The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-26

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The Cleveland Car Service Association
handled In May 29,01 cars, with an average
detention OF l62 lays. Last month there
were over 400 more cars handled at that
point by the association than In May, 1895.
The first of the new fast continental trains
or the Canadian Pacific, the Imperial Lin
tied, which crosses the continent In four
days. made the trip on exact time schedule
daily.
The Baltimore e. Ohio has 10000 tons Of
heavy steel rails distributed between Walk
erton, Ind, and the suburbs of Chicago for
its double track extension. A considerable
portion of the roadbed has been graded
for the second track.
Auditor Lishawa, of the Cincinnati. Ham,
ilton & Dayton. has delegated Freight Ac-
countant Lehy TO represent him at the an
nual meeting Of the Association of Railway
Accountants; which meets at Montreal.
Canada, on Wednesday.
There will be a meeting in New York city
Wednesday of the presidents of the trunk
lines east Of the Mississippi river TO discuss
rate matters. 1t is probable that a new rate
other classes of freight.
To-day the stockholders of the Wheeling
& Lake Erie viii meet at Toledo TO ratify
or annuI the action of the board Of directors
in voting to purchase the Cleveland. Canton
& Southern. 1t is believed that the stock
holders will favor the purchase.
1t is stated. that the Baltimore. g. Ohio
ali outside ticket offices at several railroad
centers and refuse to permit anyone except
authorized agents to handle any tickets.
This Is q direct blow to the Sca.pers.
George ". Smith, of Rochester, n. Y, the
inventor of a mail catching device, has been
awarded the contract To- equip with the de-
vice the South Shore ard the Quebec Cen
trail roads by the Canadian government. the
number required will run up into thousands.
In the week ending June "a the Vandalia
lines handled at indianapolis twenty-tnre
more loaded cars than in the corresponding
week 0f 1tqS bringing In DIP and fOrWard-
Ing west 1,0s1 loaded cars. OF the inbound
business 116 cars were loaded with live stock
The Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern nave become friendly, and each has
taken off the double daily service Of the
through transcontinental trains from st.
Paul TO the Pacific coast. Each will now
have one through train daily east and west.
George w. Squiggins, city passenger and
ticket agent OF the Baltimore & Ohio lines
at Cleveland. has been appointed agent Of
the Allen TRANSATLANTIC Steamship Company,
which has sixteen steamships plying be-
tween Montreal and Liverpool and London.
The track conditions of the Lake Shore
on its Chicago division are such that the
company's. little mogul engines will haul
sixty-nye loaded cars over 1t In one train.
Before the Improvements were made forty
loaded cars was the maximum for a freight
train.
The committee in charge Of the union and
readjustment OF the Flint e. Pere Mar
quette, the Detroit, Grand Rapids & West
ern and the Chicago & West Michigan an
iiOdAiSc Ind q AAdJOlily VI lAS spItlcIIcQ
and common stock of each of the three COM
panies having been deposited, the plan and
agreement dated May 20. 1899, had become
operative.
Its section men in northern Ohio and In
diana. AS soon as one gang is organized
and set at work another quits. The section
men find no trouble in getting work from
contractors or farmers. as laborers are
scarce all over the country: Contractors
are experiencing trouble in getting as many
men as they a
As was to have been expected the an
nouncement of Mr.. Cassatt's election to the
presidency of the Pennsylvania lines has
vania stock on the theory that the new
management will be more liberal In Its
dividend policy than was. the Roberts and
handle are also inclined to think that Mr..
Cassatt can be readily induced TO settle the
fight for dividends on those stocks. Whether
mains that the Pennsylvania new presi-
dent is a progressive and broad-minded
man. and his election to his high ONCE VIII
history Of the great railroad organization.
Abraham M. Brown, widely known as
Panhandle Brown, was buried at Pittsburg
associated with Francis Murphy, the tenn
perance evangelist. His first work was driv-
ing mules on the canal. Then he took TO
builder on the Fort Wayne road, then be-
ing constructed. After the road was COM
pleted he entered the train service. Later
he became yardmaster at the Cleveland q
Pittsburg yards at Pittsburg, and held that
position until the civil war broke out. Mr..
Brown was one of a number of Pittsburg
railroad men who did good service during
the war in handling troop and supply trains.
He was employed under Frank Thomson,
the recently deceased president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. During his army expe-
rience he followed the march of Shermah's
conquering army to the sea-, as conductor
of a hospital train. For some time he con-
Quoted a restaurant for the government at
Chattanooga. and he was there during the
battle of Lookout Mountain. After the war
he returned TO Pittsburg and was employed
by the Panhandle Railroad. He ran the
first freight train out of Stubenville, o., 10
Pittsburg, and became so well known that
he was nick-named after the road.