The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-16

points on the main line between Philadei-
phia and Pittsburg. To-day President Thorn
Der of other chief officers of the Pennsyl-
vania Company. will start from Pittsburg
for a tour of inspection of some OF the lines
west of that city. The first stop will be
made at Cincinnati From there the party
will go further west. Chicago will also be
visited and the work of elevating the tracks
will be examined. This is the annual spring
inspection which, heretofore. has generally
been made in June. TIL lines east of Erie
and Pittsburg have already been inspected,
but the Western lines have not been gone
over by the officers of the Pennsylvania
They were recently inspected by the off,
GERS of the lines west Of Pittsburg and found
to be in good. order. 1t is stated that u
run may also be made over the Cleveland,
Akron q Columbus Railroad.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
&C. l. Allsberry, formerly agent of the
Big Four at C1ark's Hill, is now agent of
the company at Fowler.
Harry M. Swank has been appointed trav-
cling passenger agent of the Santa Fe lines,
with headquarters at Topeka.
M. L. Morris has assumed the duties of
chief engineer of the Peoria & Pekin Union,
with headquarters at Peoria, Ill.
M. L. ingalls,, president of the Big Four
from Hot Springs, w. Va. to-day.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton on
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dianapolis to Cincinnati, carried $50 people.
The Hooking Valley officials. of Toledo.
deny that a new fast train is to be put on
from Cincinnati. as predicted In a dispatch
sent out from Cleveland.
Elmer E. Sallitt yesterday assumed the
duties of travelling engineer on the eastern
division of the Wabash. being promoted to
the position from engineer.
Train IL on the Big Four on Friday made
the run from TempletOn to Lafayette, nine
teen miles, In sixteen minutes. time taken
for two stops to be deducted.
The work of putting in an interlocking
plant at North Marion, the crossing of the
Big -Four and the Toledo, st. Louis & KAN
sas City. was begun yesterday.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago
has just completed extensive improvements
at Wanatah In the way of modern and ex-
tensive coal chutes, sidetracks, etc.
Tt is stated that the Lake Erie & West
improvements. The present structures are
among the Oldest railroad buildings in the
State.
j.. III. Emmert has resigned as chief clerk
Pittsburg & Gulf to become assistant to the
president of the Santa Fe. Prescott &
Phoenix.
John c. Dietz, passenger agent at Cincin-
natl OF the Atchison, Topeka x Santa Fe,
died yesterday. His home was la Iowa City,
Ia, but he has been in Cincinnati about
four years.
Western lines will run homeseekers' ex-
cursions on the first and third Tuesdays of
every month up TO and including October,
the effort to abolish homeseekers' excursions
having failed.
Frank Bruce, master mechanic of the
Great Northern, who died recently at Great
salls, had been at the head OF locomotive
in that line of work.
Two hundred section hands on the Pitts
burg division of the Panhandle Railroad
struck yesterday for an advance in wages
of 10 cents a day. They are now getting
81. 20 a ddy and want 81. q.
William Cramer has been re-employed by
the Wabash as an engineer. Mr.. Cramer
was running an engine hauling a local
freight train in 1884 when the strike was
inaugurated and refused to work.
The present total Indebtedness of the Bal
timore & Ohio is $l2o, ASS, 132. %. The new Sc
curities to be issued June 1, which will clear
up all other Indebtedness and leave a hand
some surplus for improvements to the prop
erty, will amount to $l75, 00,0 900.
"A delegation of twenty members Of the
j: Q. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
OF the Big Four lines, yesterday to see what
could be done to improve the train service
between Danville and Cairo, Ill.
The formal bidding for the franchise for
sale by the city for the proposed Toledo &
Detroit, Shore Line road has begun. c.. N.
Haskell, for the road, has bid $1,000. The
second bid was by a Toledo syndicate and
1T offers 100000 more than Mr.. Haskell.
of the Baltimore & Ohio lines, is gratided
ness on the Baltimore & Ohio lines since
new equipment was put on and trains
on scheduled time.
Charles r. Myer. of the Big Four, ]. B..
Cockrum, of the Lake Erie & Western, and
p. B. Hutchinson, of the Pennsylvania
convention of claim agents i'm Buffalo on
May "a and 25- Mr.. Myer is president of
the national association.
In the month of Marcel, there were 1O5
galway accidents I'm this mt In xuhicb
thirty-six persons were killed and IA in
jured. OF those killed three were passeng-
| ers. of those injured sixty-eight were pas
sengers and ~seventy-two employees.
H.. T.. Vanhousen, formerly superintendent
Of the Idaho division of the oregon Short
intendent of the Wyoming division of the
Union Pacific. The position was made va
cant May / by the transfer of Assistant Su-
perintendent John Hay from Green River to
Laramie.
George Graves, superintendent of the In
diana, Decatur e. Western. says shippers
on the Ohio river division of the L., d. &
w. appreciate the facilities offered them.
He says it will be a good thing for Indian
aPSSilli live as Stock e ia of th eeT line cent %ill OF som nee to sf this
market, rates being more favorable and the
market always better.
George Whaley, vice president Of the Pam
first Vice PRESIDENT and will 0s repr eppT'n the
company I'm Paris, while the secretary,
Assistant General Manager edward A.
Drake, will assume the position OF second
vice president as well as secretary, with
charge of New York duties. Charles Paine
will be general manager.
W. +. Fishback. master in chancery,
stated yesterday that he would have his re-
port in the Louisville, Evansville & st.
Louis case ready by June II, and that short
ly after Judge Woods would probably issue
a decree for the sale of the road. The opin-
ion generally is that the Southern Railway
will bid i'm the road, that company now
having a large holding of the securities.
The Illinois Central has made an agree
ment with the New Orleans city authorities
| which allows il to build a dQuble-track road
along the river front from Pension street
to the Orleans parish boundary. This will
enable the road TO carry a much larger
quantity OF export freight within the city
erty which it has secured for wharves and
buildings.
Fifteen years ago Rushville. on the Gin
tonnage than did Connersville, but the bust
ness of Connersville has so increased that
enc of the G., III. & IL. officials said yester-
Cay that Connersville now shipped three
times the tonnage of Nashville and has be-
come the largest shipping point on the In
dianapolis division OF the c., II. & D., In
dianapolis excepted.
Warren j. Lynch, general passenger agent
Of the Big Four lines, was In the city yes
terday. Mr.. Lynch states that passenger
traffic with the Big Four Is brisk. On sun
day more people were carried on the excur-
sion rates on the system than In any day
in the history of the road. with one excep-
lion. Rates are well held and earnings
show steady increases. He spoke I'm very