The Indianapolis journal., 1898-11-12

cred as to be on duty again. When stronger
he will probably take Western trip.
The Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City has
put on fast freight between Toledo and
st. Louis and on Wednesday Engine 81
hauled train of eighteen loaded cars from
Frankfort to Charleston. 113 miles, in four
hours and four minutes, making four
stops for water
tion of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents, has selected as his executive COM
mittee S. F. b. Morse, Of the Southern Pa
cific, chairman; A. s. Hanson. of the Bos-
ton & Albany. and y. n. Austin, of the
Baltimore K Ohio.
1t is quite probable that John Ches-
borough. formerly general passenger agent
OF the Nandalia, will be appointed general
passenger agent of the st. Louis 4 San
francisco Mir. Chesborougn now represents
the Queen & Crescent i'm the Northern ter
ritory, with headquarters at Detroit.
AS a result of the Pennsylvania and Hook
ing Valleys fight on the Ohio Central ex-
eursions from Columbus to Chicago Moul-
ton Houk, general passenger agent of the
Ohio Central, yesterday established 50
round-trip rate to Chicago from Columbus.
MT. aouk said II was fight to finish.
Inc ONO Central is not member OF the
Central Passenger Association
One of the older of the local ticket scalp
ers said yesterday that he. with others, was
continuing business under disadvantages in
the hope that the anti-scalping bill would
not pass Congress: if it did their occupation
would be gone. He added that there was
every scalper in town would close his doors
had he any other employment.
The auxiliaries, composed of wives of the
members of the Brotherhoods of LocomO-
tive Engineers. Firemen. Conductors and
Trainmen at different railway centers are
doing good work in giving receptions to
carried to hospitals comfortable. All rail-
road centers of Importance have hospitals
where injured men can be carried and prop
erly cared for
An official of the Pennsylvania states
that as result of the recent trip of the
inspection party there will be expended at
least $3,0)0.OO0 within the next two years on
the Panhandle and Pittsburg. Fort Wayne
q Chicago roads, and millions are to be
spent on the lines east of Pittsburg in re-
dueing grades and strengthening curves. On
the lines west the doubling of track will
form an important item.
The White special over the Big Four be-
tween Cincinnati and Chicago has been run
ming three years and six months; four times
only has the train been turned over to the
Illinois Central at Kankakee late, and but
once was that the fault of the train itself.
1t is not an unusual thing for this train,
which is the fastest on the Big Four be-
tween points named, to cover the l4O miles
from Indianapolis to Kankakee in 16S min
utes.
Chalmers Brown. president of the Railway
Officials and Employees Association, states
that the business of the association in Octo-
Der exceeded all former records in any one
month. Their business in connection with
the Illinois Central and the Santa re lines
has been much larger than they had eX-
pected and on all lines over which the asso-
citation operates there has been an unpre-
cedented increase in membership the last
few months.
Sir Thomas Tancard and Chief Engineer
Henshaw. of England, and other parties in
terested in the Black Diamond road, were
in the city for short time yesterday, going
southwest over the Indianapolis & Nincen-
ne. Their object i'll going over the L: d v
is not understood. The English capitalists
who proposed to build this road expect TO
build three hundred miles of track in this
State in carrying out their enterprise, which
seems to be taking definite shape
j. T. Brooks second vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company, is becoming famous
official. In his address before the Ohio
bankers he said no man should be a director
of a bank who does not give time enough
to it to learn thoroughly the character and
habits of officials and employees of the bank.
Moreover he should insist on an examina-
bills and notes discounted, thereby pre-
venting loans in too great an amount to
any one person or company.
On Thursday afternoon M. d. Woodford,
president of the Cincinnati Hamilton q
Dayton accompanied by c.. A. Wilson, chief
engineer. and George r. Balch, purchasing
agent, inspected the Indianapolis division,
to call on r. b. f. Peirce general manager
of the Indianapolis, Decatur q Western,
and then. in company with General Super
intendent Graves, proceeding to Decatur, re-
turning yesterday after inspecting 153 miles
of the Indiana. Decatur & Western. of which
| expressed himself as highly pleased with the
condition of both the properties and was
more than gratihed over the excellent out
look for business.