The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-18

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mum of s1 to the Western gateway of the
trunk lines. On tickets 10 go one route and
return by another. with stopovers. me rate
will be one fare for the round trip plus 81.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
John T. Dye, general counsel Of the Big
-Four. returned from New York yesterday.
The international Association of Ticket
Agents will hold Its next annual conven-
son at Atlanta, Ga
1t is minated that George Brecount.
formerly of this city, now commercial agent
of the Monon at Cincinnati. is to be pro-
NOTED.
On June 1 the Chicago Great Western will
take control of and operate the Wisconsin,
Minnesota & Pacific read, extending from
Red Wing TO Mankato, siinn
For the first time in some years the Penn
.sylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio are
Obliged to run extra passenger trains to
accommodate their emigrant business.
The Big Four took into Greensburg from
Indianapolis yesterday on excursion rates
over So people to witness the laying of the
be erected in that city.
NJ. Curran, a conductor on the Pittsburg,
Fort wayne & Chicago. who has been run
vas on Monday stricken with paralysis.
His residence Is Crestline.
The report of Grand Chief Conductor
Clarke, of the Order of Railway Conductors,
a membership Of over 2,50. and financially
the association is in good condition.
The management of the Big Four was
yesterday notified That on saturday the
Pullman Company would begin TO deliver
twenty-five new box cars per day TO the
road until its order for 1900 cars is filled.
The Erie Railway Company has secured
New Castle & Northern road, a line which
1t now operates under lease. This gives the
Erie its own line between New Castle and
Sharon.
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master mechanic of the Lehigh Valley road
to take the position of master mechanic of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Mr..
m has held his present position but
a brief period.
The remains of Chauncey Kelsey. for
eighteen years auditor of the Chicago &
Alton. arrived In Chicago from Los Angeles
on Monday night and yesterday were in
TERED at Oakland Cemetery beside the re-
mains of his wife n daughter.
Converse. Ind, will try to raise the sub
sidy required to secure the building of the
Chicago. Indiana & Eastern through that
place in case the commissioners Of the
county decline to order an election in jack
son township to vote the subsidy asked.
Tn Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern has
solidated freight locomotives contracted for,
and they are doing excellent service. haul
ing 40 per cent. larger tonnage than the
largest freight engine this road has mad
1t Is stated that the Wabash people are
Indifferent as to what the decision Is in the
Eel River road case. Should Ii be adverse
to the company they will as soon as posi-
BILE build a road from Butler TO the Toledo
division, the line having already been To-
Gated.
Master Mechanic Skinner, Of the Toledo,
st. Louis & Kansas City, has induced the
machinists in the shops at Frankfort to re-
turn to work pending an examination into
their demands. The men expect to have the
scale for extra work in force prior to March
1 restored.
The Raldwin locomotive works is publish-
ing a series of articles on the consolidated
engines, and in the number just issued APP
dent of Purdue University, giving record of
the data taken from the Vanclain model
locomotive at Purdue.
The office of car accountant on the Della
abolished. leaving r. T.. Rennie out Of a
position. His duties will be looked after by
]. NJ DAILY, who recently went from the
Rock Island to the Lackawanna to be su-
perinterdent of transportation.
The Financial Chronicle computes the
gross earnings of 125 roads for the month
of April at s44,S27, 232, an increase OF 81, SIS,
SIS. sS4, 474. an Increase of 1856, IS; fifty
three roads for the first week OF May at $o,-
go. 6S1, an increase Of 1906, Ito. or Gle per
cent. =
George Haylor. district passenger agent
Of the Cincinnatt, Hamilton & Dayton at
Indianapolis and of the Monon, yesterday
was in Cincinnati for a conference with
Il dCSCH6CI air Ala Liz
Jo1rnal has good authority for stating that
a promotion awaits Mr.. Haylor in the near
future.
J. B.. Harter, one Of the oldest of the
ticket brokers in the city, who has been
quite i'll for some weeks, has decided to go
out of the business, which will leave but
one legitimate ticket broker in this city,
and he could not exist but for his close re-
lations with the passenger department OF
one of the weak lines.
Citizens of Frankfort. Ind, on Tuesday
evening entertained as their guests at the
Coulter House Samuel Hunt, receiver Of the
Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City, Joseph
Sherwood. general superintendent, and Cal
Nm ss snnosro ma master ter ditiesns G, tb hec e1ses
as to the building at Frankfort at an early
day a new depot.
1t is said that Columbus, O., is to be
abandoned by the Detroit 4 Lima Northern
Railroad. The road now enters that city
over the Toledo & Ohio Central from Peoria,
q distance of thirty-five miles. h change
VIII be effective Sune !; after which time
ern will be between Detroit and Lima, with
a branch service to Peoria, where the Ohio
Central will be connected with.
A company has been organised to build
another road between Knoxville, Tenn.
and Memphis. Tenn. The promoters of the
new road have not given out anything
definite in regard to the line and the right
of way. because such knowledge would
cause difficulty in securing the necessary
ground. The charter was granted by the
Sldte dutnOTlltS April Il. Inc CHdrler Il
a revival of the old charter of the Gallatin.
MurfreeSboro, Florence & Sheffield, modi-
fled so as to permit extension to Memphis.
The purchase of the Carolina Midland
Railroad by the Southern is an accomplished
fact. The Southern Investment Company.
which holds the stock and bonds of the
Charlestown Midland and the Severn &
Knoxville Railroads., will confirm arrange
ments which lave already been made and
will sell all these securities to the Southern
Railroad Company. AS soon as practicable
L $500 fto. tho nfHNaro nf fhncn roads uvtl
resign their positions, and the Southern
Railway management will appoint its own
officers TO the vacancies. Possession viii
be given Immediately.
The ties on the Santa Fe track are pick.
led in q solution of chloride of salts OF zinc
There are three or four big picking estab'
lishments at intervals along the road be
tween Albuquerque and Los Angeles. The
process makes a pine tie immortal. In tina
dry atmosphere ii lasts forever. The Santa
Fee tracks through the desert are sprinklee
with oil TO keep down the dust, like the
Pennsylvania tracks between Philadelphia
a great blessing in that rainless country
The oil is renewed once In three years. Il
costs $50 a mile and Ii Is worth many time:
the money TO the passengers.
The Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago & St
Louis, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain q
Southern. the Mobile & Ohio, the Illinois
Central, the Louisville & Nashville, the
Baltimore & Ohio and other
Interested roads have formed the Southern
passenger Association, to secure the main
tenance of rates and the regulation of pas
senger business from and through st. Louis
10 southern territory. General Agent Han
SON of the Iiiin0is Cautra1 Ia chairman