The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-01

The Chicago Great Western Railroad
Company will expend in improvements. the
present year million or more dollars.
The North Pacific coast lines have decid-
ed to grant half rate of SO to ciergymen
and naval and military officers generally.
Judge Field. general solicitor of the
Monon lines, is i'll to be confined to
his room. He has been threatened with
pneumonia.
j. Ogden Armour has been elected a di-
rector of the Chicago Milwaukee & st.
Paul road, succeeding his father, the late
p. ID. Armour.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton,
through its connection with the Monon
and its Michigan lines, is enjoying a heavy
travel to Florida points.
Thomas r. Robinson, ex-treasurer of the
Allegheny road, i Pennsylvania Interest,
who recently retired. has been appointed
auditor Of the Fidelity Trust Company, of
Philadelphia.
passenger department of the Denver az
Rio Grande, and w. b. Hutchinson trav-
cling agent of the Chicago & Northwestern.
are In the city.
e. F. Cost, freight traffic manager of the
Big Four lines, was in the city yesterday
going TO Chicago last evening. Mr.. Cost
says no further official changes are now
contemplated by the Big Four.
Last month the Chicago. Rock Island Il
Pacific placed orders for thirty-one pas
senger coaches of the latest design, severaI
new dining cars, and 500 box cars, $1,000
pounds capacity. all to be delivered before
May. 1.
The Evansville & Terre Haute has under
consideration putting on new midday
train each way between Evansville and
Terre Haute. leaving Evansville at 1 p. IN.
and south-bound leaving Terre Haute at
10 a m.
The passenger department of the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul has issued in PAM
phlet form the address on the career and
character of Abraham Lincoln delivered by
Ambassador Choate ST the Philosophical
Institute, Edinburgh. Scotland. recently.
Col. Samuel Moody assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
west, who has been giving much of his
time IN introducing the Florida special
service, has, IL is said, made an enviable
record. furnishing a large business to its
southern connections.
officials of the Hooking Valley road, and
of the Toledo & Ohio Central are in con-
ference at Marion, o., TO complete arrange
ments for a joint operation of the two
roads, al through trains 10 go north over
the Hooking Valley and south over the
Toledo & Ohio Central line.
w. II. Caniff. president of the Nickel
plate lines. is inspection trip with
the chief engineer. The object of the trip
to decide to whether new steel bridges
and trestles shall be put in this year, il
being the intention 10 put a large sum OF
money into such improvements.
In order to prevent the improper use of
stockmen's passes, Western roads will here
after refuse 10 check baggage for individu-
ais holding such transportation, and its
value will be correspondingly decreased, as
1t will not be so easy 10 find a market
among ticket scalpers as heretofore.
A freight official who usually knows when
any irregular work is going on. and who
has in the last few days visited Chicago
and ST. Louis, says there is no truth in
the report that the east-bound pool agree
III ent has been violated. he says freight
and passenger rates are being maintained
Seventeen of the large freight and pas
senger engines on the Northern Ohio road
a former Brice line, have been transferred
TO the Lake Erie & Western, and in their
places a like number of older and lighter
locomotives have been transferred from the
Lake Erie & Western 10 the Northern line
A w. Towsley to-day takes the position
OF superintendent OF transportation Of the
Santa Fe lines. Mr.. Towsley has for two
years past been chief clerk in the office
OF the third vice president. G. Hartigan
until recently assistant superintendent OF
the Illinois Central, succeeds Mr.. Towsley
as chief clerk in the office of Vice Presiden.
Barr.
c. ID. Gorham, superintendent of the Fort
Wayne division OF the Nickel-plate, has
been promoted TO the Buffalo division. His
successor will be s. X. Blair. and Train
master Blair's successor will be David
will go into effect March l. Mr.. Gorham
has been superintendent at Fort Wayne
fer fifteen years.
The new position OF +. l.. Pomeroy with
the Vanderbilt people takes him back TO
New York. where he has not been located
since severing his connection with the Erie
Railway it's general freight agent Mr..