The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-11

largely strume in developing the coal
and iron interests OF the South. His most
important work was on the Poughkeepsie
bridge.
incidentally it may be mentioned that
the harmony which prevailed at the meet
ings OF the stockholders of the Wabash
rumor 10 the effect that the Pennsylvania
has recently purchased a large holding IN
the Wabash and intended TO block the lat
ter policy OF expansion. Eighty per cent.
OF the stock and debenture bonds was rep
resented and there was not a dissenting
vote TO any Of the proceedings.
Passenger officials of the Northwestern
lines state that vast numbers Of land seek
ers are pouring into the Northwest through
ST Paul and Minneapolis. Never before
has the number Of settlers been so great.
The heretofore unprecedented record of last
year has been exceeded already this fall,
and the prospects are there will be no ter
mination till winter. Charles Mordough,
district passenger agent in this territory.
states that the great proportion of these
land seekers have gone from Ohio. Indiana.
Illinois. Iowa and Missouri. although there
have been many from States farther east.
At the general offices of the Chicago &
southeastern Railway at Muncie proposed
changes are announced in the management
of the road as follows: General Manager
c. NJ. Ward will go to the Union Pacific as
division superintendent. s. r. Kramer.
formerly trainmaster of the Lake Erie at
Lima, o., has been appointed superintend-
ent of road and mechanical departments.
Il = I'll -loAia So @NtOABA ~ w WI w
treasurer, while Vice President Henry
Crawford, jr. will assume some of the OBJ
legations of Mr.. Wards office.
The Boone County & Bonneville Rail-
road, which the stockholders OF the Wa
bash voted TO purchase, is now operated
on a lease by the Wabash, but the lease
Will soon expire, and ii was thought adj
visable TO purchase it. The Omaha q St.
Louis road, another line acquired. was
formerly part Of the Wabash system. When
the road went into the hands of a receiver
in 1886 the receiver disposed of Ii. and when
the Wabash Company was ~reorganiZed, In
1889, the new company did not reacquire 1t.
The acquisition of the after gives the Wa
bash the short line from 81. Louis TO Coun-
ell Bluffs.
Freight officials John S. Lazarus, of the
Indiana, Decatur & Western. and Ford
Woods, of the Peoria & Eastern, are in
chicago attending a meeting TO readjust
rates TO conform from short points in Cen
trail Traffic Association territory TO the adj
vance in through grain rates. which be-
comes effective Oct. Fl, which advance will
make the rates on grain from Indianapolis
TO New York 1914 cents, Philadelphia 14k,
Baltimore and Newport News 1311 and BoS-
ton 1872. This adjustment is on the basis
of 171z cents per one hundred pounds Chi
cago to New York, an advance of 215 cents
on present rates.
c. III. Walton, who some months ago. ow-
ing TO i'll health, asked for an indefinite
and been appointed general agent of the
Pennsylvania Company at Fort Wayne: G.
). Sims has been appointed superintendent
OF terminals of the company at Chicago,
the position formerly held by Mr.. Walton.
and N. Neff, engineer of maintenance
OF way on the Indianapolis division OF the
Panhandle, goes to Chicago. succeeding
Mr.. Sims as engineer of maintenance of
way. Mr.. Nef is succeeded on the Indian
apolis division of the Panhandle by d. B.
Johnson.