The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-26

The several master mechanics on the
Erie lines are visiting this week all the
shops on the system. Yesterday they were
in Huntington, Ind.
The Monon on Wednesday carried the
baseball club OF Louisville. numbering six
teen. to West Baden Springs, where they
viii practice for a few days.
On April William +. Widgoon. now fore
man of the roundhouse of the Vandalia at
this point, will take the position Of road
foreman of engines on that road.
j. w. Sherwood. superintendent of the
eastern division of the Toledo. St. Louis
" Kansas City. has been so i'll as 10 con-
fine him TO the house for several days.
on April l the Graham & Morton Trans
portati0n Company will begin passenger
service between Benton Harbor and Chi
cage in connection with the Big Four.
Since the Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf
opened its line TO Shreveport 1t is short of
at once order more freight cars and loco
motives.
Trouble is brewing in the Western Pas
senger Association. Some of the roads
have been making lower rates for the base
ball clubs this season than the agreement
provides for.
Ticket agents have been notified that a
rate of one fare for the round trip may
be made TO the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION International conventian at Mo-
bile. Ala, April 21-25.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church has asked the Central Passenger
the round trip to the annual meeting, TO
be held in Warsaw, Ind, May 20.
The Toledo & Ann Arbor will reorganize
its traffic department on the west side of
Lake Michigan. Additional travelling agents
will be appointed and Commercial Agent
Peake's headquarters will be changed TO
Milwaukee.
The Big Four has purchased at Sharon
eighteen acres of ground. on which the
company will erect a roundhouse, car sheds
and tracks for handling suburban bust
ness. which ii will inaugurate between
Sharon and Cincinnati.
Shipments Of grain from points OF the
Baltimore * Ohio Southwestern are now
reaching 20 carloads per day. On Tues
the Mississippi division 1000 carloads of
grain waiting power TO forward 1T.
The OFFICIAL report shows that a special
SveT t1S a s66hinsy,Da1ti ia G foa1 iaI Fer week 1 rah
miles. in l40 minutes: from Washington to
Newark. 9S.6 miles. in 100 minutes: from
Perryville to Wilmington, S2.S miles, in
thirty minutes.
At Worcester. Mass. a railroad mems
association has been formed with 1s mem
bers. The railroad companies have fitted up
two large rooms for their social gather
ings, with a large library. billiard table,
etc, and gives them the use of the rooms
and equipments free.
The Pennsylvania will put its spring
schedule in effect this year earlier than
usual on its double lines to the sea. To-
morrow il will put on a seventy-hve minute
train from Philadelphia to Atlantic City
ma king the same time.
G.. W. McCammon. the railroad agent at
Farmersburg, on the Evansville d Terre
with $500 of the Adams Express Com
pany's money. was on Wednesday placed in
Jail at Sullivan. Ind. He was arrested by
one of the company's detectives at Terrell.
Tex.
O. +. McCarty. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific. was yes
terday called TO Logansport on account OF
the death of his father. who was eighty
years of age, he dying from paralysis. He
survived his wife just one year. Mr.. Nc
Carly was accompanied TO Logansport by
his wife.
The movement to establish a tr~ansporta-
ton bureau at st. Louis on a novel and
entirely original plan is said to be making
good progress 1t is proposed to eentralize
the control of all freightS in and out or
St. Louis i'm the hands of one person. who
shall be authorized to make terms with the
railways for favorable rates.
The Big -Four. with the new time
schedule. will put on two new trains be-
tween Louisville and Greensburg. one will
leave Louisville at 12:15 noon and connect
with the White Special at Greensburg; the
other will leave Greensburg at $50 p. m,
waiting the connection of the knicker-
booker express from tho West.
Col. Samuel Moody. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines.
was in the city yesterday He has been
spending several days going over his terri
tory and he speaks in complimentary terms
of the business the Pennsylvania lines are
getting from this territory. for which
George Rockwell is district passenger agent.
Ticket agents of Western lines have been
notified by the Lehigh Valley Railroad that
only strictly frst-class limited and unlim-
tied tickets will be honored for passage on
their Black Diamond express. leaving Buff
falo IL a. m. daily except Sunday. Second
class. charity. employee. clerical, party and
excursion tickets must not be issued for
this train.
A plan is on foot. according to the New
York Evening Post. by which il is proposed
to erect a new depot in Jersey City To be
used by the Lehigh Valley and West Shore
Railroads. Also. the reports say, an indie
pendent ferry line may be established be-
tween New York and Jersey City by these
two roads. The plan contemplates an ex-
penditure of 81. 000,00 at least.
The Baltimore o is pouring grain
for export into Baltimore at the rate of 20O
10 500 cars a day. For the week ending
March 20 the shipments of grain from Bal
timore exceeded any similar period in the
history of the port. Fourteen steamers with
full cargoes of grain were cleared and al
together twenty-one steamers left the har-
Dor with grain on board, carrying 2,OsS, $50
bushels of corn and 2l7 1893 bushels of oats.
The indianapolis Division OF the Order of
Railway Conductors is in the most prosper
GUS condition since organized. This division
has 16S members. Its insurance, department
is one of it's best features, the members
being able for a small sum to carry $1,000
20 $1,000 insurance as desired, paying I'm
proportion to the sum CT insurance carried.
The loss of a hand, a foot. an arm or leg
entities the members to draw the same ben
eft as if killed in an accident or dying
from natural causes.
X. II. Wade. late general manager of the
Southern California. was in his early days
Il telegraph operator on the Wabash at
Lafayette, and there formed an acquaint-
ance with j. T. Landr.y. who is now edi-
tor of the Argentine tKan.) Republic. and
i'm the last weeks issue OF his paper he
pays the following tribute TO the deceased:
Peace be to his ashes; he never failed TO
bless him, He is on the eternal road. with
a clear track and n bright headlight. may
he reach heaven on time and get into the
clear is my heartfelt prayer.
Charles Rockwell. traffic manager of the
Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville. was In
here since appointed to his present posi-
ton. He is giving his attention to seeing
that freights are moved promptly. that
shippers may have no cause for complaint.
Mr.. Rockwell thinks that the business OF
not only the MonOn but a majority OF the
roads will now steadily improve. He states
that no change in officials OF either de-
partment is under contemplation, as the
present officials are competent men and
looking closely after the interests OF the
company.
From a confidential letter written by a
prominent St. Paul railroad official IL is
learned that the Great Northern and Chi
cago. Milwaukee q ST. Paul roads have
concluded an agreement by which the 81.
Paul is to trade its Fargo southern branch
for the Great Northern's Aberdeen and
WATERFOWL branches in South Dakota
This would relieve each road of competi-
ton i'm good territory. Fargo merchants
are considerably concerned over the pros
pect. which will prevent the 500. which was
negotiating with the St. Paul for an en-
trance TO Fargo. over the Fargo Southern,