The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-31


ted. Commissioner Parker, who was vice
chairman of the old organization, will be
chairman of the Western Trunk-line Com
ruling of the Supreme Court the committee
will be able to take any effective action
looking to the maintenance of rates.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
James Russell, general yardmaster of the
Panhandle at Pittsburg, who has been very
ill for some weeks is again on duty.
David Wells viii on April | become the
travelling freight agent of the Erie, Dis
patch, with headquarters at Cleveland, o.
The Pittsburg locomotive works yester-
day shipped the last of ten heavy freight
engines it contracted to build for the Wa
bash lines.
power of the Southwestern system of the
Pennsylvania has gone to New York for a
ten days stay.
The Pennsylvania Company has asked for
bids for 500 cars. The Ohio Falls car works
and the Terre Haute car works will be
among the bidders.
G. J. Grammar, general traffic manager
Of the Lake Shore, accompanied by his
family, has gone to Old Point Comfort to
rest for a few days.
No. IS yesterday afternoon was the first
train to run through from Indianapolis to
Louisville over the j., M. & /. tracks since
Wednesday of last week.
James Bruce who has been appointed
Wabash lines at Chicago, was formerly a
trainmaster on the Panhandle.
G. A, Allen, division superintendent of
will be double-tracked this season from
Gallon, O., to jamestown, N. Y.
The Evansville & Terre Haute is again
showing very creditable earnings. Since
July l the increase over the corresponding
period of the previous year is $157 1888.
The Panhandle has its troubles from high
waters. so far overcome that the fast mail
came through from Pittsburg over the Pan
handle tracks and arrived last evening but
forty minutes late.
Engineer McRoberts. of the Big Four, re-
sumed work yesterday after several months
of suffering from a broken leg. During the
winter he slipped from the step of his en-
gine, fell and broke one leg.
The Big. Four's fast horse train ON it's
last trip made the run from Indianapolis
to Bellefontaine in five hours. There were
ten carloads of horses and ten carloads of
dressed meats in the train.
The Chicago & Alton expects to put on a
thirteen-hour train between Chicago & Kan
between these cities at the present time is
fifteen hours and thirty minutes.
The. scheduled time of the fast trains of
the Panhandle. between indianapolis and
PfttSburg is about eleven hours, but dur
ing the days that the trains We're run via
Columbus and Crestline it took twenty-seven
hours
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois will on
April l pay it's preferred stockholders a
quarterly dividend of 112 per cent, and the
Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis
on the same date, will pay quarterly div
idend of Ia per cent.
The meeting of general passenger agents
at Buffalo, to settle the rate war to the
Northwest and Pacific coast, adjourned
yesterday without reaching an agreement
Another meeting will be held in New York
on or about April Is.
On April Frank L. Richardson, for sew
eral years past chief claim agent on the
49,, 1sxvfrf
Wayne & Chicago, will retire from that
position and go to Urbana, o., his old
home to practice law.
Shipments of live stock East were heavy.
Several carloads of horses were shipped
yesterday from the stock yards. The Pan
handle took out tWenty-Sever carloads of
stock and the Bee-line division of the Big
-Four seventeen carloads.
George w Kittredge chief engineer of the
Big Four, was in the city last evening. He
states that all divisions of the Big Four are
again in good shape and trains running reg
ularly, except the Cairo division, and this
will be In order in a day or two.
j. G. Currie. of Jersey City, second as
sistant engineer of the Brotherhood of Io-
connective Engineers, is in Fort Wayne, and
was last evening the guest of the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, Fort Wayne division.
o. p. McCarty, general passenger agent
says that the change in it's dining car sys-
tenn from table dhote to la carte has re-
suited In increased profits, better service
patrons.
The following officials of foreign lines are
IN the city: Judge Bacon of the Chicago
& Rock Island; Laird, of the Chicago Great
Western; Martin. of the Missouri Kansas
q Texas; Spaulding, of the ST.. Louis &,
San Francisco. and Bemus, of the Queen
& Crescent.
meeting in New York on Tuesday, at which
President Ingalls, was present. AT this con-
ference 1t is believed the company decided
to build a number of new freight engines
of the type of the 700 which is making
such remarkable record
Supervisor Melrose, of the Michigan divis-
ion Of the Big Four, with large gang of
men. has commenced making improvements
at Benton Harbor in the way of putting
in additional side tracks. Several large lum-
Der firms are about to locate there, and
they will be heavy shippers South over
the line.
The Grand Trunk has made rapid strides
since c. NJ. Hayes. formerly of the Wabash
was appointed general manager. Not only
have the earnings made a remarkable in
crease, but the operating expenses have
decreased, so that instead of requiring "a
per cent. of the gross earnings to operate
the road 60 per cent is now accomplishing
the same results.
The Railway Age predicts that the total
expenditures in new railway building in 1898
exceed $60000009. 1t says: If the con-
structon for the year exceeds that of last
year. as seems probable, by one thousand
miles. il means the expenditure during the
year of not less than an additional $40. 900 900
over that of last year.
The Missouri Pacific has contracted for
handling the delegations from New York
and contiguous territory to the Master
Plumbers Associations convention which
convenes at San Antonio April Is, and will
put in service at St. Louis one of the hand
soonest wide-end vestibHed trains that has
ever run South. This train, bearing the
New York delegation, will arrive at ST
I rartfG al n m Anr
the South Immediately, arriving at San An
tonic the second morning.
dispatch from Elkhart says: ION April
every engineer and fireman on the Lake
Shore will don uniform, TO consist of coat
trousers and cap. The coats and trousers
are OF blue denim and the caps of black
Italian cloth. Different weights are used for
summer and winter. The distinguishing
features are that the engineers buttons are
gilt and the fremen's silver and badges
worn on the caps Indicate whether engineer
or fireman. The company furnishes the first
outfit at cost of %.37. on easy payments,
but subsequent outfits may be purchased
wherever the purchaser pleases. The uni