The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-01

daily. Much Of the grain comes from points
on the Indiana. Decatur & Western.
The seventh annual dinner Of the freight
and passenger agents of New York city VIII
be given at the Windsor Hotel Friday even
ing, Feb TO. Covers viii be 50 each.
g. 5. Fee. general passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific, will be in the city in
day or two to spend two weeks in visiting
the territory under charge Of John Turner,
district passenger agent.
Edward Mooney, master mechanic of the
shops of the Lehigh Valley road at Buffalo,
retires from that position to-day and will
be succeeded by j. +. Chambers Of the West
Virginia Central q Pittsburg road.
F. p. Sargent. grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive FiTemen, is arranging
to send the vice grand chiefs to the South
ern States to work up an Increased inter-
est on Southern roads in this organization.
At their regular meeting on Monday even
ing the Eureka division of the Brotherhood
or Locomotive Flremen, Indianapolis, passed
resolutions of sympathy with Mayor Tag
CART on account of the loss of his daughter
Commencing to-day, the Plant steamship
line will have five sailngs weekly from Port
Tampa to Havana. This service is necessary
to accommodate the increased business to
Cuba, and especially the United States mail
service.
Announcement is made that more than 81
per cent. of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western bonds and IS per cent. of the pre-
ferred stock affected by the reorganization
have been deposited and the plan is now
operative.
Receiver Hunt is transferring most of the
work that has been done for the Toledo, St
Louis a Kansas City at Delphos to the
Frankfort shops. Twenty men are left at
DelphoS and they are working only forty
hours week
The Columbus, Welston & Southern Rail
road Company, with a capital stock of 81
go 600, was Incorporated at Columbus, o.,
yesterday. The line will run through Frank
lin, Fairfield, Pickaway, Hooking, Vinton
and Jackson counties, Ohio.
Affairs of the Western Passenger Assoc
citation are in a critical condition. George H.
Heafford, general passenger agent OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul, has rendered
his resignation as member of the execu-
tive committee The trouble arises over I'M
migrant traffic.
L. L. Fellows was yesterday appointed
agent of the North Shore Dispatch at this
point, vice O. r. Johnson, who recently re-
signed to take the agency of the Lake
Erie & Western at Indianapolis. MIR. Fell
lows will continue to represent the Mid
land fast freight line.
The great record of freight movement
made Jan. Is on the Pennsylvania Railroad l,
when eghty-one trains passed eastward
through Altoona, was broken on Monday,
WHeh Hihtt y-CHe trains passed easy" dIu ~
the same time there We're from fifty ID sew
enty westbound trains to be looked after,
besides thrty-tive passenger trains
1t is stated that the Vanderbilts are in COM
pete control of the Wagner Palace Car
Company and that Dy the terms of its con-
tract with the New York Central and otker
Vanderbilt properties it is possible 70 run
car from New York to Chicago or St Louis
and return without carrying passenger and
still net the Wagner company a protit.
W. w. Richardson. district passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania and Vandalia
lines, states that the receipts at Indianapolis
for the sales of tickets for 1898 were nearly
% per cent. in excess of those for 1897 and IL
per cent. ahead Of those in 1893. On the
Nandalia last year the increase in sales of
tickets at Indianapolis was about is per cent.
One of the new freight engines the
Lehigh Valley road on Monday hauled in
one train 129 cars. carrying 5000 tons of
freight, over an ordinary grade on that road.
Eighteen years ago there was much cOmmo-
ton on the Lehigh Valley when an engine
weighing coo pounds was delivered. The
new one recently placed in service weighs
10000 pounds
An official of prominence yesterday pre-
dicted that three months from now the Lake
Erie q Western lines would be under full
control of the Vanderbits. He added that
this would not mean that George Bradbury
would be removed from official position, as
he was well thought of by the Nanderblts,
and at one time could have been elected
president of the Nickel-plate.
In reference to the decision of the arbitra-
tors appointed to decide the differences be-
tween the management of the Grand Trunk
Railway and the telegraphers. Mr.. Nc
Guigan, general superintendent, says that
the award being a unanimous one, the COM
rany would in future govern its relations
with its employees on its conditions Both
sides, he said. had accepted the decision and
would do their utmost in the future to pro-
mote amity between the company and it's
employees The operators express themselves
as highly pleased with the decision.