The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-25

Traffic Association interchangeable mileage
was preferable of the many now in exist
ence.
Harry Fuller. general passenger agent Of
the Chesapeake e. Ohio, who was so badly
crippled in z wreck that for years he was
Obliged to get about on clutches and later
by using a cane, has so improved that both
of the aids have been thrown aside.
John Brunton chaplain of the Denver &
Rio Grande. will remain in the city until
after the annual meeting of the c., c., c. &
st. l.. Mutual Insurance AsSOcia ton. Mr.
Brunton, when an engineer on the Bee-line
was one of the founders of the organiZa-
ton.
The new agreement between the Baltimore
q Ohio southwestern and its employees to
govern the pay Of engineers, firemen, con-
ductors. trainmen, telegraphers and yard
men has been been signed by the proper parties
Nov. T.
George 3. Terrier. formerly private sec
rotary to George w. Boyd, assistant gen
lines east. who has been in the city several
days, returned to Philadelphia yesterday:
Mr. Ferrier is now division ticket agent OF
the West Jersey & Seashore road
The fast mail over the Panhandle now
hauls nine cars on its fast schedule. Prob
ably no train in the country is run at as
nrgn speed as THIS for 5ne reason tn aften
leaves from half to one hour late and usual
ly comes into Indianapolis on time
w. G. Arp, superintendent of motive pow
yesterday. He states that on Saturday ne
received from a Mexican road Dill Tor re-
pairs made to Vandaiia car, GAZING allrg Tor
or $77 if paid in Mexican silver currency
One of the points made against the Pull
man company by passenger oHlclals Is lhde
the run from Chicago to San Francisco Is
now made in sixtysix hours. while a few
years ago it required five days. The Pull
man company makes the same charge as
originally for the use of its cars between
the eastern cities and the Pacific coast
ID. T. Bacon, general manager of the In
diana Car-service Association, who has been
East for two weeks, returned YESTERDAY:
York and Pittsburg. to look into the opera
ton of the bureaus at those points and
found that their records as to car detention
are not favorable as those of the Indiana
association.
With the retirement of VIM. Greene, gen.
eral manager of the Baltimore & Ohio, to
become vice president and general manager
of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
system, it is understood that VIM Gibson,
formerly division superintendent on. the
Big -Four, now general superintendent of the
Pittsburg division of the Baltimore & Ohio,
will succeed Mr.. Greene as general manager
Of the system.
A person well informed regarding railroad
matters said last evening that it was highly
probable that negotiations now pending
would result in the Southern Railway gain
and of the Louisville, Evansville & st Louis,
which would let the Southern combination
into Cincinnati and st. Louis, as far north
as the syndicate owning the property has
any desire to get
Conductor Trindle. of the Vandalia, said
last evening that train No 20 made the best
run from St Louis to Indianapolis he had
ever known. The train, which consists of
seven ears. is scheduled to make the run
from st. Louis to indianapolis in five hours
and tifty-eight minutes. and yesterday left
East st. Louis thrty-four minutes late and
arrived at Indianapolis on schedule time,
making all stops.
The Big Four's new passenger engine,
NO 200, on Saturday made fine run from
Mattoon to Indianapolis hauling nine cars.
The train left Nation twenty-one minutes
late and arrived at indianapolis on time.
train in the country scheduled much faster,
stops deducted. The thirty-nine miles from
CfreencaStle to Indianapolis was covered in
thirty-one minutes.
| 1t is said that James J. Hill has de-
cided to put his son, James N. Hill, in the
executive chair of the Great Northern
board President j. j, Hill has a great many
| interests to look after and will be obliged
to put in so much time in the East and
abroad that the personal direction of the
affairs of the Great Northern system would
require more time than he will have at his
| disposal.
| A transportation official of the Big Four
| said yesterday that should the Big Four,
| in the next six months, earn as much as
| Il did in the corresponding six months be-
| ginning with October. 1897, it would be a
surprise, las in October November and De-
cember, 1897 and in January, February and
March, of 1898, the tonnage carried was
twenty-seven per cent heavier than in any
like period of preceding years, the gross
earnings ranging from $1,250.0O0 to 81, 400, OC0
| per month"; and that slight decrease i'm
| earnings the first two weeks of October
| should not create surprise.
Judge Robinson. of Youngstown. o., on
| Saturday rendered an important decision re-
| specting a beneficiary case of the Brother
| hood of Locomotive Firemen. John d. Lett,
| a fireman on the Lake Shore road died,
| leaving a young widow. In his certificate
| of membership, issued prior to his marriage.
| The widow sued to recover the 81, 800 beneTt,
and the brotherhood paid the money into
| court to have the question decided. Judge
Robinson decided that as the brotherhood
organized for the benefit of its men,
bers and those dependent them the
money should be paid to the widow.