The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-20


& Rock Island. will succeed Mr.. Truesdale
as general manager.
r.. O. Mccormick, passenger traffic mana
ger of the Big -Four lines, returned yeSter-
day from New York.
Arthur. Mendenhall, trainmaster of the
Panhandle. who has been i'll for some weeks,
viii resume service to-day.
The passenger department of the Santa Fe
Will put on sale 3.000-mile books at SO, good
over any of the lines in the system.
Another meeting of the Western Passenger
Association will be held this week. at which
it is expected 10 ratify the new agreement.
The Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
vania lines has renewed its membership
with the Central Association of Railway
Officials.
S. c. Stickney. general manager of the
Chicago Great Western, with his family,
will go to southern California on a health
seeking trip.
L. r. Griffin. of Omaha, on Saturday took
the position of general agent of the freight
department of the Union Pacific at Denver,
vice II. Johnson, resigned.
The passenger cars of the Chicago e. East
ern illinois are now all equipped with the
Miller coupler, which are to be removed and
the Jenney coupler substituted.
1t is stated that the Ohio Southern is now
deeper in litigation than at any time in it's
history, and who will control the property
is a puzzle only the courts can solve.
n. B.. Whitsell inspector of fuel and loco
motives Of the main lire of the Wabash
system, has had the fifth district, between
Montpelier and Peru. placed under his
charge.
Next Tuesdays meeting Of the western
classification m has been postponed
until May. The meeting was called to con-
slider the reduction of minimum carload
weights.
Boston papers deny the report that Prasi-
dent Perkins, of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, contemplates resignlng and that
First Vice President Harris is to be his
successor.
M ~ L - $780, -
1t borrowed from the Monon, the latter need
ing it's power, and has borrowed several
heavy freight engines from the Chicago &
Northwestern
Gals of the Pittsburg q Lake Erie, who
have been on a trip to Mexico, returned on
Saturday While away the party also Wis
tied Havana, Cuba.
President Burt. of the Union Pacific. has
issued official notice that the Union Pacific
has become owner of what is known as the
JuleSburg branch, which has been operated
as part of the Colorado Southern system.
1t is stated that were the Panhandle Com
pany to pay a dividend on its stock there are
several townships on it's line which would
receive quite handsome sums. Steubenville
is one, and would receive $1,000, based on the
shares it holds.
In the month Of January there arrived
and departed at the Union station. this
city. 3.Sl3 trains. handling 20 966 coaches. in
crease in number of trains over Jan.
1898, twenty-seven, and in number of cars
LidilulCus IIAGeI.
Agents from the Dakotas and Montana
are securing the middle and eastern States
for immigrants to the States named. Pas
senger ottic1als say that immigration has
already set in, and in March bids fair to
exceed any former month since the States
were opened for settlement.
Last week contracts were awarded to the
Brooks Locomotive Works for seventy-five
locomotives, the best weeks record in the
history of. the works. OF these orders,
fifteen were for the Central Road of New
Jersey. Heretofore the Baldwin Locomotive
Works have built all the engines for that
road.
Conservative railway officials are much
pleased that w. H. Truesdale is to be the
president of the Delaware, LackaWanna *
western, as ne is g strong advocate of good
rates and the L-ackawanna has been in the
past a rate-reducing line. although it has
the advantage of being the shortest line be-
tween Buffalo and New York city.
There is no doubt that Col. J. J. Hills
interest in the Baltimore & Ohio means
much in the way Of additional business TO
the road, Transcontinental freights con-
signed on his road are delivered to one of his
SIX or seven connections running between
st. Paul and Chicago, and at the latter place
Will now likely go to the Baltimore q Ohio.
The Illinois Central has purchased two
blocks or ground in Omaha on which to
build an immense freight depot, which it
will occupy Jointly with the Chicago &
Rock Island and the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul. The business OF the two last
named roads has been for some years past
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Omaha.
The recent order of the Baltimore & Ohio
for 1000 steel coal cars, to be built by the
Company, brings the total purchases of the
receivers up to 81, 1894 since March l, 1896.
The locomotive purchases during that time
have been PIG. of which about twenty are
still to be delivered. The company has also
purchased five postal cars, ten express cars,
ten combination cars and six dining cars.
1t is stated that the Vanderbilts have Sc
cured control of the Falls Brook road. a
valuable property, although but forty-five
miles in length. The company also has a
lease of the Pine Creek, Geneva & Corning
road and Of the GerSva & Lyons. 1t is ex-
pected the New York Central management
will take control April 1. 1t connects the
New York Central and the West Shore lines
and is of more Importance to the New
York Central system than to any other
railroad company.
David Pope. the Monon engineer buried al
Lafayette last week, fired the wood-burner
engine "Quickstep' on the Monon main line
on its first trip over the road. He fired Tor
four years and was then promoted to en-
gineer. For over thirty years he ran the
engine, pulling passenger trains between
New Albany and Lafayette, later being
transferred to the north end. Until his sud-
den death he had enjoyed excellent health.
At the time of his death he weighed 2C
pounds, but was very active.
To-day a number of promotions become
effective on the Chicago Great Western.
T.. N. Hooper. who has been with the COM
pany ten years and recently as division
division freight and passenger agent for the
southwest division, from Fairbank to Block
ton inclusive. Lucius Oppenheimer has
been promoted to division freight and pas
Senger agent for the northwestern division,
ST. Paul to Oelwein. inclusive. except the
Waverly branch. L. b. McConahy, for
merry travelling agent, who looked after
livestock and dairy business, has been made
travelling freight and passenger agent for
the eastern DIVISION, extending from Stanley
to Forest Home, with the exception of
Dubuque.