The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-15

Erie & Western, from Europe next month
the directors will elect George L. Bradbury.
now vice president and general manager.
president of the company, a position which
has been vacant since the death of the late
directors feel that Mr.. Bradbury is en-
titled 10 such promotion. so much ability
has he shown in managing the property
under disadvantages
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Eastern Ohio road will be extended
| from Lore City to Freeport, a distance OF
| twenty miles.
Employees in the shops of the Vandalia at
| Terre Haute are considering cooperative
| scheme TO operate a grocery store.
BENJAMIN Kelsey. city ticket agent of the
| Big -Four, has been SO Ill for q couple Of
| days as to confine him to his home.
L G.. Rawn, general superintendent of
| the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, was
in the city yesterday on official business.
W. NJ. Lampton, general agent Of the
Denver & Rio Grande. has been appointed
assistant general freight agent of the COM
pany.
| On Sunday the Panhandle delivered to the
| Pennsylvania lines at Pittsburg ninety car
| loads Of live stock shipped from the south
| western division.
Ii is reported that ]. Frey. general
manager of the Santa Fe lines, has ten
| dered his resignation. to become effective
| as soon as his successor is appointed.
The Grand Rapids &, Indiana is building
| at Grand Rapids an electric plant much
| similar TO the fine one just completed at
| Fort Wayne by the Pennsylvania Com
| pany.
| The Erie is having another survey made
| for a line connecting with its Jefferson
branch at Brandt, which will materially
shorten the distance between New York
and Buffalo.
The new fast train of the Illinois Cen
tral leaves Memphis at z a. m. reaches
st. Louis at 4:3h p. m and Chicago at $40
p. m, the fastest time ever made between
the points named.
l. F. Loree. general manager Of the Penn
sylvania lines west, and John +. Miller,
general superintendent of the Southwestern
system, were in the city yesterday, going
home to Louisville.
Samuel Moore, passenger conductor on the
Grand Rapids & Indiana, secured month )
leave OF absence and yesterday left for Jop
lin, Mo-. to look after mining property in
which he is interested.
d. NJ. Philbin has been appointed super
intendent of the Eastern Minnesota & West
Superior In place of G. T. Slade. who has
resigned to go abroad with his family. Mr..
Philbin is second vice president of the COM
pany.
The railroads entering Atlanta have de-
cided 10 merge their terminal interests and
appoint a superintendent of terminals. c.
T.. Harman, general passenger agent of the
Western Atlantic. has been offered the
position.
The Pittsburg division of the Pennsyl-
vania Is difficult one TO make fast runs
on, but last week one of the companys
new engines hauled the heavy limited from
and one minute.
Superintendent Mcclure of the Eastern
division of the Erie, has issued an order pro-
| Viding that no engineer or fireman shall be
| called WITHIN eight hours after making
| trip This has been done to insure sufficient
rest to the men.
On his trip over the Michigan division of
the remodeied depot at Eikhart six feet
further east than the property line and
| ordered II moved back, requiring the relay
| ing OF the foundation.
Freight Officials Vallery, of the Chicago,
burlington q Quincy: Carroll Of the Union
Pacific; Laird, OF the Chicago Great West
ern; Forester. Of the Indiana, Illinois &
| Iowa road, and Bemus, of the Queen &
| Crescent, are in the city.
Master Mechanic Coburn, Of the Monon
ines ines WAS WAS In the city Yesterday looking
He says the mainline shops are working
| full time and full-handed, and traffic is so
| heavy it requires a good deal of work for
| repairs.
w. c. Arp, superintendent of motive DOW
| er Of the Nandalia lines, and wife have
| gone TO WilliamspOrt Pa, being called there
by the sudden death of Mrs .Arp's father.
Mr. Arp and wife attended the golden wed
| ding OF her parents.
B. F. Stark, who has been agent of the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie at Homestead. has
resigned, and the freight and passenger
departments separated, ]. c. Adler being
appointed freight agent and S. d. Aiken
ticket agent. Mr.. Stark had held the
agency seventeen years.
| placed order with the Haskell-Barker
| car works. Michigan City, for 1,OO0 box cars
all to be delivered by Sept. l. and yet the
works have to deliver 900 cars. The l.. E. &
| w. people are pushing the works for the
cars yet to be delivered.
The two vestibuled trains running over
the Cincinnati. Hamilton e. Dayton and
Monon lines. which have been on twelve
years, We're the first complete vestibule
trains, VIII be rebuilt square vesibued.
with an observation room on the end of
the rear car and made up to date in every
respect.
Frank Reed, general passenger agent of
the MonOn lines, was in the city last even-
Ing en- route to Cincinnati. Mr.. Reed states
that not only are the freight earnings large
ly exceeding those of any former year. but
1883 will largely exceed that of any former
year in the roads history.
The Big Four has made a second shin
ment of machinery to the Hawaiian islands.
The shipment of thirty cars, which was
started on the long journey last week had
TO be broken at Chattanooga, to which
place IL was run as a solid train The
train was too heavy to pull over some of
the grades on the Queen & Crescent.
The Erie. which has for years received
large share of the. Pennsylvania Coal
CompanyS profits, VIII shortly lose this
source of revenue, as the coal company
has become independent of the Erie and
owns and operates a road of its own, the
new line being eighty-one miles in length
and opening up a large scope of new an
thracite coal territory.
The Boston Transcript says: AN ar
rangement has been made by which the
form of the lease of the Boston & Albany
railroad TO the New York Central has been
mace satisfactory to the so-called protec-
tive committee. An addition of 81. 500 900 has
been made to the cash to be paid by the
New York Central Railway. The protective
committee has decided that, under all the
circumstances. ii is for the best interest
of the property and the stockholders that
the lease should be ratified"
The twelfth annual meeting of the Guar
anteed Ticket Brokers Association began in
Detroit yesterday, with about sixty MEM
bers present. Little was done yesterday
other than the reading of reports The ex-
ecutive committee had adjusted ali the
claims against the members and the asso-
citation TO the amount of 5000 The fund
10 fight the anu-scalping measure In Con-
gress will be increased 10 $1,000 This with
the amount raised by the other association
will give the brokers $200'0 or more 10 test
the constitutionality OF the law if the bill
passes.
The Interstate-cOmmerce Commission YES
terday resumed its hearing. at St Louis.
OF the complaint of the st. Louis Busi-
ness Mems League against Western rail-
roads. Former Governor Joseph Fifer. OF
Illinois, recently appointed member of the
commission, was sworn in and took part
In the proceedings. A. j. Van Landingham.
representing 800 merchants of St Louis
filed as exhibits all the tariffs and docu-
ments which he used in his testimony
These included certified records of meet
ings al which references to a contract ne
#rnrnp fh.a rot ff~nD Il seaA tie