The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-18
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that passengers and baggage will be trans
ferfed free of charge.
A handsome colored folder advertising
homeseekers excursions to the West, via
the Union Pacific, has just been issued and
a supply sent to T. 9. Wallace, travelling
passenger agent in this city
Seventytwo men employed by the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois, who reside at Dan
VILE ILL., have placed their names on a roll
as volunteers in case of war with Spain.
The list comprises trainmen, yardmen and
shopmen.
Business continues good with all Western
lines, and rolling stock is seldom as fully
employed in the spring months as at pres
ent. In fact complaints are heard of an
insufficient number of cars TO move busl-
ness offered.
e. Pennington. who for ten years has been
division superintendent of the Minneapolis.
ST Paul & Sault Ste Marie road. on Satur-
day assumed the duties of general superin-
tendent of the property, with headquarters
at Minneapolis.
Thomas E. Fisher, chief clerk of the pas
senger department of the Union Pacific,
Denver q Gulf. has been promoted by Re
ceiver Trumball to succeed General Pas
senger Agent 3. 1. Winchell who goes to
the st. Louis d San Francisco lines May l.
A new lodge of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen was organized yesterday at
Braddoek, Pa, starting with over one nun
dred members. The number of railroad men
at Braddock and Bessemers has greatly IN
creased with the opening OF the carnegie
lines.
The Canadian Pacific and the 500 line
will place freight and passenger representa-
tives at Pittsburg This action is creating
stir in Pittsburg railway circles as usu-
ally decentralization in rates follows the
trail of these companies entering new ter
ritory.
The Big Four yesterday resumed its Sun
day excursions, running one from Cleveland
to Columbus. Probably one will be run from
indianapolis to Cincinnati next sunday, IL
being the Big Four's turn to run the nrst
one under the agreement with the Clncin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton.
General Manager Adams, of the Columbus
Northwestern, last week let the contract
for building three new passenger depotS
and four new freight depots, and will this
week contract for new depotS at otnef
points The passenger depots are to be
built at Lewiston, Hopeview and Santa re-
The first fifteen days of April there were
handled on the Big -Four system proper a.
handled in the corresponding halt month OF
1897 of "a 744 loaded cars On the Peoria &
Eastern there were handled in the same
period 1869 loaded cars, an increase this
year of $40 loaded cars.
Hundreds of men are employed on the
Pittsburg Fort Wayne & Chicago reducing
South Brighton. This work was started sew
eral years ago, but abandoned during the
dull times. This work completed, engines
will haul five to eight more cars, and the
fast trains will be able to increase their
speed
The Big Four is endeavoring it is stated,
TO secure control of the Lafayette Belt Rail
way, either by lease or purchase. For three
years the Wabash had contract. which eX-
pireS May /. by which it handled the bust
ness done over it, The road runs to the
fair grounds, which have become resort
of pleasure seekers a number of excursions
last year having been run to it,
S. r. Galloway is noted among railroad
men for his unpretentiOus habits, as a rule
travelling in a coach with, the public, but
his position is now such that he cannot con-
veniently do so, and the Wagner Palace
Car Company has furnished him the elegant
private car Grassmere to travel In. 1t Is
stated that it took a considerable amount
of gentle pressure to induce him to accept
the offer of the Wagner people.
G. w. Shinn an engineer on the Mich
igan division of the Big -Four, is inclined
to be sarcastic over the boasting of the Wa
bash of hauling George Gouds special l0l
miles in 10 minutes He says on the Big
-Four this would not be called fast. On
Thursday a train on the Michigan division
was hauled from Louisville to GreenSburg,
eighty miles in SeVenty-one minutes haul
ing many cars as the Gould train.
When the auditors of roads comprising
the Union Railway Company turned the
ticket ONCE at the Union Station over to
the new general ticket agent discrepancy
of $2.11 was found i'm the accounts of>the
late Daniel Donough, the cash being that
amount ahead. This worried the clerks,
and since the examination they have, when
they had leisure, bSe4 tying to ascertain
where the mistake was made On Saturday
they discovered it, and the accounts, which
cover thirty years, exactly balance.