The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-22

was to have been held at New York yester-
day, has been postponed until next Tues
day
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois has asked
for bids for new depots 10 be built at
hoopeston and RossviiIe. and will ask for
BIDS in a few days o.. an office building at
Danville Junction.
The gross earnings OF the Chicago e.
Eastern Illinois increased In the second
week OF September, over the correspond
ing week OF 1888. s1i.59. Since July ! an in
crease of sl4s. Is shown.
1t is predicted that the freight earnings
of the Panhandle and Big Four lines will
be larger in September than for August. so
large a per cent. OF the business moving
this month being high class freight.
Notice is given Of the resignation of +. $.
Waller as claim agent of the Cleveland.
Akron < Columbus. and that hereafter the
duties Of that office will be looked after by
William Hodgen. general freight agent.
Railway laborers on Western roads are
commanding very good wages these days.
owing to the scarcity Of men. The Denver
a. Rio Grande. the Union Pacific and Colo
RADIO lines are now paying 81 per day.
". III. Ieahey. who left the Chesapeake
& Ohio to become advertising agent of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton lines, has
returned 10 the-fcrmer road. taking a cler-
e. 1sal T. POSITION ' in the general offices of the
ID. b. Martin. passenger traffic manager
Of the Baltimore & Ohio. writes that their
line took into Philadelphia In the week that
sho Army " II the kcpuDAlC dcotAAlDiCNr
eighty-nine special trains. not twenty-nine,
as the Journal previously stated.
The movement of freight continues heavy,
and railroad officials say that If rates We're
better there would be a greater increase in
earnings. Operating expenses are greater, as
the cost of material has increased. while
outside OF an advance on iron and steel
rates.
The maintenance of way department of
the Big -Four. under the direction of George
in pamphlet form historical sketches of the
origin OF each of the companies which have,
since their origin. become parts of the c., c.,
{. q st. l.. Railroad Company. giving
enabling acts. etc. as they have been passed
from time to tine.
Railway employees In every branch Of the
service are feeling the effects of the pros
vances have been made In the wages of the
men in railway service that have never been
announced. There is scarcely a week that
the dispatches do not announce some con-
cession or restoration of wages by the rail-
roads to the employees.
Regarding the rumor that A. ]. Cassatt.
president of the Pennsylvania lines. was to
De elected president of the New York. New
haven Il Hartford. Mr.. Cassatt is quoted as
saying that IL his name was on the list IL
might as well be eliminated. For his part.
ne rs reported as saying. he would not ex-
change his present position on the Penneyl-
vania road for the head Of any other rail-
road corporation.
AT all the local car shops repair work on
cars Is being pushed. So great has been
the demand for cars for the coal and ore
traffic that the Pennsylvania refused to
loan the Schoen Pressed Steel Car Com
pany three of the new steel cars to be ex-
hiblted at the Philadelphia exhibition,
which opened this week. There is also an
tremendous grain crop in the Western
states promises to swamp the railroads
with traffic during the next six months.
"A prominent stakeholder of the New York,
NlU A0Nn e. .@-v H. d. Ill.,,
says that Mr.. Clark's withdrawal as presi-
cent means the absorption of the New
Haven road by the New York Central, and
that developments In the directorate in the
near future will prove this beyond a doubt.
Cornelius Vanderbilt owned upward of a
million dollars of the stock Of the road,
the Vandebilt family means, it is said, a
closer relation between the Vanderbilt sys-
tenn and the New Haven property.
| James b. McKimm. formerly trainmaster
of the Erie & Ashtabula division of the
Pennsylvania lines, now superintendent OF
the western division of the Pittsburg,
ly surprised a few days ago when he
was called upon by a committee COM
posed of Erie & Ashtabula employees, head
ed by Conductor Ollie Irwin, of New Castle.
The meeting was arranged in the parlor of
one of the best hotels in Fort Wayne. and
when Mr.. McKimm arrived he was present
ed with a handsome travelling bag, silk UNI
brella and a fine meerschaum pipe.
T~wenty-three years ago there went from
his home near Marion, Franklin county,
Pennsylvania, a young man carrying with
him a bundle of shoemaker's tools, all of his
worldly possessions, except the clothes he
wore. Yesterday. says the Pittsburg Post,
tim afeSrb beawe eee si5Soco and Of 8 s,f f 5Go This sis
man is George Louis Hoffman, OF Mt.
Carmel, Ill. He came East TO bring his
and passenger agent of the Mexican Cen
trail Railroad, whose mind has given way
under the hard strain attendant upon his
duties, to Flushing, l.. l.. for treatment.
1t is said that in a short time Cresson
will be made the terminus of the Cambria
q Clearfield division Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad for all trains, which will neces-
there. If this is done Ii will be the means
OF increasing Cresson's population and make
the place other than a summer resort. Su-
perintendent Ab~ercrombie, of the Cresson
& Clearfield, Is said TO. be working hard for
| the Improvement. and 1t is understood that
the general manager at Altoona favors the
scheme. The question will be submitted to
the board Of directors OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad for a final decision In a short time.
The scarcity Of steel has caused a delay
In the completion, of the extension now un-
Illinois TO connect with the st. Louis &
Southwestern. About eight miles nave been
built over Saline creek, and the manufac-
turers canno deliver the steel for the
bridge for several weeks to come. The piers
are ready for the structure. The eight miles
finished have been constructed in the most
thorough manner. with heavy steel rails
Work has now been commenced on the
seventeen miles between the Mobile & Ohio
crossing and the Mississippi. The extension
will probably be open for traffic about
Dec. ].
9. P. Bush. superintendent OF motivf
power of the Panhandle lines. has invented
a combined box and gondola car. and q
sample car has been placed on the side
tracks at Columbus, o.. which is attracting
a good deal of attention. Mr.. Bush claim.
that the car can be rebuilt at a cost not tt
exceed that of an ordinary first class boz
car. This sample car has an iron frame
work with the lower half. of the box built
on the same principle as the gondola cal
with heavy three-inch siding running hori
Zontal and these pieces stiffened by CHECK
blocks the same as any gondola car. The
top part of the box has vertical inch sidine
similar TO the old car. Many points of ad
vantage are claimed for it and all those who
have examined the car are taken with then
and pronounce il a coming carrier in the
way Of box cars BY having the framework
iron and the siding of the gondola par
dropped in in panels there are no posts, anC
several inches in width are thereby gained
ever the old box car. The old trouble in
the way of repairing cars Is saved. as the
inside Innings have always been breaking
Then. too. III this horizontal siding shrinKs
the vertical bolts through the pieces can bs
ughtened up, thus always making a perfect.
~ tight bottom for small grains or other
articles.