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

ing.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Chicago & Western Indiana has con-
tracted for two low-pressure pneumatic
interlocking plants at Chicago, with fifty
levers each.
The trains of the Wisconsin Central will
to-day begin to run into the Union Sta
ton of the Illinois Central and Big Four
at Chicago.
Samuel Hice, district passenger agent Of
the Big Four at Cairo, and l.. c. Shaffer,
agent of the company at Champaign. ILL.,.
are in the city.
The earnings of the Lake Erie & West
ern for the first week of December were
s14.1o7 I'm excess of those OF the correspond
Ing week of 1893.
William F. Merrill, second vice president
of the Erie railway, has oeen elected first
vice president of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford.
1t is stated that Earne King. who has
been chief clerk In the dining car service
on the Nickel-plate. will be made SUPER
intendent of that service.
The Wabash has placed second new
dining car on it's lines, built at its own
shops These cars are said to be a credit
to the mechanical department Of the road.
The first train of the Southern Railway
reached savannah on Sunday. and ii con-
sisted OF five private cars the finest built.
three having been used In the Presidential
train.
The Peoria. Decatur & Evansville will
be sold Jan. 4. and will be bid in by the
second mortgage bondholders, who will
turn II over to the Illinois Central, un-
less some unforeseen obstacles interpose.
G. e. Schaff. general manager of the Big
Four lines. i'm the city yesterday. and
to-day. In company with j. Q. Van Wrinkle,
general superintendent. will make a trip
over the ST. Louis division and tomorrow
over the Cairo division.
The st. Louis Railway Club has just COM
pleted it's third year. and is one of the
largest and most prosperous railway clubs
fcials at Indianapolis are agitating the or
ganizing of railway club here.
There are eight men employees ; at the
Indianapolis. and they claim that no tele-
graph Office in the United States. with the
same number of men, handles much
business as does this general office.
For some weeks the Lake Erie & West
ern has been rebuilding nineteen miles of
its road. between Lafayette and Temple
ton; reducing the grade and relaying 1T
with heavy steel, ana now IL is one or the
best pieces Of track In Its main line.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific will
close the year with surplus of $f,000.0O0 In
its treasury. the Chicago & Northwestern
| a surplus OF 100000, the Chicago, Bur
lngton & Quincy with a surplus of s12,-
100000, while the Pennsylvania will have
SIS. 000. 600 of surplus in its treasury.
Investigation has shown that there are
fully 1000 employees on the Pennsylvania
lines east who will be entitled to come un-
der the pension funding scheme. Salaries
| for the past ten years are to be taken
and average made AS to what the pen
sioners will receive the officials do not
state.
On Jan. DR.. w. Seward Webb will re-
tire as president of the Wagner Palace
Car Company, also James d. Taylor, Sec
rotary and treasurer of the company. 1t is
stated that j. c. Wager. general manager
| of the Wagner company, will be retained
as Eastern superintendent of the CONSOLE
| dated companies
The Pennsylvania since it's introduction
| OF heavy fast locomotives, which compelled
! engineers and fremen TO be separated has
/ come to the conclusion that this type OF
engine will not answer, and In future all
engines will be constructed so as to put
| the two men together and in sight of each
other at all times.
| The NJ d. Woodford syndicate has sold
the control OF the Cleveland. Lorain &
Wheeling to interests In New York repre-
scented by Blair & Co.. who In turn repre-
sent the Federal Steel Company. The pur-
| chasers got the stock owned by the Tay-
| lor estate, Alfred Sully, III. Z. Shoemaker
and NJ. d. Wocdford.
| The official announcement is made that
| the office of assistant general superintend-
ent of the Atchisor, Topeka & Santa Fe
| will be abolished Dec. Is. Mr.. Avery Tur-
ner who has held that position will go to
Chicago as superintendent OF the Chicago
division. TO succeed w. /. Nixon, who goes
| to the Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe.
| President McCrea, of the Cleveland,
| Akron Columbus. has issued a circular
| appointing John w. Renner, controller:
T. II. b. Mcknight. treasurer, and r. r.
/ Bentley, general baggage agent. They &C.
| cupy corresponding positions on the Penn
/ sylvania lines, west OF Pittsburg, and the
effect OF this circular is merely to extend
their jurisdiction.
George T. Gunnip. general agent of the
| passenger department Of the Santa Fe
/ lines. Is I'm the city. He says that since his
| connection with that line. which Is several
years, he has never known travel to Cali
/ fornia so heavy. To insure getting berths
| one must apply ten days TO two weeks
| ahead. Yesterday an Indianapolis party ar
| ranged for two drawing rooms for Feb. %.
| Local railroad shops are working more
/ men than ever before, and running full
/ time Usually I'm December the shops run
| from thirty-fve to forty hours per week. il
! being the dullest month In the year. At
/ the Brightwood shops both the freight and
4 passenger departments are very busy. All
| the passenger coaches are to be repainted
| and put in first-class condition during the
| winter.
The Haskell & Barker car works at
| Michigan City will complete the order for
| 1000 box cars, placed with 1t by the Lake
| Erie e Western six months ago, to be filled
by Sent Il The works have been so pressed