The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-27

moters of the enterprise.
Train 20 on the Pennsylvania lines has
several times of late been obliged TO put
on third sleeping car to accommodate the
business. On Jan. - this train will haul
special sleeping car to carry party that
is to make tour of the Mediterranean.
I. A Dugan, assistant general freight
agent OF the Fftchburg road, and George
Z. Dudley, Eastern freight agent of the
same road, are in the city on official bust
ness. This is Mr.. Dugans initial trip, and
he is much pleased with Indianapolis and
its activity.
The Kinzua bridge on the Erie road.
which has become famous as the visiting
point of thousands of people on account of
its height, 30l feet, Is 10 be taken down and
replaced with new steel structure The
heavier rolling stock requires more sub
stantial bridge.
handle lines held their quarterly meeting
in Pittsburg. This is distinctively a Pan
handle institution. and since its Inaugural
ton two years ago much good has been
accomplished for the transportation de-
partment of the road.
The interchange of traffic between the
Big -Four and the Chesapeake * Ohio is
again reaching large volume. On Thurs
DAY the Big Four turned over to the Z: q
y: at Cincinnati go and the c. & Q. TO the
Big Four at that point 40 loaded cars; the
daily average is 450 loaded cars.
The railroad branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association at Logansport will.
on Jan. 30. with appropriate services, open
its new rooms. free dinner will be
served to all railroad men who send in
their names on cards, which can be had at
the association rooms for the asking.
In the Circuit Court at Toledo, o., Mrs.
s. Fox was on Thursday awarded $1,000
damages against the Wabash Railway
Company for the loss of her husband, who
was run over by switching engine at FIT.
Wayne. The Wabash gave notice that it
will carry the case to the Supreme Court.
w. II. Newman, the newly elected pres
ident of the Lake Erie & Western with
vice president Bradbury, will spend
couple of days next week at indianapolis.
Mr.. Newman wishes to inform himself
as to the affairs of the company, and what
improvements it is advisable to make the
coming year.
A circular announces that the Southern
Pacific has taken control of the Galveston,
Houston e. Northern, and has appointed
5. f. b. Morse passenger traffic manager;
II. A. Jones, general freight agent; j. j.
Ryan, superintendent: c. w. Bien. train
master, and j. T. Null, engineer of main
tenance of way.
A considerable mileage of the Michigan
division of the Big Four is being relaid
with steel rails weighing sixty-seven
pounds to the yard. which were taken up
on the Big Four main line to give place
to .eighty-pound rails. The Michigan di-
vision now is laid with a rail weighing
but fifty-six pounds to the yard.
The position of general agent has been
created on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, and
Gaylord NJ Beach, formerly assistant gen.
eral manager of the line. has been APP
pointed to the position. Mr.. Beach was
formerly general manager OF the Bee-line
beginning his railroad career in the early
fifties as track laborer on the Bee-line.
A circular from j. b. Yohe, general SUI
perintendent of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie.
announces that j. w. Riley has been ap-
pointed trainmaster at MckeeS Rocks,
succeeding III. b. Pierce, who is in i'll
health. Mr.. Riley was formerly trainmas-
ter of the Big Four, and more recently
superintendent Of the Peoria 81 Eastern.
William T. Wolff, chief clerk to Ralph
Peters, general agent and superintendent Of
the Panhandle lines, has been given an
important posiion with A. M. Sc-ioyer, SUI
perintendent of telegraph of the Pittsburg,
ger, now with the Panhandle, at Cincin-
natl, will succeed Mr.. Wolff as chief clerk
of Superintendent Peters
On JAM /, of the officers, agents and
clerks of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg, % per cent. were members of
the Pennsylvania Voluntary Relief Associa-
ton; telegraph operators, 76 per cent;
conductors, go per cent; brakemen, 90 per
per cent; yardmen. "a per cent; shopmen,
IS per cent; trackmen, 25 per cent.
An official of the Pennsylvania road
says that the pension plan will be grad
ually extended over Western lines. East
of Pittsburg it is apparently in good work.
ing order, and as the old employees are
retired on pension and replaced by new
men, perfect harmony exists, and the Of
fetal expressed the opinion that within six
months or year the plan will be in opera
ton west OF Pittsburg.
Representatives of the Order of Railway
Conductors, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, Brotherhoods of Locomotive
Firemen and of Railway Trainmen have
assembled at the capital Of Texas to take
a hand in legislative matters. They have
induced the Governor to recommend the
passage of a law prohibiting double-header
trains. The Governor has said that he will
also recommend law reducing passenger
fares from to cents per mile.
A general freight agent remarked that
''among all the voluminous protests against
the changes in classification that have
been made by the various interests at the
hearing of the past week. not one voice
has been lifted in opposition to the claim
that under the existing circumstances the
railways are fairly entitled to raise their
hearings suffice to demonstrate that If
the traffic managers should give advance
hearings, has been suggested, they never
would accomplish anything"
Panhandle directors have declared a
semi-annual dividend of per cent on the
preferred stock. This dividend is impor-
tant because ii places that stock definitely
upon per cent. dividend basis. Last
year at this time the directors declared
a 2 per cent. dividend, but it will be no
ticed that this time the dividend is spoken
of as semi-annual. AS no dividend can
be paid the common stock until after
the payment of per cent. per a. mum on
the preferred, the question of a dividend
on the common stock was not considered,
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