The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-24

h Z. Algeo, district passenger agent OF
Monon at this point. was in Cincinnati yes
terday 10 confer with D.. g. Edwards. pas
senger traffic manager of the C.. Fl. & d.
II. c. Stevenson, representing the pas
senger department of the Baltimore & OHIO
Southwestern. and George Wehrune, solicit
Ing agent OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton at Cincinnati, were in the city yes
terday.
W. B.. Waggoner, who has for years been
the chief clerk in the Office Of Superintend-
ent OF Motive Power Bush, of the Pam
handle, will leave that office about Nov.
to go in business with his brother in Grand
Rapids. Mich.
Should the business of the Belt road and
as fast as for the last thirty days, and the
prospects are that 1t will, Superintendent
Zion says he will be obliged to borrow en-
gines TO handle the traffic.
The announcement is made in connection
with the organization of the Cleveland,
Lorain & Wheeling Railway. that w. 5.
Wade has been appointed treasurer in place
or III. T. sanford and III. E. Mahoney' sec
rotary. vice W. III. Schumacher.
Shreveport & Natchez, has appointed ]. J.
kress general superintendent. The T.. ::
recently been extended, and now forms one
OF the important systems In Texas.
The business of. the Bee-line division of
~dianapolis has reached such proportions
that a double track is as much a necessity
as the proposed double tracking OF the road
between Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
e F. Cost. freight traffic manager of the
Big -Four, and Freight Traffic Manager
Whitaker. Of the Chesapeake & Ohio, are
Louis, theme" to 5f Kansas sss'ecsia ty. omaha, Min
neapolis and other Northwestern points.
Kingan & Co. are shipping East from for,
" to sixty carloads of provisions and
dressed meats daily. Fortunately the firm
owns 400 refrigerator cars, and, with the
other refrigerator cars procurable. are far
Ing much better than a majority OF the
large shippers.
the Vanderbilt roads are back of a huge
scheme to adopt a universal two-and-one-
half-cent mileage system all over the coun-
try. This means, of course, States other
than those in which there is already a two
cent rate in effect.
The Monon lines earned. in the second
the corresponding week of 1898 of s17,257,
being the handsomest earnings ever shown
n IN one I;ea week Sl by the M /, so1 go Since July !
O62, 2O in 1898, and 81, 062 ia in 1897.
After Nov. 5 the Bu%rlington's Denver lin
tied express will cover the distance between
hour and ten minutes quicker time than
that called for by the present schedule. The
time between Chicago and Kansas City. too.
Is TO be reduced fifty-five minutes
The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company has placed a contract with the
American Foundry Company. of Detroit,
for the construction of LOCO coal cars. This
makes a total of $500 coal cars contracted
for by the company within a week, and 1t
Is an indication of the great activity in the
coal trade
At a meeting of the board of directors of
the New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad yesterday. authority was given
for an increase of s15. 900, 600 in the capital
s spisai If the r OF s,1 yh5s6 will rb make ssd I tO5aI
capital is to be used in the requirement
Of equipment.
The Baltimore & Ohio is about to con-
struct a pier on the Delaware river. Phila-
delpnia. between Jackson street and Sny-
der avenue. In connection with this a wharf
BIO feet long and 1S feet wide will be built.
s lna ar@dhs on pil Gi '5 are pi SIS f wnich IN VEN Ieng 9s
and 139 feet in width.
1t is intimated that the old Queen &
G cinnssi ssystsm. WHICH INCLUDED the Gin
Northern, the New Orleans & Northeast
ern; the Alabama & Vicksburg and the
vieksburg, Shreveport & Pacific roads. is
TO be revived. and, so far as operation is
concerned, made one line.
The rumor of a strike Of telegraphers on
the Big -Four lines has brought over fifty
applications for positions as agents and
telegraphers, giving good references as to
their ability 10 fill such positions. There
Is little danger of a strike. said one Of the
conductors, If 1t is expected the conductors
and engineers are to join in it,"
James r. Wood. general passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Edison j.
Weeks, general passenger agent of the Phil
adelphia & Reading, have been elected
members of the American Association of
General Passenger and Ticket Agents. Mr..
wood was additionally honored by being
selected as the orator at the next annual
meeting.
The consolidation of the Pullman and
wagner car companies will result in but
rev changes on indianapolis lines. The
Pullman and Wagner companies run cars
Jointly or the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton and the Monon. the Big -Four and the
Chesapeake & Ohio between st. Louis and
Washington, and on the Grand Rapids &
Indiana.
The disbursements of the Pennsylvania
voluht a refer department on its lines
$2S, S67. so. the largest sum in any one month
since the organization was formed. The
dent were $500, on account of death from
natural causes $3.50, disablement benefits
on account of accident $~7.551.SO. on account
OF sickness $9,OO6. 10. During the month 1,243
members drew benefits, or, in case of death,
their proper legal representatives.
The executive committee Of the Western
Passenger Association has recommended the
adoption of a new rule as to refunding
money on the return portions OF tickets sold
at full tariff rates on account of big meet
ings; The new rule proposed is as follows:
full tariff rate at point of meeting will not
be made in cases where holders Of certifi-
Gates attending such meetings for any rea-
son fail to have the tickets executed at
the meeting point in accordance with the
rules.
Frank Hermance. who has the distinction
of being the oldest conductor in the en-
ploy of the New England Consolidated
Railroad Company. has been retired on half
pay, $500 a year. This is the fourth instance
where employees have been retired under
similar circumstances, all during the adj
ministration and under the suggestion of
President Clark, who thus shows that the
corporation is appreciative of service well
and faithfully performed. Conductor Her.
nance has been in the employ of the COM
pany thirty-fve years.
Executive officers of Western lines will
meet In Chicago Thursday for the purpose
of considering the passenger rate situation.
1t is said a foremost object OF the meet
ing Is 10 try to induce all outside lines TO
take up membership in the Western Pas
senger Association. Considerable work of a
quiet nature. II is said, has been carried
on recently among the nonassociation lines,
and that the prospect for attaining the de-
sired end Is roster than ii ever before has
been. Nothing will be left undone, it is
said. to induce the st. Paul to re-enter
the fold.
The Wabash Railway Company has filed
its answer to the suit recently commenced
by Michigan State Railroad COMMISSIONS
Charles s. Osborne TO compel the road tC
sell tickets at the rate of two and a hall
cents a mile within the boundaries of Mich
igan under the act passed by the Legisla-
ture in 1901. which makes companies earn
ing over 5000 per mile each year come dowr
to that figure. The company contends tina
the law says distinctly that only the pas
senger earnings should he computed for thi:
purpose. and il says that its passenger
earnings will not reach this figure. The
report on which the commissioners suit !:
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