The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-07


were many differences of opinion, and this
part OF the question will probably be left to
the presidents committee The whole mat
ter Will be settled at to-day's meeting.
Reducing Interest Charges One-Half.
Aug. ]. 1900. ssSS6OO0 of per cent. first
consolidated bonds of the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati & st. Louis Railway Company ma
ture. The old p, c. & st. l. is now part
of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & ST.
Louis Railway, and the Pennsylvania peo-
pie are giving the holders of the old per
sent sent ponds Is, an opportunity to exchange
them for y2 per cent. consolidated mort
gage bonds of the present company
The retiring of the sevens and putting out
in their place OF the 3z Per cent. bonds will
reduce the annual interest charges $40. 600.
The new three-and-a-halfs have fifty years
to run. In 1904 there will mature So, 104 600
OF the same bonds.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
On July 1 the San Francisco & San Joa-
quin was added to the Santa Fe system.
]. A. Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern; yesterday returned from
Hot Springs, w. Va
New York papers have revived the rumor
that the Big Four and the Chesapeake &
Ohio are to be consolidated.
Engineers on the Grand Trunk have asked
for an increase In their pay. 1t being lower
than on most of the American lines.
A suit mas been begun to compel the Louis
vile g. Nashville Railroad to maintain its
machine shops and terminals in North Mem
phis.
d. G. Edwards, passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton. has
gone TO Muscato, Mich. for a rest of few
days.
r. ]. English the new Baltimore & Ohio
superintendent, arrived at Newark Wednes-
day from Garrett, Ind, to begin his new
duties.
On July A. p Lanner retired as general
freight agent of the Colorado Midland and
Anthony Sneve has been appointed his
On Sunday 697 cars passed through the
Dennison yards Of the Panhandle east-bound
and 15s west-bound total Of 1,4o5 cars OF
nation as general passenger agent of the
Rio Grande Western. He will be succeeded
by George W. Heintz.
The Big Four people are considering the
putting on OF another fast train between
ST. Louis and the East, to pass through In
dianapolis about p. m.
An impression prevails West that when
the New York Central secures control Of
the Boston & Albany Boston will be made
a more important export point.
The Lake Shore has ordered from the
Brooks locomotive works eleven ten-wheel
any heretofore built for this line.
A. A Zion. superintendent of the Union
Railway tracks, has arranged for system
of electrical signals along the Union tracks
to take the place Of whistling signals now
used.
The local railway associations will hold
no more meetings until September, unless
something of Importance comes up, and,
In that case, special meeting will be
callef.
Since Wednesday morning Western roads
have delivered at Indianapolis 271 carloads
of grain, 101 of the cars being loaded with
wheat and 166 with corn, the remainder
with oats.
The business of the manufacturers To-
Gated on the Belt road has so increased
that the Belt Road Company has put on
an additional switching engine to take care
Of that traffic.
Travel on the Knickerbocker ovs- the Big
Four is so heavy that arrangements have
been made to attach an additional sleeping
car to this train, to run between Indianap-
oils and Buffalo nightly.
William c. Merritt of Lancaster. O., Is
dead, aged seventy-seven. He was one of
Hooking Valley road. and for twenty years
was general roadmaster of the main line.
J. H. Barrett, formerly superintendent Of
the c.. H., & D. and later of the Pittsburg
the Southern Railroad, was last week ap-
pointed general superintendent OF that sys-
tenn.
The directors of the A, T. & s. F. Rail-
president and put him In charge Of the OPP
Grating department of the road Mr.. Barr
was formerly connected with the w. & N.
w. Railroad
Passenger Oficials C. w. zell of the
Queen & Crescent. r. Jones, of the Chicago.
Milwaukee & ST Paul. and G. Z. Benjamin,
Of the Canadian Pacific, are in the city;
also, r. B. JONES' general agent Of the
Chicago Rock Island.
The item regarding the Vandalia equip
ping Its cars and locomotives with air
brakes and automatic couplers should have
read that all It's cars would be equipped
with automatic couplers by Dec. / and 90
per cent. Of its cars provided with air
brakes.
and Peoria division of the Vandalia for
the month of June were 1913, Az 40. an In
crease of $3S. 1895 over the corresponding
earnings of the Terre Haute & Logansport
Railway for June were $64. 32o.32. an increase
Of s9697.9S.
A ]. Young, who few months ago re-
tired as assistant general freight agent or
the Lake Erie & Western to take the posi-
ton of traffic manager of the American
Tin-plate Company at Chicago, at salary
of 5000. has, in the brief period he has held
the position, had his salary increased twice,
the second time on July i.
The Santa Fe has added a third vice pres
ident to its list OF executive oince5s IN tns
general manager of the Norfolk q Western.
Mr. Barr will have entire charge OF the OPP
Grating departments of all the lines in the
system, and the managers of these lines
president
The Pittsburg & Western has just turned
out of the Allegheny shops one of the hand
soonest and most complete air-brake instruc-
ton cars in the country. One of the first
class coaches was repainted, repaired and
fitted up with a complete set of air brakes,
representing the equipment OF several cars.
Some new and original features not usually
seen in the ordinary air-brake school have
been added.
The Fruit Growers Express and the Con-
tinental Fruit Express have announced
horizontal advance of Is cents in their
icing charges, and all shipments of green
deciduous fruits that go east from California
after this date will be taxed the new rates.
The reason given for the advance is the
recent action of the Southern Pacific in adj
vancing it's carload minimum on fruit from
A,000 to 5000 pounds
Col. Nj. T. r. Talcott. a well-known rail-
road man and civil engineer, of Richmond,
Va. has been appointed assistant to the
president of the Seaboard-line system, with
headquarters at Richmond. Colonel Talcott
has been one OF the engineers of the Rich
mond. Petersburg & Carolina Railroad, but
resigned TO accept his new position. He was
for many years associated with the Rich
mOnd & Danvile, now the Southern Rail-
road.
Ii is announced that II. S. Ray. travelling
passenger agent of the Rock Island, with
headquarters at Pittsburg, has been pro-
NOTED to passenger agent of the middle dis
trict. with headquarters at Philadelphia. w.
]. Leahy. who holds the latter title, will
succeed Charles Kennedy general Eastern
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