The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-21

was agent of the Wabash at the state line,
then a very important position.
II. O. Halstead. general agent for the
Pere Marquette, states that in the last
ninety days 1900 carloads of Irish potatoes
have been shipped from points on that line.
He does not believe that one-third or last
years crop has as yet been sold.
w. II. bechilder. who was chief clerk Of
d. r. Maroney when general superintendent
of the Baltimore & Ohio. has received from
Mr.. Maroney a handsome gold watch and
chain as a token OF regard. Mr.. Lecnllder
was with Mr.. Maroney for many years at
Baltimore.
Thomas c.. Smily, president Of the Ma
tiOnal Association of Travelling freight
Agents, has called a second meeting at the
Board of Trade rooms for Saturday after
noon to perfect plans for entertaining the
association at the coming annual meeting
in this city.
1t is stated that the pool of the roads
west of Chicago has virtually been dis
solved By the abandonment OF the control-
ing committee located at St. Louis, Kansas
City and Omaha. The Western Freight As
ISOLATION, the larger organization, is still
doing business.
On June l Charles Warren, who has
rendered his resignation as vice president
and general manager of the Jersey Central,
Will become assistant to President Leeds,
of the Chicago, Rock Island q Pacific:
This Will enable Mr.. Leeds to spend more OF
his time in New York.
Frank McCabe the new vice president
for the State of Pennsylvania of the United
brotherhood of Railway Employees. yester-
day assumed the duties of the position.
Since the resignation of V. G. JORDAN the
work has been looked after by W. h. Nc
Creary, the secretary.
Traffic officials of Indianapolis lines state
that at no time in the last eight months
have they been IN as good shape to care
for business and furnish cars as at pres
ent, and the volume of business moving
Keeps engines and cars we'll employed. The
business is moving with promptness.
s. @. Harvey, travelling passenger agent
of the Toledo & Ohio Central, is a veteran
In railroad service, he having had charge
of the crew which took the first through
mai West over the Lake Shore. This was
Sept. IL, 1875, and was known as the White
Mail, all cars in the train being painted
pure white.
Frank NJ. Hill, for the last ten years traf-
fc manager of the Chicago Junction Rail-
way, has been missing for nearly a month.
throughout the United States. but no trace
of Hill can be found. 1t is feared Hill is
temporarily unbalanced as a result OF
brooding over a reduction in salary.
Travelling passenger agents, who have
been taking matters easy since the holt
days. with the coming of spring are be-
ginning to bestir themselves, having re-
ceived instructions to begin an active can
vass for business of all classes of travel.
The excursion business bids fair to be more
extensive than in any former year.
For several months past the Big -Four
has been delivering at Kankakee 10 10 lO
carloads of coal per day off OF the Chesa-
peake & ohio. The company has extensive
side tracks at that point and IL is made
the distributing point 10 the different chi
cago roads. The company will put in addi-
tional side tracks to TINS
traffic.
The decision of the trunk lines to increase
the minimum for carload shipments of
grain from 10000 TO $1,000 pounds attracts
Ar~ tel DIT En.r Annl -
transacted in which such a small quantity
as even 5000 pounds cuts much figure;
then the recent action at the seaboard, by
which the inspection of a car of grain costs
now 81 instead of 80 cents, as heretofore,
causes dealers to ship as much as possible
In a car.
The American Railway Engineering AS
ISOLATION has at last. after long considera-
ton, adopted a standard length for rails,
the railway experts having decided that a
rail thirty-three feet four inches In length
is the longest that can be used, and this
will be the standard in the future. All the
great rail manufacturing plants will build
their machinery to conform to that stand
ard. This decision is reached after expert
menting with rails thlrty-fVe, sixty ana
100 feet in length.
Officials of the roads in the Central Traf-
fc Association are restless over the an
nouncement that the United States attor-
ney general has been instructed TO proceed
against the rate-cutters and off1clalS guilty
of being parties TO illegal pools and COM
binations. Material for legal proceedings
is said to be in the hands of the govern
ment. and it Is alleged the Central Freight
Association, in operating a pool east of
Chicago, has been the most Migrant Vlolator
of commerce regulations.
Petitions for injunctions were filed at
Chicago yesterday in the United States CIR
cult Court by United States District Attor-
ney S. II. Bethea against six of the railway
companies entering Chicago, charging them
with infractiOn of the interstate-commerce
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the complaints are the same as those filed
at Kansas City. The defendants are the
Michigan Central. the Illinois Central, the
PENNSYLVANIA. the PittSburg.- Cincinnati,
Chicago * st. Louis, the Lake Shore and
the Chicago & Northwestern roads.
On the eastern division of the Wabash.
for February, two engineers and one con-
ductor were given ten credit marks and
one fireman five credit marks, and others
we're given credit marks for having clear
records. Three fremen, thirteen engineers,
one hostler, one clerk. one agent, two
switchmen, five brakemen and six conduc-
tors were given demerit marks of from
five to thirty for violations of rules and
carelesSness; a conductor was dismissed
for an accumulation of dement, marks and a
switchman for damage to property through
carelessness.
Few changes among the officers of the
American Railway Engineering and Main
tenance of Way Association were made at
the annual election in Chicago yesterday.
President J. w. Kittredge. chief engineer
of the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago & st.
Louis Railroad. was reelected for another
year. Second Vice President A. w. Sulli-
van. of the Illinois Central Railroad. ex-
changed offices with Vice President Hunter
Mcdonald, of the Nashville, Chattanooga &
st. Louis Railway. In the board of direc-
tors A. w. Johnson. of the New York. Chi
cago & St. Louis Railroad, was elected TO
the place of II. p. Baldwin. of the Chicago
& Alton Railway. The other officers re-
elected were Secretary L. c. Fritch, of
Washington, Ind, and Treasurer w. S..
Dawley. of Chicago. The other directors
are j.. Kruttschnitt. of San Francisco; r. F.
Whittelsey. of Toledo; A. Torrey, of De-
troit: Thomas Rodd, of Pittsburg, and F.
II. McGuigan, of Montreal.