The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-27
WHERE THE BURDEN LIES
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPART
MENT REQUIRES CAPABLE MEN.
Neither the New York Central Nor the
PsnnsyIvania Will Take on Linn
tied Trains-GeneraI Notes.

''The time once was" said veteran rail-
way official yesterday, that the president
Of road and its general manager and gen.
eral superintendent were considered the
most important officials and were and now
are paid the largest salaries, but they are
by no means as needful to successful oper-
utions of the road as some of the subor-
dinant officials in the transportation de-
partment. There is the superintendent of
car service, who looks after and keeps the
cars moving; the superintendent of motive
power and equipment who must keep it
at the highest standard to move business
economically, but the officials who do the
work when business is active are the train
master, the train dispatcher and the general
yardmasters at the more important term
tnals. The presidents, the vice presidents,
the general managers and the general su-
perintendents can take their recreation
trips. having no anxiety about the business
on the line of which they are at the head.
But let an expert trainmaster or chief train
dispatcher, or even the general yardmaster
leave his post for even a day and matters
become more or less demoralized So truth
ful is this statement that superior officers
readily admit that the subordinate officials
named must necessarily be capable men,
sober and always at their posts to insure
prompt and safe movement of trains"
No Suspension of Limited Trains
Commissioner Farmer, of the Trunk Line
Association, says he has received word from
the general passenger agents of the more
important lines that the adjustment of the
passenger differential fares IS being con-
sidered. but the matter has not yet come
before the association in an official manner.
The passenger agents of several of the big
lines met in New York last Wednesday and
discussed the matter. but whether they de-
cided on a definite line of action is not
known. The meeting was of considerable
Importance, it intimated, and it is be-
Heved the agents are nursing what may de-
Velop into sharp fight between the strong
and the weak lines. If the plan under con-
sideration be carried out all dfferentials be-
tween New York and Chicago and st. Louis
will be abolished and the weak lines will
be forced to charge the same fare as the
great roads.
1t has been persistentiy asserted in vari-
GUS quarters that in order to assist in bring
ing about the abolition of the differentias
the New York Central and the Pennsyl-
vania would withdraw their Chicago limited
trains. 1t has also been asserted that the
decision to do away with these fast trains
had been arrived at in the course of meet
ing held on Tuesday between representa-
tives of the two companies. Samuel r.
Galloway, president of the New York Cen
trail yesterday denied emphatically that his
company had the least intention of stop
ping its limited service to Chicago. mo
proposition looking to the suspension of our
has ever been considered by the directors
of the New York Central nor will any such
idea ever be entertained. Our Chicago
limited will continue to run under any cir
cumstances ana 1t is safe to say that as
long as we continue running our limited the
pennsylvania will do the same"