The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-09

II is understood that he is to represent the
North Shore Despatch. a new line, which is
to send it's Indianapolis business over the
Lake Erie & Western.
Notice has been given by the Atchison
road that it will make a one-fare rate from
chicago and all intermediate points to Dali
las ana Fort Worth on account of the meet
ing of the Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine,
which is TO be held in Dallas June IA and lo
Thomas Peck formerly of indianapolis.
now superintendent of the Los Angeles Ter
minal Railway, is said to be making a good
record on that road, changes he has intro
duced having largely increased the revenue.
r. M. Ford, for many years agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at JoneSVille, Bar
tholomew county. has accepted position in
the general freight office at Louisville. He
IS succeeded at Jonesville by George w.
Christian.
On Thursday Col j. NJ Schoonmaker.
first vice president of the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie was asked by telegraph to come East
on special train. and it has created con-
siderable speculation, so many vacancies
are there to be filed on the Vanderbilt lines.
j; 7. Hayden, travelling auditor of the
Lake Shore road, is critically i'll at the
home of his brother-in-law. W. L. Holmes,
at Auburn, Ind. Mr. Hayden is seventy
two years old, and has been travelling au-
d1tor of the Lake Shore for thirty-eight
years.
The Evansville & Indianapolis will on
Monday put on train to run from Wash
ington, Ind. to Seymour via Elnora and the
Southern Indiana road. Close connection
will be made at Seymour for Indianapolis
and Louisville and at Bedford for points
on the Monon.
The engineering laboratory of Purdue has
in the last few days received mechanical
devices valued at over 5000 without cost
to the institution. Among the devices is a
brake-shoe testing machine from the Ameri-
can Master Car Builders Association and
standard cast steel trucks of different
makes
Officials who attended the meeting of the
American Railway Society at Louisville, on
InurS0aV. pleased
with the results. The three most important
questions to be settled were laid over until
the views of the railway officials present as
to the questions considered.
The. following changes are announced in
Fred IS ssgner conTae0 f fng SMa sssh
in place of II. Fl. Purcell, appointed general
agent at Chicago of the HoQsac Tunnel line;
chief clerk in the general freight office and
w A. Rosegrant becomes contracting
agent.
Commissioner Goddard, of the Eastern
Trunk line, has issued new rules regarding
the storage of freights, and after May /,
II freight is not removed within twenty
four hours after its arrival, the railroad
companies, at their option, will cause it to
be carried to public warehouse where it
will be held subject to freight and charges,
the same conditions.
Some novel litigation is being INDUCED in
at Frankfort, Ind The Lake Erie & West
ern ana the rIoledo st. Louis 81 Kansas
City have a, dangerous crossing at Wash
ington avenue. The railroad companies
proposed to put one of the regulation safety
gates at this crossing instead of a f1agman
The roadmasters of the lines went there
with section men to prepare Tor the erec-
ton of the gate. Citizens objected and
brought the matter before Judge Kent, who
ordered the men arrested. The matter will
come up before Judge Ken as to the right
or the railroad companies in the premises.
The roads of the Western trunk-line com
mlttee met yesterday at Chicago to consid-
er rates on packing-house products. There
was a desire on the part of some of the
roads to bring about restoration of the
rates reduced some time ago by the Atchi-
son, which declared that it made the cuts
on account of the low rates that had been
secretly made by some of it's competitors
1t was announced that the roads accused
of making the secret cuts were willing to
restore rates, but the other roads were not
willing that 1t should escape so easily and
the arguments continued through the after
noon, with small probability that any
agreement would be reached.