The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-13

locomotive works. and has introduced in
the building OF engines some of his ideas
which are making the Rogers locomotive
famous.
Frank Moore. agent of the Big Four at
Delaware, o.. has been with the road since
July 1853. and since 1874 has been agent of
the company at that point.
James b. Hill. through his promotion to
general freight agent of the Pittsburg. Gin
cinnati. Chicago & st: Louis lines. gets an
increase in salary of s2.550 year.
Train Dispatchers Compton and Zingerly.
OF the Big Four, were dismissed yesterday.
Mr.. Compton has been with the road TWEEN
ty years and Mr.. Zingerly eighteen years.
General Manager Pomeroy of the Red.
White and Midland fast freight lines, spent
with the larger Of the shippers at this
point.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton is
making arrangements 10 work closely the
Buffalo boat line, expecting to do a good
business.
The superintendent of the Erie Railway
Will next week meet TO confer concerning
the Introduction of the Brown system OF
discipline. 1t is understood that the system
will be adopted.
C. d. Randall. assistant freight agent of
the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne q Chicago. has
been appointed general Western freight
agent of the Panhandle lines, with head
quarters at Chicago.
o. +. Powell who has had charge of the
dining car service on the Erie lines. has
been appointed district superintendent of
the Pullman Company with headquarters at
Pittsburg, vice j. w. lyman resigned.
Robert Geiger, general freight agent of
the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania
lines. is in the city. He states that to-day
freight. as we'll as passenger trains, will
begin running as usual, the breaks in the
road having been repaired.
Chicago live stock shippers now propose
10 get even with the Illinois roads for de-
feating the efforts TO have the 81 switching
charge abolished by demanding a reduction
of live stock rates on the grounds That
present rates are eXorbitant.
Train p. over the Vandalia, was SO heavy
yesterday that it was run in two sections.
The first consisted of combination car and
four sleeping cars. the second of mail
car, n combination car. a dining car, day
coach and two sleeping cars.
Engine No 3, of the Belt Road. will be
turned out to-day rebuilt at the company s
own shops. and Superintendent Zion is
proud of the fact that the rebuilding was
done at less loss to the Belt Company than
the Baldwin locomotive works or the PAN
handle Company offered to do the work for.
President Ripley and number of the di-
rectors of the Atchison. Topeka a. Santa
Fe are making trip over the entire sys-
tenn, and will pay special attention to the
Atlantic & Pacific and the Southern Cali
fornia lines. with the idea of meeting any
move of the Southern Pacific TO extend its
lines.
The Grand Trunk is trying to show the
American roads what can be done on that
line in the way of fast runs. On Tuesday
train was hauled between Niagara Falls
and Hamilton. forty-four miles, in fifty
minutes and between Hamilton and Lon
don, seventy-seven miles, in ninety-eight
mkutes.
r. Nee. Smith. Southern passenger agent
of the Grand Trunk is in the city official
business He states that General Manager
Hays. who left the Wabash to become gen.
eral manager of the Grand Trunk, is max
ing an excellent record and one which
highly pleases the English people who own
the road
student of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. of Baltimore, has prepared mon
ograph as thesis for a degree which he
takes up the history of the Baltimore a.
Ohio road from Feb. u, 1927, to the seven
tieth anniversary of the company, which
occurred Feb r. 1897.
1t is proposed TO build a road from Vim
cennes, Ind, to Arcola. ILL.,. where connec-
ton would be made with the Illinois Cen
trail. opening new and direct Chicago
Evansville g. Terre Haute and the Chicago
q Eastern Illinois road and would pass
through Charleston and Westfield.
The net earnings of the Chicago & West
Michigan road for the month of February
were $500 against ss,192 for the CORE
spending month last year decrease of
SLIP For the same month the gross earn
ings of the Detroit. Grand Rapids & West
ern were $S9.114. against $S3,547 for the cor
responding month last year. an increase of
s5.627
Since the rains have receded the Big Four
feels that it's record in keeping its lines
open and trains on time is one to be proud
Of With the exception of an interruption
of few hours caused by the washout at
Shelbyville. trains have been running on
all the indianapolis divisions and furnishing
trackage for three or four neighbors who
were less fortunate.
Collier, Budd Co., of Cincinnati. yester-
do coll I'D,
Company 900 tons of Pittsburg coal. and
there is a sharp strife between the Big Four
and the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton as
TO which road shall haul ii from Cincinnati
TO indianapolis. 1t is readily reached by
either line, and means the hauling of 150O
carloads of coal of twenty tons each.
General Superintendent Bimple and AS
sistant General Superintendent Curtis, of
the Adams Express Company. were i'm the
city yesterday Mr.. Birnple states that the
consolidation of Adams and American Ex-
press Companies offices would not be car
ried out on as an extensive a scale as the
press had led business men to believe. Only
i'm some of the smaller offices Is ii practi-
cable.
Erie fast freight lines, was in the city
yesterday. He states that business is grad
ually improving with their lines. The
most formidable competition they now have
TO meet is the exporting of grain via South
ports. the Southern lines taking very
considerable percentage OF the grain Tor eX-
port which otherwise would have gone TO
Eastern ports.
Southern passenger men say that no
Southern railway point is coming TO the
front more rapidly than Chattanooga. Its
attractions a convention city have been
fully reported throughout the country by
visitors TO the great Chickamauga dedica-
ton, international Epworth League meet
ing and others. 1t is announced that two
more meetings of Importance, the national
convention b. Y. r. L. and the superintend-
ents' convention n. e. A. have selected
Chattanooga as their meeting place for
1897. The efforts of Chattanooga's friends
have been ably supported by General Pas
senger Agent Rinearson, of the Queen *
Crescent route who has worked hard and
successfully to bring Chattanooga's sue
cess a convention city to the attention
of the Mort hern nublic