The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-16

az in each case the road would be benefited
by working more closely, as was the case
up TO five years ago
The Wheeling & Lake Erie yesterday ere
ated the office OF engineer of maintenance
OF way, F. II. Alfred being appointed to
the position.
a large freight depot at South Bend. TO be
used chiefly as transfer depot TO con-
Meeting links.
The Porter lodge of the brotherhood of
Locomotive Ffremen, at Fort Wayne, re-
Gently received number of new members
and now has membership of 115.
+. A. Wadleigh, formerly general passen-
ger agent of the Rio Grande Western. has
been offered the position of manager OF the
immigrant pool of the Western lines.
Charles II. Ketcham. formerly superin
ttendent of the Dunkirk & Allegheny road,
has been appointed terminal agent of the
Lackawanna at New York and Hoboken.
The Pennsylvania Company. controlling
the Toledo, Peoria Western. has pur-
chased 1909 tons of new steel rails for that
road, weighing seventy pounds to the yard.
The report is revived that the Richmond
division of the Panhandle will be abolished
and divided up as parts of the 1ndianap-
oils the Cincinnati and Logansport divi-
sions.
Thomas Rodd, chief engineer of the Penn
sylvania lines west. and T. II. Goodman
were in the city yesterday en- route to the
southern part of the State for a few days
hunting.
Trouble is feared as to the supply of coal
for locomotives in this section, and the Lake
Erie & Western and the Chicago & Alton
are stocking up ahead of their usual re-
quirements.
George A. Blair. representing the freight
department of the Chicago. Milwaukee *
ST. Paul. and Harry Matz, of the passenger
department of the Chicago d Rock Island
are in the city.
j. O. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
| OF the Big Four lines. says he can see that
| there is a little easing up in the car situa-
pnpOpStpO business
| points is daily being relieved.
Kansas City is uneasy over the prospects
that the Chicago & Alton may secure con-
! troll of the Kansas City, Pittsburg * Gulf
| and make st. Louis and Chicago. instead
of Kansas City, terminals of the latter.
Four persons of this city. we'll informed
| concerning the outlook for the Big Four,
| have been OF late purchasing the stock In
| considerable amounts. President ingalls,
says the Big Four stock below sixty is a
| good purchase.
| it's Omaha line Jan. l, will place entirely
| new passenger equipment between Chicago
and Omaha. second to none in the coun-
| try. AT present thirty-eight cars are build
| ing for this service.
| The announcement from New York that
| the old board of directors of the Big Four
| has been reelected, and in turn the Off
Gals should put quietus on the rumors
! about changes on that road.
The first mortgage bondhoders OF the
| Peoria, Decatur q Evansville are confident
the property will be sold at foreclosure
sale at an early day as a majority of the
second mortaGage bondholders has assented
| TO the plan of reorganization.
The Financial Chronicle places the earn
| ings of III roads for October at So, 1863, O61
| an increase over October. 1885, of Sc. 094, 4S6
Since Jan. the earnings of the same roads
were 1894. 1885, 794. an increase over the cor
responding ten months of 1898 of $40, s65. 749
Maj. Charles Hine. general superintendent
of the F'indlay. Fort Wayne & Western
RailWay. has resigned on account of the
to assume charge of the extensive family
estate. His successor has not been an
nounced.
The Railway officials and Employees AS
sociation last week cid the largest bushes!
in the company's history, and there has no
been month"; Chalmers Brown. president
onbs IN Of sS
not shown.
For the second time the jury on tn,
blacklsting case of a. G. Roberts agains
W. p. Robinson and A. G.. Hinckley, of thu
St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Com
pany. for $4,000 damages has disagreed anc
were discharged. The jury stood II TO
| for plaintiff.
Yesterday the twenty-fifth annual conven
ton of the Railway Passenger and Freigh
Conductors Mutual Aid Association me
in Chicago. The association now has SS
the year ending Oct. 81 were 81 66.29; dis
| bursements, S19s9S1.19.
President Hall and former Presiden
Clark. of the New York. New Haven &
Hartford lines. will be in Chicago i'm
day or two TO confer with the Pullman
company in regard to contracts for new
equipment for the Bay State Express on
of the most popular of New England trains
The Wheeling & Lake Erie, besides ad
vancing the wages of all employees from
10 to 40 per cent, has made a change in it
class system for engineers, and will hence
forth pay for the time the engineer is EN-
ployed: Heretofore engineers have. bee
| divided into first, scond, third and fourtl
classes. Both engineers and firemen viii
be paid by the day and allowed thirty min
| utes extra on every hour of extra tim
| worked.
William Nicholson. manager of the Buff
falo railway clearing house, is compli
mented for establishing a system Of bill
ing through from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific coast and vice versa. The system wa
inaugurated on roads east of Chicago an
st. Louis some four years ago. but wa
! discontinued. 1t is now being made a com
plete success through the energetic work O
Manager Nicholson and gives promise o
being a permanent arrangement.