The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-28

when he became an invalid on account Of
injuries received while assisting in I'M
loading baggage TO get away from a sta
ton promptly.
George Kittredge, chief engineer Of the
Big Four lines. was IN the city yesterday,
looking after the improvements making TO
the yards of the Big -Four at the Belt road
crossing.
nected with the department OF s%uperin-
tendent of motive power OF the Big Four,
more recently at Brightwood, was buried
yesterday az Crown Hill.
Louis g. Lohmer for MANY years pas
senger conductor on the Panhandle, is dead,
and will be buried at Columbus. O., to-day.
The members Of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors or that city VIII attend.
The Order of Railway Conductors again
has under consideration the purchase Of the
Lookout Inn. on Lookout mountain. with
for sick and disabled conductors.
+. H. Beazell, rmerly superintendent OF
the Burlington shops at Omaha, Neb., has
been appointed superintendent of erection
for the Fort Pitt Bridge Company, whose
works are located at Cannonsburg, Pa
A corps Of civil engineers on "Wednesday
begun the survey of a line from Richmond,
Ind, to Harrison, o.. on the Big Four. A
former line. II Is thought, can be improved
on in avoiding curves and heavy grades.
Gordon Elliott, son of n. K. Elliott, for
merly general superintendent of the Van
daIia. is visiting friends in Terre Haute.
He is at present train dispatcher on the
Colorado & Southern. with headquarters at
Como, Col.
The Wabash has purchased a strip Of
ground one mile in length and several hun
dred feet in width at ~LOgansport. to make
the improvements spoken OF recently, by
which a difficult curve and heavy grade will
be avoided.
Within the last two weeks ten miles Of
new steel rail. weighing eighty pounds 70
the yard, have been laid on the western
division Of the Peoria & Eastern. and < =
for halle sting iC hpinO dicTrihntpn ~
rate of 100 carloads a day.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern has
placed a contract with Barney q Smith, Of
Dayton, o., for the building of two postal,
four baggage cars. three coaches. five ac-
commodation, passenger and baggage and
two combination dining, parlor and obser-
walton cars.
The Empire limited. which the Canadian
Pacific will put on next month. will be
scheduled at fOrty-five miles per hour from
coast to coast, and will absolutely make no
stops save to change engines and take
water. II will be largely a mail and ex-
press train.
Colonel Myron It. Herrick and Mr.. Parm-
alec, OF Cleveland. o., are in New York ar
ranging the details connected with the pur-
chase OF the Cleveland & Canton Railroad.
II is said that Colonel Herrick will take
up the question OF combining the Cleveland
az Canton road with the Wheeling & Lake
Erie road when he returns to Cleveland.
X. Il. Turner, general superintendent of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, was in
the city yesterday, accompanied by c.. II.
Cory, superintendent of motive power Of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton * Dayton. They spent
most of their time at the Indiana. Decatur
& Western shops, where five Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton engines are being re-
built.
The through freight crews Of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne * Chicago start out on
the long run of 1S9 miles, Pittsburg to Crest
line, prepared to board in the cabin cars.
They usually manage to have a man who
can cook, and Il supply OF the best eatables
on the market Is provided. The Fort Wayne
cabin cars are roomy and well provided with
arrangements for preparing meals.
There will be a meeting in New York to-
day of the Chicago & Alton Railroad. J.
j. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank. will be present and it is
tors will be chosen. 1t IS understood that
A z. Hartman accepted the presidency. of
the road only temporarily and it is not un-
likely that his successor will be elected at
the same meeting.
A call has been issued for a joint con-
ference between the Eastern and Western
lines to be held, in Chicago next Wednes-
day on rates and tonnage for the West via
the gulf, Mississippi river and Chicago on
the Atlantic seaboard. The purpose of the
from the Interstate-commerce Commission
| regarding the differences between export
and doemstic freight rates. A very large
attendance OF roads is looked for.
Engine GA, on the Madison branch of the
Pennsylvania lines, now running between
indianapolis and Madison daily. has an in
teresting history. 1t was purchased In lS45
and was the first engine run from Madison
to Indianapolis. 1t was built by the Mason
works. of Taunton; Mass and named
the present road foreman of engines Of the
Vandalia, ran the engine. Although 1t has
been rebuilt it still has the Mason link and
other features of the Mason engine OF olden
times. 1t is lighter than those built at pres
ent, but will haul three cars as fast as the
larger engines. 1t has 66-inch driving wheels
and a Bellepafre boiler, the boiler being the
most important change in its rebuilding.
There are many who believe the president
of the Great Northern has little money
Invested in the Baltimore IL Ohio and thai
fis connection with the reorganization OF
that the new owners have merely employed
him to put the road on its feet But per
sons hired to do such things are not usually
n ade members of the board OF directors
and Of the executive committee. The thins
that has won over more of the Hill scot
fers than anything else is the radical anC
in rate matters. actions, 1T is alleged. by
prominent officers. that the president OF M
other railroad in the United States would
dare to take, which Is, the best or evidence
Northern
One of the historic old locomotives Ia.
just been relegdted to the scrap pile. Thi:
famous old machine no. II was QUILT a
n"CoIonei MosIey." 1t was a typical ten
wheeler of the Southern type and considered
a great engine in its day. 1t was used OF
one of the Southern roads, and during tn
war was captured by the Union army ant
placed in the military service on the Orang'
IL Alexandria Railroad. where IL was rui
by Union engineers. After the war the en-
gines on the Orange * Alexandra RAILROAD
were sold. and the Colonel Mosley' wa'
purchased by Mr.. MoSley, who was theI
Superintendent Of the Allegheny Valley. an
was brought to PittsbUrg. 1t was placed II
service on the main line, where 1t ran TO
many wears, until finally, being too old an
| r;~bf was nlaced m n short branch.