The Indianapolis journal., 1899-10-16

September The pay rolls of train men on
the company's history.
The directors Of the Little Miami have
decided to increase the annual dividend TO
2-5 per cent, the two-fifths TO come from
invested funds. The road is leased TO the
Panhandle.
The Ohio Falls car works are building
1000 cars for the Denver & Rio Grande, and
as fast as turned out they put into
for the West.
II built on plans now prepared the new
5000 II built as planned it will require
the closing of one street and an overhead
bridge across street.
Frederic ad b1 IoWPssnG general %;
retire Nov. TO accept the position of traffic
manager OF the American Tube Company.
His successor on the Wheeling * Lake Erie
has not been selected.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
OF the Queen & Crescent will be held to-
day, and IL is expected that Samuel FELTON,
Will resign as head official of the property,
his connection with the Chicago & Alton
as It's president requiring his entire time.
L. NJ. Webb, chief clerk of d. G. Edwards,
passenger traffic manager OF the Cincinnati,
Hamilton a. Dayton lines, and w. B. Gallo
way. chief rate clerk, spent Sunday in the
city the guests OF District Passenger Agent
Algeo, OF the c., II. & ID. and the Monon.
The Big Four lines proper handled at In
dianapolis last week lo,l10 loaded cars, 449
fewer than in the corresponding week of
1Sss The Peoria & Eastern handled at In
dianapolis last week 1883 loaded cars, fifty
1895
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton is
loading at mines on its lines in Ohio 300
carloads of coal per day, and this means
more than usual, as several hundred OF
their new cars are $1,000 pounds capacity,
capacity.
Last week a train composed of baggage
car, mail car, three coaches and a parlor
car on the Erie was hauled for several
cons scutive miles, between Hornersville and
Warsaw, at a speed of seVenty-nine miles
hour by one OF the company's new large
passenger locomotives.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
Indianapolis last week 5,1S loaded cars,
fifty fewer than in the corresponding week
of 1895 The Panhandle brought In l,l50 and
more loaded cars than il sent out for the
first time in the roads history.
On Monday Of next week G. G. Waldo.
general manager of the Cincinnati Hamil-
ton & Dayton lines, and his subordinate OFF,
Gals will begin their annual inspection trip,
occupying the entire week. Railroad Com
missioner Kaylor, OF Ohio, will accompany
them on the trip over lines located In that
State.
NJ d. woodford. president of the Gin
einnati. Hamilton Dayton. and John F.
companied President and Receiver FELTON,
on an inspection over the Queen q Crescent.
it should be said that both Mr.. Woodford
and Mr.. Shoemaker are in the directorate
Of the Queen & Crescent.
Last night the Knickerbocker express had
a special Wagner sleeping car, carrying
general passenger and ticket agents from
st. Louis and points west 10 the annual
meeting TO be held in Boston this week, and
from Cincinnati a special sleeping car was
run. AT Cleveland they were attached TO
the special over the Lake Shore, run
through from Chicago to Boston.
H.
of the Big Four, and Division Superintend-
ent Houghton returned yesterday from New
York. At the semi-annual meeting of the
American Railway Association held in that
city last week, 257 railroad companies were
represented, having an aggregation OF ILL.,
$50 miles of track. Six roads were added
to the membership the last year. The asso-
citation resolved TO send representatives TO
the American Railway Congress at Paris IN
1902
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Is
at present moving the heaviest freight tra1-
fic in it's history. Every available engine
has been pressed into the service and all
kinds OF cars are being USED Inc shorI;age ,l i;r
and repairs are being pushed on all cars or
this kind in the shops. AS the Panhandle
is also crowded with business ss IL IVA was I'm I'M
but a few have been borrowed from the
other connecting lines.
David Parmalee. for many years passen-
ger conductor on the Indiana, Bloomington
q Western, now the Peoria & Eastern, and
later ticket agent of the Monon at Indian
apolis died on Thursday at New York, and
his remains passed through here yesterday
en- route to Mattoon, ILL.,, for burial Mrs.
Parmalee, who was on the train, stated that
on Thursday morning she spoke to her hus-
band and he did not answer, and, turning
to him, found the body cold, he having ex-
pired without any indication that he
suffered in the least.
The following promotions on the Pennsyl-
vania taking effect Nov. /, have been con-
frmed by the directors NJ. Riebenack. as
sistant controller, was relieved of the duties
of auditor of the passenger receipts, retain
ing as assistant controller jurisdiction over
the auditor of passenger receipts, as well
as the auditor of freight receipts The
office of assistant auditor Of freight receipts
was created. A. ]. Gillingham. now assist
ant auditor, succeeds Mr.. Riebenack as
auditor of passenger receipts. Samuel An
derson, chief accountant, succeeds Mr.. Gill
ingham as assistant auditor of passenger
receipts. II. c. McKeever, first chief ac-
countant in the Office of auditor OF freight
receipts. was appointed to fill the new office
of assistant auditor of freight receipts. Il.
A. Stockton, chief accountant, was ap-
pointed assistant auditor of disbursements.
James II. Hunt, chief clerk OF statistics,
was appointed chief accountant to fill the
vacancy occasioned by Mr.. Stocktons pro-
motion.