The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-26

at other places. The Missouri Pacific took
fifty of them for its shops at Osawatomie
and the Rock Island thirty at its shops in
Horton.
Barney, Smith & Co. of Dayton, o., yes
terday notified the Big Four that they
would this week ship from their works five
new baggage cars and five new combination
cars contracted for some weeks ago.
w H. Fisher. general passenger agent of
the Hooking Valley road, has been called
to Chicago because of the serious illness Of
his brother, f. r. Fisher general manager
of the Joliet Street-railway Company.
Frank Cole, general Western agent of the
Lake Erie q Western at Peoria. is in the
city to attend the funeral of his father, g
b. Cole, formerly with the l.. E. & W., late
with the indianapolis Weighing and In
spection Bureau. The employees of the l..
E. & w. have purchased an appropriate
floral emblem and many of them will attend
the funeral to-day.
A. B. Newell has been elected vice presi-
dent and general manager of the White
Pass & Yukon road. Mr.. Newell was form
erly division superintendent of the Lake
Shore road, and is a of John Newell,
its former president, now deceased
1t is stated that several official changes
will the return of w. H New
man, president of the New York Central,
from Europe. One appointment to be made
is that of purchasing agent vice Allen
Bourn. who has filled that position for sew
eral years.
The Grand Trunk has announced new
departure for this years Labor day eXcur-
sion. In former years Ii ran one-day eX-
cursions to nearby points. This year 1T
Will run excursions to most points on its
lines. at one fare for the round trip, with
three days limit
Despite the large number of engines the
Baltimore & Ohio has purchased in the
last three years it is now short of power
and has borrowed from the Western Mary
land several heavy locomotives. hoping
soon to relieve the congestion of business
| at several points.
! Louis Faithorn. assistant general freight
agent of the Chicago & Alton, has resigned
and on Sept. l will be succeeded by c. A.
! King, now division freight agent. Mr..
Faithorn is son of ]. n. Faithorn, vice pres
! ident Of the road. and he resigns TO accept
| a position on an Eastern road.
The Rutland Railroad. under its new
| owners, is being equipped with new rolling
| stock. This month ii has received eight
new locomotives. making twenty-five re-
| ceived in the last three months. and 1t is
| the intention of President Webb to replace
all the old locomotives and cars with new
and more modern equipment.
The Santa Fe yesterday announced a
round-trip rate of $40 to Chicago from
| Kansas territory. A rate of $3.50 for one
| fare tickets was also made. Tickets will
be sold either going or coming from Chi
cago. The cut IS made by authority of the
Western Passenger Association to meet a
rate recently made by the Alton. No rate
| war is expected.
John Mackenzie superintendent of mo-
tive power OF the Nickel-plate. retired from
| that position yesterday and was succeeded
by j. l.. Gilmore, formerly master me-
| chanic of the Lake Shore road at it's Elk
hart shops. Mr.. Mackenzie has been in
railroad work since 1859 and was. from
1876 to 1888 superintendent of motive power
OF the Union Pacific road, going TO the
Nickel-plate from that road.
The likeness of c. S. Crane. general pas
| senger agent of the Wabash, is attached al
| the place his signature would be expected
on an invitation for the members of the
| American Association Of Travelling Passen-
| ger Agents TO use the line of the Wabash
| In going To and from their annual meeting
| 10 be held in Montreal next month. The
| invitation reads: Il trust you will take a
| ride with US. Yours, with regards
Much interest is centered in the meeting
! OF the official classification committee of al
| the roads in the Central Freight AssOcia
| ton territory, which will be held in New
the purpose of classifying rates on a prope
basis. IL was reported that there would b.
an increase In rates on many articles as
| result of this meeting. but an official sale
yesterday that the object always is TO keel
down the rates as much as possible.
The annual report of the Chicago 6
| Northwestern Railway for the fiscal veal
ended May 81 was issued yesterday L
shows total earnings for the year of $40. GA
12l, an increase of $3,545.534 over the las
fiscal year. The total expenses of the sys
tenn were 81, 343. 43l. leaving net earnings
of s., 800. $50. Bonds issued and assumed
bonds amounting to 1924 600 were retired
leaving an Increase of IS, 321, 500 in the bond
ed debt OF the road.
| The Vandalia has received the four larg,
Atlantic type passenger locomotives pur
chased some time ago by Receiver Malot
and three OF the eight mogul freight loco
motives contracted for at the same time
Five new shifting locomotives were re