The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-28

Large blocks of stock of the Norfolk e.
Western are changing hands. which can
hardly be due to its better earnings, and
the question is. what syndicate is behind
the buying of this stock.
The Panhandle has already received eight
of its GA Mogul type of engines. They
handle more cars per train and are faster
N achines than any before used in freight
service on the Panhandle.
]. III. Wright, late with the Pittsburg Coal
Company, passed through the city yester-
day EN- route to st. Louis to accept the po-
sit1on OF private secretary to Vice Presi-
dent Warner. of the Missouri Pacific.
j. b. Reed tomorrow takes the position
or chief train dispatcher of the Pittsburg
az Western. He will have the western and
lake divisions under his supervision, with
headquarters at New Castle Junction.
M. w. Mansfield, superintendent of the
indianapolis & Vincennes road. who has
been confined at home with malarial fever
for several days, was better yesterday and
expects TO be at his office in few days.
Ira A. Mccormack, who tomorrow takes
the position of general manager of the
Cleveland electric lines, was for a number
OF years with the Lake Shore, most OF the
time as train master Of the Buffalo d.
vision.
A. +. Chapman, who was for many years
an engineeS on the Indianapolis, Peru &
Chicago, later division OF the Wabash,
now the Lake Erie q Western division of
Delray, Mich.
To prevent accidents happening on the
Wabash at Peru such that three weeks
ago, in which three locomotives were bad
company has put a deraiIing track at its
roundhouse as safeguard.
A.number of conductors. engineers. fire.
men and men in other departments who
were discharged by the former superin-
tendent of the Peoria & Eastern lines, have
haa rQi q "A "a faff 70 ra-
Gently appointed superintendent.
Large gangs of men still at work re-
pairing the Big Four wrecked bridge over
the Wabash river near Terre Haute. Chief
bridge so far repaired as to admit OF
trains passing over IL tomorrow.
n. w. Barley. who has been agent of
the Big Four at Robinson, H., for some
years, and connected with the st. Louis
division OF the Big Four for thirty years
commencing as a conductor running be /.
tween Danville and Paris has resigned TO
go into business.
A circular issued yesterday by General
superintendent Bodgett. of the Lake
Shore and Lake Erie & Western, states that
w. III. Marshall, OF Cleveland, had been
appointed superintendent OF motive power
of the Lake Erie q Western line, vice r.
Reilly, resigned.
Spring time schedules are beginning to
receive attention. Some important changes
will probably be made on the Lake Erie &
Western and additional fast train be-
tween st. Louis and New York in both di-
rections will be put on over the Big Four
and other Vanderbilt lines.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will,
within a short time. have line OF its own
TO Bullalo and the work OF locating the
new road will be begun soon. IL is the in
tention OF the company TO build a line
from Kane or Wilcox. on the Philadelphia
4 Erie railroad. 10 Buffalo, about 125 miles.
Of a
with roads entering that city TO inaugurate
excursions, commencing with March 10. 10
catch the spring trade. In the year 1899
there were 100 days on which roads center
ing at Indianapolis had reduced rates 10
some gathering In the way OF conventions.
etc.
The yardmen and trainmen OF the Cleve-
land Terminal & Valley Railway have de-
cided TO ask for an increase In wages which
will place them on the same footing as the