The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-09

official business.
The Wabash mas put on dining cars be-
tween Lafayette and Decatur on its day
trains and is furnishing meals at IS cents.
Under a new order newspaper reporters
will be permitted to accompany wreck
crews on the Wabash lines to the scenes of
wreck.
The negotiations looking to the Brice syn
dictate securing control of the Findlay, Fort
Wayne g. Western are said to have been
unsuccessful.
G, H. Huffman. who, lost his position as
engineer on the Wabash in the Debs strike
has so cleared up his record that he has
again been given a position.
j.. +. Vallery, Of the Chicago, Burlington
Central, are in the city looking after the
interests of their respective lines.
George H. Chase, city passenger agent of
the Erie line at Buffalo, has accepted the
position of joint agent of all the steamship
lines running from New York to Europe.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy IS daily
turning over to the Baltimore q ONO
Southwestern immense quantities of corn
for Eastern points, some days reaching ten
or twelve full trains.
Edward Van Arsdal yardmaster of the
Peoria & Pekin Union at Peoria, died in
Peoria on Monday of typhoid fever. His
parents reside in Lafayette, where the re-
mains will be taken for burial.
The Detroit Lima & Northern, a Brice
Inc, is arranging for d car ferry connection
with Milwaukee. 1t is. now doing its bust
ness to and from Milwaukee over the ferry
of the Chicago & West Michigan.
Three firemen on the Nickel-plate were
dismissed on Monday at Fort Wayne for
violation of the rules as to visiting saloons.
This is said to be the first invasion of the
ranks of the firemen and engineers.
1t is understood that George Tozzier. as
sistant purchasing agent of the Big Four
who has had charge of the business since
the Illness of Purchasing Agent Stimson,
will be appointed purchasing agent
The transportation club formed last week
q FLO 10 hos .fee1
erly Bee-lihe man, president. The club
starts with a large and representative list
of the railway fraternity at Buffalo.
In the year 1897 Detective Grady, of the
Big Four lines, arrested and caused to be
sent to the penitentiary seven car robbers,
and three others escaped the penitentiary
by entering the service of the United States
army.
Charles Atkinson, who was chief clerk of
Late H. Wilson when he was superin-
tendent Of the Indiana, Bloomington &c
Western, was on Monday appointed car
service superintendent Of the Kansas City,
PittSburg q Gulf.
The new coaling station of the Peoria &
Eastern at Urbana, ILL.,, was completed yes
of coal from the car into a pocket in one
minute. The apparatus and, placing it in
position cost $1,000
The receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio are
confronted with disheartening situation at
Washington, where 81, 100000 must be spent
in the next eighteen months in elevating
the revenue prospectvely one dollar.
Western roads have decided to increase
from three TO ten the number of persons
who must travel in one party via Missouri
river railway centerS in order to secure the
benefits of reduced rates to the Pacific
coast through the rebate at destination.
w. R. Johnson, engineer on the Monon,
who was injured in the wreck at Cherry
Grove few days ago, is able to walk about
at his home, and expects to resume his run
in few days. His, most serious injury
was the breaking of the right shoulder
blade.
The Office of the United States Express
Company at Frankfort has been CONSOLE
dated with that of the American Express
United States, retires, and Agent Wright,
of the American, has full charge of the ex-
press business at that city.
General Manager Loree, of the Panhandle
lines, meets the charge that the Logans-
port shops are Disseminated against by
presenting the pay rolls of years past,
winch show that more money is now paid
out there monthly than at any former pc
Rod since the shops were located there.
Freight traffic on the Grand Rapids & In
diana is now SO heavy that a number of
have been transferred to the former road
This road, With the Improvement, in bust
ness, is carrying furniture from points on
It's line where there are manufactures by
the trainload.
John A. Swygart, a passenger engineer
has been appointed trainmaster of the mid
die division of the Wabash. His territory
includes the lines from Decatur to Quincy,
Hannibal to keokuk, and Alexander Rob-
ertson, who has held this position, will on
April 1 succeed Trainmaster Jenkins, on
the Tflton-St. Louis division.
w. NJ Garstang, superintendent of motive
power of the Big -Four, accompanied by
Master Mechanic Lawler, will test the new
freight locomotive on the Chicago division
to-day 1t is expected that this engine.
with less coal, will haul five more loaded
cars over the road than other freight en-
gines OF the same weight.
B. w. Folger, jr traffic manager of the
line of boats running from Kingston to
Montreal in connection with the New York
Central and the Rome. Watertown & Og
densburg, is in the city for a day or two.
This is a new departure, being the first line
OF American boats ever operated on the st.
Lawrence river. The boats are said to be
the finest ever run in river service.
General passenger agents of the Western
roads met in Chicago yesterday for the pur-
pose of considering the extra fare PROPOSE
came of the meeting. The chances are now
that the matter will be referred to Chair
man Caldwell, of the Western Passenger
Association, who, by the wishes of the presi-
dents of the interested roads, is to act as
sole arbitrator in case the roads fail to
reach an agreement.
The passenger department of the Detroit
& Macdnac has just issued a unique and
artistic descriptive book entitled THE Birth
of Ocqueoc;" 1t contains many illustrations
of the picnic and health resorts in northern
Michigan and much information relative
TO the fishing and shooting points. The
illustrations are photographers taken from
actual scenes, and 1t is valuable as
souvenir. The trains of the Detroit & Mack
mac now run into the Union Station at De-
troit coming in from Bay City over the
Flint & Pere Marquette, and the condition
of both roads is said to be second to none
In Michigan.
Judge Lurton, of the United States Court
of Appeals at Cincinnati yesterday an
nounced decision in the case of the ST.
Louis Car Coupler Company against the
National Malleable Castings Company, in
which the plaintiff sued the defendant in
the United States Court at Cleveland for
infringement of the Lorraine & Aubin
patents by making a rival car coupler
under patent issued to Tower The court
Tower device was not an infringement of
the patents of the st. Louis company and
dismissed the suit. The Court of Appeals
aff1rms thai Judgment.
The work of placing in position the heavy
iron girderS across Pogue's run between
Meridian and Pennsylvania streets is COM
pleted. The Union Railway Company will
straighten the leading tracks east from the
Union Station, and greatly relieve the han
ding of trains at the east end of the sheds.
The tracks will ali be laid with new steel,
weighing eighty-five pounds to the yard,
and the entire area between the several
tracks covered with new heavy planking.
This improvement has been in progress for
some months, and is one of the most sub
stantial works of this character that has
been undertaken at Indianapolis.
A. NJ. Stimson, purchasing agent of the
Big -Four lines died at his home m Lafay-
cite, at 10 a. m. yesterday. He was a
brother of Mrs. NJ. K. ingalls,. In the early
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