The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-16

with DedQQudIIeFS IN 10lcdEO, VIII appoint
four travelling freight and passenger agents
TO assist him, and a general agency of the
company will be established in New York.
The American Express Company will
handle the Richmond business of the Gin
cinnatf. Richmond a. Muncie Railroad. the
der construction through here. The ex-
press company is preparing TO open an
office.
C. Z. Schaf. general manager of the Big
Four lines. j.. q. Van Winkle, general SUI
perintendent. George Kittredge, chief engi-
neer. and William Garstang, superintend-
ent of motive power, Will start on an IN
spection OF the lines to-day, including the
Cairo division.
z. w. Winter. formerly president of the
Northern Pacific, and one of the best
known railroad men in the country, IS Sc
riously i'll at ST. Joseph's Hospital, st.
Paul. Mr.. Winter entered railroad service
I'm 1861 and has since that time filled a
number of high positions.
The twelve hundred delegates to the
Railroad Department OF the Y. M. G. A.
delphia on Sunday, were the guests of the
Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday on an ex-
cursion to Atlantic City.
In the month of September the average
were $3.50 greater for each person en-
ployed than they were in September, 1896.
This was an increase OF % per cent. over
September, 1896. The increase in the aver
age wages earned by the men employed in
the shops was % Is per cent.
The Chicago Transfer and Clearing Com
pany, a mutual organization of all the rail-
roads running into Chicago, just organized.
Lyonton, H., at a cost of 5000 900. T.. w.
Winter. formerly president of the Omaha
road and late of the Northern Pacific, is at
the head of the organization.
F. c. Fargo. superintendent, ]. d. Brown.
general agent, and E. e. Travis, route
agent OF the American Express Company,
left last evening to attend the funeral or
Charles Fargo. which will be held at Chi
cago at noon to-day. The deceased was sew
enty years of age, and had been connected
with the American Express Company since
a boy.
The increase i'm traffic with Southern rail-
roads is said to be in a considerable meas
ure due to the great increase in trade
with the West Indies and Cuba. Every
vessel sailing from Mobile and other gulf
ports to Havana is heavily laden with
freight, the shipments consisting chiefly or
provisions, dry goods. clothing, household
goods and the like.
The New York Central's catalogue. the
only work of it's kind issued by any rail-
road, Is q notable contribution to the gen.
eral literature as well as to the special de-
track series now consist of thirty numbers
Eight large etchings of scenes along he
line make the collection of permanent value
and artistic Importance.
"a cPCOiol On ~ ma WiAANfh
hauled Senator Beveridge from Minneapo-
lis to Sioux City did it in record-breaking
style. The distance is 269 miles. and the
regular express trains are scheduled nine
hours. The special made the run in five
hours and thirty minutes. stops included,
averaging a mile in one minute and four
teen seconds the entire distance.
1t is stated that the Illinois Central con-
templates another important extension Of
It's line. the new line to run from indie
pendence to Clinton. This will connect with
the graded line from Fulton, H., which
gives entrance to Peoria 1t Is said this
extension has been under consideration for
some time, but the high price of steel rails
during the past year prevented anything
being done.
On Saturday one of the Big Four's new
large freight engines hauled from Cincin-
natl to Indianapolis one train of forty
eight cars loaded with live stock, shipped
from Mendoza, Va, west, fifteen carloads
going to Harris. ILL.,, and the other thirty
& Western. This heavy train was hauled
from Cincinnati to Indianapolis in four
hours and forty minutes.
Frank Irish. travelling agent of the Chi
cago q Northwestern. is in the city. He
said, last evening. hat the low passenger
rates applying to the whole Western
country are greatly increasing business
on all Western lines. The rates are so
low that there is a temptation to take ad-
vantage OF them by people who have no
thought of settling in the West. but who
have a desire to travel when roads offer
such low rates and long limits.
Frederick A. Miller, who yesterday be-
came general passenger agent of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee K st. Paul., succeeding
George H. Heafford, who entered the in
surance business. has been in railroad serv-
ice since 1874. He was general freight and
passenger agent of the Cairo & Vincennes
when the road became the property of the
Wabash Company. In 1883 he entered the
service of the chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul as clerk in the general passenger de-
p8rtment.
The selection of j. A. Middleton as vice
| president of the Erie indicates a different
policy. The years list of vice presidents
has been depleted of recent months-Mr.
Merrill, who was second vice president. GO
ing to the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford; A. A. Donaldson, third vice president,
became treasurer upon the resignation Of
Mr.. White; George Cochrane, who was
fourth vice president, was placed in charge
of Western freight traffic at Cleveland.
fourth vice president has been filled, but
II is said the list will soon be completed.
Hereafter trainmen on the eastern divi-
| required to work when they need rest. Su-
perintendent Griggs. of that division. has
| issued an imperative order to trafnmaSterS,
ro%undhOuSe fOremen and yardmaSterS Of
the division to that effect. BY this ac-
ton he has launched a reform that has
long been sought by trainmen, and 1t is be-
lieved that other superintendent will copy
| operations in railroads In this country were
begun the uncertainty of hours has been
one of the most undesirable and unattract-
i've conditions in the lives of the trainmen,