The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-19

milwaukee * 81. raul at sioux City.
L. B. McKittrick, who has represented
Vile 81 Nashville at Chicago, on Jan. / goes
to Birmingham. Ala.
DIR. w. f. Brown on jan. 1 goes to Grand
Rapids as medical examiner of the Grand
Rapids & Indiana road. He was formerly
DR.. Wagner's assistant.
1t is officially announced Tbs w. II.
Marshall, superintendent of motive power
OF the Lake Shore lines. will continue in
the service OF that company.
Superintendent Hunter, of the Grand
Rapids d Indiana, says the Introduction of
the pension fund system on that road will
not affect more than ten men.
Charles Rockwell, traffic manager of the
Monon, was yesterday reported improving,
but his physician says ii will be two or
three weeks before he will be about again.
Benjamin Croker. who died in San Fran
cisco a few days ago, was the first %purchas-
ing agent of the Southern Pacific, and in
his day was prominent in railroad circles.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton G. Dayton
Cincinnati Northern. but the vanderbilt's
paid more than this syndicate was will
ing to.
The Chicago &c Eastern Illinois to-day
will open for business its new extension TO
Joppa, it being sixty miles in length, ex-
ending. from Cypress along the Ohio river
to Joppa-
Charles NJ. Hays, recently elected presi-
dent of the Southern Pacific Company, will
leave next week for San Francisco to as
sumo his new duties on Jan. /. II. z. Hunt
irgton, vice president, will accompany him.
The Southern Railway has just completed
a new road from Vaudeville to Allendale,
s. C 1t is hfty-two miles long, has but
two curves in the entire distance, and at
no point is the embankment over three feet
high.
Train 8, over the Evansville & Terre
Haute road, was on Monday hauled from
Evansville to Terre Haute in two hours
and twenty-seven minutes, a record break
ing run with a regular train consisting of
four cars, one a sleeping car
In the month of November III roads
earned $61, 1853, 633, an increase over Novem-
Der, 1893, of s1,29l,612. The first eleven
earned s62S,094-533, an increase over the cor
responding period of 1899 Of $50. 443, 742.
The Big Four has received the last of
the six big passenger engines ordered a
terday completed the round trip between
Indianapolis and st. Louis, hauling the
twenty minutes of time.
Big Four common stock yesterday
touched the highest figure since the COM
pany was reorganized. selling at 7O1s, and
an impression prevails that it may yet go
to par, so large are the earnings and so
valuable are the terminals Of the Big Four
at different points becoming.
On Jan. ], under a new agreement. the
Big Four and the Erie will use the lines of
the two roads between Marion and Gallon
in common, which will give both practi-
cally a double track between these two
of business. Block signals will be erected
that trains may be handled with SAFETY
Hauman G. Haugan, land Commissioner
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Company, with headquarters in Milwau-
kee, has been promoted to the position of
controller of the road and will assume his
duties on JAM 1, retaining his former title.
Mr.. Haugan succeeds +. Q. Sewell, who
has resigned. at the age of seventy-three
years.
bash, who has just returned from New
York. states that authority has been given
to build two new branches, one connecting
Toledo division with the main line at
Wayne to Elkhart, all obstacles to such un-
d~ertaking having been removed. Further.
1t was decided to build a new passenger
station at Toledo.
w. H.. McDoel. president OF the Monon
lines, has completed a careful inspection of
the several divisions and expresses himself
well pleased with the condition of the
property, and especially with the improve
ment in business the last few days. Ship
nents of stone from the Bedford quarries
number fifty or more carloads per day. Es-
pecially was he pleased with the condi-
tons on the Indianapolis division and the
o0@AlCCC "
The representatives of the passenger de-
partments of the several trunk lines last
saturday held a conference in the Office
of George w. Boyd, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania. the pur-
pose being to devise plans and formulate
a report upon a uniform tick 10 be used
by lines in the association upon occasions
attracting a large number of people. IL Is
the intention to guard against the manfp-
ulation OF tickets by .scalpers and others.
M. J. Carpenter. president of the Chicago
e Eastern Illinois, has contributed as n
Christmas present $1,000 10 he distributed
among employees entitled 10 such aid By
injuries. long service, or on account of
advanced years. The appointed
gave 800 10 eight of the employees, SO TO
two and SIS 10 one. President Carpenter
every year contributes that sum TO needy
ployes deciding to whom the distribution
shall be made.
Railway officials at this point are not in
clined TO believe that the lines running
from the north and the south 10 the Ohio
river are ready to break down the wall that
the river has maintained as a division line
created for the purpose of maintaining ar
bitrary rates. 1t has been an unWritten buf
recognized law that railroads north and
south OF the Ohio river shall not extend in
to each others territory, hence ii is thought
the Southern Railway Will not acquire con-
troll OF the Monon.
q. ID. Bacon, general agent of the pas
senger department of the Chicago. Rock
Island & Pacific for this territory. yes
terday received advices from John Sebas-
tain, general passenger agent OF the road.
that the proposition of l cent per mile for