The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-08

p~ointment Of ]. Gates as general eastern
9sent Oh mat company, with headquarters
IN New York city, vice E.. 5. Burdick re-
signed.
The Lehigh Valley now claims TO be the
only road having its entire line between
New York and Buffalo equipped with a
complete automatic block system. There
length.
The wabash lines earned in the fourth
week OF October s6Oo,937. against S522,505 in
October. 1890, and $500, 40 in 1893. Since
July l the Wabash has earned S6, 7O5. 701,
against s6.1S5.S02 in the corresponding period
last year.
w. G. Leet. who for a number of years
Shore at Toledo, has resigned 10 accept the
position of chief dispatcher of the Wabash.
Mr.. Leet is known by railroad men as an
expert in this line.
An Eastern financial paper announces
that within a short time the Indiana, Illi-
nOis q Iowa will have something definite
to announce concerning the construction of
it's lines from Kankakee to Chicago. also
the extension TO Toledo.
]. NJ. Herbert, the new general manager
of the Denver & Rio Grande, announces
that no radical changes need be expected
in the personnel OF the operating depart
ment, and that he has no following to re-
ward on coming to the road.
The Panhandle has a giant wrecking
crane of fifty tons capacity which is prov
ing a great advantage in the clearing of
wrecks, and so satisfactory has It proved
that the Pennsylvania officials have or
dered others of the same type, one to come
TO the Panhandle shops at Indianapolis.
w. w. Burwick, formerly a brakeman on
the Lake Shore road, who left that road
TO take the position of yardmaster of the
Toledo, st. Louis g. Western at Frankfort,
Ind, has been promoted to take charge OF
the East st. Louis yards of the company,
its Western terminus, an important posi-
ton.
The new Union passenger station that the
Lax Erie AZ Western and thA Rig -Four are
building Jointly at Muncie is ready for the
roof.
The directors of the Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Chicago & st. Louis Railroad held a
meeting in Cleveland yesterday, at which
President ingalls, and other executive Off
GERS were reelected.
The new yards of the Big Four at An
derson are practically completed. They
contain sixteen tracks averaging a hair
mile in length; and a new roundhouse of
eight stalls has just been completed.
1t is stated that after the payment of the
dividend just declared by the Pennsyl-
vania, It has a surplus Of 100000 on the
last six months business, and has in its
treasury ct present So, OOO,00O of unissued
stock, which the directors are authorized
to issue without going to the stockholders
again.
c. w. Smith. for many years chief train
dispatcher of the Grand Rapids & Indiana,
who for some years has been in failing
health and recently took a Western trip,
has sent in his resignation, purposing to
take a similar position in Colorado; VIII
liam Ross, of the Pennsylvania offices at
Grand Rapids, will succeed him.
The Wabash has assumed actual control
of the Omaha & St.Louis road. a double
Omaha and st. Louis. Train 3 leaves St.
Louis at $40 a. m, arriving in Omaha at
1880 D. m. All Omaha & st. Louis en-
ployes have been notified that they would
be retained in their present positions until
otherwise advised.
a number of commercial and travelling
freight agents reached the city last night,
among them being O. L. Allen, of the Great
Northern; j. c.. Forester, of the Missouri
Pacific; G.. ]. ID. Armour, of the Southern;
w. II. Conner, of the Union Pacific; Isaac
Davis, of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois;
@. Blair, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, and T. Mcclure, of the Pere Mar
quette.
The winter time schedule of the Panhan-
die lines will go into effect Nov. "a. There
will be no radical changes in the schedule.
The shortening of the time between New
York and st. Louis may be Deferred until
the taking effect Of the spring time table.
although it is stated recent track improve
ment will justify the quickening Of the
speed between New York and st. Louis
two hours.
The new day coaches Of the Pennsyl-
vania running on the through trains are
attracting considerable attention, being
very handsome cars. They are full vesti-
passengers, have a smoking apartment
and toilet rooms with all modern conven-
fences, ana the interior HnlSn Is neat anu
pleasing. The coaches were built at the
~company's shops at Columbus, o.
The Pennsylvania, now controlling the
Baltimore 81 Ohio, is remodeling many of
the bridges, substituting iron for wooden
bridges wherever the latter are now To-
Gated. In doing this the contractors are
much surprised at the solidity of the
masonry on which the bridges now rest,
showing that when the Baltimore & Ohio
was built is was done in a very substan-
tial manner, and that the improvements
will require but little new stone masonry.
The New York Times says this morning:
1.-The tangible evidence of the settlement
of the northwestern railroad situation be-
came known yesterday when it leaked out
Jacob H. Schiff, Norman b. Ream, Robert
Bacon and H. Mex. Twombly had been
elected to the board of directors of the Chi
cago, Burlington * Quincy Railroad at the
stockholders annual meeting held last week
in Chicago. All the various interests are
represented in the list given"
The Southern Railway, at Deming, n. NJ,
refused to switch ninety cars of freight
belonging to the Bjsbee, FL Paso 81 South
western Railway from the Southern Pa
cIic yards TO the Bisbee track
until 50 per car switching charges had been
paid. An armed body of Bisbee employees
took forcible possession of the switch en-
CINE and transferred the cars to the Bis
bee track. The Southern Pacific ordered
the track taken up so that no more cars
can be handled to the Bisbee road.
Buffalo Commercial: John H. Brown
rigg, who has been in the Central Railway
Clearing House since last spring to learn
all about traffic accounting, and of whom
Manager William Nicholson speaks with
much approval, has taken the position
of contracting agent at Indianapolis OF
the White, the Nickle-plate and West
Shore fast freight lines. Mr.. Brownrigg
is going through all the departments of
railroading to class himself among the
men who are intensely practical. He is
about twenty-five years Of age and has
been at work about five years" Mr..
Brownrigg, who is an adopted son of w.
II. Newman. president of the New York
Central, took charge yesterday, and 1t Is
thought will soon become familiar with
Western methods of soliciting business.