The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-27
General Notes.

coal cars
The Wabash's st. Louis-St. Paul serv-
ice. established two weeks ago, is proving
very successful.
j. NJ. Chesbrough, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Vandalia, at St. Louis.
was in the city yesterday.
All the city tickle offices will close at
noon to-day and the travelling public are
requested to take notice OF the fact.
The Burlington is handling daily at Chi
cago two and a half million pounds of mis-
cellaneous merchandise in less than car
lots.
the Big Four. returned to his offices yester-
day from a trip of several days over the
lines under his charge.
1t is said the executive officers of the
trunk lines will not decide the question of
the exchange of passes for the ensuing
year until the 18th prox.
n. r. Johnson has been appointed gen.
eral agent of the Big Four at Cincinnati,
In place of George MetZger, recently APP
pointed division freight agent.
Fifty-two roads report gross earnings for
the second week in October Of $40, $3.50 5 as
against S9.71 126 for the corresponding
weeks in 1901, an increase of 1851 ,92S.
General Passenger Agent Daniels. of the
New York Central. is supplying local ticket
agents of the Vanderbilt lines with all such
general as would be valuable
10 the travelling public, thus making OF
each office a travellers information bureau.
The Transcontinental Passenger Associa-
ton has declined to join in a national pro-
tective association, as suggested by the
Central Passenger Association. 1t decided
to follow the Western Passenger Associa-
ton and deal with the brokers as hereto
fore.
The proposed meeting of general chairmen
or locomotive engineers of the Western
roads. which was to have been held on
Dec. i. for the purpose of taking steps to
secure a general advance in wages of en-
glneers OF 10 per cent, has been indefinitely
postponed.
Business on all lines touching this city
continues very heavy, and 1t requires care
ful handling to prevent congestion. A
slight falling off Is noticed in the amount
OF mei chandise coming from the Eastern
markets, but otherwise there is as yet no
let up In the volume of traffic.
The full pamphlet report of the Iowa
central for the year ending June 30, just is
sued, shows gross earnings. of 81. 543, $50. De-
quoting operating expenses and fixed
charges there remains a surplus of s04.53S.
The earnings per freight train mile were
sl-fo, against Sl.6O for the preceding year.
George Pierce, superintendent of the ma
rine construction of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, died
Oh heart disease at Newport. r. l., yester-
day, at the age of seventy-four years. He
designed and superintendent the building of
the steamers Puritan, Plymouth and Pris-
ella.
The Western Maryland Railroad Cwabash
SYSTEM announced yesterday that Ii had
awarded a contract for building it's tracks
from its main line west of Baltimore to
dewate in South Baltimore, a distance of
seven miles. The contractors are the Deg
ran & Mclean Construction Company and
the amount is 100000.
Superintendent of Motive Power Barnes,
of the Wabash denies the statement tele-
graphed from Springfield. ILL.,, that he in
tended TO resign his position. He says he
VIII not do anything of the sort while trou-
PIE with the employees Is pending. and that
he will stay with the Wabash as long as
his SuperiorS want him.
The Lake Erie & Western Company has
ordered new seventy-five-pound rails,
thirty-three feet long. for the track be-
tween Atlanta and Kokomo Junction. Some
Tune ago the work of putting down heavier
rails to replace the fifty-six-pound steel
that has been down for years was started
worked north. 1t will be continued on to
Michigan City.
George w. Van Horne. until recently
chief engineer for the Bengal & Northwest
ern hallway of India, who recently arrived
In this country, reports that American To-
comotives introduced into India have not
come up to expectations. as they lack dura-
Dlllty and consume too much coal. 1t Is
possible that the locomotives would have
made a better showing in the hands OF
American engineers.
General Manager E. E. Calvin, of the
Oregon Short-line Railroad, yesterday an.
nounced that on Dec. l the wages of al
switchmen and the yardmen i'm the employ
of the road would be advanced approx.
lAobCiy ~ pti CChl- lHlo VIII Ihdke III
wages conform with the new Chicago wage
schedule. The advance is voluntary on the
part of the road. Several hundred men are
benefited by the increase.
The latest plans of the Frisco show that
the Denver, Enid & Gulf line, being ON
pleted from Enid to Guthrie, o. T., will
be extended Immediately to Coal Gate. 1.
T., a distance of 125 miles. The line also
is being surveyed westward for $50 miles
The plans also show that the Arkansas
& Choctaw, recently. purchased by the
Frisco. will be extended from Ardmore tc
Wauseka, sixty miles, thence to Vernon,
Tex.
The aggregate exhibit of log roads report.
ing to the Wall Street Journal for the
month OF September shows: Gross income
slO2. All 400. an increase of s7.012. 200 over 1901
expenses. $67. 29S. 1874, an increase of Sc, S25, O4O
net, S5,113,2l2 an increase of $1S7, 900. The
net earnings of 11 roads for three months
We're Sill, S67, 975. a decrease from the pre-.
ceding year of s.. 100. S72. The net increase oil
the log roads for September was SO pei
cent, a loss of Ala per cent.
Effective Dec. / the following changes are
announced in the passenger department OF
the Big Four: w. c. Cone. station passen.
ger agent at st. Louis. will be promoted
ing. who leaves the Big Four to take serv.
ice with the Chesapeake & Ohio: C. c.
Rhodes, assistant ticket agent at st. Louis
will take the place vacated by Mr.. Cone
and G. a. Patton, secretary to Assistan,
General Passenger Agent Hilleary, will sue.
coed TO the position vacated by Mr.. Rhodes
A proposition made by the Southern lines
that colonist rates from Memphis to points
In the Southwest be withdrawn was de.
bated at the recent joint conference in ST
Louis. The lines find thai
the colonist rates from Memphis used as
a basing point on business to the South.
west disturb the rates from other gate
ways in the South and Southwest. The
Southwestern lines took the matter under
consideration and were to have wired their
conclusions to the chairman of the South.
western Association yesterday.
The Vandalia school fund decision is OF
much more interest to Terre Haute thar
the simple decision as to the obligation
of the company to the State. 1t has beer
understood, says a dispatch to the Journal
that the road would be taken out of the
receivers hands when the long disputed
claim has been adjusted and the question
now is whether the decision of the Su.
preme Court will be regarded as the fnaI
decision i'm the litigation. With the roaC
restored to the Pennsylvania Company
IL Is expected there will be a number of i'm.
portant changes in the management, per.
haps the most important of all being the
appointment of a traffic manager. Amonr
the train crew employees there is also the
expectation of an advance in wages i'm &C.
eordanca with the advance IN ofhar pono