The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-14
Personal, Local and General Notes.

| The Terre Haute car works are building
one hundred coal cars Of 900 pounds ca
pacity for the Vandalia.
The Erie Railway Company will next week
break ground at Youngstown. o.. prepara-
tory TO erecting handsome new passenger
station.
freight and ticket agent of the Panhandle
at Terrace Park. on the Cincinnati divi-
sion; vice. H. Hopkins, transferred.
William Kelly, jr., general Eastern pass
ST Pau at New York. and formerly with
the Chicago Great-Western in Columbus,
has resigned.
contract has been closed by President
MOnsarrat, or the Columbus * Hooking VAL
ley, for two ore-handling plants for the To-
ledo docks, which Will be the most complete
or any machines on the great lakes.
immigration TO the Northwest is setting
in briskly. In the last few days the Pan
handle and other trunk lines have been haul
Ing several carloads of immigrants west
ward. and this class Of travel bids fair to
again be as heavy as IN 1882
So heavy is the repair work at the Pan
handle handle, shops at Columbus; o.; that the
work nights, has been put on thirteen
hours: the first time since 1892 Over 600
men are benefited by the Increase
John McClurg. superintendent of motive
power OF the Peoria d Eastern, was in the
city yesterday. He states the companys
shops at Urbana are running full time. with
over three hundred men. have ten locomo-
one engine entire.
The Interstate-commerce Commission has
extended another special invitation 10 the
presidents OF Western lines 10 meet IL In
Washington March % to discuss tariff rates
and rate maintenance with a view OF pro-
noting the general rate Improvement so
well inaugurated by the Central Traffic As
sociation lines.
The Railroad Gazette has compiled from
! its monthly statements the number of acct
dents on American lines in 1895, showing
%Irae NHn~a siTF fFfr nnf-
dents. in which 436 people were killed. only
fOrty-siX being passengers, the smallest num-
Der in any year, 1873 excepted, since the
statistics have been published.
The Mexican Herald, published in the City
of Mexico, contains an article on a record
| breaking shipment of bicycles from SYRIA
were carried from Syracuse to the Mexican
point in five days total time AS twenty
four hours were lost at the Laredo custom
House, the actual running time was four
days.
\. G.. Blair, who recently resigned as pres
ident of the Wheeling x Lake Erie, entered
the Wabash. In 1882 he left the Wabash to
accept the position of general freight agent
of the Wheeling a. Lake Erie in 1889 he
was appointed general traffic manager. and
in 1892 was elected president OF the COM
pany.
1t is now two years since the engineers
on the Big Four lines have reported any
grievances to General Superintendent Van
| Wrinkle. All questions which have arisen
concerning wages, runs, etc, have been dis
| cussed at the annual meetings or the execu-
| tive committee of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers with MIR. Van Wrinkle and
| satisfactorily adjusted.
| President Caniff, of the Nickel-plate, says
the dispatch from Chicago declaring that
| the Nickel-plate would abandon all its
| passenger trains. save those necessary 10
| hold the charter, and that it would devote
| itself to freight business, is incorrect. I'VE
| will not only retain the present three trains
| each way daily but we intend putting on
| more. il We can possibly do So" said he
| TO show that II is a made-up story,
| need only say that we don't need to run
| any passenger trains to hold our charter
| If we don't wish to-"
| There is a movement among Central
| Freight Association lines TO abolish the diff
/ ferential on break-bulk traffic destined 10
| points west of Lake Michigan. and shippers
| are much interested in the outcome. The
/ differental has been in force for some time,
those tho: points Freight delivered to Michigan
| has the benefit of the differential against
/ the direct all-rail routes or by the rali ana
| car-ferry connections. This matter will be
| taken up by the Central Freight AsSoca-
| ton at the meeting this week.
| 1t is stated that the position taken by the
| st. Louis lines in declining TO furnish In
| mission concerning violations of the law on
| the part of connecting or competing INES
| is supported by the following roads: The
| Chicago, Rock Island < Pacific, the Chi
| cago, Burlington x Quincy, the chicago,
| Milwaukee & St Paul. the Chicago * Alton
and the Santa Fe All the7e =, hne ;;n eon no
| plants and that Ii Is not their province TO
| inform. They will cooperate. however, for
observance of the law and adherence 10
| tariff.
| An engineer. who recently passed an ex-
| animation for a position with one OF the i'm
| portant roads, said that many radical
| changes have taken place in the test or a
mans ability. as compared with ten years
ago. Formerly he said. I'VE were ex,.
peeted te pass upon the fine mechanical cai
| critical part Of the test is in the working
of the airbrake system. The applicant $
FEATURES of the test: but If a man under
| stands the airbrake system he Is In a fair
| way to succeed"
ID. l. Roberts, general passenger agent OF
the Erie Railroad, attended the meeting OF
| the Central Passenger Association in Chi
| cago last week. He was generally given
nave led to all Kinds of trouble. In order
| TO prevent improper manipulation or tickets
it was agreed that on all business originating
| west of Chicago, Peoria, Cincinnati and ST
| Louis exchange orders shall be drawn by
the Western lines on the agents of the East
ern lines at the places named. on business
| originating in Central Passenger Associa-
ton territory west OF Detroit, Buffalo,
Toledo. exchange orders shall be drawn on
connecting lines at these points.
The presence of the Pennsylvania inspec-
ton party on the Cleveland Akron & Co
lumbus road has revived the rumor that
the Panhandle Will absorb this line. Inc
Pennsylvania Company has been using the
road for years for its Cleveland, 'Cincin-
natl and Columbus traffic, and 1t is con-
sidered valuable property. The trains are
handled over the c. q Z. as far as Hudson
twenty-six miles. where they take the G.,
A. K c. TO Columbus, IA miles. The Pan
handle also gives the c., A & c. an entrance
to GAINESVILLE. o., its c. IL NJ. V.
branch so that as things now stand the
c., A. & c. is dependent to great extent
on the Pennsylvania lines for its traffic.
oh in
system of paying the employees of the Bal
tmore K Ohio took permanent shape last
week at a meeting of the heads OF the
several departments and general superln-
tendents called by General Manager Under
wood for the consideration OF that matter
1t was determined to replace the present
dilatory process of running the pay ears
penditure of three weeks time In distribu-
ting a large bulk of currency aggregating
| 100000 per month, by more convenient
! expeditions and safer process of distributing
| through the hands Of the station agents
| checks payable at any one of the thirty
and by any agent Of the company. The new
| arrangement is effective May 1st.
| Harry Miller superintendent of the Van.
dalia main line, and W. C.. Arp superin
| tendent of motive power OF the Vandalia
| lines. in the city yesterday to confer
with Receiver Malott. The last two Of
! the four large passenger locomotives re
Gently contracted for by Receiver Malot
with the Schenectady locomotive works have
| arrived. MIR. Arp expects that either o.
these engines will haul ten cars from Terr'
Haute to indianapolis stopping at Green
castle. in eighty minutes. the distance being
| seypnty-three miles Superintendent Wight