The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-05
I.&I. S. Trains Running Again.

i. e. I. s. Trains Running Again.
General Manager P. H. Blue, of the l. &
]. S. Railroad, wired the Journal from Sui
Ivan, Ind. last night that the damage to
the company's tracks from the recent flood
had been repaired and that trains were Trn-
ming again regularly.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
1t required 5000 suits to uniform the en-
gineers and firemen on the Lake Shore
road.
The Chicago Great Western will on June
l put on fast train between Chicago and
st. Paul.
Passenger conductors on the Panhandle
report their fast trains again moving on
schedule time
The Big -Four will build at the Bright
pounds capacity.
The Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City
earned in March SIS, 041.07, an increase over
March, 1897, of $10,S50.S1.
James Donnan, who represents the Rail-
way Officials and Employees Association at
st. Louis, is in the city.
The coal operators on the line of the In
diaEapolis & Vincennes yesterday resumed
operations and shipments Of coal.
The Pennsylvania yesterday resumed its
annex boat service between Jersey City
and the piers Of the Fall River steamers.
President Ripley, of the Santa Fe, says
the company Will year eXp60Qs
In improvements to roadbed and equipment.
Within the last ten days the Wabash has
received from the Pittsburg locomotive
works ten new heavy freight locomotives.
George Brill trainmaster on the Lehigh
Valley road, has been appointed active SUI
perintendent, to succeed a. =. ElakeSlee,
resigned.
The Erie Company will build on It's new
dock at Buffalo q. large freight house for
the receiving and distribution Of lake and
rail freightS.
II. G. Duval, who for years has been the
private secretary of Chauncey Depew, will
occupy the same position with Mr.. Depew in
his new capacity.
William C. Arp, superintendent of motive
power of the Vandalia lines, went to AL
toona yesterday to attend a meeting of the
pennsylvania lines.
There is no truth iii the report that the
Big Four, the Toledo g. Ohio Central and
Lake Shore will abolish their through line
between Cincinnati and Detroit.
The Monon has already begun putting
Cedar Lake and its surroundings in order
expecting to do large excursion business
to this park the coming summer.
Samuel Chase has been appointed agent
OF the North Shore Dispatch at Buffalo.
He will continue as commercial agent of
the Blue and Canada Southern lines.
Robert Pitcairn, superintendent of the
PittSburg division of the Pennsylvania road,
and general agent, passed through the city
yesterday en- route home from California.
for this season, and the Southern Pacific
announces that its Sunset Limited will be
run but once a week until further notice.
Albert S. Ingalls, assistant Superintendent
of the indianapolis and Cleveland division
of the Big Four, will, on April r. be mar
ried to daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Taft, of Cincinnati.
The most significant thing about the New
York Central-Lake Shore Michigan Central
Nickel-plate deal is that the several lines
viii practically be operated from the Grand
Central Station, New York city.
The Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie
road is to be extended to tap the big coal
fields of the Pittsburg district, in which
event it will become rival of the Balti-
more q Ohios Wheeling division.
Engine 700, on the Big Four, yesterday
nauled fcrty-seven loaded cars from Shelby
vile to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS miles-in
forty-nne minutes There are some unite
sharp grades between these points.
District Superintendents z. A Rarzen of
Chicago, and G. II. Edwards, of ST. Louis
were in the city yesterday looking after
matters in connection with the operations
OF wagner palace cars on lines centering
here.
At four of the shops of che Big Four
Company the work of equipping the COM
automatic couplers is in progress. About 24O
cars per month are turned out with such
improvements
Milwaukee millers and grain and malt
shippers have been notified by the Pennsyl-
vania lines, the Vandalia, the Big Four the
Michigan Central and the Baltimore & Ohio
tnat all business to the East will be
charged strictly in accordance with tariff
rates.
Dr. A. H. Jones has been appointed chief
surgeon Of the Union Pacific lines, vice DR..
w. J; Galbraith. resigned, who had held the
position twenty-five years. Mr. Jones
comes from the Chicago & Northwestern,
and will reorganize the medical and surgi-
cal staff.
The anti-scalping bill reported to the
IN "a md ion
commerce, by a vote of to g. reduces
the penalty for the first offense from 81, 900
to 500 and strikes out the imprisonment
clause. 1t also prohibits the reselling of a
ticket a part of which has been used.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says that "a
better scheme to keep people away from
than that of charging excess fares on the
last trains, as by going via Indianapolis
and st. Louis travellers can make as fast
time to or from the East and save 81"
Passenger rates throughout the West are
becoming demoralized on account of the war
in Alaska rates. California rates are the
principal sufferers. A meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Western Passenger
Association has been called for Thursday
next to adopt measures to stay the trouble
1t is stated that Lewis Williams, who for
years was general superintendent of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. later of the
Nickel-plate, has fully recovered his health
and will probably enter railroad service
again on the Vanderbilt lines. He Is now
manager of the Cleveland Car Association.
1t is stated that the first mortgage bond
holders will bid in the Toledo st. Louis q
Kansas City at the coming foreclosure sale
and reorganize the company, continuing r
II +. Peirce in charge Of the property,
which, under his management. has made tns
most favorable earning exhibits in its his
tory.
B. A. Hegeman, traffic manager Of the
Lehigh Valley road, has resigned on ac-
count of Ill health. and 1t is understood
that H. c. Hickes. general freight agent,
will be the successor of Mr.. Hegeman E.
s. Auchincloss. a grandson of President
agent
Notice has been given by the Alton and
the Milwaukee, & st. Paul roads that they
will meet the Santa Fe's cuts In rates on
points TO Chicago. The santa Fe gave mo-