The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-11

In the month OF February there were nam
died at the Union Station 3,445 trains, haul
ing 1S,711 cars.
Ct. NJ Bissell, general manager of the
| Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western, has ten
dered his resignation.
The Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville
earned in February $215 1897, an increase over
February, 1897, of $l2620.
George Lowell, general superintendent of
the Monon, was in the city yesterday look
ing after terminal matters.
C. ]. Coombs, founder and chief organizer
of the Order of Railroad Photographers, died
at Ravenna, o., on Wednesday.
Miss Carrie D. Grub has been appointed
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio line at Wood
side, vice John Z. Bowman, resigned.
Charles Houghton, an engineer, has been
appointed travelling engineer on the Lake
Shore road, vice John Carter, deceased.
The Pennsylvania people are planning to
| increase their excursion business, especially
to pleasure resorts, the coming season.
H. Bierdsdorf, engineer on thesVandala
has obtained a months leave of absence.
and will go to New Orleans on pleasure
trip.
Canadian Pacific Railway earnings for
the week ending March were $454 900; for
S129. 900.
The offices of the Big Four at Cincinnati
were closed at noon yesterday out OF re-
spect to the late purchasing agent, A. M
Stimson.
James E. Hannegan, assistant general
passenger agent of the Cleveland AKRON
81 Columbus, has gone to California for a
months rest
The differences in the Southeastern Pas
senger Association have been adjusted,
rates restored and everything again NOV
ing smoothly
Robert Pitcairn, general superintendent
of the Pennsylvania's Pittsburg division, is
so much improved in health that he is at
his office again.
.Superintendent Mansfield and other off,
Gals of the Indianapolis & Vincennes, are
spending three days inspecting the track,
depots, etc., on the line
M. e. ingalls,, president of the Big Four,
who has been on trip TO Mexico, is on
his way home. but will not reach Cincin-
natl until Thursday of next week.
DR.. Seward Webb, president of the Wag-
ner Palace Car Company and his party
reached Mexico on Wednesday and will re-
main in that country several days.
j. L. Head, claim agent of the Wabashs
eastern division, has had his jurisdiction
extended to cover the Buffalo division. His
headquarters will still be at Peru, Ind
President Thomson, of the Pennsylvania,
and his subordnates now on an inspection
trip, VIII come as far west as DennlSon TO
lock after the improvements in progress
The equipment which goes to make up the
Sunset limited trains OF the Southern Pa
cific cost $l,250,O00 1t requires ten complete
trains to keep up the service as now per-
formed.
The Big Four has begun making extern
siVe improvements at Anderson to enable
Michigan division at that point more con-
veniently.
A, e. Brownlee has been appointed clief
Lake Erie, filling the vacancy caused by
the death of G. w. Cook, who had held that
position for many years
On April the ST. Joseph & Grand Island
Railway will restore the 10-per-cent. cut in
wages of conductors, engineers, firemen and
brakemen. The increase was voluntary on
the part of the company.
1t is stated officially that on Wednesday
the freight traffic over the Erie lines was
the heaviest of any day in the history of
the road. In both directions business was
heavy beyond precedent.
General Manager Briggs, of the Traders
Despatch, was in Chicago yesterday, look
ing for office rooms. He expects to trans
fer the headquarters of the line from Buff
falo to Chicago on April l.
The through cars run between Hannibal
Mo- and Cincinnati over the Wabash. the
Indiana, Decatur & Western and the Gin
clnnati, Hamilton & Dayton have become
the best paying cars crossing the country.
w. P. Walker, traffic manager of the
Chesapeake & Ohio. has so much improved
In health that on Wednesday, accompanied
by his wife and trained nurse, he went
to sanitarium at Norfolk, Va, for treat
ment.
President Thomson, of the Pennsylvania
has approved the plans for the new pas
senger station at Pittsburg, which it is
stated will be on a par with the Pennsyl-
Xanla Companys usual method of doing
things. ,-ttr.F sa
Train l6 on the Indiana Decatur e, West
ern, which hauls the through car between
Chicago and Cincinnati, known as the Klon-
Glke express, was yesterday hauled from
Roachdale to StandStill at Indianapolis
distance of thirty-six miles, in thirty-sev-
en- minutes
A. D. Smith, formerly general manager
of the West Shore fast freight line, has
been appointed general freight agent of the
Manhattan Steamship Company and W.
+. o. Fay, formerly with the Clyde line,
ply between New York and points on the
coast of Maine.
The directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee
q St Paul Railroad have declared the reg
ular semi-annual dividend of 31a per cent
on the preferred stock, the regular semi
annual dividend of 2 per cent. on the COM
mon stock and an extra dividend of Y per
payable April 10.
The net earnings Of the Illinois Central
for the month of January were $763,516 an
increase of $40S64 over the same month of
last year. From July. to Jan l the gross
earnings of the road were $1S 541, 7SS, an in
crease of $S470,04S. For the month of Feb
ruary the gross earnings are estimated at
$2,171,767 an increase of .527.
The Chicago & Northwestern, an official
or the road states, is pushing it's second
track on to Omaha and will soon be double
tracked from Chicago to that point This
company has just put On a train which
makes the run from Chicago to Cedar Rap
IDS in five hours; distance, 219 miles. Stops
deducted, the speed of the train is about
fifty-one miles an hour.
The second track which the Panhandle
has been laying the last eighteen months
between PittSburg and Columbus enables
the fast train to make up lost time, and
late trains are much less frequent. 1t is
stated that when the improvements at Tenn
peranceville are completed the time of
Trains 2, s. 20, and q will be shortened
twenty minutes at least.
The Wabash, which recently adopted the
Brown system of discipline, has issued its
assessment of dement, marks for February
1t shows numerous marks Of 10 80 One
switchman was dismissed for visiting sa-
looms too frequently, and an engineer was
dismissed for having the fatal mark so. 1t
is stated that three resigned before the
monthly bulletin was issued, having learned
how they stood.
A number of Big Four officials went to
Lafayette yesterday to attend the funeral
of the late A, M. Stimson. General Super
intendent Van Wrinkle has given instruc-
tons that a special car be furnished the
family to carry the remains from Lafayette
to Washington Courthouse, where they will
be buried to-day The car will leave La
fayette at 1890 this morning, and reach
Washington Courthouse at 10 a. m. to-day
interpretations.
The Farmers Insurance Company of
Madison county filed amendatory articles