The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-05


Judge Field. general solicitor of the
Monon lines. Is In the city.
General Passenger Agent Crane, of the
Wabash, Is in the East arranging for sum-
mer through time schedules.
The Vandalia yesterday received one of
its new large freight engines from the
Pittsburg locomotive works. 7i-''i ''
Tourist business to the Pacific continues
TO break all records, fully 70 per cent. more
people having gone thither than did last
year.
Louis Faithorn has returned to service on
the Chicago & Alton with the handsome
promotion of assistant general freight
agent.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana has already
placed on sale cottagers' tickets to Rome
City, which has become one OF indianas
popular summer resorts.
The Chicago. Burlington G. Quincy has
appointed w. +. McMillen general agent
of the company at Cleveland, IL being a
newly created Office for that point.
The Santa Fe has made arrangements
to give passengers on its California limited
trains daily stock market reports and
quotations. The reports to be wired twice
a day. NIB
neers, at their meeting to be held in Mil
waukee i'm June will take decided action
in the matter. of building home for dis
abled engineers.
Saratoga Springs and Fortress Monroe
are named as the places for the next con-
vention of the Master Mechanics and Mas
ter Car Builders, Fortress Monroe being
the most favored.
Ambrose s. Parks. who for forty years
has been freight agent of the Panhandle
at Steubenville, o., was buried al that place
yesterday. He was the oldest freight agent
in the employ of that road.
The Lake Shore has increased the pay
OF it's switchmen and yardmen at Buffalo
to the same scale as that paid by the COM
pany at Chicago, which means an advance
of s. per month to the switchmen.
E. r. Scoville, superintendent of tele-
graph on the Baltimore 4 Ohio Southwest
ern. has been presented by his associates
in the different lines of train service with
an elegant gold watch. chain and charm.
Francis Lynde Stetson. who represents
the Morgan syndicate, will be in the city
| tomorrow to look after the litigation
which comes up before Judge Baker I'm the
Louisville. Evansville & st. Louis case
The meeting of the American Railway
Association at Chicago, April Is. will be
an important one and largely attended
| IL is expected. Papers are to be read by
| the best informed railroad men of the
country.
1t is stated that should the bondholders
of the Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City
prefer to operate the road an indie
| pendent line there has been such a growth
/ in it's local business that the road can be
| so operated profitably.
| The advance i'm stocks of the Lake Erie
/ & Western since the Lake Shore took con
| troll of the property has been striking. and
| IL Is understood the preferred stock I'm june
| will again be placed on a 3 per cent. pei
| annum dividend paying basis.
| ID. j. O'Connor has been appointed chic
/ train dispatcher on the Grand Trunk lines
! middle division. with headquarters at STRAIT
| ford. He succeeds j. Baxter. assigned 4
other duties. Mr.. OConnor went from tn
| Wabash 10 the Grand Trunk.
A large force has been put work on thu
| extension OF the Southern Indiana Railwa,
| from Linton 10 Terre Haute. AS fast al
| the track Is laid IL is ballasted with broker
| stone and when completed IL will be sat,
| 90 run trains over IL sixty miles an hour 1
/ desired.
| Notwithstanding the fact that the BIZ
| Four has, In the last three months. re
] ceived thirteen new heavy freight loco
! motives. at present IL Is short. of powe
and Yesterday had over two hundred car
! delayed at Indianapolis for want OF powe
| TO forward them.
II Is now one year since Samuel Feltol
| left the Queen & Crescent To take the pres
idency OF the Chicago Alton. ON no roa'
In the country have greater Improvement
been made than on. this under his manage
ment, Much was expected OF him. but n
has accomplished more than had bee
looked for. In one year roadbed and equip
ment have been put In excellent condi