The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-16

i~gnation of II. L. Myers, chief clerk in the
office of General Passenger Agent Weeks.
L. u. Grace, at present a division passen-
ger agent. has been appointed Mr.. Weeks
chief clerk.
The Evansville & Terre Haute has
planned TO spend a considerable sum of
money this year i'm Improvements to its
roadbed. 1t is laying rails weighing sew
enty pounds to the yard, putting in 5000
new ties and will, in a few days, have a
steam shovel at work and construction
trains distributing gravel for ballast.
The Toledo az Chicago Railroad has been
Incorporated to construct and operate a
railroad from the Wabash line at Mont
pelier, o., TO Toledo, a distance of sixty
five miles. The capital stock is $25o.0oO.
of New York, and +. j. Reynolds, George
Fl. Beckwith, c. III. Newton and c. l..
Reynolds, of Toledo.
The Panhandle and the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago have selected a number
Of the most experienced freight crews 10
run the train that handles perishable goods,
not only including freight and vegetables,
but fresh meat and live stock trains. The
Oldest freight men in line for promotion
are selected. The speed Of these trains
will be increased, and every car will pe
equipped with air brakes.
The stock and bondholders of the Ohio
Southern Railroad have concurred in the
action OF the directors in giving an option
TO Listman IL Co. for the purpose of form
ing an alliance with the Detroit q Lima
Northern unOer the name OF the DGtrOi1
Southern. The action is taken to be the
more significant on account of rumors
of the sale of the Toledo. st. Louis &
Western to the Michigan Central.
One of the highest and longest rail.
road bridges ever built west of Chicago
IL now being constructed over the Des
Moines river fourteen miles west of Ames
Ia.s by the Chicago & northwestern TIL
structure will cost 5000, 600, of which $3.50, 0U
will be in steel works and sl50,0O in the
supe%rstructure. The span directly over The
river will be 1S5 feet in height. and the en-
tire length of the structure $3.50 feet.
Two of the most important Western
roads have given the required thirty days
notice of Tho wal from the presidents
agreement, which provides for the poolinl
of business through district committees
One of the roads is the Chicago & North
western. The name of the other is kept
secret for the present. These roads, it /:
said. have given notice also that they will
not pay any portion of the committees eX'
penSeS.
David Lee, superintendent of mainte-
nance of way of the Baltimore q Ohio lines
West. and George Bachelor, superintend-
ent of the Chicago division of the Balti-
more K Ohio at Garrett, was in the city
yesterday, and by w. NJ. Mansfield. super.
intendent of the indianapolis & Vincennes
and of Union Railway terminals. was
shown the improvements that the Pennsyl-
vania has been making at tins point in the
| way of freight depots and yards and those
Of other lines. Mr.. Lee states that the b
& o. is spending money laviShly on its
| western division in the way of laying new
heavy steel. frightening sidings and re.
ballasting.
w. III. Fisher, general passenger agent OF
the Hooking Valley. announced yesterday
that the difficulty between the Erie and the
Hooking Valley in regard to the use of the
former roads mileage on the Hooking Val
ley has been adjusted. 1t was announced
last week that on and after Monday, Marcel
IL, Erie mileage would not be honored or
Hooking Valley trains. and that Hooking
Valley agents should cease to issue mile
age exchange tickets of the Central Pas.
senger Association to points on or via the
Chicago & Erie road. For some time nego-
tiations a been in progress by whicr
the Erie road should become a member Of
the mileage bureau of the Central Passen.
ger Association.