The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-13

10 examine employees on sight and hearing.
The Baltimore g. Ohio had twenty-n nine
special trains into Philadelphia in the week
the Grand Army Of the Republic assembled.
Two more Of the Class he engines the
Baldwin locomotive works are building for
the Panhandle arrived at Columbus on Mon
day.
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois at Oak
dale. succeeding II. j. Burk, promoted to
be trafrmaster.
George A Depier, formerly passenger con-
ductor on the Panhandle, died at Roesville.
ILL.,. where he moved a few years ago to
engage In farming.
Harry III. Brightly has been appointed
yardmasnter of the Big -Four at La a.
motion for Mr.. Brightly.
On Friday a special train. consisting OF
three cars. passed over the Lake Shore road
and for several consecutive miles attained
a speed OF eighty-six miles an hour.
The Vanderbilt lines last week carried
east from Chicago 221z per cent. of the east
bound tonnage and the Pennsylvania lines
is per cent, the Baltimore e. Ohio coming
third.
The Royal Blue book Of the Baltimore
e. Ohio describing the Royal Blue Limited
Is an unusually artistic piece OF advertising
and the number is one OF more tnan orui-
nary attractiveneSs.
The Panhandle is breaking all records this
month in the transportation Of freight and
passengers and will show earnings Ing OF fully
1899 of at least $20.000,0o.
The improvements on the Baltimore g.
Ohio Southwestern are now so + advanced
that the number OF men is beins reduced.
On Saturday one hundred day laborers were
dismissed near Vincennes.
The net earnings Of the Northern Pacific
for August, 1899. were sd ,lo0 In excess or
those OF August 1885, and since July 1 an
spending two months OF 1888
II. Fl. Hendricks. of Chicago, has been ap-
pointed auditor of the Omaha, Kansas City
* Eastern and of the Omaha & st. Louis
tinues assistant treasurer
Train dispatchers on the western division
of the Erie lines have been notified that
hereafter they will be allowed one day 3
vacation In every two weeks, in addition to
their annual ten days vacation.
The device i'm use on the Queen & Crescent
to rid the passengers on their trains OF the
smoke nuisance is proving a decided sue,
cess, and the enginemen will be promoted
on the records for good work In this direc-
ton.
1t is stated that committee Of the fed
Grated employees OF the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton lines will wait on General
Superintendent Turner to take up the ques-
ton of the discharge OF Conductor Shuey
Miller.
workmen are engaged in erecting the
bridge which spans Saline creek on the Chi
cago & Eastern Illinois. This bridge almost
equals the bridge on this road at Shelby
vile, Ill, which Is the highest and longest
In Illinois.
Train on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne &
Chicago, as has Train IL on the Panhandle
has Increased from a train of three mall
and two express cars TO a train or nine
cars. so much heavier is the mail matter
now moving.
The bridge builders will to-day complete
the new steel bridge over Flatrock river.
on the Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
vania lines The last wooden bridge on
the main line has now been replaced with
a steel structure.
Next month the Big Four will receive
ten miles more of new steel rails to be laid
between Indianapolis and Shelbyville When
this is laid the ITO miles from Indianapolis
ing eighty pounds to the yard.
]. C. Nelson, who for some years past
has been engineer of maintenance OF way
on the Cincinnati division Of the Big Four,
engineer of maintenance OF way or the New
York Central from Albany to New York.
The statement telegraphed on Monday
night from Indianapolis to the erect u, tn 3ar
| an increase in their pay had no rounda-
ton. The pay of firemen on the Big Four
| always advances proportionately with that
| of the engineers. IL Is stated onciaily.
With the prosperity of the industries In
| the central States the north-and-south hines
| are exceeding all former records In tonnage
Considerable measure accounts for the
| shortage of cars for through business east
and west bound and Tor local tramc gen.
orally.
f. l.. Martin, of Kansas City, originator
of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Rail-
road, yesterday received a message from
| E. A. Stilwen. former president OF the sys-
| tenn, now i'm Chicago, that at meeting OF
| Pittsburg a. Gulf stockholders held on Mon
| day So 600. 600 of bonds were pledged in favor
of the Philadelphia committees reorganiza-
| ton plan.
| The current number of Leslie's Weekly
contains a series OF remarkable photographs
| taken at different points on the New YORK
! Central when trains were moving rapidly.
| also a cut of the new waiting room to be
constructed at the Grand Central Station
| New York which will be one of the mos,
complete and handsomest passenger stations
| in the world.
On most of the roads in Central Traffic
| Association territory the wages of this
| month will be the largest ever paid on these
one month in their history. Trains have
/ been run with unusual regularity and train
/ men have made considerable overtime, 50
/ much extra business has there been In the
/ way Of excursions. ETC.
The Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday in
augurated a passenger service from Cieve
land to Chicago oyer the Cle ,S A trs,n
each way daily. The company claims diff
| ferential, making the single fare 30 10
the nrs' Baltimore an g Ohio and Nicke.pIste rate
| and ii is said that protest may be made
In a notice of nonparticipation in the ex
port rates on grain the traffic officials o.
| the Chicago * Eastern Illinois say that thu
| road will accept no reductions in its earn
| ings on account of export traffic, this t
| apply only grain that Is billed for expor
| en- route or after reaching seaboard cities
but will apply its present New York rat
| TO Boston on grain exported through tina
| port.
At Toledo O.. yesterday Special Maste
| road VS. Elizabeth Ballini in which he find
| for the defendants. The railroad compan!
/ he finds has no deed for a strip of lant
known as the Miami and Erie canal bed, an'
| he cuts the right of way of the Wheeling
| 200 to ninety-five feet materially affecting
both roads, and the case will go to highe
/ court.
| Train 10, which leaves Boston at 1870 a
| m. daily over the Boston Il Albany, tn
| New York Central. the Lake Shore and tn
| Big -Four lines for the West, bids fair Il
| become as popular as is the Empire Stat
| express 1t covers the $50 miles from Boston
| to indianapolis i'm twenty-five hours. ant
| the run from Boston to Chicago is one hou
quicker than TO Indianapolis. The train /
| known the Chicago special and haulS
| sleeping car for st. Louis and one for Gin
| cinnati
eral manager of the Wabash the equipmen
! of the road has been increased sixty-fiv,
| locomotives. all of the highest standard
| 1850 box cars (6o.oco pounds capacity, .
| furniture cars, 800 coal cars $4,000 pounds
capacity, ten COACHES and two dining cars
| laid. Fortunately for the company he mad
| these purchases when prices were mucl
| lower than now for anything in the line o
| railway equipment or supplies.
The engineers committee of the Peoria &
Eastern yesterday had pleasant meeting
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