The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-08
They will be run to North Pacific coast
points. aud there is a strong probability
that California will be included.


points. and there is a strong. probability
that California will be included.
j. Nj. Herbert general superintendent of
the St. Louis & Iron Mountain, has ten
dered his resignation, effective July l. He
Will be succeeded by William Cotter. of the
Chicago division of the Grand Trunk.
There seems to be some question as to
the Wabash building the Fort Wayne &
Wabash people are awaiting the outcome
of the foreclosure sale OF the Eel River
road.
Superintendent Quicker. of the middle d.
vision of the Pennsylvania. has appointed
Hugh Logan chief division operator to sue
coed the late Harry Fondersmith. Mr.. Lo-
gan has been an operator on that division
for eighteen years.
David Brick. passenger engineer on the
Grand Rapids & Indiana. who has been
with that company since 1868 is fatally i'll
with a complication OF diseases For fif-
teen years he had charge of the engines
which pulled the pay car
Samuel w, Graham, chief clerk in the Of
flee of superintendent OF telegraph of the
Pennsylvania lines west. has been selected
Hale, who goes TO the Baltimore & Ohio as
assistant general manager.
Thus far this month the Big Four has
been handling on its system an average of
800 loaded cars day. and at the present
yond precedent. Passenger earnings are
keeping up with freight revenue.
The break in prices of corn has begun to
increase shipmAnts. The Indiana. Decatur
& Western, the best corn road running into
Indianapolis. is now bringing in off its own
line sXty-five TO seVenty-fiVe carloads of
that cereal per day. largely for local sale.
L. 4. Hughes, general manager of the
Davenport ROCK Island q western, whose
resignation becomes effective July l. has
accepted the position of vice president and
general manager of the Ozark & Cherokee
Central Railroad, now under construction.
Walter w Ross, of Chicago. has been
appointed general attorney for the Lacka-
wanna, and will have his headquarters IN
the general Offices of that company in New
York city. Mr.. Ross was born in Illinois
in 1861 and graduated from Princeton in
1883.
On the bulk tracks Of the Pennsylvania.
the Big Four, the Vandalia, the Monon and
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton a larger
tonnage of freight was handled in May
than in any month since this method OF
handling freight at this point has been in
vogue.
The Erie & Pittsburg is said to have one
OF the fastest trains run in this country.
IL covers liS miles in four hours and forty
minutes, makes twenty-eight stops and five
slow orders. and has heavy grade to
climb, eighty feet 10 the mile. from Ger
rard to Summit
l.: F Lorree. president of the Baltimore
q ohio, Is now inspecting the line west
In commenting on Eastern lines he is said
10 nave remarked there is still room for
Improvement. Still, its track, compared
with that Of three years ago, has been
wonderfully improved.
A circular has been issued by Joseph
Ramsey, president of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie, announcing that Robert Blickensder-
fer formerly president and general man
aSer of that road, will retain his title Of
general manager with headquarters in
Cleveland. The accounting, traffic and
treasury departments will hereafter report
to President Ramsey at st. Louis.
There is a vague suspicion, which is be-
coming more pronounced time goes on
that SOME of the lines in the Central Traf
fic Association are placing upon the market
5o0-mile book, which is sold at SO, instead
of the 1OO0-mile book at double that price
and some of the books have fallen into the
hands of scalpers. The Central Mileage
Bureau has placed spoilers their trail.
AS result of the strike of the machin-
lists on the Chicago * Alton and inability
to keep the rolling stock in repair, the
Toledo. st. Louis q Western road has lost
ITS dressed meat traffic. at least Temporal
llly. For two months past il has been
handling two or three trains day from
81. Louis to Toledo. This has now been
turned oyer to the Michigan Central. ow-
delivered it to the Glover Leaf, to make
good time with such traffic.
1T is stated that none were more sur
prised that T.. b. Thomas, chairman of the
board Of the Erie Railway. on receiving the
resignation of c. l. Roberts as general pas
senger agent. mo man." said Mr. Thomas,
has ever held an official position on the
or lot lndt matter, on any other
read and vacated it with cleaner, brighter
or more honorable record than has been
made by Mr.. Roberts During the ten years
ne has occupied the place he set a con-
spicuous example for his fellows in the pas
ssenger world for strict integrity and abso-
lutte fairness and decency.'
Those familiar with the general condi-
tons OF the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cl1c Will not be surprised should some inn
portant official changes soon be announced
President Purdy is not in good health and
Ii is intimated that he would like to be
relieved of the responsibilities resting up
on him. W. H. Truesdale, who left the
vice presidency of that road to become
president of the Lackawanna, stands high
with the Rock Island directors, and the
new directors of the road, elected June s.
are said to strongly favor Offering the
presidency to Mr.. Truesdae being quite
confident that he would accept il.