The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-11

& Logansport Railway, during the same
month. earned S59,525.92, an increase of S4,-
There is excellent authority for stating
that there is no longer any question as to
George Bradbury, vice president of the Lake
Erie & Western and other so-called Brice
lines. being elected president to succeed
Calvin 5. Brice, deceased.
r. H. Bowen. the newly appointed super
ntendent of the Cascade division of the
Great Northern will have his headquarters
at Everett. Wash, and Frank Shesgreen,
superintendent Of the Wilmar division OF
the Great Northern. at Wimar Mimi.
II. S. Waite son of the late c. c. Waite,
has been appointed assistant trainmaster of
the Columbus & Hooking Valley, being pro-
NOTED from yardmaster. Just before his
father died he entered railroad service at the
bottom round and is rapidly advancing.
One Of the new industries on the line Of
the Indianapolis q Vincennes is rapidly de-
veloping at Campbell, where there is a large
bed Of molding sand In 1898 over three
hundred carloads of this sand were shipped
to Indianapolis, Chicago and other points.
A. j. Smith general passenger agent Of
the Lake Shore road, says the run of the
fast mail train last week between Buffalo
and Cleveland. when lS3 miles were covered
in three hours and tWenty-fouT minutes, was
the fastest time ever made between those
points.
o. r. Johnson has been appointed agent
OF the Lake Erie 4 Western at this point,
vice Marvin Rice Maxwell, promoted. Mr..
Johnson has been agent at this point for
about a year for the North Shore Despatch,
a i4CW last lIeISHl llHt, anu lbs ulduG d
good record
John Muhlfeld. for years foreman of the
Wabash shops at Peru, has been appointed
master mechanic of the Grand Trunk at it's
Port Huron shops. He will have 250 loco
motives under his charge. Frank W. Morse
tbe nov Gro sIperlntendent Of motive power of
nected with the Wabash.
The freight business of the Wabash road
in December was heavy beyond all prece-
dent, and this month is continuing equally
heavy, every car and engine the company
owns being in service. On Monday there
We're over LOO loaded cars east bound on
the lines on side tracks ready to move when
power was to be had to forward them
The Chesapeake &, Ohio has filed with the
lnterstate-commerce Commission it's actual
tariff of coal rates from the western Vir-
ginia mines to Western points The rate
to Cincinnati IS 60 cents per ton, with CORE
spending low rates to other sections. The
Norfolk & Western charges So cents per ton,
and will not meet the Chesa peake & Ohio
rate.
| a. A. Young, who retired yesterday as as
| slstant general freight agent Of the Lake
Erie q Western TO take the position of traf-
| nc manager OF the American Tin Plate Com
| pany, was the choice of the management
f! out of forty applicants for the position. Mr..
! Young Will receive 5000 a year. He began
| service as messenger how in the general Of
| fees of the Lake Erie & Western when
| quite young and has achieved his promotions
| through merit.
The latest deal in connection with the
| much-talked-of sale Of the Alton road says
! the Chicago Post. has fallen through I'm
! der the terms arranged with the Vanderbilt
! Rockefeller syndicate the time allowed for
| the delivery of the majority Of the stock has
| expired, but the would-be sellers failed to
! secure control of a majority and were, there
| tore, unable to make delivery. The road is
| not sold and is not likely to be. The offer
| made by the syndicate for majority of the
| stock was a tempting one. 1t was 175 for
| common and 200 for preferred
| The general officers of the Wabash lines
nave decided to put stop to the splitting
nuisance or to reduce it to a minimum on
| their passenger trains. and to this end have
| instructed conductors and brakemen to
l. break up the practice. The trainmen on OBJ
| serving that a passenger is expectorat ting
| over the floor of a coach, are to mildly re-
monstrate with him. and if that does no
good they are to eject him from the train
! after due warning. The company takes this
position that health and decency demand
| such an order as has been issued.
NJ. E. Ingalls,, president of the Big Four
| lines, speaks in the most complimentary
| terms OF the business done by the passenger
ana freight departments al Indianapolis in
| 1893, No other station on the system showed
| SO large an increase, prOportionateIy and
| at no other point were rates more salts
| factory. The fact chat the receipts from
| sales of tickets over the Big Four at Indian
| apohs We're S13S402 i'm excess of those Of
| 1891 when the increase from sales of tickets
| at the Union Station were but 1851 POI in
excess OF those of 1897 is evidence that the
! passenger representatives at this point did
| good work.