The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-08

Presley Wharton, one of the oldest en-
ployes in time Of service on the Panhandle,
died at Columbus on Tuesday. aged seven
ty years.
Hamilton & Dayton has advanced five
points since Monday and sales are reported
at the advanced figures.
The bridge carpenters of the Big Four
have asked for an increase in pay, and the
usual rumor is current that unless IL is
granted they will strike.
Ford Wood, general freight agent Of the
Peoria & Eastern, who has been East. WIS.,
iting Pittsburg and other points on official
business, is expected home to-day.
Samuel Rockwell. principal assistant en-
gineer on the Lake Shore road, in 1864
a fiagman at one of the company's cross
ings. He is now fifty-two years OF age.
President Walsh, of the Indiana South
ern Railway, says their trains will be run
ming into 1erre Haute within ninety days,
and with good weather conditions sooner.
The car works at st. Louis have COM
menced delivering the 1000 new box cars
for the Pennsylvania Railroad, thirty to
forty day passing through here loaded.
The January number of Sunset issued
by the Southern Pacific, is out 1t con-
tains some fine cuts of scenery on its line
and considerable interesting reading mat
ter.
William Owens, who has been running
the Black Diamond express on the Lehigh
Valley road, has been appointed travelling
expert for the New York Air-brake Com
pany.
Mrs. F. p Sargent, president of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, is visiting points in
this State and Ohio where auxiliaries are
established.
John Bean. master mechanic Of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie, will retire on Feb.
Is. He has been connected with the road
number of years. His successor has not
yet been named.
1t is stated on high authority that Will
liam c. Brown, general manager of the
Burlington system, will be elected presi-
dent of the reorganiZed Kansas City, Pitts
burg & Gulf road.
The gross earnings of the Chicago &
Northwestern for 1899 were S41, SOC, 761, an in
crease over 1898 of s43o9. ISL; the net earn
ings were $14, $780, 23, an increase over 1898
of l,SO7, $780, and the surplus was $5,100,2S4
Within the last ten days syndicate has
bought a block of S. 600, 900 of the Baltimore
& Ohio tours and S2,25O,0O0 of the Baltimore
a. Ohio Southwestern three-and-a-halfs.
1t is said market prices were paid in both
cases.
The Adams Express Company will spend
a large sum in the effort to discover the
person who shipped corpse from Balu-
more to Sioux City, marked books" The
body was apparently that of a murdered
man.
The general manager of the Allegheny
Valley road has issued order that all
engineers and conductors who have been In
the service of the company ten years be
given annual passes for themselves and
wives.
NJ. T. Jones. who recently resigned as SUI
perintenoent of dining service on the
Lake Shore road, has accepted more lu-
crative position under John A. Spoor. pres
ident of the Chicago Junction Railway
Company.
President Felton, of the Chicago & Alton,
has arranged to have the main line be-
tween Chicago and Joliet equipped with
automatic block signals of the same char
acter as those which have proved so salts
factory on the Queen q Crescent.
Arthur Jones and Harry keenan,. Pan
handle engineers, returned on Tuesday
from a months trip in Colorado. While
absent they met James Russell, general
yardmaster of the Panhandle, who has
been in Colorado for his health, which is
considerably improved.
w. III. Newman, president of the Lake
Erie & Western. spent yesterday at the
heads of departments, Ii being the first
time he has taken matters up in detail. Mr..
Newman will remain to-day, this evening
returning to Cleveland.
In the month of January there were ham
died at the Indianapolis terminal OF the
Vandalia lines 12,57S cars. There were for
warded west ALI loaded and 1853 empty
cars; brought in 5.224 loaded and GA empty
cars. OF the inbound business Dol were
loaded with live stock.
The executive committee of the Philadel-
phia & Reading has recommended to the
directors that a semi-annual dividend OF
11a per cent. be declared on the preferred
stock, payable March g. The last dividend
was paid in 1876. Since that time the COM
pany's history has been one of receiver
ships and litigation.
NJ w. Mansfield. superintendent Of the
Indianapolis & Vincennes, states that the
| largest tonnage in the roads history was
handled in 1899, but so much of 1T was coal
and low-class freights that the earning ex-
| hibit is not as favorable as the tonnage. In
passenger business quite an increase in
earnings is shown over 1898.
To-day freight officers of the Western
roads will meet in Chicago to discuss the
action of the Eastern lines in cutting on
| the system of through billing from the
East to the West, which forces the roads
running west of the Mississippi to make
out new bills of lading on freight shipped
| to points west of the Mississippi river.
The Merchants Association of New York
| city has sent a protest to the Western
| classification committee, at Chicago,
| against the new classification recently
adopted by all roads west of the Missis-
| sippi river. The association objects chiefly
| to the widening of the difference between
| carload rates and less than carload rates.
| The Nickel-plate has decided to withdraw
| from the Northern interchangeable mile
Il
| senger Association mileage book 1t is be-
| lieved the Lake Shore and the Michigan
| Central will adopt a similar course, al
| though A. ]. Smith, general passenger
agent of the Lake Shore, says he has no
| intention Of doing so.
T. w. Demerest, of Columbus, o., super
| intendent of motive power OF the Pennsyl-
vania lines west, was in the city yester-
| day and spent several hours with Bush
rod Taylor, superintendent of the Louis
Vile division, and NJ w. Mansfield, SUI
perintendent of the Indianapolis g. Vim
| cennes, ascertaining what was needed In
| the way of power on these two divisions.
| A number of passenger officials were In
| the city last evening. OF the number were
| B. Payne, assistant general passenger and
| ticket agent of the Missouri Pacific; b
Wilson, district passenger agent, Chicago
| r. c. Matthews, travelling passenger agent
| Louisville; w. Il. Wheeler, travelling pas
| senger agent of the Lehigh Valley, Buffalo
| III. w. Noyes, travelling passenger agent OF
| the Chicago Great Western, Chicago, and
| C. E. BENJAMIN, travelling passenger agent
| of the Canadian Pacific.
| The Louisville Evening Post of yesterday
| saws: There was rumor current this
| afternoon that the general offices of the
| louisville & Nashville Railway Company
| will be removed from this city at an early
| date to ST. Louis. Ii was also stated that
| the shops of the company, except those
| necessary for local purposes, will be re-
| moved to Nashville. May 1 is the date
| fixed Cor removal of the offices. The shops
| could not be moved SO quickly. AT the
/ offices of the company a reporter could not
get either a denial or confirmation. the
| officials positively refusing 70 discuss the
matter"