The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-17

Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton had five sec
tons to move southwark from Michigan,
making ten special trains engaged in NOV
ing troops over that line yesterday.
The Indianapolis e. Vincennes and the
Rannandle lines short Of coal cars the
pennsylvania company having all the cars
IN service hauling coal TO the lakes. But
Tor This the Indianapolis & Vincennes would
history
In carrying out it's retrenchment policy
the New York Central will on June l abol-
ism the office of general freight traffic agent,
IoTelSn freight agent at New York and
gsneTai freight and assistant general
ITelght agent on the Rome, WATERFOWL &
Ogdensburg road.
Arthur L. Mills, who on May / retired as
general superintendent of the Toledo, St.
Der of large Toledo grain firm. Mr.. Mills,
when ne retired, had been in railroad Serv-
Ice nineteen years. beginning as an assist
ant engineer on the Santa Fe.
The current number of the Railroad Ga
zette has illustrations and complete de-
scription Of new acknowledging and trans
service. With it a carload of corn, wheat
or rye can be transferred from one car to
another in twelve minutes, and carload Of
oats in twenty minutes.
A. Galloway, superintendent of the Gin
cinnatt q indianapolis division of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, was in the city
yesterday to see that everything moved
smoothly in transporting troops from Camp
Mount to Cincinnati. There were five sec
tons in the train, and Superintendent Gal
ioWay arranged that every soldier should
have one seat.
Charles Firth, general agent of the Bos-
ton d Albany, and H. NJ. Biscoe, foreign
freight agent of the Boston e. Albany and
New York Central, are in the city on a
business trip. This is their first visit to In
dfanapolis and they expressed surprise at
the amount of railway traffic handled here
ana 1ntlmared that hereafter the Boston &
Albany expected to get more business, not
only for New England, but for export, than
in years past.
The Belt-road Company yesterday re-
celVed two new switching engines from the
Baldwin locomotive works They weigh no.
wv pounds on the driving wheels and have
several new features, which will be watched
with good deal of interest by mechanical
engineers. They are furnished with all
modern improvements for switching engines,
and are expected to haul fifty loaded cars
IN one train over the Belt road, if pushed
to their capacity.
General Superintendent Van Wrinkle of
the Big Four, and several division superin-
tendentS were in Cincinnati Yesterday ar
ranging the summer time table, and 1t de-
VOWED on II. NJ. Bronson, assistant general
passenger agent, and ]. @. Hicks superin-
placing the train at the North-street side
tracks to load Col. Harry B. Smiths regi-
ment The trains were so arranged that
there was little delay, and ample room to
accom- Inodate the soldiers was provided
1t is stated that the. j. P. Morgan Com
pany was the instigator of the Ohio
OituHilnouS coal pool, Wnlcn II is announced
has been practically. perfected. This pool
embraces the Toledo G. Ohio Central; Cleve-
land, Lorain & Wheeling; Columbus, Sam
dusky q Hooking; Wheeling G. Lake Erie
and Columbus Hooking Valley & Toledo
ali of which are to be operated under one
great head, with either the Baltimore &
OHIO or Lake Shore for an outlet to the At
lantic seaboard. 1t has been suggested that
the Big Four might be. Joined with this
combination, and that the Chesapeake &
Ohio would form an important outlet for a
part of this bituminous coal from the Ohio
field, and 1t is not yet certain but this may
be the outcome, since Mr.. Morgan is be-
lieved to have employed President Ingalls,
of the Chesapeake & Ohio. to formulate the
scheme. However. the Baltimore & Ohio
would seem to be the most direct and most
available route
The report is revived that the Lake Shore
people are seeking to secure control of the
Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City The
United States Investor says that overtures
have been made to interests identified with
the Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City Rail-
way with view of acquiring that property
1t is also said the Wabash is being conSid-
cred, but nothing definite has been decided
upon. The Investor says: 1.-The outrageous
been conducted in the courts since the re-
ceiver was appointed, is almost scandalous,
and the end is not yet, the preferred stock
holders having taken an appeal which may
the 18th of this month the Toledo, st. Louis
& Kansas City road will have been in
charge of a receiver five years. In the
meantime, Southern Railway, Atchison,
Northern Pacific and many other roads ten
times as large, with numerous bond issues
to adjust have failed and been reorganized.
while this road. with but one mortgage and
only $50 miles long, has dragged it's slow
way through the courts and is still drag
ging.,. 1t is certainly disgraceful proce-