The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15

powerful ever used on the lines. and will
greatly relieve the present stress for
power.
William Green. vice president and gen.
eral manager OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern. who has been East for a
couple OF weeks, Is expected at Cincinnati
to-day.
Last week several freight conductors on
the Panhandle lines were promoted TO pas-
senger conductors. or the number were
John MCGEE, a q. Griffin and w. III.
Chambers.
Business is improving again with the
Zig Four, the company handling at In
dianapolis last week 9,2l4 loaded cars, an
increase OF 429 over the corresponding
week of 1899.
George w. Kirby, agent of the Pennsyl-
vania at Wimore, who is retired under
the pension fund, Is eighty-six years OF
age, and mad served the company as agent
fcrty-four years.
James Russell, general yardmaster OF the
Panhandle at Columbus, o.. who few
weeks ago went to Colorado for his health.
has much improved and is expected home
In a short time.
Both the Pennsylvania and Vandalia in
the week ending Jan. Is handled fewer
loaded cars than in the corresponding
week of 1892 the former $50 fewer and
the Vandalia 349 fewer
Last week the officials of the shops of
the Pennsylvania Company at Fort Wayne
received instructions to build go box cars.
ten cabin cars and twenty-five furniture
cars of large dimensions.
The new iriterlocking plant Of the Big
Four and Panhandle at London, o., was
inspected Saturday by j. G. Morris. of the
State Commission. and approved, and Will
be put in operation to-day.
NJ. ID. Woodford, president of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton e. Dayton lines. who has
been West the past month looking after
the properties he is interested in, returned
TO New York Saturday night.
The Peoria & Eastern handled at In
jianapolis last week 1,s5S loaded cars. an
increase over the corresponding week OF
1899 of SIG. For several weeks past this road
has been doing the heaviest business in
some years.
With the retirement of George w. Hall
from active service under the pension fund
OF the Pennsylvania as conveyancer the
office is abolished and the Office Of real-es-
tate agent created. B. w. Carskaddon
has been appointed to the position.
General passenger agents of lines from
Chicago and St. Louis to North Pacific coast
lines via the Missouri river gateways will
meet in Chicago to-day to consider the re-
bate system of selling tickets as a means
Of competition with the direct lines via st.
Paul making fat rates.
1t is stated that twenty or more of the
best engineers on the Chicago. Milwaukee
q st. Paul have proposed to j. N. Barr.
the new superintendent of motive power
on the Baltimore Ohio, who on Jan. l
left the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
to follow him to the b. & o.
The first trains of the Chicago, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha road to leave the
Union Pacific station at Omaha, went out
yesterday. using the tracks of the Sioux
City & Pacific between Omaha and Sioux
City. and shortening the time to st. Paul
and Minneapolis an hour and half.
The Erie Railway Company has adopted
a new plan with reference to giving let
ters Of discharge. Hereafter, an employee
quitting the service of the company will be
presented with a personal letter of recon-
mendation, and the former method Of adj
dressing letters to other roads will be
abandoned.
The National Union Railroad Council Of
Indianapolis on Saturday evening held its
annual installation and elected A. j. Coch-
ran, Of the Big Four, president; E. w.
Bassett, vice president; II. l.. Peck finan-
cial secretary; w. f. Fox, of the Empire
line, secretary, and l.. +. Graham, of the
Vandalia, treasurer
The Pennsylvania Company last week au-
thorized additional construction work on
the Cleveland & Pittsburg division, which
will make a line of double track and almost
perfect, from an engineers point of view,
between Cleveland and Hudson, the latter
being the junction point with the Cleve-
land, Akron & Columbus.
Through the changes made on the Van
derbilt lines one of the officers has now
become a director and official in twenty
seven different Vanderbilt corporations. He
takes the place of twenty-six other men,,
who were filling offices in these corpora
tions, without much additional increase in
his salary. which is quite saving.
Frank l. Brown has been made chief of
the lumber and tie department Of the Penn
sylvania system, both east and west. The
positions held by the late Captain Hettler
and Colonel Humphreys have been united
and Mr.. Brown will fill the office thus
created. Mr.. Brown has been lumber buyer
for the Nickel-plate or number OF years.
To-day all east-bound lines out of Chi
cago will put in effect an order that trunks
weighing over $50 pounds shall not be car
ried as baggage. This is done to restrict
advance theatrical agents from carrying
paper and posters, and mercantile agents
from transporting free of charge large
quantities of goods by carrying them in
trunks.
III. r.. Coyle mas been appointed train
master of the Meadville division east of
.ne ..rie line with headquarters at Mead
Vile; T.. c. Allen. trainmaster of the
Meadville division west, with headquarters
at Kent, O.; A II. Mansfield, chief train
dispatcher, with headquarters at Mead
Vile. Pa. c. +. Lewis, agent and operator
at Randall, o.
l.. T. Fowler. agent for the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company, an
nounceS that the company Will have four
Boston, three between Providence and Bos-
ton, and three daily between Baltimore,
Newport and Norfolk, working in connec-
ton with the Chesapeake & Ohio and the
Norfolk & Western.
A circular announces the appointment of
w. j. Bennett as master mechanic of the
western division Of the Chicago d Alton.
| with headquarters at Slater. Mo. Mr.. Ben
nett began his railroad career in the shops
of the Wabash road, and now has two
brothers in the Wabash shops. One is gen.
eral foreman of the locomotive department
at the Wabash shops at Toledo.
Plans for a fine new depot at Elkhart are
being prepared in the office of the chief en-
| gineer of the Lake Shore at Cleveland, and,
| though there has been no official announce
ment, 1T is believed the Improvement will
| be made this year. The plans are said to
| be copied largely after those of the same
| company's station at Toledo, though, of
| course, the Elkhart building will not be SO
| large.
| After Feb. 1 all of the railroad compa-
| the Mississippi river and the shortest
| Louis will not contribute to the income
| of ticket agents by paying for the rout-
| ing of business. This means, it is stated
| that unless the railroads increase the sal
aries of the ticket agents they will be
obliged to get along on about half the
| money shey are now receiving.
Receiver Hunt. of the Toledo, st. Louis
| & Kansas City, i'm his report for the first
| an increase of 56.S per cent. in the net earn
inc .Nfs he faat hat tHar