The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-18

attend special meeting OF the Central
Freight Association
The Big Four has Just commenced the
construction of a storage yard at East
kankakee, which will have a capacity OF
Loo 10 cars RS The business has SO increased
facilities are required.
Scalpers are increasing at indianapolis
as well as at Buffalo and Chicago; Three
years ago there were two scalping OF
hces In operation. now there are eight.
excursions TO Indiana polls
The excursion to-day 10 Atlantic City
over the Big Four and the Chesapeake AZ
Ohio will be we'll patronized, The rate-sl5
mile. and the limit twelve days, with a
stopover at Washington returning.
From the proceeds of $1,000 900 new stock
Issued by the New York Central IN October.
lesS, 100 new locomotives and 1900 cars
are being purchased. The present orders
argue an enormous increase In business
over the New York Central system.
The Pennsylvania is increasing the forces
IN It's shops at various points, especially in
the freight car repair shops. Since the adj
vent or the large engines with greater
hauling capacity the expense OF keeping
II order old equipment is very heavy.
The Santa Fe gross earnings for the year
ending June 80 reached $50. 1900; operating
expenses. $S2,o00o0o; net earnings. S2l, 80
goo; balance after paying taxes and rentals.
Sly, f5O,VVO; net income. $l25O0,W0; dividends
7e1, 900.
Major Bates. who is in charge of trans
portation in the Yellowstone National Park.
wired General Passenger Agent Fee, of
the Northern Pacific, that more people had
passed into the park mp TO date this season
than in any similar period since the park
was opened.
President NJ ID. Woodford, of the l., d. &
w. and c, II. & ID. railroads, went from
Cincinnati, o., TO Decatur. H., last night,
and will return 10 Cincinnati tonight. His
have relation to the proposed extension of
the l., ID. * w. west
Fl. 3. Ledyard, president of the Michigan
Central, is indignant over the report sent
out from Chicago that he thought of re-
signing: He says he was never in better
health in his life. and is planning 20 carry
out great deal OF Improvement work
which will receive his personal attention.
Joseph Ramsey, jr president OF the
Wabash, was in Pittsburg yesterday. con-
ferring with the city authorities regarding
the Wabash's entrance TO Pittsburg. An
impression still prevails that the Pennsyl-
vanla will in some manner battle the at
tempts OF the Wabash TO get into that city.
ID. w. Cook general passenger agent of
the Erie, has decided TO abolish the po-
sltion of assistant general passenger agent,
and has appointed D. NJ Bowman his chief
clerk. G. r. King who was chief clerk 10
d. /. Roberts, former general passenger
agent, Will remain az assistant chief clerk.
Chairman George W. Ristne. of the Mis-
full charge of the enforcement of the
agreement recently entered into. He will
have agents posted al every shipping point
and will endeavor TO keep an accurate rec
ord OF the amount of freight handled by
each road. rE-vl ~
c. B. Ogle, who has been ticket agent TO
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy at Keo-
kuk, Ia, has been appointed travelling
passenger agent in the territory which is
under the supervision of Col. William
Shaw, district passenger agent. He sue
rhx InG arlh
Mo, as ticket agent.
Construction work on the New Haven
Butler line is moving rather slowly. Teams
and laborers are still very scarce. but the
grain and hay harvest will end this week
and the contractors are promised all the
help they need shortly. Work on the
bridge over the Maunree river is progress
ing satisfactorily, the stone work being
nearly completed 90
The pay cars are moving this month with
their usual promptness, paying for June
service, and the pay rolls are the largest
ever known for June on nearly every rail-
way centering at indianapolis. So many
improvements are in progress on roadbeds
that it has ipcreased the disbursements
III addition to that OF the increased train
and shop work pay rolls
George Maxwell who represents the
Wabash lines in this section. returned yes
terday from Buffalo. lie says the reports
that the hotels at Buffalo exorbtant
in their charges is false rates being no
higher than al hotels in Indianapolis,
where SlhS no exposition J.. Is in progress Good
rooms at 81. getting meals where desired.
Although the Big Four reported for the
fiscal year 10 June 30 1900. something less
than per cent. sesrned by the common
stock, this was after the appropriation of
SS2l.557. or the equivalent of nearly per
cent. on the common, for new locomotives.
This appropriation was not necessary dur
Ing the year just ended. hence the earn
lngs, which are practically unchanged from
the previous year. will be over per cent
on the common stock; The Distribution of
4 per cent, as President Ingalls, claims,
is conservative
The belief that c. s Mellin will retire
from the presidency of the Northern Pa
Cifc at an early date still prevails. and that
Daniel S. Lamont, former secretary OF
evidence of the break between Hill and
Mellin is shown in the resignation Of E. H.
Me Me chief engineer of the company.
Hill man, will succeed Mr.. McHenry. Mr.
Mellin has been president of the Northern
Pacific since Sept. l. 1897, when he left the
position of second vicer president of the
New York, New Haven e. Hartford.
The New York Evening Post said last
night: The election ''of f. B. Thomas
OF the Erie. as chairman of the board of
directors of the Lehigh Valley was formal
ly carried out at meeting of the direc-
tors in Philadelphia to-day. Mr.. Thomas
has been chairman of ahe executive COM
mittee. so the action OF to-day is not taken
TO mean as much as it has been taken to
imply in many quarters While the belief
Is general that controlzo the Lehigh Val
ley will ultimately fall TO the Erie. we'll
posted authorities assert that there will
be no change in the present arrangement
by which the Lehgh Valley is operated
virtually in trust for all the anthra cite
coal-carrying roads. fT{f
Frank w. Morse, who has been promoted
to vice president and assistant TO the gen
eral manager of the entire Grand Trunk
system, entered the shops of the Hannibal
& ST. Joe road In 1891 when sixteen years
old Hc then. went with the Wabash as
an apprentices first at Lafayette and later
in Fort Wayne.-In 1SS2-he quit the shops
and took course in Washington Univer-
slty i'm ST. Louis. gradua ting in 1885. He
returned 10 the Wabash as a machnist
and six months later he was made general
foreman of the companyis shops at Quincy
Ill. Later he was appointed master me-
chanic of the Wabash Western. In 1889 he
assumed the office of master mechanic of
the eastern division OF sthe Wabash with
headquarters in. Fort Wayne, where he
remained until appointed superintendent of
motive power for the Grand Trunk.
KID MCCOY IN TOWN.