The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-12

rectors of the Canada Southern Railroad
Company, filling the vacancy created by the
death of James Tillingham.
Samuel Miller. William Chislett and Ed
Pennsylvania road, passed through the city
yesterday en- route TO San Francisco ana
Salt Lake City to be absent a month.
]. II. p. Hughsrt. generaf manager OF the
Grand Rapids & Indiana. will this morning
| start on an inspection Of the several divi-
| sions on his steam handcar, which gets over
the road at a speed OF twenty miles an hour.
J. NJ. Riley, superintendent of the Peoria
& Eastern, says the statement that Mr.
| Dickson, an ex-policeman. is TO be given a
conductorship on the Peoria * Eastern IS
not correct. All vacancies, ne says dfo
filed by promotion.
The Panhandle and the Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne & Chicago will by sept. 1 oe equip
! ped, between Pittsburg and Crestline and
bridges for signals, and the electro-pneu-
matte system will be provided.
A railroad expert in the maintenance OF
| the State line division Of the Pennsylvania
lines. says he was surprised to md that
the condition of the property ermpared well
with that Of the much more p~rttenuous OLE
visions.
The PENNSYLVANIA Company has discov-
cred. SAYS one of its officials. that the nrft-
class freight east and west-bonHd Yields
most revenue TO the company, and they are
now increasing the speed Of the merchan-
| disc trains and taking special pains TO run
| them On schedule time
e. A. Gould, superintendent of the east.
ern division of the Wabash. has a metnoo
by which he keeps in close touch with all
his men. Last week he had the aeents at
most of the important points on the east.
ern division meet him at Peru, mo-. AND
| have a general conference
T.. H.. Mccormick, who has resigned as
city ticket agent OF the Big r,our az L cpsse
clerk to w. H. Taylor, assistant eenerai
passenger agent Of the southern Railway.
| No successor 20 Mr.. MCCORMICK hdo oeeh
appointed on Saturday.
For some DAYS past Trains 20 and Il, on
| the Pennsylvania lines. have been so heavy
that much Of the distance between New
York and indianapolis they have been
| hauled by two locomotives. The Pennsyl-
| vania is giving more attention 10 moving
it's passenger trains on scneduieo ume lhan
in any former year.
THE Chicago division Of the Panhandle n
| now double track about two-thirds It's
length. and inside OF twelve months VIII 60
a double track division for liz miles over
this piece of road the business between
| Huntsville, indianapolis and Chicago Is nam
died. the business between oinein ana r ana
| Chicago to Pittsburg is added, which makes
II one of the busiest III miles OF road IN
the country.
acres OF valuable flint gravel land. a Few
| miles south OF Lafayette. The flint Is TO be
used by the PENNSYLVANIA lines Tor paiiast
a huge machine will be erected there ana
forty or fifty men employed. The plant. II
"a stated. will cost $50. coo, and the PENN
| sylyania lines will take several hundred
| thousand dollars worth OF the flint gravel
for use on the Panhandle and the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago.
One of the measures that was passed at
the last session of the Legislature OF New
York last week received the signature OK
Governor Roosevelt. IL permits the Gov
ernor 10 appoint conductors ana Drakemen
as policemen with all authority OF such Of
6ce. in cities and villages. but limited In lis
exercise 10 the land or property OF the cor
10 wear in plan view a metallic shiei.s
hearing the words. Railroad Police. and
giving the name OF the corporation oy
which the wearer Is employed.
Last evening Col. Oran Perry. general
agent of the Pennsylvania lines a. this
noint. n. J. Stiles. general agent OF the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, and Agent
Evans. of the same line; Cesar Rodney, OF
the vandaiia. and J. b. Eckman; division
inspector OF the Indianapolis weighing and
inspection bureau, left for Norfolk. Va.
70 attend the twelfth annual meeting OF the
National Association Of Freight Agents
THE sessions will be held In the academy
OF Music. IL Is expected that fully three
hundred agents will be In attendance.
ON Friday last thirty or more women who
are employed sweeping the coaches In the
Pennsyivania Railroad yards at Pittsburg
struck for an advance In. wages. An at
tempt was made 10 interview them by re-
porters. but they waved their brooms ana
scrubbing brushes threateningiy and made
a charge on the ONCE OF the man who n
in control of the car cleaning department.
Later on they returned TO work singino
songs OF praise. and the understanding wac
that while they are 10 receive no mere
wages they are TO have more help TO carry
the water.