The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-12

T. Nicholson as passenger traffic manager
OF the Santa Fe is not only complimentary
to Mr. Nicholson, but gratifying to subor-
became greatly attached to him when he
was formerly with the road
This week the construction of the largest
dry dock in the world will be commenced
at Newport News. The company undertakes
the work without government aid The
dock will be nine hundred feet long ana ana
ninety feet wide, and will cost $l,OOOOOO
Much of the prominence Newport News has
developed is due to NJ. Il. ingalls,, president
of the Chesapeake & OHIO, VINO Is interested
in the dock Improvement.
The New York, New Haven e. Hartford
is building several baggage cars which can
be transformed into cars for the transporta-
tion of horses The fixtures are counter
sunk in the floor and ceiling of the car IN
such a way as not to interfere with It's
use for baggage; 1T has padded DIVISION
boards, the sides are cushioned, ana the
car will carry sixteen horses. II can be
converted from baggage to horse car III
ten minutes.
With the retiring of Mr.. Kelley in charge
now devolves largely on J. w. Irwin. d. ID.
Stansell, who recently left the advertising
department, had been with the passenger
department for twelve years. He now goes
to the Central road, of Georgia, 70 look
after its advertising department, and
George ingalls, is to look after the news
paper advertising. The latter is not rela-
tive Of NJ E. ingalls,. president of the road.
r. B. f. PIERCE states that the resignation
tn the 7 Toiedo st. Louis SS' & Kansas City. was
voluntary on his part. 1t becomes effective
May /, VIXEN j. w. Sherwood will become
general superintendent. Mr.. Peirce said yes
ferday that it had not been settled wheth-
err Mr. Sherwood would have his headquar-
tiers at Frankfort or at Toledo, but probably
no division superintendent would be APP
pointed, only trainmaSter for the eastern
division and in that case Frankfort would
likely be the headquarters of Mr.: sherwood
Friends of MIR. Sherwood are pleased over
his promotion.
The construction of new roads or extern
sions of existing roads has been small Tor a
number of years, but the current year bids
fair to see quite a change for the better IN
this direction. Already 2O,OW miles OF new
road are projected. the larger part or whlch
will be built into the southwestern STATES.
The improvement in this section is largely
due to the excellent crops OF the past year,
by which the roads prohted as Wen as py
the natural growth of population in sparse
ly settled territory, which has been encour-
aged by the railway companies the santa
Fe, the Illinois Central, the southern Kali
way and the Missouri, Kansas q Texas
have made special efforts in that direction
A railway official, in speaking of the ILL
nois Central, said 1T is one or the pest prop
critics in the country. 1t trades corn, APP
pies and pork for cotton, watermelonS ana
oranges. 1t drains crops from Iowa. WlScon-
sim Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, tennessee
and Mississippi. 1t is one great route from
the corn bins of Iowa and Illinois to the cot
ton fields of the gulf, the road fixes the pas
senger and freight rates between Sioux city
on the Missouri river, Chicago on Lake
Michigan, st. Louis and Memphis on the
Mississippi and Louisville on the Ohio river
to New Orleans, and it's financial condition
is the most satisfactory of any road in the
country, with the possible exception OF the
Boston & Albany and the Chicago d Alton.
Mr.. Oscar Shrader and wife returned Mon
day from Evansville, where they ATTENDED
the funeral of Mr.. Shrader's father, Col. A.
e. Shrader. The last rites We're particl-
pated in by numerous railway officials, en-
ployes and citizens, by whom he was
beloved and held in high esteem Colonel
Shrader was well known throughout the
railroad world for his marked abilities as
traffic manager, a gentleman of culture,
fine linguiSt and scholar. The 1nterment
took place at Oak Hill Cemetery sunday
afternoon in the family lot Colonel Shrader
died suddenly on Friday at the Hotel Ven-
dome. Evansville. A post mortem proved
that his death was due to gastritis, he hav-
ing been a patient and silent sufferer from
stomach troubles for many years.
In the current number of the Atlantic
Monthly Henry G. Adams, the interstate
commerce statistician, has O. lengthy and
interesting resume of the work of the COM
mission, which has been in existence ten
years, as the federal law to regulate COM
merce went into effect April 5, 1887. After
mentioning some of the disadvantages the
commission had labored under, he mentions
as one good thing accomplished the system
atizing in the keeping of railway accounts.
In this respect, before it began operations,
every auditor was a law unto himself, while
at the present time all railway accounts are
kept substantially upon the same basis, and
in this way the relative standing of our
railroads, the profits or losses incurred in
carrying on their business, can be deter
mined, Mr.. Adams says, with very 1alr
approximation to accuracy.