The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-27

pointed quartermaster of the new Second
Brigade on the staff of Brigadier General
Miller, of Pennsylvania.
Under the time schedule which took effect
yesterday the Vandalia Train 70 arrives at
Indianapolis fifteen minutes earlier, leaving
St. Louis at the same time as formerly,
500 a. m. 1t now makes the run in six
hours and five minutes; distance. $40 miles.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
nounces that, beginning June 26 the Louis
Washington sleeping car line run on
Chesapeake q Ohio Railway trains Nos. 2
and 8. will be extended through to Jersey
City on Pennsylvania Railroad trains Nos
Sc and Co.
Yesterday the Erie put on new trains be-
through day coach. The Erie of late has
become much more aggressive, and this new
train promises TO be a success. 1t will make
connection direct with one of its Chicago
trains each way.
The Big Four employees in the shops of
| the company at Bellefontaine on Saturday
| They had a parade in which over $50 en-
pioyes were in line. They were addressed
| by ]. 2. Cassidy, mayor of the city, and
| Hon. r. p. Kennedy.
Effective July the Columbus & Hooking
Valley road will require a medical exam
| NATION of all employees entering its train
| service in addition to the examination under
| the law of the State of Ohio on sight and
| hearing. This is the first Ohio road to in
| augurate such scheme.
The reorganization of the Baltimore &,
! OHIO as now planned contemplates that
John Cowen, president of the present com
pany, and one of the receivers, is to retain
the presidency. which means that Oscar
Murray will be at the head of the company s
aIalrS aside from its finances, which will
be looked after by Mr. Cowen.
1t is stated that hereafter all the locomo-
ives for the Pennsylvania lines east and
west OF Pittsburg are to be built at Altoona,
and only repair work will be done at Fort
wayne, where some of the best engines in
service on the PENNSYLVANIA lines have been
built The famous Class x ten-Wheel en-
CINE was production of the Fort Wayne
shops.
H. G. Sleight. who last week was elected
president of the International Association
OF Car Accountants, was one of the organ
lzers or the association. and in his. long
connection with the Vandalia line has made
good record as a car accountant intro
ducing number of ideas which have been
ADOPTED by car accountants all over the
country
Several more freight conductors on the
chicago & Eastern Illinois are likely to be
I dismissed In the next few days Detectives
and have made some very damaging dscov-
erles, Is II stated, not only as to collecting
d nahss from passengers who travel in their
cabooses. but some of the missing freight
1t is said, has been traced to these men.
Under the title, "A Colorado Summer"
tne santa F'e has issued a sumptuously
printed book devoted to the attractions of
t tne ROCKY mountain summer resorts, in
tended for free distribution. Besides a
srapmc description of the more noted To-
caIt1es, the publication contains special ar
ucles on climate, the mountains, camping,
hshing and shooting, and is embellished by
eighty half-tone illustrations from special
photographs
A. Shane, superintendent of bridges and
buildings of the Big -Four lines who has re-
signed, goes with j. w. Sherwood, general
superintendent of the Toledo ST. Louis &
Kansas City, and not with the Louisville,
evansville q st. Louis, as stated on Satur-
day. Mr.. Sherwood has offered positions to
two or three others on the Big Four lines
whom he knows to be very competent men
in their special lines Mr. Shane has been
with the Big Four for fourteen years.
M. w. Mansfield superintendent of the
Indianapolis & Vjncennes and P. A. Bone
brake, superintendent of the Louisville di-
vision of the Pennsylvania lines, returned
from Pittsburg on HsfYrday. Both state
that they do not know VINO IL to be the su-
perintendent of the Indianapolis division of
the Pennsylvania lines The opinion still
prevails among the Pennsylvania men in
subordinate positions that the place will be
filled by promotion of engineer of main
tenance of way. 1t is no violation of conf
dence to state that the position was offered
to w. c. Gushing, engineer of maintenance
of way of the Pittsburg division, but he
preferred not to accept, feeling, it is stated,
that there are others on the Pennsylvania
system who are better entitled to the promo
ton; still, he may be induced TO accept