The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-16


Good progress is making on the new Big
Four's depot at Terre Haute. which will be
a credit 10 the road and to the city. The
contractor is confident he Will have IL ready
for occupancy by May /.
l.. w. Campbell, general agent OF the
freight department of the Great Northern
road. and Col. William Shaw. district pas
senger agent OF the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy road, are in the city.
Raymond c. Jones will succeed Frank
Read as city passenger agent OF the Penn
sylvania lines at Pittsburg. Mr.. Read Is now
at the head of an intelligence office at the
entrance OF the general offices.
Edward Fisher, a conductor on the Pam
handle has Unexpectedly become wealthy,
the family farm, near Bowerstown. in
which he is principal owner. having been
leased at high figures by oil operators
F. w. Buskirk. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Erie lines. who left for the
West Indies "a day or two ago, expects 10 be
absent several months. He was kindly re-
membered by his associates just before leav-
ing.
The project known as the Cleveland &,
New Castle Railroad, OF which the late Cal
vim S. Brice was tho promoter has been en-
trely abandoned, and property purchased
at Youngstown and other points is being
sold.
Frank Clark. who resigned as chief cleo
trician of the Big Four to enlist in the
United States engineering corps, and who
Is hrst lieutenant Of Company +. arrived
home from Cuba on a short furlough yes
terday.
w. III. McDoel. vice president and general
manager Of the Monon lines. who has just
returned from California. is inspecting the
main line this week and looking after some
new enterprises the MOnon people are inter
ested in.
One of the surprises TO the officials OF the
Big Four lines is that while freight earnings
are a; unsatistactory' Ihe passenger onS ,d is
February was much better than had been
anticipated.
The order for the construction OF a second
track on the Central Ohio division of the
Baltimore 81 Ohio lines. extends from Bel
laire to Cambridge, fifty-three miles. 1t Will
take year TO complete the work, and the
cost will be S1,25O,0O0.
Beginning next Monday the nearly six
hundred men at the Vandala shops in Terre
Haute will work ten hours a day, starting
at $50 in the morning so that they may stop
at p. m. on Saturdays. They have been
working nine hours a day.
1t is probable that Benjamin Norton, the
new general manager of the Ohio Southern
will decide to remove his headquarters from
Lima to Springfield, O. il is stated that II
will require 81 0O0, go to bring that road and
its equipment up to the standard.
Mr.. MacSmith, who had charge of the
Grand Trunk exhibit i'm this city; states that
over $3.50 persons I'm the three days the ex-
hibit was here visited the room. larger
number than at any point that the exhibit
has been made on its present trip.
The Northern Pacific announces a reduc-
ton in second-class rates from ct. Paul to
eastern washington Correspond 1 with its It's
rate of $25, second class, to Pacific coast
points, which was made a few days ago.
Frank Reed. general passenger agent Of
the Monon, was in the city last evening and
expressed himself as much pleased with the
business the MonOn was doing over itS In
dianapol division. He said that all over
the system business was very satisfactory.
The Toledo, ST. Louis & Kansas City is
this week removing most of the machinery
Within the last day or two ten carloads of
this machinery has been removed. making
the shops at Frankfort much more impor-
tant.
Railways have decided to follow the heavy
cut in the Northwest on second-class tour
list rates and make them base for. their
lieved that all the lines in the Central Pas
senger Association will do the same.
A company with the title of the Union
Station Railway Company Of Buffalo has
filed articles of incorporation with the Sec
rotary of state at Albany, n. Y. The COM
pany has been formed TO build a union rail-
way station at Buffalo and will operate
under its charter six miles OF union tracks.
A new interlocking plant was put in
operation yesterday at West Springfield at
the crossing of the Big Four's Sandusky di-
vision and the Peoria & Eastern, and by
April the interlocking plant at Mansfield,
the crossing of the Peoria & Eastern and
the Wabash. will be completed and in opera
ton.
A special train on the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton q Dayton made the run from Cincinnati
TO Toledo-202 miles-in four hours and twen-
" minutes. General Manager Waldo was on
the train. accompanied by Mrs. w. c. Col
burn his mother-in-law, on her way home
from Florida to Detroit, where her husband
had just died.
A traffic arrangement has been perfected
between the Santa Fe and the ST. Louis,
Peoria & Northern by which the latter has
secured an entrance to Chicago and Will
henceforth be an active competitor for all
Chicago-St. Louis business. Under this ar
rangement trains will be run between St
Louis and Chicago without change.
Ford Wood. general freight agent of the
Peoria & Eastern; NJ. r. Maxwell, assistant
general freight agent OF the e,Is ahe Ere
agent of the Panhandle; John ;. Lazarus
traffic manager of the Indiana, Decatur *
Western, and j. Il. Eckman, of the weighing
and inspection bureau are in Chicago at
tending a freight meeting.
One of the older men in time of service
on the main line of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
tion made vacant by the retirement OF Pas
senger Conductor Mounts. The company
makes 1t an invariable rule to promote the
older conductors TO running the through last
Hayes now ranks as the oldest conductor
in time of service on these lines.
The retiring of w. T. Manning as chief
engineer of the Baltimore q Ohio lines Is
exciting comment 1t is stated that IL was
voluntary on his part. He says he expects
TO better himself by taking the step. He ex
poets to devote much of his time to the
Manning rail, his own invention. designed
TO economiZe the cost OF maintaining track,
1t promising large financial return.
For the present the cut on second-class
passenger rates between st. Paul and Pa
cific coast points will have no effect on the
rate in the Central Passenger Association
territory. even for basing purposes In 9TH
err words, the Central Passenger Association
oh hni Of
tariff rates TO St Paul. 1t is expected that
some action will be taken in the matter
later Chairman Donald will call special
meeting to consider the matter.
1t was officially stated yesterday on be-
half of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Com
pany that that company had no negotia-
tons. either pending on contemplated, for
the use, Of the Chicago Terminal Transfer
Company's terminals in Chicago. The re-
cent advance in the latter companys Sc
eurities has given rise to number OF re-
most OF these stories have brought in the
Alton as buyer or lessee. The terminal
company has contract with the projected
ST Louis K Northern Short-line for Chi
cago privileges, but the completion OF the
latter scheme is not yet an accomplished
fact.
General Manager Underwood. OF the Bal
timore * Ohio. has issued the following gen.
eral notice TO station agents and trainmen:
Your especial attention Is directed 10 the
treatment of patrons by employees of the
company. Complaints have been made from
various sources of discourtesy TO freight
and passenger patrons on the part of our
agents, or their representatives. at several
of our stations. and also inattention OF con-
ductors and brakemen TO properly care for
no cause for such complaints. 1t is part OF
your duty TO see that our patrons are