The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-02

PERSONAL, Local ana GeneraI NOtes.
j. c. Gentry has been appointed agent of
the Vandalia at Harmony, Ind.
The time limit on the Columbus. Sandusky
e. Hooking plan of reorganization has been
extended to July 10.
The Big Four lines proper in June, 1898,
handled on the system Is, 292 more loaded
cars than in June. 1897.
The Chicago, burlington & Quincy is
building a fine steel bridge across the llli-
nois river at BeardstoWn.
James McCrea, first vice president of the
Pennsylvania lines, is on Western trip.
He was in Chicago yesterday
The official report of the Big Four shows
that at the city freight depots in June 2,S49
cars were loaded and 1882 unloaded.
The National Association of Railway
Surgeons will begin its annual meeting at
Toronto on Wednesday, to continue three
days.
VIM. D. Cornish. of St. Paul, assumed the
duties of first vice president of the Union
Pacific, and will have his headquarters at
New York.
1t is said the Illinois Steel Company has
secured control of the Elgin, Joliet &, East
ern, which extends from their plant to
South Chicago.
The Queen & Crescent has made ample
arrangements to carry to Chattanooga at
low rates all the G. A. R. people who will
attend the encampment at Cincinnati.
F. H. Tristram, central passenger agent of
the Wabash line, yesterday buried his moth
er at Marion, Q. Mr. Tristrams parents are
zenS of central Ohio.
Employees on Western lines who are paid
by checks monthly will not get their pay as
promptly as usual this month, as the roads
have not been able, as yet, to get the reve-
nue. stamps required for such checks.
The Central Ohio Coal and Coke Com
pany. organized thirty days ago, is already
III danger of disruption on account of the
failure of certain railroad companies in the
association to maintain their agreements.
An order has been issued for the sale at
foreclosure of the Ohio Southern road. This
IS the second@attempt to dispose of the road
in this manner, and the attorneys interest
ed say that this time the road will be sold.
NJ. F. Long. agent of the Lake Erie &
Western at Lafayette, is so much of an in
valid that he has been taken to st. Eliza
beth's Hospital to be cared for. He has lost
the use Of his lower limbs and gets about
in an invalid rolling chair.
Horace Reardon yesterday succeeded N
X. Elliott as general superintendent of the
Toledo, Detroit q Milwaukee. Mr.. Reardon
was formerly superintendent of the Chi
CaSo, Peoria x St. Louis. Mr.. Elliott will
go West TO engage in commercial pursuits
The executive board of the new South
western Passenger Bureau consists of Cen
Missouri Pacific; Barker. of the Missouri
Kansas x Texas. Winchell, of the St Louis
q San Francisco, and lie Beaum, of the
Cotton Belt.
The rate war between the American lines
and the Canadian Pacific has reached such
stage that the Nickel-plate, the West
Canadian Pacific rates, are not getting to
exceed fve-eighths of d cent per mile for
carrying passengers.
General Manager Hutchinson, of the Penn
sylVania, is proving a valuable man for the
parent line in that position He has lust
completed trip over the road. carefully in
Speeting the property and conversing with
leading citizens at the more important
points as 10 the manner their business was
looked after, and asking if any reforms
could be suggested to better the service
leDOFtS
made of the facilities for handling bust
ness.
The actual amount of new track laid in
1898 up to date says the Railway Age is
Isl 90 miles. This is more than has been
laid in the first six months of any year
since 1872 In lSs2-the last year of prosper
lty before the panic-the construction, up to
June 81 was 1857 miles Slightly more than
half the new track has been laid west of
the Mississippi river: OF the remainder. laid
east OF the Mississippi, 15S miles only are
north OF the Ohio river and 357 miles south
Of the same line.
p. A. Bonebrake began his work on the
pennsylvania lines as a telegraph operator
and has been so efficient that promotions
have come fast. He will remove the cleri-
cal force OF the late superintendent of the
indianapolis division TO Columbus next
week. Mr.. Mansfield, as superintendent of
the indianapolis a incomes. superintend-
ent of terminals at INDIANAPOLIS and enei-
neer or maintenance of way of the Union
tracks and Belt road, win be Obliged to in
crease his force some what.
General Manager Waldo. of the Cincin-
natl Hamilton & Dayton Yesterday ended
ms conference with the telegraph operators
a. 70 pay, time, etc, and. while the OPP
orators ala not get what they demanded.
which meant an Increase in pay for that de-
partment OF $4,000 year. set of rules
governing employees as to what constituted
a days work was adopted. and in some
cases the pay Of the operators advanced
me demands OF the men We're carefully con-
sldered. ana II was shown by General Man
ager Waldo that they were in some respects
unreasonable. The conference closed with
god feeling between the operators and the
officials.
the Central Association of Railway Off
Gals which will hold It's annual convention
n this city July 1913, IS combined assoca-
non or seven divisional associations of OPP
~F@f'na oii1ciais Of railways, the hcadq1ar-