The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

William Greene. vice president of the Bal
timore & Onio Southwestern, has assumed
the duties of the position.
w. w. Peabody, assistant general freight
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
ern, will sever his connection with the road
Dec. Is.
The gross earnings of the Lake Erie &
Western for the last week in November
were $7,308 ahead of those Of the CORE
spending week of 1897.
For the first time in their history the
Vanderbilt lines will this season make hol-
day rates, the reduction applying to both
local and through traffic.
Winslow S. Pierce having been elected gen.
eral counsel of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, the position of chairman of the
board which he had held for several years,
has been abolished.
Charles Treble for years roundhouse fore
man of the Big Four at Wabash, has been
appointed superintendent in full charge of
the locomotive and car department of the
Dayton & Union road.
II. J. Van Denmark will on Dec. Is succeed
John CheSbrOugh as Northwestern paSSen-
ger agent of the Queen & Crescent. Mr..
Van Denmark has been agent of the COM
pany at Georgetown, Ky.
An official of the Wabash, in commenting
on the disturbed condition of rates. said:
1.-THE strict integrity characterizing the
traffic and other departments of the Wa
bash is shining beacon light to all other
competitors"
L. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the
pennsylvania lines west, and of the Van
Qdld, was III the city yesterday TO confer
with Receiver Malott VIM F. Bruner, as
eistant general passenger agent of the VAN
dalia, was also here.
DIR. Ford, chief surgeon of the Big Four
lines was in the city yesterday. He says
he has received twenty applications for the
position OF the late DIR. Marsee, who was
local surgeon of the Big Four and Penn
Sylvania lines at this point.
The Book of the Royal Blue for December
is out and is very interesting number.
The illustrations show the b. o. Com
panys new passenger station at Cleveland.
It's new offices at ST; Louis and scenes on a
trip down the Youghiogheny.
1t is stated that the Santa Fe is not the
only road that win boycott the Chicago
Great Western for cutting rates, but will be
Joined by the Chicago. Burlington q Quincy,
the Chicago & Rock Island and the Missouri
Pacific. The Great Western issued independ-
ent new freight and passenger tariffs.
Baldwin's Railroad Guide for December Is
out. Beside time tables il contains large
amount OF interesting railway matter and
news. Mr. Baldwin was formerly general
passenger agent of the Monon. coming from
that road to Buffalo, where he started the
Guide, which has been a marked success.
In their annual report the Illinois state
railway commissioners petition for legisa-
ton giving them jurisdiction over all
street railroads, sleeping cars, telephone
State. They also recommend that they be
given power to pass on the construction of
all new roads.
Judge Bacon. general agent OF the pas
end & Pacific, was in the city yesterday. He
saws William Il. Crawford, formerly traV-
cling passenger agent of the Mohawk &
Malone road has succeeded f. N. voorhees,
as passenger agent of the Rock Island in
New York city.
1t is stated that in November more load
ed cars were handled on private switches
at indianapolis for it's local industries than
in any month for years. The Atlas engine
works shipped 220 carloads of engines and
boilers; the Standard wheel works handled
on its tracks 40 loaded cars, and with nu-
inerous other industries the business was
proportionately large.
In his efforts to reorganize the Lima
Northern road Calvin S. Brice is said to
have met his match in the person Of Charles
n Haskell The reorganization committee
which holds a majority of the bonds of the
Lima Northern, is, as now selected, COM
posed entirely of men who have been identi-
fed with Mr.. Haskell. whom the committee
has selected as their counsel.
Tt is one year since the Pennsylvania
line began at its freight depots in this
and unloading cars on the tonnage basis.
The men are pleased with results, most of
them making better wages than under the
old plan, and. while IL is optional with me
men 10 work overtime, most OF them prefer
TO do so rather than hire extra men, and in
that manner they get extra pay.
No better evidence of the improved condi-
tons with Western roads could be brought
forward than the report of the railroad
commissioners of Illinois for the fiscal year
ending June 80 1898 Passenger earnings
show an increase OF $1,2i4S70 over the fiscal
year 1884, in which year a decrease Of $685.
79S was shown as compared with 1896 The
Freight earnings were $50, S,6SS more than