The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-28

Personal, Local and General Notes.
On Sunday, Dec. IL, the FIVE railway broth
erhoods hold another union meeting in this
city.
Some Glass l. engines will be sent west
Of Pttsburg to haul the new fast mail
train. No. IA.
The Detroit. Toledo & Milwaukee is ar
ranging for terminals at Grand Haven. and
| If successful will put on a line of steamers.
The executive officers of the Western lines
will meet in Chicago on Tuesday to decide
what shall be the scope of pass issues for
| 1859.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company, of
New York has purchased 81 900. 600 of the
Chesapeake a Ohio 412 per cent. bonds re-
Gently issued.
The Panhandle will this morning put at
work two steam shovels and four construc-
ton trains in cutting down the grade at
West Lafayette.
This was the first year that the railroads
have reduced rates for Thanksgiving day.
and the large travel gave evidence that the
favor was appreciated.
The Lake Erie & Western earned in the
third week of November s6n9s9, against
s64 49, in the corresponding week of 1891,
and against $6S,ls7 in 1896
Indiana and Ohio coal roads are now hand
ling the largest tonnage of coal of any year
of the last six, so many manufacturers are
changing from gas to coal
The rate clerks of the roads in the Chi
cago and Ohio river territory will meet in
Chicago tomorrow TO fix on rates to South
ern points on tourist tickets.
1t is officially announced that the Grand
Trunk and the Canadian Pacific lines have
settled their differences and passenger rates
will be restored to tariff to-day.
Tomorrow the Chicago. Burlington e
Quincy will inaugurate its new through
tourist sleeping cars from st. Louis to Cali
fornfa points with fine new equipment.
w. c. Arp, superintendent of motive power
of the Vandalia, is suffering from a re-
newed attack of rheumatism and has gone
to the northern part of the State for treat
meEt.
Col Samuel Moody, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
West, who has been in California with an
invalid daughter is expected home to-
Eli Cramer, formerly of Fort Wayne. has
been appointed engine inspector of the Pitts
burg. Fort Wayne & Chicago line at Allie
gheny. He daily inspects at the roundhouse
eighty locomotives.
The opinion prevails among railway Off
Gals that more improvements will be made
to important railway systems and many of
the smaller ones in the year 1899 than In
either of the last ten years.
Engineer Chckering, of the Pennsylvania,
has resigned on account of poor eyesight
twenty of which was on the Pittsburg divi-
sion of the Pennsylvania lines
1t is stated that Bryan Snyder assistant
general freight agent of the ST. Louis q
San Francisco, is to succeed General Pas
senger Agent Winchell. who on Dec. / goes
to the Denver & Gulf traffic manager.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
indianapolis last week ABA loaded cars, 324
more than in the corresponding week of
1897. On the indianapolis division ,254
loaded cars We're forwarded and 933 re-
ceiVed.
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis last
week 1910 loaded cars. four more than in
the corresponding week of 1897 The road
brought in 46S and forwarded west 9l2
loaded cars OF the inbound movement 124
We're loaded with live stock
The Philadelphia & Reading has ordered
from the Baldwin Locomotive works ten
heavy freight locomotives. Traffic over the
line is now so heavy that the company has
borrowed twenty locomotives from the
Beech Creek Railroad Company.
In Cuba a locomotive engineer, who also
must be a good mechanic, is paid $50 a
month I'm gold, the fireman $50 in gold and
the conductor $780, The brakeman receives
the same as the fireman; switchmen are
paid $50 and section men 800 in gold.
The Big -Four lines proper handled at In
dianapolis, In the week ending Nov 26,
1928 loaded cars, 15S fewer than in the cor
responding week of 1897. Any decrease the
Big -Four may now show Is due to the i'm
possibility to secure many cars as it
needs.
H. B. Black, who few days ago retired
as agent of the Big Four lines at Pana, ILL.,,
was the oldest agent in time of service on
! the road, being appointed agent at Pana by
| the indianapolis e. ST Louis Railroad Com
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The receivers of the Baltimore g. Ohio
have entered into an agreement with the
Lake Erie & Western interests regarding
certain details connected with the floating
debt OF the P1ttsburg d Western, which
will aid i'm an early reorganization of the
property.
1t is stated that other than the Kansas
City, PittsbuTg K Gulf would like to secure
control of the Chicago K Alton, and may
make an effort to raise the cash to buy the
road, as the controlling powers decline to
take bonds or other railway securities for
their interest.
William Green, who on Dec. / becomes
vice president of the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Southwestern, spent Sunday in Columbus,
O. 1t IS understood that General Manager
Rawn will be transferred = the Baltimore
& Ohio, and Mr.. Green will 'l.so be the gen
eral manager of the property
For the first time in years the fall reduc-
| ton in the operating departments of roads
In the Central Traffic Association and the
| trunk lines has not been made. In fact. in
regular train service and in yards at termi-
nails, more men are now in service than in
any November in the history Of most of the
lines.
The cause of the explosion of one of the
engines of the Erie road last week is still a
mystery. AS "a fireman the road on
Wednesday discovered a stick of dynamite
in his coal as he was about to throw it into
the iire-box, it is feared the accident to the
locomotive which exploded was from such
| a cause.
The Vanderbilt lines have commenced a
consolidation or their smaller shops with
the more important ones, which Is throw
| ing a number of men out Of emplyment. At
Buffalo two hundred men lose their jobs by
consolidating the Scott-street shops with
those of the New York Central shops at
Depew.
On Dec. 1 the firemen on the Big Four
lines will begin service under a new sched-
ule. After several conferences with j. q.
Van Wrinkle, general superintendent. what
had been considered as grievances by the
firemen were satisfactorily adjusted The
grievances We're all of an unimportant
character.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
has issued a circular stating that with the
beginning of the coming year the company
viii not exchange annual passes with other
than immediate connections or companies
which have traffic relations Further. the
transportation companies book or trip
passes for counter signature.
The time of the new train No. II. on the
former schedule The first stop is at Rich
mond, the next at Dayton. The schedule is
siXty-five miles an hour on favorable
stretches The run from Columbus to Pitts
burg was made in four hours and twenty
four minutes on Thursday. the train being
late in leaving Columbus. being delayed by
a freight wreck
The Big Four has notified agents that the
war tax must be paid on tickets to Havana,
cuba. The circular says: When you have
Application for one way or round trip tick
cts TO Havana, you must secure from a
bank or the custom house a revenue stamp
OF 81 denomination. affiX same 70 back of
contract of ticket and cancel with dating
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