The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-21

East and West, over 5000 are on the sick
list and two-thirds of the employees have
had attacks of grip in some form
l.. 2. Lockwood who for several years
st. Louis. has resigned, to take effect Feb.
l. Mr.. Lockwood has accepted more i'm
portant position with another road
Willard Thompson general manager Of
the Baltimore Chesapeake & Atlantic Rail
way Company. has resigned The retiring
general manager had been connected with
the present corporation since ITS inception.
Albert S. White. formerly general freight
agent of the Big Four, has been appointed
freight traffic manager of the Continental
Tobacco Company, which includes all the
plug tobacco manufactures of the United
States, Liggett & Myers, of st. Louis, ex-
cepted.
General Manager John w Kendrick and
General Traffic Manager ]. NJ. Hannaford,
of the Northern Pacific viii not be known
by Their present titles after Jan. 81. They
will then become respectively, second and
their duties will continue as at present.
Her HERMAN Holmes, trssyyeling passenger
confined at home three weeks with grip,
which, in connection with the blow that he
received upon the head in a collision on the
Erie road some time ago. is causing him
serious trouble and his friends much anxiety.
Poor & Greenough. representing the new
Pressed Steel Car Company, on Wednesday
closed a contract to build 1000 cars, The
order amounting to about 100000. and ne
gotiationS are pending for order amount
ing to $4,000, 600. The capacity of the Scheon
steel car works as enlarged will be 1900
year.
The receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio
have ordered for spring delivery 5000 steel
drop bottom gondola cars of ~ tons capacity
ana ZOOO hopper cars of 30 tons capaclty
from the Pressed Steel Company. This is in
addition to 1000 fifty-two and one-half-ton
cars now being built. Each car will have
air brakes and automatic couplers.
The special police of the Panhandle line
nave been instructed to break up the prac-
tice Of employees of various manufacturing
establishments along their lines going 10
and from their work over the company's
tracks. Last year number of persons We're
run down by trains in the yards and it is
proposed to break up the practice.
On Wednesday control of the Seaboard Air
line passed into possession of a syndicate,
headed by John S. Williams: The syndicate
made an offer of 5000 per share for control
of the property and purchased the pooled
stock of the Seaboard & Roanoke. the par
ent line of the system 1t is stated that
the road will be operated an independent
system.
c. r. Barnett, deputy quartermaster gene
raj United States. army at Jeffersonville,
has sent the following notice to ticket agents
of the several roads: You are informed
that 100 transportation request blanks have
been lost. serial NJ Nos. 1350l to 13l 500, IN
elusive. You requested to inform agents
above requests in exchange for tickets, as
payment will not be made thereon"
Shippers are considerably exercised and
are protesting against the new rule of
classification raising a carload from A,OOO
pounds to 10000 pounds-this applying to
fourth. fifth and sixth class freights. So
large a per cent. of the are of
larger capacity that the roads, for self-prO-
lection. says freight Official must increase
the minimum of what shall constitute
carload. The small shippers are the ones
that will suffer through the change.
J. @. Hicks, chairman of the committee
appointed to select the speakers for the
banquet to be given at, the Denison on the
evening of Jan. Is, under the auspices of
the Railroad Council No. $50. of the Ma
tional Union, announces the following speak
ers each to be given five minutes: Our
Order, the National Union" w. F. Goltra;
RAILROAD Council No 690'' c. A. Vinnedge;
Cavanagh; "Of What Benefit is the Ma
tional Union" G. G. Pierce jr. The Social
Pugh; Visiting Friends W: 3. Converse;
The National Union in War" Walter Kes-
Ter; 1.-The Physical Condition of the Ma
tional Union" J. H. Oliver, NJ. D.; 'Frater-
nalism among Railroad Men" Scion n.
Lee: The ladies' Thomas G. Smiley; THE
General Good the members.
H F. BickeH, assistant general superin-
| tendent of the Lake Erie & Western was
| recently elected member of the state eX-
ecutive committee of the Indiana Young
| Mems Christian Association. This commit
tee was increased at the recent state con-
| vention 20 twenty-one members, the other
| new members added at the same time be-
| ing Hon. F. S. Fish. general counsel of the
| Studebaker Bros Manufacturing Company,
| South Bend. and Hon. A. NJ Glossbrenner,
of this city. 1t is understood that Mr.. Bickell
will later be added to the subcommittee on
work among railroad employees, which now
consists of c. H. Newton, agent of the
Wabash Railway, Fort Wayne; J. F. Wal
lick, district superintendent of the Western
Union Telegraph Company; G. 5. Rhoads,
superintendent of telegraph, Big Four Rail-
way; ]. NJ. Lindley, road foreman of en-
gines. Vandalia line; A. Galloway, superin-
tendent Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad w. j. Lewis, treasurer p, d. & E.
Railway