The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

Duluth line. which had been waiting the
opening of navigation TO haul several thou
sand bushels of corn from Minneapolis TO
Duluth. found last week that the elevators
had been cleaned out. The Milwaukee & St
Paul and Chicago Great Western, with the
help of two Eastern roads, went in and
brought out the grain by way Of Chicago.
The Lake Shore took the Great Westerns
haul TO New York and the Pennsylvania is
taking the St Paul's shipments TO Balti-
more Keen as is the competition, there is,
SO far, no talk OF rate-cutting
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The directors OF the Pennsylvania Com
pany yesterday declared the regular semi
ANIMAL dividend of 21z per cent.
The interlocidng switch OF the Big Four.
Monon. Lake Erie e. Western and Wabash
railways at Wabash will be opened for work
tomorrow.
Since July l the Big Four proper has
earned 81, I4. 434. which is S172. 99z more than
was earned in the corresponding period OF
the preceding year.
Pennsylvania interests are buying the
Brice shares in the Cleveland, Akron q
Columbus and other companies, and some
Dig deals are said TO be pending.
The Indianapolis division of the Railway
Scperintendents' Association held its regu-
lar monthly meeting yesterday. Nothing
but routine business was transacted.
The newly-elected Wheeling G. Lake Erie
officials took charge of the road yesterday.
The change was made without formalities.
No important changes were announced.
A report Is current that the Mobile e.
Ohio is making such arrangements that it
will be able TO run trains directly from
Mobile to Chicago within the next year.
III. NJ. Bronson was in Cincinnati yester-
day to confer with the new general pas
senger agent, Warren Lynch who yester-
day became the head of the passenger de-
partment of the Big Four.
During the absence abroad of c. f. Schaff,
general manager of the Big Four lines.
heads of departments who have been re-
porting to him will report TO j. .. Van
Wrinkle, general superintendent.
Any report that the traffic alliance be-
tween the Monon and the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton may be broken may be looked
upon, says a railway officials, as a bluff to
force the c., II. q ID. into the combination.
A banquet in honor of President c. p.
Huntington and Vice President Hubbard, of
the South Pacific, was given at the Palace
Hotel last week by the general officers resi-
dent In San Francisco. Covers were laid for
two hundred.
left the office of J. O. Van Wrinkle. general
superintendent of the Big Four on account
of poor health and went West, has returned
and yesterday resumed his old position with
the Big Four.
The Indiana & Illinois Railroad has been
formally transferred to the Illinois Central
and will hereafter be operated as an indie
Illinois Central now has a direct line into
the Indiana block coal fields.
NJ. ID. Woodford, president of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton Dayton lines, who is
West for ten days. will. before returning to
New York. make a trip over the Indianap-
oils division of the c., II. & d. and over the
Indiana, Decatur & Western line.
senger officials of the Vanderbilt lines in
Cleveland on Friday p. o. Mccormick, the
retiring passenger traffic manager of the
well, accompanied by an abundance of good
wishes.
There is good authority for stating that
Charles Rockwell will be retained as traffic
manager of the Monon lines. President
McDoel recently said that he was the only
subordinate official he had ever had that
could accomplish more in day than he
(Mr. McDoeD could.
L. ]. Ferritor, assistant Superintendent Of
the middle division Of the Grand Trunk has
been offered the position of joint superin-
tendent of the wabash-Grand Trunk roads.
with office at st. Thomas This office was
vacated by George c. Jones, who was ap-
pointed superintendent of the middle divi-
sion.
W. o. Beckley, president of the Old Re-
liable Association of Conductors, is Wa
bash conductor, living in ST. Louis. He is
a brother-in-law Of G. w. Constans. of the
general freight department Of the Baltimore
Pennsylvania lines, Is vice president Of the
association.
1t is stated by the freight agent of one
of the Eastern roads that the Interstate
vestigate the contracts on oats recently
made by the Wabash and Lake Shore, and
the corn contracts of the Lake Shore and
Fort Wayne in connection with the Great
Western and st. Paul roads.
Frank Z. Conway and r. L. willard
who represent the Railway Officials and
Employees Association in the Northwest, are
Brown and General Manager Bells. Mr..
Conway formerly resided in Laporte Ind.
He reports the membership of the associa-
ton as rapidly increasing in the Northwest.
III. B. Van Horn, assistant superintendent
of the Pullman Palace Car Company serv-
ice at Pittsburg. will leave in few days
for San Antonio. Tex, having been APP
pointed superintendent of the Pullman in
terests there III. s. Robinson, who is now
in the employ of the Pullman Company. will
succeed Mr. Van Horn as assistant superin-
tendent at Pittsburg.
There is no class of railroad men more
uneasy at present than are the conductors.
Formerly the general superintendent dis
of their number stood some show of having
a hearing if dismissed Now dismissals
come from the auditor. the general manager
and recently from the president of a road.
the order of dismissal being sent from New
York.
Despite the fact that the mail trains OPP
Grated by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
between Chicago and Council Bluffs are the
fastest in the couptry their engineers ex-
perience comparatively little difficulty in
keeping them on time. There are two Of
since Jan. l and the other four times. The
schedule OF the latter Is five hundred miles
in ten hours and fifteen minutes.
e T. White, superintendent OF motive
power of the Baltimore & Ohio east of the
Ohio river was rendered banquet Sat-
urday at Baltimore by the employees of the
road. A gold watch and chain was pre-
sented TO him by his associates in token of
their esteem. On one side of the case of the
watch is engraved a monogram "E. T. W.
while on the reverse side Is an engraving
of locomotive. About $50 sat down to the
dinner.
Henry NJ. Waite for some years past SUI
perintendent of bridges and construction on
the Lexington division of the New Orleans
& Texas Pacific Railway, has been APP
pointed roadmaster of the same division.
The marked Improvement in this road which
has been noticed by railroad men and the
degree to his work. and the present promo
ton is the result. 1t brings Mr.. Waite TO
the front as one of the rising railroad men
CT the country.
N. A Johnson. gas inspector for the Penn
sylvania roads west. is giving his new
system of Illuminating for coaches a thor
ough trial. Coach 100 has been equipped
with the necessary apparatus and Is being
run over the Fort Wayne road to test the
system. The light Is furnished from super
heated hydro-carbon and IL Is claimed that
the candle power is five times greater than
essary TO charge the cars with compressed
air. IL the tests prove satisfactory all the
passenger cars OF the PENNSYLVANIA Com
pany will probably be fitted with the new
system.
The Illinois Central Is spending money
lavishly. Apart from the new constructions
of the line from Fort Dodge to Omaha.
Central has recently absorbed the Indiana
e. Illinois Southern, ninety-one miles in