The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-02

City are the offices of Assistant General
Passenger Agent James Donahue and As
sistant General Freight Agent r. d.. Dunn
beck.
Seeley Dunn. assistant superintendent OF
the Louisville x Nashville lines, with
headquarters at Evansville, retired from
that position yesterday. after eighteen
years service. He is To take the position
OF vice president and general manager OF
a southwestern road at a handsome IN
crease in salary.
The home visitors excursions run yes
terday by the Big -Four lines were the
most literally patroniZed since these annual
excursions were inauguTated from points
on the Big Four and the Peoria & East
ern 10 Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky and vest
Virginia territory. Several special trains
We're run, and regular trains hauled extra
coaches.
Col. Samuel Moody, assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
west, who has been seriously Ill at his
nome at Beaver, Pa. is reported better,
bat still too i'll to assume the cares of his
office, and it is requested that no business
letters be sent to him and that social let
tiers be addressed To Mrs. Samuel Moody,
Beaver, Pa, who will deliver them.
At the annual meeting of the Cleveland.
Lorain & Wheeling. held yesterday, l.. +.
Loree was elected president. w. r. Wood
ford former president of the company.
was made vice president. The road eN-
tends from Cleveland to Wheeling, w. Va.
Tn Baltimore * Ohio Company, of which
MI Loree Is president. secured practical
control Of the property several months
ago.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
ana directors of the Hooking Valley was
held yesterday. The only cnange In the
board OF directors was the retirement of
Thomas Johnson and the election OF Charles
u. HlckoX 10 the vacancy. No action was
taken toward the election of a joint traf-
fc manager for the Hooking Valley and
OHIO Central lines, as had been anticipat-
ed. AT the meeting of the directors all
the old officers were reelected.
The MISUNDERSTANDING between the
Southern Indiana and the Evansville x
Terre Haute Company. operating the Ev-
ansviile q indianapolis. have been adj
gusted, and 1t Is stated that the Southern
Indiana will again use the Evansville &
indianapolis tracks to reach Washington.
IL Is. said the Southern Indiana will be
running It's trains into Washington before
New Years, and that Elnora will be made
a division point for freight trains.
Walter w. Atterbury has been appointed
superintendent of motive power of the
Pennsylvania, succeeding F. D.. Casnave,
who has taken a similar position on the
Baltimore & ohio. r.. n. Durborow,
sHSperint Rn of motive power of
sion of the Pennsylvania lines. has been
promoted TO the position vacated by Mr..
chanic of the shops at Pittsburg. takes Mr..
Durborow's place at Buffalo.
Freight traffic representatives of South
eastern, Western and rail-
lOdu lines met IN St. Louis yesterday TO
discuss the grain rate situation. The prin-
cipal object i'm view was to secure a re-
adjustment of prevailing rates from Mis-
souri, river to Mississippi valley points,
there being some vexed differences to set
tie between Western and Southwestern
lines. The entire day was spent in dis
cussing the matter and receiving sugges-
lions as to a r-earrangement of the tariff.
At the annual meeting of the directors
OF the st. Louis Southwestern Cotton
Benz Railway Company yesterday. the
4 ~ IN rnnnrf rna Enh-AfA%AI n.
showed the operations during the year
ending June 30. 1901, as follows: Gross earn
ings. $7,3S7,14; operating expenses, includ-
ing betterments, $4,6S2, 1898; net earnings,
S2,754,2S2; all other receipts, $50, 1856; total
income. 1884 Az, an increase of $685.. 5S1
over 1900; charges against income, s1,2S1,-
crease of 1924, $50.
The annual meeting of the Chicago &
Alton was held yesterday. and the follow
ing directors were reelected: f. II. Har-
\ FELTON,, A. w. Krech, w. a. Simonson. j.
G. Hutchins and w. H. Henkle. Follow
ing the stockholders. meeting the direct
ors met and reelected the present staff
of officers. AS the reports were still in
the hands Of the printers. 1t was stated
that no announcement of the financial af-
fairs of the road would be made until after
the close of the Stock Exchange. No
changes In the dividends are expected, how
ever.
At the annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Northern Pacific, held yesterday.
the retiring board of directors was re-
elected without change. The board is the
one named by j. Pierpont Morgan at the
time of the settlement of the Northern
Pacifc-Union Pacific fight, and is made
up as follows: Robert Bacon. e. II. Har-
riman, j. j. Hill, j. s. Kennedy. Daniel
5. Lamont. Charles S. MeIlen. Samuel Res,
William Rockefeller, Charles Steele, James
Stillman, Elsen s. Thomas, ii. Nick. Twom-
bley and George f.. Baker. 1t is reported
that 100000 shares out of a total of 1850
900 were voted at the meeting.
On Wednesday the Eel River Railroad.
between LOgansport and Butler, will of
ncially pass under the control of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, to be oper-
ated by the Logansport & Butler Railroad
Company, a Pennsylvania adjunct. That
part of the road between Logansport and
Chill, at which point the Wabash connects
with the. Eel River from it's main line at
Peru, and which for years practically has
been abandoned by the Wabash. will be
at once put in firSt-class condition. The
division headquarters of the Vandalia will
be moved from Terre Haute to L~ogansport,
superintendent Hatch having charge of the
Eel River division in addition to the Mich
igan division of the Vandalia.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the St. Louis Southwestern railway
Cotton Belt SYSTEM was held in ST. Louis
yesterday. The large majority of stock
was represented by proxies. and the result
of the election for directors was as fol-
lows: Edwin Gould. Irvington, ". Y; f.
II. Britton. St. Louis; r. n. Galloway,
New York; Thomas T. Eckert, New York:
Winslow S. Pierce. New York; William H.
York; Murray Carleton, St. Louis, and
Charles Parsons, st. Louis. The only new
director Is Charles Parsons, who was sub
stituted for A l.. Wolff. The board
at the call of President Gould. when
officers will be elected. No changes are
expected.