The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

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receive considerable attention.
Last week Engineer f. G.. Gillett, with
engine 1910. hauling the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy fast mail. beat all previous rec
ords in the run from Burlington to Chicago.
The distance is 200 miles. and including all
stops, IL was made in 23 minutes, or, ex-
Gliding stops, in 19 minutes actual run
ming time.
George II Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central lines. has
called a meeting of the passenger officials
of the Vanderbilt lines for May y, at
Cincinnati. The Boston q Albany, the
New York Central, the Lake Shore. the
Michigan Central, the Nickel-plate and
the Big Four will be represented.
Superintendent George l.. Peck, of the
Panhandle, has announced the appointment
OF w. l.. Lehew as assistant trainmaster,
10 hav jurisdiction over agents and station
work. Mr.. Lehew was formerly agent Ior
the company at Carnegie. He will be sue
ceeded at Carnegie by Agent Fogle, or NC
Donald, and il is not yet known VINO VIII
succeed Mr.. Fogle.
The Pressed Steel Car Company of Pitts
burg has just forwarded its exhibit to the
Paris exposition. The shipment consisted or
five steel cars. having a carrying capacity
ranging from 10000 pound, 10 $500 pounds
each. Models of the different types OF cars
which the company constructs. and samples
Of side stakes, center plates. BODY ana
truck holsters were also sent.
1t is officially announced that a number
of operators of the Southern Railroad have
been given an increase of from 10 TO IL per
cent. in wages. This affects only those OPP
orators who stayed with the road after the
strike was announced and is confined TO
those station agents and express agents at
smaller stations on the road. Just how far
the raise extends has not been announced.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
paid an unusual compliment to the memory
of the late James Cullen, who was superin-
tendent of machinery of the company. Dur
ing the funeral every engine and train on
the line came TO a standstill promptly at
II o'clock, and traffic and work was sus-
pended on the entire line for the space of
five minutes. During that time engine bells
were tolled n crews stood with barred
heads.
The local railway ~brotherhoods are
making extensive arrangements for their
celebration of the coming Fourth of July
at the state fair grounds. A considerable
sum of money has been raised TO secure
novel and popular entertainments. such as
the collision of two trains running at high
speed and races Of different kinds, and ii
is expected that fully fifty thousand people
will be on the grounds that day If the
weather is favorable.
The Lake Shore people are already max
ing extensive improvements on the Lake
Erie & Western, increasing the section
gangs, distributing gravel ballast at the
rate OF a mile and one-half per day, plac-
ing stone and steel over water ways -Four
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chased. What will be done in the purchase
of steel rails has not yet been fully de-
cided. The passenger equipment will be
brought up to the standard Of those OF its
competitors.
The local Passenger Agents Association
has voted, commencing with Saturday
next, to close all outside ticket offices on
Saturday at l p. m. up to October i. In
other cities this has been the practice for
three years, also closing freight and pas
SanOar OffiCpS The New York Central sets
en- excellent example in this. At noon on
Saturday every one of the general offices
is closed and the doors locked, and no
person enters the offices until Monday at
7:30 a.. m. The officers of the road go on
the theory that a man who cannot keep
his work up and conform TO this practice
is not competent for the position he holds.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will
make an important change OF time on May
13, particularly noticeable In the through
trains 10 Michigan and the Canadas. One
of these changes will constitute an I'M
portant connection with the G. d o. in Gin
cinnati. This will be for the c. & Q. in
bound train at 7:55 a. m. The date sug
gested to Chief Clerk M. l.. Webb an in
teresting little story on that mineral. He
had just arranged with a party OF thirteen
| party will leave on May 13 and will be de-
iivered to Train Is of the Pennsylvania
Company at Piqua, o., on that date. The
rate given is sS for the round trip.
About two weeks ago one official or the
Nickel-plate informed the public. through
the press. that the road had been unable
to get its fair proportion of business since
the abolition of commissions, and that the
only way to recover lost ground was to
| letter the service between Chicago anC
Eastern points and furnish 1T at different
rates. The details of the new train and its
schedule were gone into. and the statement
was made that the fare to New York or
1t would be SIS. The announcement was
an official one and consequently the de.
NAL last week came as a surprise. Genera
opinion is that the Nickel-plate officials
are throwing dust in the eyes Of their East
ern competitors for the purpose of delaying
protest and appeal until the ~twenty-six'
hour train is an assured fact.