The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-23

nual ball in that city on Thursday night.
Seven hundred people were in attendance.
the Indianapolis Division being well repre-
scented.
Frederic Ellison who for some years was
claim agent of the Vandalia lines, has ac-
cepted a position under N. K. Elliott, gen.
eral superintendent of the Detroit. MilWau-
kee & Toledo. his headquarters to be at
Toledo.
The official test of the Chamberlain patent
mai-catching device at Bellefontaine. on
Thursday was a success beyond expectation.
Representatives of the Big Four, the Lake
Shore, the Pennsylvania and Erie lines wit
messed the test.
The Vandalia last week had one of its
heaviest weeks traffic. handling at Indian
apolis ,404 cars, 2575 being loaded; ,42S were
brought in and 1147 sent west. OF the in
bound movement 159 cars were loaded with
live stock.
The Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain was
last week taken out of the hands of a re-
cever, and on. Saturday Theodore Butter
field was appointed general manager. The
road will be transferred to the reorganized
company on June ].
The Pennsylvania Company, which has
just establiG Il service between Pittsburg
buled. cars bust for this service, which has
already developed a good deal of business
between the points named.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
indianapolis last week 6576 cars, 1912 being
loaded. The business of the Indianapolis
division and the Chicago division of the
some weeks past all former records.
Harry Smith, who has been appointed
travelling freight agent of the Big Four,
will have his headquarters in Chicago, but
his territory is largely in Wisconsin. When
with the Union Pacific Mr.. Smith was en-
ployed much of his time in Wisconsin.
The directors of the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie have elected w. II. Newman, president
p. & l.. E., and this week he will go over
the road and examine its condition and the
methods of doing business on that line
On Saturday morning the Big -Four placed
very handsome nigh flag staff on the
building occupied for its general offices at
Cincinnati, and in the afternoon a large
American flag was placed on it, purchased
with funds contributed at the general Of
fees.
The Southwestern limited trains of the Big
four are being rebuilt at the company
SHOPS, and will be equipped with full width
VeStlbules when they come out. A cafe car
Will be run on each of these trains between
ST. Louis and New York under the summer
time schedule.
On June Is the Erie will put on the new
passenger equipment building for it to run
between Cleveland and Pittsburg. The
trains Will be models There will then be
three lines operating between Cleveland and
Pittsburg, all running fast trians with the
most modern equipment.
The Panhandle is doing a large amount of
ballastlng where the track was damaged
by the high waters of the early spring. and
the track from Indianapolis to PittsbuFg
Will III thirty Gays be in the best cOndl-
ton in it's history, say those who know what
improvements are In progress.
General Superintendent Turner and Super
lntendent of Motive Power Cory, of the Gin
clnnat, Hamilton & Dayton lines, spent
saturday in the city, in the afternoon going
to the Indiana, Decatur & Western shops
where several of the companys engines are
rebuilding and repairs to coaches are being
made.
The new Glass H-5 locomotive the Penn
sylvania has Just placed in service is haul
ing up the hill from Altoona to Gallitzn
Just double the number of cars any locomo-
tive used on, the hill heretofore has been
able to haul. The engine is too large to
pass through the tunnels of Gallitzin or
Spruce creek.
director of the PENNSYLVANIA lines, in
speaking of the delay in making some con-
tempiated improvements. said on the lines
west of Pittsburg improvements now going
on would be completed, and Just as soon as
assurance comes that the war is over the
plan laid out in the way of improvements
Tor 1893 east of Pittsburg will be COM
.Mr. Galloway" said a local official lis
taking the reins on the New York Central
exactly as had been predicted, and the New
coats and go 10 work as Western railroad
men do if they expect to retain their posi-
IONS me movements he has already made
officials. . 'i'0U
The new police department of the Penn
ssyiyyaa i INES west is doing good work F.
Z. Herr has been selected as captain of the
ten detectives employed on the indianapolis
division of the Panhandle, and H. Harsh. of
the Richmond division. The Panhandle
has been suffering considerably of late
years from all sorts of petty thieving, and
It is believed the detective department will
stop it. wan
cthere has just been erected in the Mount
Clare shops of the Baltimore & Ohio at
Baltlmore new high pressure steam boiler
TOR the purpose of testing locomotive boilers
of
motive had to be hauled to the outside Of
the shop. fire built in the fire box and steam
got up IN order to make a test this
method consuming much valuable time I'm
der the new arrangement all this is done
while the engine is standing in the shop. a
system OF steam pipes having been SO ar
ranged that the engines on any track in the
erecting shop can be tested without being