The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

Passenger Conductor Segar, Of the Pam
handle, has been in the service of the COM
pany twenty-eight years. seventeen as a
passenger conductor.
A special car yesterday over the Van
dalia and the Pennsylvania lines, carried
East nineteen Mexicans en- route to Paris,
France, to give exhibitions.
Cablegrams from NJ. Z. ingalls,, president
of the Big Four, now in Europe. reports he
Is in excellent health and enjoying himself.
He is not expected home until the latter
part of June.
Passenger men are expecting to bring a
good many people to Indianapolis this week.
Yesterday there was not an accommodation
train arrived that did not haul one TO three
extra coaches. all well filed.
The new method of lighting the interior
of the Union Station has not proved sat
isfactory: the chandeliers were yesterday
put in order and will add 240 incandescents
to the number of this class Of lights
The report of Conductor Kirkpatrick. of
the Vandalia, showed that yesterday, be-
tween ST. Louis and Indianapolis, the train
gers. The train consisted of thirteen cars.
The new time schedule of the Lake Erie
& Western became effective Sunday,
and IL is thought will please the patrons
of the line better than the one dropped,
which had been practically the same since
1861.
The gross earnings of the Baltimore &
Ohio system increased 4912.22g in the ten
creased 81. 1854 during the same period.
The net earnings for the ten months were
|! S11 $50 273.
The Panhandle pay car was I'm the city
yesterday, and one of the officials said that
in twenty-eight years the pay car OF this
company has been in Indianapolis on the
| 18th or 18th of each month, with one excep-
| ton, and then on account of a wreck could
not reach here ~ the 14th
George III. Daniels, general passenger
| agent of the New York Central. calls at
| tention to the fact that ticket scalpers in
various parts of the country have been
found with counterfeit dating stamps. au-
| tograph stamps, etc, which enable them to
manipulate tickets OF the railroads.
| Michael Flanagan. one of the oldest en-
ployes of the Lake Shore between Buffalo
| and Cleveland, will tender his resignation
| this month. He has been a railroad man
| for forty-three years and has served the
company in various capacities. He has
been station agent much of this time.
Conductors and brakemen the West
| ern New York & Pennsylvania have re-
| ceived orders that they will not be permit
ted to wear tan shoes red neckties while
| on duty. These articles of apparel are
regarded as unbecoming to railroad men by
the officials of the road. who have accord
ingly put them under the ban.
| The Southern Pacific passenger depart
ment is being praised on all sides for Sc
/ lecting so neat front for its 1900 calendar
/ as a picture of the Grizzly Giant" the
largest tree in the world A beautiful pic
| ture OF this monarch OF the woods is given,
| and to illustrate its huge size a cavalry
| troop is gathered about the trunk.
The American Ticket Brokers Associa-
| ton has elected the following officers: Pres
l ident. Simon Steiner. st. Louis; vice presi-
/ dents. Elmer L. Darling of Salt Lake. Wal
/ ter X. Brown of Detroit, r. G. Willcots OF
Duluth. George Salt OF Niagara Falls; Sec
/ rotary. w. b. Carter. Louisville. The con-
| vention will meet next year In Kansas City.
The Big Four has cleared up the wreck
i caused few weeks ago by a portion OF
i the bridge over the Wabash river going
! down. or the cars that went down only