The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-13

l.. Il. Garfield. master car builder OF the
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific, has re-
promoted.
The new fast freight line which it was
first announced would be called the Great
Western Dispatch is TO be known as the
Grand Trunk Dispatch.
District Passenger Agents Shaw, of the
chicago burlington d Quincy. and Jones,
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, are
in the city on official business.
Harry Drew, one of the projectors of the
Chicago Indiana & Eastern, says the track
layers will be at work by May l laying
track between Paramount and Converse.
A. A. Packer. assistant auditor of the
Toledo K Ohio Central, has resigned to go
with an oil company and is succeeded by
G. f. Bennett, promoted in the auditors Of
fee
The Missouri Car and Foundry Company,
of st. Louis, has secured the contract to
build LOO box and 500 stock cars for the
Union Pacific road, deliveries to commence
May l.
NJ. J. Munroe, who died at San Diego,
April s. was buried yesterday at Warsaw,
n, T. Mr.. Munroe had been in the service
of the Erie road thirty years at the time
Of his death.
The Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati
mas entered vigorous protest regarding al
legged Determinations by the railroads
against that city in connection with the
Southern trade.
The Southern Railway has created land
ana industrial DEPARTMENT similar TO that
Of the Illinois Central, and has appointed
W. J. Hurlburt agent, with headquarters
at Chattanooga.
A number of the Pennsylvania officials at
indianapolis and Terre Haute have been in
Pittsburg couple of days attending the
meeting of the association of officers on
lines west Of Pittsburg.
Announcement was made at Chicago yes
terday of the appointment of r. G. Davis
as general freight and passenger agent of
the Goodrich line of steamers, to Succeed
A H. Brown, resigned.
George Stats, chief clerk of Superin-
1eendent Mansfield, OF the Indianrapolis q
be absent month He goes there to ac-
company his wife home.
The Santa Fe people have provided for
Fl. +. Glenn. who has been chief clerk of
the freight representatives of the Santa Fe
road at Cincinnati, by giving him a SIM
liar position at st. Louis.
The Ohio Falls car works are building
three postal cars of the same design as
those in service on the Big Four between
Cincinnati and Chicago for the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis road.
The stockholders of the Kansas City, Elk
celSlQr Springs q Northern Road, the con-
Meeting link between the Wabash and the
Milwaukee roads, have elected Henry Gar
land, of the Wabash, president.
Walter b. Townsend, travelling passenger
agent of the Missouri Pacific. has been
transferred from Memphis to Chicago, to
succeed q. A. Deane, jr., recently trans
ferred from Chicago to Indianapolis.
L. A. BaN1eS goes to New YORK city to
represent the Seaboard Airline as soliciting
agent, and J. j. Bowling has been APP
pointed travelling freight agent of the same
lines. with headquarters at Charlotte.
The rumor is revived that George Daniels
will be given the title of passenger traffic
manager, he to have under his jurisdiction
the general passenger agents of the other
vanderbilt lines practically consolidated.
Frank Reed, general passenger agent of
the Monon lines was in the city for. a few
hours last evening He reports their pas
senger business, both through and local.
handsomely in excess of the corresponding
period last year.
F. C. Fargo goes to Chicago to-day to ar
range for assuming the duties of general
Company on April Is. Who will be his sue
cessor as superintendent of the Indiana di-
vision has not yet been announced.
Colonel j. w. Maus, formerly Western
passenger agent of the Louisville & Nash
Vile more recently representing the St
Louis d San Francisco at Dallas, Tex. who
a short time ago was reported to be fatally
Ill has entirely recovered and is again on
duty.
Baltimore has obtained the stop-over priv
lege for merchants from the West and
Southwest when en- route to New York.
OF late years New York has taken consid-
cradle trade from that city, and Baltimore
merchants now propose to recover some
OF IT.
The Columbus Northwestern Railroad
Company has decided to build its own
tracks from st. Johns into Lima and from
eOIld lllO Columbus, neither the ONO
Southern nor the Toledo & Ohio Central
giving privileges that the company had ex-
Dected. ~.
Trains of the St louis & San Francisco
Will not be running INTO Kansas City by
May j. by which time it was expected to
have the Blair-Frisco connecting link, be-
work has been delayed by the heavy rains
May 10 is the date now fixed for its COM
pletion.
G II. Cory. superintendent of motive
power of the Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Day
ton lines, is in the city for a day or two
looking after the work the Indiana, Decatur
q western shops are doing for the c., H.
now being in these shops for general over
hauling.
The Erie Railway Company has planned
to make extensive Improvements at Hun
tington. Ind, this season. One will be the
erection OF new freight house. five hundred
feet long by fifty feet wide, and additional
sidetracks will be laid. The transfer house
at the crossing of the Wabash road will
be abandoned.
D., G, Edwards, passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton, was
in the city yesterday looking after matters
connected with his department He states
that all over their. lines passenger business
is very. good, and highly satisfactory over
the indianapolis division locally and with
its Chicago and other connections
The Panhandle is getting considerable
revenue from carrying naval recruits. There
IS seldom a day that there are not ten to
bus. and when they so further east they
take the Pennsylvania lines. The Panhandle
is also getting the recruits from Chicago to
carry all first going to Columbus to be uni
formed.
The Southern Pacific has given notice that
IL VIII demand the following arbitraries be-
tween Portland and San Francisco and
Portland and Los Angeles for the meetings
that are to be held on the Pacific coast this
summer. Betweem Portland and San Fran
cisco one way or round trip, $3.50; between
Portland and Los Angeles, one way, s22
round trip, $5l.
The yardmasters of the Pennsylvania
Southwestern system held their quarterly
meeting in this city yesterday. Yardmas-
ters from Louisville. Madison, Richmond,
Columbus and other points were present.
They meet every three months to confer
as to the handling of cars promptly and
many other matters which come up for dis
cussion from time to time.
The Pullman Company will have on ex-
hibition at the Omaha exposition the same
train that it exhibited at the Chicago, the
Atlanta and Nashville eXpositions. Col c.
0. Chenault. who has been with the Pull
man Company, as a conductor twenty eight
at Omaha. 1t is made UP of the cars Isa-
bella, Marchena, Furthenan and Americus
The special committee having in charge the
settlement of the trouble over transconti-
mental passenger rates held a meeting in
New York yesterday and adjourned until
to-day without action. The committee con-
sists of d. H. MoNicoll of the Canadian
Great Northern; W. f. Davis of the Grand
Trunk; p. S. Eustis, of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul.
A petition has been sent to the directors
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati. Chicago q ST.
Louis road asking postponement of the