The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-16

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service on this division.
Joseph Wood, third vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company, who has been East
for a couple of weeks. has returned.
The Big Four will next month receive a
number of miles of new heavy steel rail,
which will be laid on its Chicago and st.
Louis division.
A. III. Harris, for many years general
Canadian traffic agent of the Fftchburg
road, has resigned as the result of the
road being leased by the Boston & Maine.
w. w. Richardson. district passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines at this
point, accompanied his family TO Bayview,
Mich, last night and will return on Mon
day.
The Niagara Falls excursion to-day of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, in
connection with the Erie lines, being the
last one this season, bids fair to have a
liberal patronage.
The Big Four, which runs an excursion
to-day TO Atlantic City in connection with
the Chesapeake & Ohio, will have five
sleeping cars from indianapolis, one COM
ing from Terre Haute.
At the age of eighty-two years John H.
Reagan, of Texas, has decided TO retire
from the Craftsmanship of the railway COM
mission of that State. He is credited with
having held public Office for sixty years.
The switches from the Belt road to the
Monarch gas engine works and to the new
cerealine mills on Churchman avenue are
completed, making Isl private switches at
indianapolis within a radius of three miles.
DR.. Talbot, medical examiner of the
Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief Department
of the indianapolis division, has gone To
Cleveland to attend a meeting of all medi-
cal examiners on the lines west of Pitts
burg.
e. A. Ford, general passenger agent. and
Samuel Moody, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines west, who
for six weeks past have been with their
families on the Pacific coast. are en- route
home.
H. NJ, Boykin has been appointed divi-
sion freight agent of the Seaboard Air
line, with Headquarters at Richmond. Va.
and r. b. Jones has been appointed solicit
ing agent of the same road at the same
| point.
1t is stated that Charles H. Beach. now
| superintendent of terminals for the Jersey
| Central at Jersey City, will succeed G.. D..
Whitcomb as superintendent OF the At
lantic City division Of the Philadelphia &
| Reading.
Denman w. Rich, one of the best known
railroad men in the Northwest is dead.
from which he never rallied. He was a
prominent member of the Elk Lodge at
Minneapolis.
Under the schedule taking effect on Sum
| day Train is, between ST. Louis and Cleve-
land. will make the run twenty-five min
utes quicker than does the Knickerbocker
and thirty minutes quicker than its pres
ent schedule.
E. F. Cost, freight traffic manager of the
Big Four lines, was in the city last evening
to confer with j. Heavy. division freight
agent of the company at this point, con-
corning alleged irregularities on the part
of a. competing line in rate matters.
F. A. Miller. assistant general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, will, on the retirement of George
II. Heafford, Oct. 1, as general passenger
agent of that road, succeed TO the posi-
4 tion of qeparal ma SSenCer agent IF fh1oa
lines.
The Brown system of discipline without
suspension is to be adopted on the Union
Pacific and Oregon Short-line. Since the
retirement of F. G.. Darlington as super.
intendent Of the Indianapolis division OF
the Pennsylvania, this system of discipline
has become obsolete.
1t is reported from Boston that over one
hundred railways have been deceived into
furnishing transportation 10 a swindler
on account of receiving a letter purportine
to have come from Fred Harrison, genera
manag of the London & Northwestern
Railway of England.
The Illinois Central is pushing the con.
struction of its line between Lyle and Glen
dale, which will form part of its line to
Albert Lea. Mimi, and give II connection al
Glendale with the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & Northern. letting the Illinois Cen
trail into st. Paul and Minneapolis.
John w Jewell. ex-street commissioner
of Lafayette. has accepted a good position
| on the Omaha, Kansas a. Eastern, OF Wnlcn
W. G.. Crimson. formerly of the Lake Erie
& Western, is general manager. Mr.. Brim-
son has taken quite a number OF Indiana
railroad men 10 that road in different ca
pacities.
Freight traffic with the Panhandle and
the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago lines
is increasing. On Sunday on the Pan.
handle. between Columbus and P%ittsburg
thirty east-bound and twenty-three west
bound full freight trains passed over the
road in twelve hours. The Panhandle or
that day turned over TO the Pennsylvania
lis carloads of live stock.
Yesterday fifteen more carloads Of fine
cattle for export. shipped by Morgan Bros
from Marco. Ind, passed through the city
over the Big Four direct 10 Boston. where
the will be loaded for export. A train OF
twenty-nine cars from Kansas passed over
the Nickel-plate yesterday en- route 10 Bos-
ton for export. Both lots go TO Glasgow
Scotland. Sixteen men are in charge OF the
two herds.
Since July / the Big Four lines hav,
earned s1,673.S59. an increase over the cor
responding period of 1893 OF Sis. 093. TIL,
Monon lines. since July /. have earned
ssSs, $50, a decrease OF sls.S33. The cessa
ton OF building on account OF strikes a
Chicago has told seriously on the earn
ings OF the Monon. which usually haul
an immense tonnage OF Bedford stone q
that city. In other lines of freight tn
Monon has held its own well and IL
passenger business has been record break
ing.
The employees Of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois will hold their annual picnic a
Momence on Saturday. and yesterday +. L
Davis. chairman of the employees picni'
committee. received a check from NJ. ]
Carpenter, president OF the road. for 5000
In the letter containing the check he men
| toned having given a like sum last year