The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-13

Oh locomotives. fftftlDICfc iOCOIuOtlNtS anu
trains crews have been changed at Logans-
port.
]. A. Barnard general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern. Is so i'll with infiamma-
bed.
On May | A. j. Vaniandingham will re-
tire as manager of the Kansas City Freight
Bureau. to become manager OF the st.
Louis Freight Bureau.
The board of control of the Joint Traffic
Association will to-day resume its sessions.
ID. ). Gray. who represents the Pennsyl-
vania lines. left Columbus on Sunday for
New York.
The general passenger agents of the
Western lines, with their attorneys, will
meet in Chicago to-day TO take action on
the new agreement of the Western Pas
Senger Association.
c, Fl. wilkins. assistant grand chief of
the Order OF Railway Conductors, IS visit
ing the Southern diy nd on Sq ih ne
division at that point.
In March there arrived and departed at
the Union Station, Indianapolis, 1898 trains,
against $3.50 trains in March. 1885; on the
March, 1886, I'll cars.
General passenger agents of the Western
roads are much agitated over the payment
of excessive commissions which some Of
the roads are Offering, not only on immi-
grant but also on first and secord-class
travel.
The Toledo, St Louis & Kansas City
earned in the first week Of April s42.15l5S
an increase over the corresponding week
of 1896 of s5,991.19. Since July l an increase
is shown in its present fiscal year oyer last
year Of 3d.. 25522
James +. Ward an old-time passenger
conductor on the Indianapolis AZ st. Louis,
is in the city, the guest of Il. Legion, local
superintendent of the Pullman Company.
Mr.. Ward is now superintendent OF one OF
the St. Louis lines.
The traffic department of the. Pennsyl-
vania lines west are pleasantly located in
their new Offices in Columbus, o. The new
quarters are much more commodious and
inviting than We're the old ones, occupied
for over thirty years.
A travelling freight agent said yesterday
that railway managers have more reason 10
be disturbed over earning prospects from
existing farm conditions resulting from too
much rain and cold weather than over
congressional legislation or judicial re-
strictions
The largest force in the history of the
Indianapolis Decatur q Western shops Is
now employed full time. Besides doing
their own repair work, the shops have three
locomotives Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton IL
Dayton and nine passenger coaches under
going general repairs
Cars OF the Erie Railway are becoming
more numerous on the Union tracks and
in the yards of indianapolis lines. This is
attributable to the fact, says freight Off
cial that the Erie has largely increased its
freight equipment and spread over a
larger territory than when it was short of
cars
The agreement regarding freight matters
which has been practically adopted by the
Western roads and formally ratified by the
executive officers went into effect yester-
day. The association is bureau of sta
tistics and information, but will have moth
ing TO do with fixing rates or their MAIN
| tenance.
The Monon people have under considera-
ton putting on train between Lafayette
ana b9ongton TO connect w1Ih she train In,
| from Decatur to Indianapolis, and to con-
meet with the afternoon train from Indian
apolis for these points. 1t is said Ii would
| be a great convenience for a number of
| towns along the Monou.
| The Ohio Southern has opened ticket and
| freight offices at Bookwalter, O., with j. IL.
Hidy as agent; Sedalia, W. II. Riddle,
| agent; Allentown, j. Is. Johnson, agent;
Bowersville, w. +. Probasco, agent; Port
! William, F. II. Stevens, agent; McKays,
| ]. c. Spahr, agent; and Kingan, III. II. Hol-
| lingsworth, agent. All the stations are on
the Cincinnati and Columbus division.
Col. c. c. w. Alfriend. one of the best
| known railroad men in the South, died of
| heart trouble yesterday morning at Ocean
| Springs, Miss, where he had been for some
| time for the benefit OF his health. Colonel
| Alfriend had been prominent m railroad
| circles for twenty years. and was at the
| time of his death the Louisville passenger
! agent of the Louisville d Nashville Rail
| road.
A. Fell one of the oldest and ablest traf-
| fic managers in the country, has resigned
! as Western freight traffic manager of the
|
career in 1916. and since 1879 has been or
| the Lackawana road. He resigned on ac-
count of i'll health. w. A. Fleming division
| freight agent. succeeds Mr.. Fell r. s
| Auchincloss has been appointed assistant
| general freight agent of the road, with
| headquarters at New York.
Crippled engines are said to be accumu.
| lating in the yards of the Pennsylvania
| road at Altoona. Cutting down shop ex-
penses in this maner," said superntend.
| ent of motive power, may seem good poi
| he " va hflt N
end there is no real economy in the mat
ter 1t is stated that there are fully Isl
| engines on the Pennsylvania lines now In
| need of repairs, but shops are being run
| on short time and light handed.
During the worlds fair the New Yorl
Central, in connection with the Lake Shore
| demonstrated that trains can easily be ruT
| between New York and Chicago in twenty
| hours, but under the new rule of the joint
Traffic Association any line which made
| that time would have TO make the rate
| SIS instead of $40, the present rate, as fare:
| after May are to be regulated by the tim,
the train makes between Chicago and New
| York, ST. Louis and New York, and Gin
cinnati and New York.
Charles o. Scull, general passenger agen
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has re
| signed, to take effect April IL. Mr. Scull
who has been with the road ten years, tool
| this action because of the appointment O
ID. b. Martin, of the Big Four, as genera
| passenger traffic manager of the Baltimor,
* Ohio. 1t is understood that Mr.. Soul
was offered considerable inducement Il
| continue III MS present capacity, put bust
ness reasons made it impossible for hin
to entertain such suggestions.
w. c. Arp was in the city yesterday er
route 10 Altoona 10 attend meeting of al
the superintendent of motive power OF
the Pennsylvania lines east and west. A
this meeting the question of adopting il
full or in part the rules of the Master Ca
Builders ASSociat ton will be considered. Mr.
Arp says the statement that one of thei
big freight engines hauled ninety-fiv
loaded cars and caboose from the ives
into Terre Haute last week in one train i
correct. One hundred and thirty-six car
of the present build makes train one mil
in length.
In an interview James McCrea, first vic
president of the Pennsylvania Company
said, in speaking of the decision of tn
United States Supreme Court regardin,
traffic associations and the result of tn
hearing next October: Il presume that tn
organization will be retained in it's presen
form and transact its business in the man
ner il has been doing until the court il
October decides the question which ha
been raised. The legal counselors Of tn
organization have advised that it continue
and there is no reason to be seen VIII
their counsel should not be followed" Nh
McCrea said that no successor TO James L
Orr division freight superintendent O
the Fort Wayne road had yet been decided
upon.
1t is stated by a Big Four official tina
no person in the employ of the compan
will more regret the retirement of ID. Z
| Martin, general passenger agent of tn
lines, than will E O. Mccormick. the pas
senger traffic manager. the friendship be
tween the two being strong. In this con
nection an interesting Incident is men
| toned which is one of the causes of thei
mick was ge-- eral passenger agent of tn
| Cincinnati Hamilton n DAYTON the com