The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-31

tied trains, some OF which are operated at
a loss The b. & o. is deeply interested
in the differential question.
Frank C. Wright, formerly with the Bal
timore & Ohio. has been appointed district
passenger agent of the Florida Central x
Peninsula, with headquarters at Jackson
vile.
Assistant Superintendent Van Horne, of
the Pullman Company, has had his head
quarters transferred to Pittsburg and is
this week moving his family from Chicago
to that city.
The Big Four, on Sunday ran a dollar
excursion from Lafayette to Chicago. and
7s9 people availed themselves OF the rate
at Lafayette alone. The excursion train
was run in two sections.
The Panhandle has fitted up a consider
able number of cars for handling fruits.
Never before has the Panhandle or the Bal
timore & Ohio lines had so much fruit and
vegetables to handle as this year.
Gen. James Longstreet, who was APP
pointed United States railroad commission
er, is making trip through the West for
the first time in his life. He travels only
by day that he may miss none of the
scenery.
w. c. Rinearson, general passenger agent
of the Queen q Crescent. has done such
efficient work in handling the troops the
last few months that have passed over that
line that he has been given the title OF
colonel.
The. surveying corps of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton and of the Monon are
locating the tracks by which the G., ii. a.
d. will reach the ground on which it will
erect new freight depot fronting on South
Alabama street.
A special train on the Baltimore & Ohio,
on Sunday, made the run from Oakland to
Washington, zo6 miles. over the toughest
part of the road in four hours and thirty
five minutes establishing the record be-
tween the two points.
On Monday next, Labor day, the Big Four
expects to bring into indianapolis seventy
to eighty carloads of people. Many of the
labor organizations in the gas belt terri
tory as well as other parts of the State will
come in here on that occasion.
The Panhandle is building a wrecking
train in the construction of which many
new features will be introduced which will
effect greater power in handling wrecked
cars and engines and expedite the work
when compared with present methods
The city officials of Milwaukee will, on
Sept IL, make a trip to Niagara Falls, and
on this occasion the rates to any who wish
10 visit the falls will be one fare for the
round trip. over one thousand persons have
already arranged to take advantage of the
low rate.
BENJAMIN May. for many years detective
on the Pennsylvania road, on Monday at
tempted to board moving train. Through
misstep he fell on the rail and his right
arm was literally ground off; also one foot
sheriff in the county where he resides.
j: p White. travelling freight agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio, has been appointed COM
mercial agent of the company, with head
quarters at Wilmington, Del. The business
at that point has become important enough
to justify the placing of representative
or the company at that point with the au-
thority or commercial agent.
F. p. Sargent, grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen. is in Toronto
to consult with the local members of the
brotherhood in regard to the coming con-
vention. While there he will investigate as
TO the dismissal from service by the Grand
hood.
Robert Martin, representing the freight
department of the Great Northern at Pitts
burg, to-day retires from that position as
does +. NJ Orr representing the Santa Fe
and G: r. Chesborough, one of the repre-
Sentatives of the Pennsylvania lines at
Pittsburg: Mr.. Orr has accepted position
on the Illinois Central and Mr.. Chesborough
goes to the Lehigh Valley.
A big scheme is on foot at Michigan City
which seems worthy of success and would
mean good deal for the business of that
city and bring its harbor facilities into
much greater use: 1t is proposed to build
large transfer house, making it a point
for interchange of rail and water traffic,
handling grain, flour, iron ore coal and
other freights to and from the lake.
C. NJ. Stanton. of Springfield, ILL.,, has been
appointed general manager of the Jackson
vile Louisville & 81. Louis. and has also
been appointed general superintendent of
the I.itchfield Carrollton & Western, vice
L. N Greer, resigned to become general
manager of the Hutchinson & Southern. ii.
e. Crane, of Jacksonville, has been appoint
roads
The Boston Herald wakes warm over the
proposition that passenger differentials in
Joint Traffic territory be abolished, and that
a common-time, commemorate scheme be
substituted. 1t says: IF Mr.. G.. II. Daniels,
general passenger agent of the New York
Central & Hudson River Railroad, and his
standard line coadjutOrS, believe that the
differential lines are to meeky swallow the
common time commemorate bOlus that is
being prepared for them, it will be found
later on that a big mistake was made"
1t was stated recently that the trans
ferring of Trains 20 and Il of the Panhandle
between Pittsburg and Chicago to the Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne & Chicago was up for
consideration. These trains were transferred
from the latter to the Panhandle just after
the close of the worlds fair and have be-
come the best paying trains run on the
Pennsylvania lines between Chicago and
Pittsburg, but 1t has now been decided, 1t is
stated good authority, not to make the
contemplated change. The reasons for this
difference between the Fort Wayne and the
picks up considerable way business of Nos
20 and q between Columbus and Chicago
and at Columbus No 20 catches the ST.
Louis and Cincinnati connections, making 1t
a twelve-car train from there to PittSburg.
The opposite train, No. 81 carries the St.
Louis and Cincinnati connections to Column
bus and the light Chicago connection can
make fast time and frequent stops between
there and Chicago. In this way the two
trains which failed to pay on the Fort
Wayne made great revenue earnerS on
the Panhandle, where they are considered
the two best paying trains on the road.