The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-25

tendent of the Baltimore & Ohio lines, who
has been transferred TO the Pittsburg d.
vision. Mr.. Bachelors headquarters Will be
at Newark, o..
Jan. Z has been fixed upon as the date
TO re-establish Florida service over the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton from De-
troit and Toledo south. The train will be
run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. and the equipment will be second
to none.
The Michigan Central has come into line
on the question Of clergy permits and has
announced concurrence in the action OF the
Central Passenger Association, although en-
tering a protest against extending the privi-
lege to all clergymen whether residents OF
the territory or not.
The members Of the St. Louis freight
committee on Saturday gave Assistant Cen
eral Freight Agent Holiday, of the Big
-Four, who on Dec. l will leave that road
to take a more responsible one on the Wa
bash at Pittsburg, a banquet. On Jan. l,
1892, Mr.. Holiday accepted the position he
now vacates.
After fifteen years service with the
Nickel-plate John Schiotterback has re-
signed as yardmaster at Fostoria and will
enter the service of the Santa Fe at Los
Angeles as yard conductor. He says a
number OF employees on the Nickel-plate
have taken service in the last year with
the Santa Fe.
1t is stated that the officials of the Pitts
burg q Lake Erie are more like one family
than those on any other road in the coun-
try. In connection with their Offices there
is a lunch room where they meet and dine
together, and the conversation runs more
generally to betterment and revenue earn
ings than any other subjects.
a. G.. Hackstan, who has been elected
third vice president of the Illinois Central,
has been secretary of the company with
headquarters In New York city, a position
he has held for many years, and his pro-
motion is said TO have been made with a
cordially seldom attending official action.
The position is a newly created one.
Within a short time the Santa Fe will To-
cate a colony of 1000 Quakers on 5000 acres
of land recently purchased by the Quakers.
The committee, of which JON l.. Pendleton,
OF Indiana, is chairman, recently visited the
ground and made a very satisfactory re-
there TO settle are from Indiana, Illinois,
Ohio and Kansas.
Beginning Jan. l the work-day Of freight
trainmen on the Baltimore & Ohio will be
reduced from twelve to ten hours, but the
wage rate will not be changed and a days
run will be 100 miles instead of 10 miles.
Engineers, tiremen, conductors and brake
men are included in the arrangement. The
runs on the Baltimore 81 Ohio can be made
In ten hours or less.
General Passenger Agent H. c. Town
send, of the Missouri Pacific. has ordered
that all the Eastern representatives of the
company make a trip over the Gould lines
west of the Mississippi river and post
themselves as TO climate, products of the
ooHf AAUAlNAoNNulA NE llAlCItclt CIV, 81 do "
talk intelligently as to the inducements the
lines offer to business men.
One Of the results Of the Pennsylvania
having a voice in the management of the
baltimore & Ohio is a harmonious working
between the Adams and the United States
Express Companies, and Ii may even go
further, resulting in a consolidation OF the
two interests. At any rate, there is TO be
a mutual understanding as TO interchange
Of business between the express COM
panies.
The work of laying t~hirty-three miles Of
track. from Upper Sandusky. o., on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, will
this morning. With this i'm
Proyement completed the line will be
doubled track from P~ittsburg to Fort
Wayne. A considerable portion of the line
Is double tracked between Fort Wayne and
Chicago, and all will be within eight
months. The company has lately spent ST.
100000 in the work of laying second track.
The election of L. F. Loree as president
OF the Baltimore * Ohio Southwestern was
In the nature of a surprise to outsiders,
but seems to have been well understood
by the powers controlling the road. Mr..
William Greene says the results of the
meeting were entirely satisfactory to him
and for the best interests of the road,
and certainly the best of feeling exists over
the matter. Second Vice President Bacon
says he has been trying to get matters
arranged for some time to such an end
that he could be relieved of some of the re-
sponsibilities of the office. He is a very
weakly man, his health is not the best,
and he is DESTROYS of having a little more
rest.
George Chapman, president of the Find
lay, Fort Wayne & Western, has issued a
circular appointing c. G.. Waldo general
manager, "A. II. Mcleod freight traffic man
ager, ID. j. Edwards passenger traffic man
ager, +. H. Short treasurer, G. w. Liskawa
auditor, and Lawrence Maxwell general
counsel. A circular from General Manager
Waldo's office announces the appointment
of r. r. Wilson as chief engineer, r. d.
Marshall general solicitor, George X. Balch
purchasing agent, and r. p. T. Rifen-
berick as tax and claim agent. A third
circular from General Superintendent Tur-
ner announces that b. w. Fenton is super
intendent. with headquarters at Findlay,
G. N. Cary, superintendent of motive power;
@. II. Waldo, superintendent OF car serv-
Ice, and j. L. Orbinson, superintendent of
telegraph.