The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-02

is now proposed to expend 100000 in i'm
proving terminals at different points.
j. G. Hollenbeck. who for some years was
district passenger agent of the Indiana,
Decatur a Western. two years ago going
&c the Florida East Coast road as chief
clerk in the passenger department, has re-
signed and to-day takes the position OF
district passenger agent OF the Louisville
q Nashville with office at Atlanta
For three consecutive years the large
shops of the Erie Railway at Huntington.
Ind, have been in operation steadily, EN-
plOying a larger force than ever before.
Many OF the men work overtime at certain
periods of the year-a condition Of things
never before known for so long a period.
The. same remark will apply TO a majority
OF the roads.
Rumor has 1t that William r.. Woodward.
president of the Cleveland, Lorraine &
wheeling, is to be the successor of + D.
more * ohio. The former road, under Mr:
management, has developed
from a merely nOminal coal road 10 the
third road in the United States as TO dem
sity Of traffic.
j. A. Barnard. general manager OF the
Peoria & Eastern. j.. Q. Van Wrinkle, gen
e.ral superintendent of the Big -Four. VIII
liam Garstang. superintendent of motive
power. and John r. Dye. general counsel
OF the Big Four lines, will attend the ban
quet at Cincinnati this evening given by
President ingalls, on the departure of G. T..
Schan on his European trip.
Master Mechanic LAWYERS report shows
that in the month of March at the Bright
wood shops twenty coaches were given gen
eral repairs, including repainting, twelve
engines were given general repairs and an
order for building two hundred new fur
niture cars was completed. Yesterday in
addition TO repair work the building OF NJ
~ dump cars was commenced.
Ii having been announced that the Find
lay. Fort Wayne < Western was Tor sale
several prospective purchasers have been
going over the line in the last few days,
and there iG "A nnGGihfliTN 0T the road some
day forming part of another through east
and-west line. 1t is thought, however, IN
financial circles that the owner, Mr.. Astor,
has set the price of the property too hlgh.
1t is stated that a number of indictments
of traffic officials will follow the Inter
state-comnlerce Commission investigation
at Kansas City. The fact that subpoeaas
were not served on the traf1c men VINO
are supposed to have done the cutting of
rates but on other persons in positions,
who knew all that was going on without
being personally responsible for it, gives
foundation TO the reports.
Ft. Wayne Gazette: General Manager
Hewitt, Of the Railroad. chi
cago, who Is a member of the English Lake
Club. is about the first man TO tranSgress
the new Indiana game law. LAST Saturday
Mr.. Hewitt was being pushed along the
river by John Harrington and they were
overtaken near the clubhouse by Deputy
Game Warden Green. Mr.. Hewitt was
asked to produce his license. which he did,
and was then asked how many ducks ne
ALIt III ihN bO1As dAl III Aio 80
thirty-ive.' The limit being twenty-four,
the gentleman was in for it. He paid his
fine and costs without a murmur. He
claimed TO be ignorant of that particular
provision of the new game law
The Big Four Railroad Company yester-
day filed an answer at Columbu in the
suit brought some time ago by the OHIO
attorney general to collect penalties be-
cause of the employment of an inexper-
fenced conductor. 1t was claimed that
under the state law the company was
liable to $1,000 damages. The company. in
its answer, claims that the conductor is a
man of experience. that the Ohio law re-
ferred to does not provide for any test
or examination TO determine the compe-
tency of a conductor, but excludes from
employment all persons not belonging to a
certain class without regard TO their
competency. 1t says that the act APP
plies to interstate trains, and that in this
IL exceeds the scope OF the police powers
Of the State. The Big -Four claims that
this law is void because il denies free con-
tract between railway companies and COM
petent conductors unless they belong TO
q favored class. The company claims that
this is in contravention of the Constitution
OF the State and United States.