The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-01

West Mill creek and the bridge over Big
creek is to be partially replaced with new
work.
Night telegraph offices on the vandalia
at Dennison. Gibson and Montrose have
been closed as an economical measure.
1t is stated at many important points
the number of scalpers has trebled since
Congress has shelved the anti-scalping bill.
The Big Four will on Aug. 16 run its an
nual excursion to Niagara Falls, and it bids
fair to be the largest the company has ever
run
Conductors Smith and Pfeiffer, of the
Vandala, have obtained two weeks leave
of absence and have gone to Jacksonville,
Fla
w; Cash. chief clerk insthe auditors office
of the Vandaia. is quite i'll, his illness. on
saturday having taken more serious
phase.
The citizens of Wheeling are opposed to
permitting the Panhandle company filing
up the river, and will appeal to the federal
government.
Having exhausted their appropriations for
July the Vandalia and the Wabash shops
were shut down on Friday and Saturday of
last week.
The vandaIia handled at indianapolis last
week 2,SS9 cars, 2,240 being loaded. OF the
inbound movement las cars were loaded
with live stock
The Wabash system has reached such an
extensive mileage that another travelling
engineer is to be appointed, dividing the
system in two parts.
F. B. Witt of the Panhandle freight de-
partment has been appointed soliciting
freight agent of the Star Union line, with
headquarters at Columbus, o.
The Pennsylvania lines handled at In
dianapolis last week SIP cars, ABA being
loaded, 543 more loaded cars than the road
Iss7. here the corresponding week of
John Baxter, who retired from active
service on the Evansville & Terre Haute on
account of advanced age. has been placed
he
his life time. -
The Pennsylvania Company has planned
for the construction of an interlocking plant
at ROCHESTER which will be the largest on
east of Chicago.
The shipments of grain to Toledo are help
ing the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton lines
perceptibly. Last week the road handled at
Indianapolis 1885 cars, of that number S54
being loaded cars.
George f. Richards has been appointed
assistant master mechanic to John Haw-
thorne, who a month ago was appointed
master mechanic of the main division Of the
Lehigh Valley road.
Rumor has it that j. T. Blair, former gen.
eral manager of the Pittsburg, Shenango &
Lake Erie, now with a Colorado line, will
return to accept a position on the Pittsburg,
Bessemer & Lake Erie.
The Big Four lines proper handled at In
dianapolis last week 1922 cars, 1892 being
loaded, being S14 fewer loaded cars than
were handled by the road the corresponding
week of 1897 at this point.
E. F. Stovall, agent of the Illinois Central
at Owensboro, KY, has been appointed gen.
eral agent of the company at Louisville,
which has become a very important ter
minal of the Illinois Central.
DIR. Webb president of the Wagner Palace
Sleeping Car Company, says instead of con-
sclidating with the Pullman company the
Wagner people are preparing to greatly im7
prove the service on lines over which they
operate.
The annual meeting of the Wabash Rail-
road Company will occur at ST. Louis Sept.
13, at which a number of important ques-
tons are to be acted on, more especially
the building Of two or three links and ex-
tensions.
On July % the railroad branch of the
Young Mems Christian Association OF the
tenth annual picnic at Island Park, near
Harper's Ferry. More than 10000 persons
were present.
Finn tunnel. on the CHARTERS Valley
branch of the Panhandle lines. is being cut
out, and when the work is completed there
will be deep cut there with two tracks,
which will prove great convenience IN
movings trains
The employees on the c. K p. division Of
the Pennsylvania lines will hold their twen-
tieth annual picnic at Alliance, o., Aug. Is.
This division of the Pennsylvania lines was
one of the first to adopt the plan of hav-
ing annual picnics.
The conference between General Manager
Hays, of the Grand Trunk, and Grand Chief
Sargent, of. the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, and Grand Chief Clark, of the
Order of Railway Conductors, last week.
was without result y
The Pennsylvania Company has posted
notices to the effect that on and after Aug.
l no more board bills or other debts against
employees will be collected except those pro-
vided for under a special contract with the
division superintendent.
A quiet but systematic effort is being
made by the commercial travellers to secure
a reduction in excess baggage rates. 1t is
commended by the commercial men that,
while passenger rates have been reduced,
rates on excess baggage have not.
Willard Kells son of the late Ross Kells,
was on Saturday appointed master mechanic
OF the shops of the Erie lines at Hunting
ton, Ind. The young man received most of
his mechanical education under his father
who in his time ranked as one of the best
master mechanics in the country.
While in the last two weeks there has
been great falling off in business over the
Northwestern system of the Pennsylvania
lines, over the Southwestern system BUSH
ness continues unusually heavy. The large
movement of fruits and vegetables is an i'm
portant item with the Panhandle lines.
Under his contract the contractor of the
Columbus Northwestern must have the
track completed to Peoria, o.. by midnight
Aug. l.. For several days past day and
night force has been pushing the work.
Trains of the Columbus Northwestern, it
is expected, will be running into Columbus,
O., by Wednesday.
& Dayton. the Lake Erie & Western and
Union Railway Company will to-day begin
the work of changing the grade of their
tracks on South New Jersey street to con-
form with the grade of the street. 1t is a
big undertaking, as there are twenty-five
tracks to be changed.
The abrupt manner in which the Chicago
c. Eastern Illinois is dismissing some of
the veterans in service on that road is caus-
ing unfavorable criticism. Curtis Abel, who
is one Of the Oldest and considered one of
the most competent engineers, was dis
charged last week, no reason being as
signed for his dismissal, he states.
j. NJ Chesborough, formerly general pas
senger agent of the Vandalia, has been Sc
lected as joint agent of the railroad COM
panies centering at Pittsburg during the
coming Knights Templars conclave. Mr.
Chesborough. who Is now Northern passen-
ger agent of the Queen e Crescent, has
obtained leave to serve in that capacity.
The Big Four has under contemplation
the building of several. new passenger sta
lions on the st. Louis division Plans for
passenger station at Paris, Ill., have al
ready been prepared. Most of the stations
on that division were built when the Indian
apolis q St. Louis was constructed and have
now become poor affairs for as important
a road as the Big Four.
Under the change by which the Columbus
terminals OF the Pennsylvania lines are
placed under the jurisdiction of the Indian
apoliS division the office of j. F. Nolan,
trainmaster of the east end of the division
VIII be moved from Bradford to Column
bus. where he will have charge of the yards
and tracks virtually as terminal trainmas-
ter for freight traffic. j. w. Grennan. train
master for the west end, will be given
charge of the entire division and have his
office moved from Tnd al,