The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-04

vice Thomas +. Clohoset, who has been ap-
pointed general agent of the company for
indiana and Ohio.
The Illinois Central officials yesterday
started on an inspection of the Louisville
DIVISION, where extensive improvements are
70 be made. Short curves are to be taken
OUT ana grades reduced. the intention being
TO put the track in such condition that tho
run from Louisville to Memphis can be
made IN ten hours.
=. b. Osler, @. c., the celebrated criminal
lawyer OF ontario, has been selected by the
Grand Trunk as its arbitrator in the set
Ilenent OF the grievances of the Grand
trunk telegraph operators. and he and Mr..
sargent, of the Order of Railway Firemen,
VINO represents the telegraphers will meet
arbitrator.
The Chicago. Burlington &. Ouincv's new
1ast mail train is scheduled at an average
speed OF 1ifty-five miles an hour between Chi
c e ana Omaha. The q, has carried the
througn mail west from Chicago for four
teen years, and from this service realizes
Sl.9y90o0 a year. but the profit on this bust
ness is materially reduced by the expense
involved Of running high speed special
trains.
It is understood that shortly after w. P.
Fitch becomes general manager of the 500,
TO succeed Frederick b. Underwood D. w.
Philbin, of Duluth, will resign as second
wee president and general superintendent
of the Eastern Minnesota to accept a more
important place with Mr.. Fitch, either on
the South Shore or the 500 It was Mr. Fitch
who made Mr.. Philbin superintendent of the
Reader: The Pennsylvania. is considered
the standard railroad of America, and is
undoubtedly ahead of it's competitors in
many respects, but the New York Central
owing to more favorable typographical fea-
lures In the country through which they
run; II the mileage of all lines leased or
controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company is included, it has the largest sys-
tenn in the country.
General Passenger Agent Eustis, of the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy has adopted
the nontransferable editorial pass system
for the papers published along his line and
put 1t into effect on Jan. l, 1899 Under the
system, which has been tried in the West
ana Will hereafter be practiced east of the
Missouri river, each paper published along
the lines of the Burlington will he Furnished
with a nontransferable editorial pass in
favor of either the proprietor business man
ager or editor. 1t will be good on all lines
may be used as often as the holder desires
In exchange for this General Passenger
agent EusuS will send advertising matter
year. 4io0' 'iie
me New York Times repeats the story.
uelueu on It's first publication last week
ina tLat the retirement of Samuel Sloan from
the presidency of the Delaware, Lackawan-
ma d Western Railroad next month will be
I0lloWed by the promotion to that Office of
w. Il. HalStead, at present second vice
president and general manager of the road
MI Halstead has been connected with the
f.ackawanna system continually for about
when he entered the service of the com
pany and he worked himself up through the
various grades of trackman, brakeman con-
ductor, assistant superintendent division
superintendent and superintendent Since
June ], 1886, he has been the general mana
ger of the entire system. The selection of
Mr.. Halstead as President Sloan's successor
VIII signify the desire of the dominating
influence in Lackawanna to continue the
present policy of management Mr.. Hal
stead has practically directed the operation
OF the system for the past few years and
the relations between him and President
Sloan have been entirely harmonious.
There is little difference in the speed of
the through trains of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg, but under the last sched-
ule those on the Southwestern system are
little the fastest, train No. ii being tho
fastest between ST Louis and jersey City
to Pittsburg in four hours and fonty min
utes, while No. 2, one of the fastest trains
on the Fort Wayne, consumes five hours
and fifteen minutes on the 1S9 miles between
Crestline and Pittsburg. No. IA on the Fort
Wayne makes the run from Alliance to
Pittsburg in two hours and five minutes, a
distance of eighty-three miles, and IA on
nison, ninety-three miles, in two hours and
fifteen minutes, and makes the run from
Dennison to Steubenville, fifty miles, in
seventy minutes. The limited express trains.
No. 5, leave at the same time (9:30 p. NO.
from the Union Station. PittSburg one for
st. Louis and the other for Chicago. The
Fort Wayne train reaches Crestline, 1S9
miles distant. at 1:50 a. M, and the Pac-
handle train arrives at Columbus, 1913 miles
distant, at 2:15 a. m, so that on this run
the Fort Wayne train makes little the
faster time.