The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-08

more & OhIo southwestern, and A. H Nc
natl. Hamilton * Dayton were in the city
yesterday en- route West to look after some
private matters they are interested in.
VIM. BELLS, general manager of the Rail-
way 0ficials' and Employees Association,
who has been at Martinsville for three or
four four weeks taking treatment for rheumatic
Will be home in ten days.
J. ii. Penrod. ticket examiner of the Penn
syiVan1a lines at Pittsburg. yesterday buried
MS father; who had been division fore
man on the Pennsylvania lines for thirty
years. The deceased had been member of
the knights Templars for forty years.
j. w. Sherwood general superintendent.
w. $. Wood, traffic manager of the Toledo,
st. Louis q Kansas City lines, We're in the
city yesterday to attend the funeral of X.
B. i. Peirce, late receiver of the road.
Trains 2 and on the Vandalia and Pan
handle are now equipped entire with full
vestibuled Pennsylvania standard coaches,
and every coach is complete in every re-
s2ect. II is the intention of the Pennsyl-
vanfa Company to equip all its fast through
trains with similar coaches.
1t is undoubtedly only a question of time
when the Pennsylvania Company win abso-
lutely own the COZ miles of main line in the
Nandalia system. 1t now absolutely owns
the st. Louis, Vandalia &c Terre Haute road,
16S miles, which is leased to the Terre Haute
& Indianapolis Railroad Company.
Important developments are in progress
affecting the Cleveland, Lorian & Wheeling.
1t is stated that the property is about to
pass into the hands of the Federal Steel
Company. which, 1t is understood. has Sc
cured control of the Wheeling & Lake Erie,
and the line will then be extended from the
Ohio river to the coke regions of Pennsyl-
vania
The business of the Vandalia at Indianap-
oils in November the largest of any
month in the roads history there being
total of 12.4H cars received and forwarded
During the month 1924 loaded and 1,706
empty cars were forwarded west and 6,S97
Ine ied md nV10vlF In
inbound business 519 cars were loaded with
live stock.
Freight Traffic Manager Weed, of the To-
ledo St Louis q Kansas CITY. stated yes
terday that the business of the road was
simply limited TO the cars that could be had.
Their coal traffic has reached large proper
cite coal from Toledo. which was landed by
lake craft for Western markets, have
largely exceeded those of any former year.
The opposition to the appointment of
Louis & Kansas City is said to be daily
becoming more pronounced, there being GER
determined that A l. Mills, formerly gem
eral manager of the road. shall be ap-
pointed. 1t is thought compromise may be
effected by which Mr.. Mills will be ap-
pointed co-receiver.
Regardless of the approach of winter the
work of gravel ballasting the Peoria. De-
catur & Evansville continues on the Evans
vile division, the Peoria division having
heen completed some weeks ago +. o.
Hopkins receiver and general manager, in
company with r. b. Starbuck. general su-
perintendent and W. J. Lewis, secretary
and treasurer, is to-day making an inspec-
tion of the main line
Charles H. Cory, superintendent of motive
power of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton lines, was in the city yesterday. He
states that the new shops at Lima, built the
present year. are in full operation. giving
employment to 375 men full time. The road
is so pressed with repair work that, besides
sending several engines to the Indiana; De
cIn tn he
coaches and freight cars to be repaired are
being sent to these shops as fast as they
can take them In.
Since the Pennsylvania Company freight
officials became aroused to the fact that
their stock business was drifting away from
them and that the relations with stock
drovers were not as pleasant as they mlgnt
be, the company has been doing more to ac-
commodate stock men, and as result there
has been perceptible increase in live stock
shipments over their lines to Eastern mar
kets Some DAYS the Panhandle brings
three or four sections of live stock trains
into Pittsburg.
The executive board Of the Southwestern
Traffic Bureau has accepted the resignation
of Chairman S. w. Fordice, and w. III;
Truesdale. vice chairman, has been eiected
his successor. 1t has been decided by the
board, after a lengthy discussion as to It's
future operations. to continue the present
status until after the conference to be held
in New York on jan Is. At TINS conrero con ho
ence amendments to the agreement Will be
submitted and acted upon, the purpose pc
ing to comply fully with the requirements
of the decision of the United States Su-
preme Court in the joint traffic case.
The following cable dispatch was received
by President A. B. Stickney of st; Paul
yesterday from London: Reported here
that Atchison Topeka & Sante, Fe and Rock
Island and Pacific have given notice TO
boycott against Chicago Great Western
Railway. is it true and what will 1t amount
to?" Mr. Stickney's answer was as follows:
''Their last boycott increased the west
bound business to Kansas City of the Chi
cage Great Western from less than 10
over 10 per cent Too early to say how
profitable the present boycott will be"
On Monday a coored man boarded Train
% on the Panhandle to go to Richmond.
Conductor Harper noticed that he had
pass; he had no time to examine it, but as
soon as the train left the Union station
the conductor asked the cOlored man for his
fare and he presented pass issued TO
Charles Kelley, brakeman, on account or
personal in ,uries. Conductor Harper ques-
toned the man, who said his name was
Kelley. but afterwards admitted that it was
not and said he purchased the pass from
an INDIANAPOLIS scalper whose office is on
Illinois street. near Washington. On reach-
ing the Belt road the man was put of. Yes
terday he accosted Conductor Harper. stat
ing that the scalper refused to refund him
The money he paid for the pass unless he
produced statement from the conductor TO
the effect that he was put of. the tram.
Conductor Harper referred him to Ticket
Receiver Crane, of the Pennsylvania lines
at this point Last evening the colored man
had not made his appearance at Ticket Re-