed as to new types OF To-
comotives. said yesterday that the Gar
stang engine was yet uneXcelled In power,
speed or design, for it's dimensions, by any
yet constructed. 1t is perfectly counter ball
anced and economical as to fuel and oil
consumption.
To conform to the interstate-commerce
law regarding equipping freight cars with
automatic couplers and air-brakes the
Louisville q Nashville, for the next two
years, will have to expend in that direction
$750000 a year If it carries out the present
proposition extending the time two years
for so equipping freight cars.
" II. Stevens and Joseph MCGOWAN, pas
senger conductors on the Chicago & East
ern Illinois. were dismissed on Thursday.
Mr. Stevens had held the position three
years, Mr.. MCGOWAN nine years. This has
been bad year for passenger conductors t[
thirteenth dropped the present year.
w. II. Snyder, general superintendent of
the United States Express Company has
rendered his resignation. Ten years ago,
when the United States Express Company
acquired the interests of the Baltimore q
Ohio Express Company, Mr.: Snyder estab-
liShed his headquarters at Newark, o.. and
from there directed all operations west of
the Ohio river.
The Pullman Company is building two fine
complete vestibule trains for the Erie. and
there is some speculation as TO where Cen
eral Passenger Agent Roberts Will put them
in service. He has a way of keeping such
matters to himself which sometimes puzzles
competitors, as in the case of his declining
to become a party to the interchangeable
mileage agreement.
The Louisville e. Nashville and the Plant
system are operating daily through Pull
man sleeping car service from Cincinnati
to Tampa. via Jacksonville. leaving Cincin-
natl at $3.50 .. m. Louisville at $40 D. M,
arriving at Jacksonville at 1890 p. M and
Tampa at a. m. This line passes through
Thomasville, Ga, and some or the most
prominent resorts of Florida.
General passenger agents seem to be
catering to second-class travel, or TO en-
couraging travelling in tourist cars. For in
stance tourist car furnishes nearly as
good accommodations as do the best Pull
mans and 70 ooci,nv q berth of Pullman
car from Indie napolis to San Francis o costs
$3.50 more than to occupy a tourist car
which furnishes equally good sleeping ac-
cCmmOdatiOnS.
The Big Four has earned since July /
S. 1866 $50 against IS 762 .625 i'm the CORRESPOND
ing period of 1896. and against $6,4S0.721 in the
corresponding period of 1895. 1t is believed
that before December expires the unfavor-
able comparison with 1895 will be overcome.
1t certainly will should the gross earnings
of the last half of the month keep pace
with those of the first fifteen days. which
they will should the weather continue favor
able.
Time is demonstrating that the citizens
of Andrews. Ind. had good reason to be
disturbed over reports that Peru was to be
benefited by the Wabash making II a more
important point at the expense of Andrews.
The division terminal of number of train
crews were changed from Andrews to Peru,
and now machinery from the shoDS of the
Wabash is being transferred to the shops
at Peru. and with the machinery a number
Of machinists and the foremen of the An
drews shops.
On Monday T. NJ. Downing, master
mechanic of the Big Four shops at Della
ware. will take the position of superintend-
dusky & Hooking Valley road, vice F. p.
Roatman resigned Mr.. Downing Is the
fourth master mechanic TO go from the Big
Four lines in the last eight months to more
important positions on other roads--T. A.
Lawes to the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
ard Master Mechanics Doebler and Mckee
10 the Wabash lines.
The Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief De-
partment on the lines west of Pittsburg
disbursed in November in death benefits
from accident $4,000; from natural causes.
$3.50: in disablement benefits on account
of accidents. IS 13T e.. account of sick