The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-18

morrow for New York and will sail next
week for Europe. 10 be absent six or eight
weeks. He had a number of the officials In
Cincinnati yesterday for a conference.
Frank Reed. general passenger agent of
the Monon lines, emphatically denies that
rates are being cut by the new route of the
Monon. the Cincinnati. Hamilton * Dayton
and the Baltimore * Ohio The
business. he says is secured in a legitimate
manner.
On Tuesday a test was made in Cleve-
land before a large number of railway Of
ficials and coal operators of a machine TO
hoist coal and convey it from cars to a ves-
sci. and during the test ii performed very
satisfactorily, transferring three hundred
tons an hour.
Chief Engineer Dodd, of the Pittsburg. TT.
Wayne & Chicago, has completed the plans
above the grade crossings in Allegheny,
which. with the changing of the grades in
Pittsburg, he estimates will cost the COM
pany fully $1,000 00.
Commission is said to have discovered some
important evidence which may lead to the
Indictment of some prominent freight Of
hcials who have been making cut rates on
dairy PRODUCTS from Missouri river and
other Western points.
The Big Four has been called on several
times OF late TO pay damages on account
of the failure of employees to properly ex-
amine and clean the ventilators on fruit
cars and the ice boxes of refrigerator cars,
In which perishable goods are shipped. and
such neglect.
Ray S. Kaylor, who was on Monday APP
pointed commissioner of railways and tele-
graphs of Ohio by Governor Bushnell. was
Tor htteen years employed on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne * Chicago. He is a prominent
member or the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors ana was for years chairman OF its
grievance committee.
w. c: Arp. superintendent of motive pow
er or the Vandalia, was in the city yester-
day on official business. He states hat the
heel FaiOh m Dfn f mic aGtD
which the Panhandle has been testing, is
so well thought of that a number will
probably be built tor the Panhandle on
much the same specifications.
With the putting in effect the spring time
table the Big -Four will improve its serv-
Ice on the st. Louis division by restoring
western Limited. the fast train between
Terre Haute and Indianapolis, which ar
rived at Indianapolis at $3.50 a. m, and the
fast train from indianapolis to Terre
Haute. which left at $50 p. m.
The Monon expects this year to handle
the largest stone traffic in the history of
the road Already shipments OF stone from
Bedford to Chicago and other northern
points nave set in, and the shipments to
Philadelphia and New York promise to ex-
oeed those OF any former year. the quarry
men having made several good contracts
cities.
The Chicago day train Tor Cincinnati,
which runs over the Monon to Roachdale,
- ~ "
Htoachdale TO indianapolis and from Indian
apoiiS 10 Cincinnati over the Cincinnati.
Hamilton u Dayton. was yesterday hauled
from Roachdale TO indianapolis, thirty
eight miles, in thirty-eight minutes, making
one stop. The Grant engine No. 3 hauled
the train
"A. II. Waggener. travelling passenger
agent of the Chicago & Northwestern. with
headquarters at indianapolis, yesterday re-
turned from a six weeks trip through the
southern States. He says nearly all the
Southern roads are doing the best passen-
ger and freight. business since 1892. The
Plant system In the last few months has
done the largest passenger business in the
history of the road.
The committee on nominations OF d.
rectors appointed at the annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, on March 3. through the
chairman. Charles N. Henry. on Wednesday
INNER the reelection of the existing
board of directors at the annual election TO
be held on the 23d inst. Those recommend
ed for reelection are as follows: Frank
Thomson, Alexander NJ. Fox, Alexander
Biddle, n. Parker Shortridge, William l..
Elkins, Alexander j. Cassatt, Clement "a.
Griscom, benjamin Il. Comegys, Amos X.
Little. William III. Barnes, George Wood.
G: Stuart Patterson and Efingham b.