The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-03


duced @. A. r. rates $4,000 people.
L. l. Knapp who retired on Sept. / as
master mechanic of the Lehigh Valley road.
has been succeeded by George w. Seidel.
who comes from the Southern Railway.
NJ D. Schaff trainmaster of the Cincin-
natl and Sandusky division of the Big Four,
has obtained a months leave of absence,
and will, accompanied by his wife, make
tour Of Eastern cities.
II is stated that the Chicago & Rock
into Chicago last week than any other line
running into that city. its business exceed
ing that Of the Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania has secured estimates
of the cost of construction of three large
vessels to transport bituminous coal TO
foreign countries, construction of which
Will be commenced soon as keel room
can be had.
The official figures show that the Big
Four carried 10 Chicago. on the reduced
over TO the Illinois Central at Kankakee,
during the days the low rates prevailed,
176 coaches.
c. w. Young, private secretary TO Gen.
eral Manager Yoakum. OF the St Louis a.
San Francisco, has been appointed travel
ing freight agent of the company, with
headquarters at Wichita, Kan. vice G. l..
Fontaine, resigned.
On Sept 1, Charles A. Beach took the
position of Superintendent of the Atlantic
ing, vice G.. u. Whitcomb, resigned MIR.
Beach has been in railroad service twenty
five years, beginning as a section man.
1t is thought the Illinois Central taking
control of the Peoria, Decatur d. Evans
vile lines will do much to develop the prop
erty, which has been in the hands OF re-
ceivers for a number of years, it having
been placed in the hands of a receiver in
1894.
One section OF the extensive wharves the
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weston. Tex, will be completed Sept. 10.
Southern Pacific men claim that the time
on transcontinental line freights can be
reduced twenty-four hours via the Calves
ton route.
The New York Central and the Lake
Shore have established a new rule concern
ing reservation of berths in sleeping cars.
Hereafter. on their best trains, where the
space is all usually taken, the reservation
will expire two hours before the train is
scheduled TO start.
Notices published of the change in meet
ing of the Western presidents from Sept.
that il will be held in Washington instead
of New York. Nearly a year ago New
York was made the permanent place for
these quarterly conferences.
The Panhandle has, at Dennison. 5000
tons of new steel rail TO be distributed on
twenty-seven miles of track on the Cincin-
natl division. Where the new steel is laid
ii will make il practically double track. AT
a small expense the Little Miami division
can now be made a double track road but
forty miles now being single track
The Illinois Central has given the re-
quired notice of fifteen days OF its with
drawal from the Western Passenger Asso-
citation, giving a reason that the road
was hampered by both strong and weak
lines not members of the association. The
road will remain in the mileage and ticket
bureaus.
The Santa Fe has stirred up things gen.
orally at Kansas City by announcing that,
dating from Sept j, the road will charge
81 per car for switching on all grain ordered
20 connecting lines for deliveries TO indus
tries located thereon, or for shipment, es-
tablishing a precedent not hitherto known
in Kansas City.
The Pennsylvania people are elated over
the earnings their new acquisition. the
Western New York & Pennsylvania. shows
for August. passenger and freight earnings
being nearly double those of August, 1899.
The Pennsylvania Is making strong bid
for Philadelphia, Atlantic City. Baltimore
and Washington business from Buffalo ter
ritory.
G.F. Warner, assistant to the general
secretary of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association depart
ment yesterday assumed the secretaryship
of the Railroad Branch of the Y. Nj. G. A.
at Selma, Ala. James G.. Nesbit, fireman
on the Pennsylvania lines. succeeds Mr..
Warner at Pitcairn. Mr.. Warner, previous
to engaging in the association work. was
passenger brakeman on the Pennsyl-
vania.
The order prohibiting newsboys selling
books and papers on the Lehigh Valley
road was the result of a newsboy on the
train attempting to sell the president OF
the road book of Frenchy character,
sealed, for S1.50, finally whispering to the
Official whom he did not know, that he
might have il for so cents. The president
ordered an investigation of the stock car
ried by newsboys, and then ordered that
they be dispensed with on trains
Thomas T.. Clark, who a few weeks ago
left the Chicago q Rock Island to become
a division superintendent of the Lacka-
wanna. on Sept. / succeeded K. @. Russell
as general superintendent of the Lacka-
wanna. When Mr.. Clark went East 1t
was intimated that such would be his posi-
ton as soon he got the road we'll learned.
President Truesdale has most of the Of
fetal positions on the system filled with
Western men, all of whom are making good
records.