The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-03

fic OF the road Is so increasing that the
company is hiring many new men.
w. L. Gray, who has resigned as general
superintendent of the Chicago * Alton,
goes TO the Kansas Southern road as Its
general manager. He is succeeded on the
Chicago * Alton by w. III. Barrett.
President Norton, of the Toledo. St
Louis & Western, has given orders that,
beginning with Jan. 2. the shops at Frank
fort. Ind. run ten hours a day and TO
their full capacity as TO number of en-
ployes.
S. p. Bush formerly superintendent of
motive power of the Pennsylvania lines
vest, now with the Chicago. Milwaukee
q st. Paul, has been given a patent on a
car coupler which is said TO excel in merit
any coupler now in use.
The directors of the New York, Philadel-
phia K Norfolk Railroad have declared a
dividend of per cent. on the capital stock
OF the company, payable on and after jan
j. This is the irst dividend ever paid In the
history OF the company. The capitalization
is $1,14,375
w. c. Sanders. who has been with the
Michigan Central at Michigan City, has
taken the position of trainmaster and su-
perintendent of telegraph on the Indiana,
Illinois e. Iowa, with headquarters at Kan
kakee. He has 800 miles of road under his
supervision.
Chief Engineer Carter, of the Chicago &
Northwestern, and his consulting engineers
are in Milwaukee this week for the pilr-
pose or planning and estimating the cost
OF the abolition OF all crossings of streets
of Milwaukee. The change will be made
by depressing the tracks.
The current issue OF the Indiana School
Journal contains half-tone picture OF w.
w. Richardson, district passenger agent
or the Pennsylvania and Vandalia lines,
and well-written article in which he
suggests methods of a scholar getting bet
ter results from the common school course.
George Skinner. general yardmaster of
the Pennsylvania lines at Cleveland, who Is
retired under the pension plan, was on
some testimonial by his associate railroad
men. Mr.. Skinner is seventy-two years old
and commenced service with the road in
le5S as brakeman.
Frank Reed. general passenger agent Of
the Monon lines, is much gratihed with
the business done in 1900, both the main
line and the indianapolis division showing
larger earnings from passenger business
than In any former year, every month
showing a handsome increase over the
corresponding month of 1899.
The refusal of the c. A. X. officials to
accept a 1-cent-a-mile rate for the en-
campment at Denver next summer has
created a suspicion among Western gen.
eral passenger agents that the @. A. r. Of
ficers do not desire the encampment held
at Denver. If such action be taken, the
passenger officials say, they will not make
a rate for the encampment to any point
selected OF less than a fare and one-third.
Several changes in the directorate OF the
81. Paul Railway are said to be pending
1t is said that, besides President j. j. Hill,
some of the new names will be Robert
Bacon, of j. p. Morgan e. Co.; N. B. Ream,
OF Chicago, executor of the Pullman eS-
tate, and j. Henry Smith, with possibly
another representative in the Rockefeller
interest. At present the Morgan interest is
represented on the ST. Paul board only by
President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern
Railway.
Inquirer-It is true that the Pittsburg,
Bessemer a. Lake Erie has the largest
locomotive in service in the world; in fact,
II has two, and is considering the build
ing of several more. These engines each
weigh 391. 400 pounds, 225 200 pounds resting
on the driving wheels. Until these two
engines were built the Illinois Central had
the heaviest engine that had been built,
but the Carnegie engines weigh thirteen
tons more than do those of the Illinois
Central. Besides these two engines there
are in service on the Pittsburg, Bessemer
& Lake Erie fourteen consolidated locomo-
tives weighing $4,000 pounds each, and
twenty-five mogul engines weighing $4,000
pounds each. The entire rolling stock of
the company is exceptionally heavy.