The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-20

De III 1t CITY lQlS aIlcllOOl. paying lot
February. The pay rorfs are the largest
of any February I'm the history of the
lines.
y. II. Mcleod. traffic manager Of the Gin
%cinnati, Hamilton q Dayton lines, and +.
Is. Turner. general superintendent. returned
on Monday night from a two weeks stay
in Florida.
j. y. Cornatzer. southeastern passenger
agent of the Mobile & Ohio. has resigned
and to-day takes the position Of travelling
passenger agent of the Kansas City. Gulf
& Memphis.
w. c. Arp, superintendent of motive
power OF the Nandalia lines, returned yes~
terday from Hot Springs. where he has
been some weeks, hoping TO rid himself Of
rheumatism.
Caesar Rodney, agent of the Vandalia
at this point, who has been South for
some time. for the benefit of his health,
writes that he is improving and will re-
turn TO indianapolis in a few days.
c. III. Walton, superintendent OF terminals
OF the Pennsylvania lines at Chicago, has
been granted a leave OF absence, and the
duties OF his position will be performed
by -. s. Sims as acting superintendent.
w. S. Nevins, secretary of the Transport
tation Club, OF Buffalo, has been appoint
ed contracting agent at Buffalo for the
Canadian Pacific. lie commenced railroad
service in 1863 on the Lehigh Valley Road.
The Erie has decided to make extensive
improvements on its line In Ohio and In
diana Ii last week let contracts for
crushed stone sufficient to ballast fifty
miles of road commencing at Kent, o., and
extending westward.
The Lake Shore and the Chicago & Rock
Island will erect a stone and brick passen-
ger station at Thirty-hrst street. Chicago,
&c cost $4,000. When completed the sta
tons at Twenty-second street and Arsenal
avenue will be abandoned.
One of the roads in the Tra%nscontinental
Passenger Association complains that the
sale of colOniSt tickets TO the Pacific coast
is not confined to Tuesday of each week,
as agreed on. The Chicago q Alton is
named as one Of the offenders.
Gross earnings in February from Ill
railroads, covering 103 ,035 miles, were $ll2,-
965, 270, an increase over February. 1900, of
best showing. Thirty-five roads show gains
over February. 1900, OF $4,000 each.
The Indiana. Decatur & Western is now
handling the lightest tonnage of grain at
the elevators on its line to load from. The
condition of the country roads is sucn
that farmers are unable to get to stations
with grain.
b. L. Winchell, president of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott q Memphis, accompanied
by General Traffic Manager A. III. Dodge.
was in St. Louis yesterday in conference
with the officials of the St. Louis * San
francisco lines regarding community OF IN
terest plans.
H.. w. Milliman, of Atlanta, Ga, sue
ceeds j. +. Elder. auditor of the St. Joe
* Grand Island Railway. who has re-
signed to become the general manager
OF a new road now building in the South
west. The name of this road is for the
present withheld.
+. II. Lord, general passenger agent OF
the Chicago Great Western Railway. has
resigned, his resignation to take effect on
April l. j. Z. Elmer. for a number of years
general Northwestern passenger agent of
the Chicago Great Western at st. Paul.
will on April l take Mr.. Lords place.
N. w. Taylor. general freight agent of
the Vandalia, was in the city yesterday 10
confer with Receiver Malott. In comment
ing on the business situation he said he
could see no Indication of an early falling
off In freight traffic, in fact, he expected
that as soon as the weather became set
tied tonnage would increase.
The lines i'm the Central Passenger AS
scciation have announced the rates to be
given the students at vacation time this
spring. They will allow tickets to be sold
fer one and one-third fare, good from the
DAY the school closes or one day thereafter
Until the school recOnveneS. all tickets to
be made good for continuous passage only.
Officials of the Lake Shore, Pennsylvania
and Big Four railroads are quoted In inter-
views at Cleveland as stating that If the
Lake front case i'm that city is compromised
these roads will soon start TO build a union
depot at a cost of from 10000 600 to $780,
coo on the site of the present union depot,
which has been built for twenty-five years
or more.
At his own request b. F. Franklin, gen.
eral superintendent Of the Toledo, St. Louis
" w l IL ld0 Dttl AtA VI NAt haAl1D
of that position and he has been succeeded
by b. II. Stephens. who has been made
acting general superintendent. He was
formerly assistant 10 the general manager
of the Ohio Southern. Mr.. Franklin will
at once assume other duties on the Toledo,
st. Louis * Western.
Beginning April 1 there will be a reduce
ton Of 10 cents a ton in freight charges
or coal TO Chicago on the roads of Pitts
burg, West Virginia and Ohio. These rates
were determined on Saturday at the meet
ing Of the executives and freight traffic
managers of the roads interested, and the
reduction is said to be due TO the general
feeling among the various officials tina.
the interests of the roads demand such
action.
In an article published in the Financier.
showing methods of conducting transpor-
tation, a long list of roads Is published.
showing the gross earnings and the cost
of conducting transportation. In this list
appears the Monon. whose transportation
department i'm 1900 was conducted on 269
per cent. of its gross earnings, while the
Iowa Central, a line much similarly To-
Gated, required 1874 per cent, and the
Union Pacific required 29.9 per cent, the
Monon making the most favorable exhibit
of either.
The general managers of the Indianap-
oils lines held their monthly meeting yes
terday. and George Graves, superintend-
ent of the Indiana, Decatur Il Western,
acted as chairman. superintendent Zion
was authorized TO receive bids for three
new engines TOR the Belt road and for
two new steel bridges, one over Pleasant
Run. the other the structure above HillsiGe
avenue. and also TO secure bids for a new
tile floor in the Union Station OF more
s~erviceable material. If possible, than the
one now laid, which is very expensive TO
keep in repair.
A special meeting Of the Transconti-
MENTAL Passenger Association was held
in Chicago yesterday for the purpose OF
devising ways of strengthening the rate
situation. II was finally decided That the
sale of colOnist tickets should be strictly
confined 10 Tuesdays and that there snOuld
be no more. deviations from that rule. All
the roads gave pledges that they, would
not make any concessions in the an
nounced rates for the Epworth League
convention in San Francisco next July. n
schedule of a circuitous route OIL rares was
prepared for that event and 1t Will nave
to secure the consent OF roads not MEM
bers of the association before 1t can be-
come effective.
The events of the last few days make
IL certain that the Missouri Pacllc Is 20
be made the greatest system OF the South
west, 1t being the nucleus OF the system
which will be built up and placed under
one management. extending from Buffalo
City. Such is the plan evidently which IS
being worked out by the Jay .Gould ram
lily. The latest evidence in this respect ~
the announcement that the Goulds nave
secured control of the Denver * hlo
Grande, and will soon have the Rio Grande
Western, Mr.. Gould's present Western Trio
and inspection of railroad property being
the concluding preparation FOR the unlnca-
ton of this great Southwestern system, a
combination of which would make a sys-
TEN consisting of 1856 miles.