The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-26
UNDESERVED CRITICISM
TO HOLD RIA LRoAD POSITIONS MEN
MUST BE PROGRESSIVE.
More Service I'm so than I'm 1OO-Pound-
tO-the-Yard Rails-The Western
Lines Restore Rates.

A local railway official says that much of
the criticism in relation to the dropping out
of service of meu who have been with the
companies for years and done good work
is unjust He said that so far as their sys-
tenn of roads was concerned there had been
no dropping out Of men if they conformed
to the rules OF the company. He named
several roadmasters who had left the lines
voluntarily. because they were not willing
to keep pace with the improvements of the
present They were old tracklayers, and
when a younger man was appointed en-
gineer Of maintenance of way under the d.
rection of an experienced chief engineer
they took umbrage. declining to carry out
the instructions of their superiors. This,
of course, meant that they ignored their SUI
perior officer, and resulted in their being
out OF jobs. Another case he mentioned
was that of an engineer. The company had
gone to much expense to fit up car to
teach trainmen how to use the airbrake;
still some engineers had conceived the idea
that all there was to do was to apply the
brake and take it of, not try to handle it
in manner to make the train run smooth
ly and easily. Quite recently he said he
was on one of their trains, and at each sta
ton the train was stopped so suddenly that
1T was unpleasant to the passengers. He
said ne stood 1t for sixty miles, then went to
the enkineer and asked him why he handled
his train so roughly. He answered that the
sleeping car on the end of the train made
1T bad to handle There is nothing in
that" said the official; you have been ed
ucated in the use Of the airbrake, and it is
only carelessness that you handle this
train as you do" The engineer hauled the
train ninety miles further, and the official
noticed that 1t was run smoothly. There
seem to be men in cur service" said the
official, who are determined to have their
own way in cases where progress has been
made in laying track or running trains. If
an employee. no matter what his position
may be or how high his office, cannot keep
up with the progressive age of railroad mat
tiers he may expect to be dropped out"
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton on
Sunday carried S74 excursionists from this
city to Cincinnati.
John Howard. of the Indianapolis yards
has been appointed general yard master of
the Vandalia lines at Effingham.
The executive officers of the Chicago and
st. Paul roads are considering a plan for
the organization of a physical pool.
Local lines yesterday delivered to local
milers and dealers 1O6 carloads of grain,
ninety of the cars containing wheat.
On Sunday the Toledo, St Louis & Kansas
City had in transit on its line $40 carloads
of grain, most Of It consigned to Toledo.
The proposition for the Wabash and the
Illinois Central to jointly. build union
depot at Decatur viii probably go over until
next year.
r. B. F. Peirce, receiver of the Toledo,
St. Louis & Kansas City, is again well, and
left last night for Toledo to be absent dur
ing the week.
The Haskell & Barker car works at Mich
tgan City has been awarded a contract to
build SOD box cars for the Central Railroad
of New Jersey.
The [S,icaoo NFitwaulaa e, CT Paul ,s
sued an industrial map which is unique
and an excellent advertisement of the in
6ustries on it's lines
All freight rates were restored to normal
tariff yesterday on the Weston roads, thus
bringing a long continued and disastrous
rate war to a chose.
The Board of Trade of Mansfield, o., is
again pressing the Pennsylvania and the
baltimore & Ohio to join and build union
station at that point
On September / A. S. linn. transit man
I'm the Office of the engineer of maintenance
Of way of the Vandaiia.
The Merchants Association of New York
has at last secured concessions in round
trip rates to New York from st. Louis and
other Southwestern points.
The remains of Cyrus X. E WILDER late
assistant general passenger agent of the
TO Troy N. Y, for cremation.
Joseph w. Sherwood. general superin-
tendent of the Toledo, ST. Louis & Kansas
City, has recovered from his recent illness
and was at his post yesterday.
The officials of the roads centering at Des
Moines. Ia, have entered into a local agree
fnent TO maintain rates and to refrain from
giving passes TO influence business.
Conductors Schraider, Haines and Mower.
of the Wabash, have been notified that they
have such number of demerit marks to
their credit as to warrant their dismissal.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois has dis
missed several more employees in the last
few days for visiting saloons. The Nickel
Plate also continues TO discharge men who
visit saloons.
Progress is said to be making with the
plan for a reorganization of the Pittsburg
& Western Railroad Company. 1t is thought
the Bryce. people will have a hand in its
reorganization.
The excursions to Lake Maxinkuckee this
year have been successful. On Sunday two
trains of ten cars each were filled at Terre
Haute and way stations on the Michigan
division. At Charlottesville $50 excursion
lists were taken on.
People IN the northern tier of counties Of
Indiana are considerably exercised over a
Tumor that Number Of Eastern capitalists
have dubbed together and propose to build
e new and direct line from Chicago to