The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-24


South for a couple of weeks to look after
the transportation Of United States troops
IN the South to their respective States when
they return North.
There is trouble on the Chicago & East
ern Illinois road, which, It is stated. has
resulted in the dismissal of ten engineers
and a number Of fremen. The frequent
changes in train men on this road is excit-
ing unfavorable omment
The Vanderbilt special made a fine run
over the Big Four from Cleveland to st.
Louis. The train consisted of a combiaa-
ton car, a dining car and three private
cars. 1t will be run through to San Fran
cisco solid. DR.. Seward Webb's car was
added to the train at st. Louis.
On March 1 J. w. Blabon. purchasing
agent of the Great Northern, will go to
Seattle as general agent of the road to
succeed Mr.. Benham, who resigned last
week. Mr.. Forbes, the present storekeeper
pointed purchasing agent.
There is so much dissatisfaction over TAX
ing on by the Wabash of some of it's pas
senger trains between Logansport and
Montpelier and Fort Wayne and LAFAYETTE
that In all probability, in a few days they
VIII pc restored, as the freight congestion
on the road Is easing up considerably.
Daniel Bull, of Richmond, Ind, has been
PIomoted by, the Mobile & Ohio Railroad,
with which he has seen service for some
years. From division freight agent. with
headquarters at Montgomery, Ala, he be-
comes general agent of the road for the
island of Cuba, with headquarters at Ha-
vana.
The mechanical engineers who are con-
structing the interlocking plant at the
crossing of Delaware street for the Union
Railway Company will complete their work
erect an interlocking and signal plant at the
crossing of the Peoria & Eastern and the
Wabash.
The Pennsylvania Company is employing
more men in its shops at Fort Wayne than
at any former period. and in some depart
nents working over time. The pay rolls OF
ALL the ChnnC IN tho ppnncy11yon fo limos =
now from Is to 80 per cent. in excess of the
corresponding period last year, and in fact
larger than ever before.
j. G.. Clair, who represents the Illinois
Central IN New England, has for some days
past been In the West and Southwest. He
expresses surprise over the manner that
situation is getting stronger daily, and that
rate wars, SO far as frelghts are concerned,
are almost a thing Of the past.
In its fast run recently the Chicago. Bur
cago to Omaha, in eight hours and forty
four minutes. An examination of the
shows that in making the run a speed of
one hundred miles an hour was exceeded in
several spurts of six or eight miles.
P. O.: Lee, city passenger agent of the Gin
| cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the Monon
at this point. will retire from that position
en- March ], to accept a similar position
with the Wisconsin Central at Chicago.
The few months Mr.. Lee has been in the
city he has made many warm friends and
done good service for the companies.
The Big -Four earned in the second week
of February $209, 964. "a, d decrease as COM
pared with the same week of 1898 of $55.-
1886. The large falling off in earnings with
all roads in this section the second week
OF FEBRUARY. was owing to the extreme cold
weather and snow, for three days it being
impossible TO run freight trains on many
of the roads.
The monthly bulletin of ]. B. Eckman,
district Inspector of the indianapolis divi-
sion of the Joint Weighing and Inspection
Bureau, shows that the roads interested
gained in January, through the operation
Terre Haute, So. 1863. %; at Louisville, SO. 357. So:
at Evansville, $SS2.9S; at Vincennes, 1858. Is,
a total of $22,342.11..
Speyer & Co. announce that they have
sold all of the new Central Pacific and
Southern Pacific bonds whic the syndicate
agreed to take under the Central Pacific
read1ustment plan. The new first r~efunding
mortgage bonds are now quoted at 1O21k
bid, the new Central Pacific 3% per cent.
gold bonds at So bid. and the new Southern
Pacific gold bonds at SAY bid.
Frank Reed. general passenger agent Of
the Monon lines, was in the city yesterday.
He states that the management is much
gratihed over the healthy increase in pas
senger business from Indianapolis and this
immediate territory in the last few months.
OF late each year shows a handsome in
crease in the passenger business, as we'll
as in freights, on the Indianapolis division
Tt is understood that with the retirement
of w. H. Treusdale as vice president and
general manager of the Chicago G. Rock
Island, Hiram Gable, vice president of the
Rock Island & Peoria, will be elected vice
president of the Chicago & Rock Island,
and that Robert Williams, general superin-
tendent Of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern. will be appointed general man
ager Of the Chicago & Rock Island.
Isaac Joseph Bassett, one of the best
known railroad men in New England, died
on Tuesday at Lynn, Mass, of pneumonia
Mr.. Bassett, when general Eastern agent
Of the fast freight lines operating over the
l Lffahh1rTr rood yHya q nN1n NyfdffA~ ~
Indianapolis When Horace Watson repre-
! scented the Hoosac Tunnel line at this point,
and later William Fl. Parmalee. At the
time of his death Mr.. Bassett was New
England freight agent Of the Lehigh Valley