The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-07

the freight depots, there were handled for
me manufacturing interests l,oS2 loaded
cars. against 1,275 in May, 1900.
one high in authority on the Wabash
lines says the connecting of Pittsburg with
The Wabash-Gould lines south and SOUTH
west VIII be the great railroad work OF
Joseph Ramsey. jr.. who In few days VIII
become president Of the Wabash
In the month of May there were turned
out at the Juniata shops of the Pennsyl-
vania road fifteen complete Class E-2 en-
gines, which makes record at these
works. Six of the big flyers are to be used
between Philadelphia and the seashore
James w. Slosson. for the past seven
teen years general agent of the passenger
ana freight department of the Denver *
Rio Grande Railroad in Chicago, is dead
after sickness of nearly three months.
His body will be sent TO his old home in
Chasey N Y.
senger agent of the Baltimore * OHIO
Southwestern, stationed at st. Louis, died
at Danville.s Ill. Wednesday night The
funeral will be al Danville at 4 p. m. to-
day. Mr.. Warfel had been Ill almost year
before his death.
1t is announced authortatively that the
policy pursued by President Galloway will
be closely followed by the new president
OF the New York Central This policy in
wolves the constant and liberal expenditure
of money in improving the property and
keeping it up 10 high standard
James McCrea, first vice president of the
Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg. who
mas Just returned from Europe, says the
american export coal trade promises to be
immense. The bulk of IL Will be with the
operators Of West Virginia, and their out
let will be via the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Net earnings OF the Wabash at the pres
ent time are sufficient TO pay all fixed
charges, maintain equipment and roadbed
and provide for considerable betterment
work, and with the retirement of some OF
the equipment obligations and the purchase
OF additional rolling stock provided for 1T is
frCrhe h xr-fll arxF
handsomely.
A mistaken idea prevails to the effect that
the Baltimore & Ohio has a traffic agree
ment with the Philadelphia & Reading as
to seashore business. 1t is all handled by
the Atlantic City Railroad which the Phil
adelphia & Reading owns, but no agree
ment as 10 rates or promise OF exclusive
business has ever been made. Either party
thereto can rescind the arrangement on
proper notice, so that nothing stands in the
way of the Baltimore & Ohio handing over
its traffic TO the Pennsylvania.
1t is stated that when +. f. House takes
the presidency of the United States Steel
plants at Duluth he will be succeeded as
general manager of the Bessemer * Lake
Erie road by Edward II. Utley, now gen.
eral freight and passenger agent. h. ID.
Comstock, travelling passenger agent, will
succeed Mr.. Utley in the passenger depart
ment and .. j. Hammond will take charge
of the freight department. 1t is understood
that j. 5. Matson, superintendent of trans
portation, will accompany Mr.. House TO
Duluth.
Samuel Sloan, chairman of the Lacka-
wanna road, takes an optimistic view of the
future of the country. He says: Il think
that the future will be even more wonder
full than any of us have ever dreamed Of"
In regard to the report that there was fric-
ton between Mr.. Sloan and his friends and
the present management of railway inter-
ests, he said: There is "A complete under
standing among the important railway in
terests. Rates will be maintained as they
never were before, and all this senseless
throat-cutting will cease"
II is stated that one of the results of the
Pennsylvania getting control of the Balu-
more * Ohio will be that several fast trains
will be taken off of both roads, at least
their running time Will be heightened and
the trains will do more local business. The
Pittsburg limited on the Pennsylvania and
the Duquesne limited on the Baltimore &
Ohio are both the outcome of opposition.
Both these trains carry only Pullman cars,
have no coaches, but are said to pay. Off
Gals, however, are opposed to the extreme
high speed which they maintain.
George L. Potter, who has been appointed
general manager of the Baltimore q Ohio,
entered railway service in his twentieth
of the Pennsylvania, and has been in con-
tinuous service with the road since. In 1887
he was appointed master mechanic of the
shops at Fort Wayne; in 1893 superintend-
ent of motive power of the Northwest sys-
tenn of the Pennsylvania line; in 1899 he
was made general Superintendent of motive
power for the lines west of Pittsburg, and
on Jan. l, 1901, was advanced to the position
of general manager.
The annual meeting of the Travelling
Freight Agents Association was held at
Detroit yesterday. and 80 agents, cover
ing the territory between Pittsburg and
Chicago, were in attendance After bust
ness of routine nature was disposed of Off
GERS were elected as follows: President
I. f. Sweat, Chicago; vice president, Will
liam Thorne. Indianapolis; secretary, Thos
Smiley, Indianapolis; treasurer, j. +.
Crutchfield, Chicago. II was decided that
the next meeting will be held in Indian
apolis. In the evening a banquet en-
jOyed at the Russell House, and to-day the
local freight agents will take the visitors
for a ride on the steamer Sapho.