The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-26

Z. G. Davidson. general travelling pas
senger agent of the Colorado Midland, was
i'm the city yesterday.
A. r. Cleveland. general travelling agent
visitor here yesterday.
There is a rumor that the Glover Leaf
is absorbing the Ohio Southern and the
Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western.
The roads in Pennsylvania and West Viz
ginia are having almost unprecedented
trouble from high water and landslides.
The renovation of the interior of the
Union Station has been completed, and the
Improvement In its appearance is quite
marked.
Members of the Western classification
committee will leave Chicago tomorrow in
8 special car over the Santa Fe for Mon
terey. Cal.
Col. w. NJ. Shaw, district passenger agent
of the c., B. q Q. at Cincinnati, was look
ing after the interests of his road in this
city yesterday.
A. f. Banks, traffic manager of the Elgin.
Joliet q Eastern. succeeds c. II. Akert as
president of that road, and of the Chicago,
Lake Shore x Eastern.
1t is estimated that $1,000, 900 ties are re-
quired annually for replacement OF worm
out ones in the railways of the country,
end perhaps 1900. 900 more for new track.
The Wabash earnings for the third week
OF April amounted to 1914 AIS. an increase
of 1896; from the fiscal year. July l TO April
n, $14, 301, 022.6S, showing an increase of
dcnos Oisofs
NJ. ID. Woodford. president of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton q Dayton and of the In
diana, Decatur g. Western, is in Cincin-
natl to-day. having arrived from the East
last evening.
President Hill, of the Great Northern, J.
Fierpont Morgan and other New York
flnanciers are said to be the hackers of a
deal TO secure the DunSmulr cOlllerieS in
British Columbia.
At a meeting of directors of the South
ern Pacific Railway, Alex Millar was elecc-
ed secretary of the company. Mr.. Millar is
also secretary of the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company
The division engineering Offices Of the
Baltimore x Ohio have been removed to
Akron. The corps assembled there will have
charge of work on the P. & W., c., I. &
V. and n. * c.. j. divisions.
f. w. Bond. chief engineer of the st.
Louis & San Francisco Railway. has re-
signed. effective May /. He will devote his
time TO the construction of the proposed
Fort Smith & Western road.
Workmen are raising the tracks Of the
Big Four near the depot at Marysville. o.,
I'm order TO allow the cars of the Pan
American exposition fast train to pass
without coming IN collision with the store
curbin2.
The Oregon short-line has let the con-
tract for grading the Salmon River branch
of that road in IdahO. ninety miles. Work
will be commenced at once. and il is ex-
pected that the line. will be finished by
Sept. 30.
The Baltimore x Ohio Will eXpend a large
sum-said TO be $1,000. O00-at Cumberland.
Md. I'm putting in new side tracks and
otherwise improving facilities for handling
its immense freight traffic at that point-an
average OF $50 cars daily.
The directors of the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad Company have elected George j.
Gould chairman of the board in place OF
George Coppelle. deceased. r. III. Hartman
and Winslow :. Pierce were chosen as dE-
rectors in place of George Coppelle and
William Mertens.
The special stockholders meeting Of the
Chicago x Western Indiana Railroad at
Chicago adjourned yesterday without tax
ing action. owing TO the lack of a quorum.
The meeting was called for the purpose OF
taking action TO refund outstanding obIi-
cations and to provide for improvements.
The Pennsylvania Company has already
given out orders this spring for eighty new
freight engines. OF these twenty Will be
tuilt at the Pittsburg locomotive works and
sixty at the Baldwin works. In addition
to these many new passenger and freight
engines are 10 be built as rapidly as pos
sible at the Altoona shops.
The Youngstown a. Chagrin Falls Rail-
way Company and the Chagrin Falls q
Cleveland Railway Company. the former
capitalized at $4,000 and the latter at &c.