The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-27

year of service on that road. During the
time j. II. DevereauX was president of the
Bee-line Mr.. Roberts was his porter and
cook
c.. s. Crane, general passenger agent of
the Wabash has asked the local agents to
suggest suitable names for the fast
trains the company is TO put on. Mr..
Crane will select the most appropriate from
the list sent in.
In passenger circles it is thought the
Canadian Pacific will hoist a flag of truce
and that at the meeting to be held Thurs
DAY 1t viii agree to at once end the kioII-
dixie rate war and restore rates to all points
in the Northwest.
The official report of Master Car Builder
Cohen; of the Big Four lines, shows that
since Nov. j 20 coaches of that company
have been renovated in the interior and
reprinted at the shops in Brightwood. Mat
toon and Delaware.
The second of the new wide vestibule din
ing cars on the Big Four will come out
of the shops Saturday and will be put
in service at once, not waiting for the entire
new train to be put on with the taking
erect of the summer time table
The Wabash is building some combination
cars OF new pattern to run between st.
Louis and Buffalo. One part of the will
be fitted up after the most modern style for
smokers and the other to carry baggage.
The car will be longer than the ordinary
baggage car.
Consolidation papers have been filed in the
secretary of states office. at Springfield, by
the Chicago, Hammond & Western, and the
Chicago Il Indiana State Line Railroad
companies, the two forming the Chicago
junction Railway Company. The capital
stock is 81 200, coo.
Newton Moore, an employee the Chi
cago g. Southeastern, mas brought suit
against the company for $4,000 On Aug.
D. 1881, he was assisting in placing a de-
rallied car on the track. when he was caught
IN such manner as to crush his right hand
so that it will be useless for life.
Points along the Monon south of Lime
fiq T7nx h0x f11n hes
service for Indianapolis they ever enjoyed.
AS trains are now ran one can leave Bloom
Ington at il a. M, be in Indianapolis at
30 p. m, and the service is equally good
from other towns between New Albany and
Limedale
On May is the Wabash will still further
reduce its time between ST. Louis and Chi
cago and the seaboard, proposing to sched-
ule its freight train over thirty miles an
hour after stops are deducted. For some
months the Big Four, in connection with
the Lake Shore, has made the speed record
with fast freight service.
George w. Fowler, who had been en-
ployed on the Baltimore & Ohio thirty
seven years, most of the time as station
agent at Mount Winans. is dead, some years
ago. in saving the lives of woman and
enid, ne lost an arm, and the severed mem
having preserved it in alcohol.
J. r. Hayden, late travelling auditor of
the Lake Shore road, was buried yesterday
at Auburn. Ind. He entered the service of
A@uhC No1lOIS III lcOU anu cOilllHu6Q uIlllI
Feb. l, 1898. when he resigned on account
of i'll health. He was highly esteemed by
associate officials and hundreds of employees
on the road who had occasion to transact
business with him.
w. w. Peabody, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Baltimore & Ohio
southwestern Railway has issued the fol-
lowing notice to all the employees of the
Baltimore e Ohio Southwestern Railroad
system: Pending the difficulty between
Spain and this country, ali employees who
enlist for war will be restored to their po-
sitions when mustered OUT
1t is said that there has been no dis
position on the part of the railroad COM
panies which have been moving the troops
and their equipment to charge what could
be possibly considered unreasonable rates.
In fact. competition was SO sharp that any
thing in that direction would have subjected
the road offending to severe criticism. 1t
is stated that none have been more ready
to respond and give the government all the
advantages possible in moving the troops
than the Southern lines, they laying aside
other traffic to handle the business of the
government.
A railway official well informed concern
ing the physical condition of the Vandalia
lines states that at no previous time has
the main line been in good condition
as now or its power in better condition. Re-
ceiver Malott is giving the Michigan and
the Terre Haute & Peoria divisions more
attention, making extensive improvements,
showing an inclination, says the official, to
protect the rights of all interests and when
the receiver turns the road over to a re-
organized company, or any part of it to the
security holders, they will find that the
property has increased handsomely in value.