The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-18

a few minutes later. His remains viii be
buried at Sidney, O., to-day.
There were a number of steamship men
IN the city yesterday calling on passenger
ofncials. Among them were r. G. Davis,
general passenger agent. and c. a Harris.
travelling passenger agent OF the Goodrich
line, and Joseph BerOlzhein, general pas
senger agent of the Manitou line.
Paymaster Seaman. of the Cincinnati.
Hamilton & Dayton, made his initial trip
over the Findlay division. and was enter
tanned with a dinner given TO the paymas-
ter and his assistants by j. G. Wlnans,
VINO represents the passenger. department
of the c., II. & d. on that division.
S. B.. Fleeter. superintendent of the Day
ton & Michigan division of the Ci%ncinanti.
Hamilton & Dayton, who has been assigned
10 the Fort Wayne division. will have MS
headquarters at Lima. The train Dispatch
ers office of this division will on May l
be removed from Ftndlay TO Ottawa.
Private advices from New York announce
the resignation. effective May /, of George
X. Morse, treasurer, and S. Seaman Jones,
Each will enter the Guardian Trust Com
pany, a new million-dollar corporation, Mr..
Morse as president and Mr.. Jones as treas
urer.
J.. b. Modisette. chief clerk in the passen-
ger department of the Vandalia at St.
Louis, has handed in his resignation TO be
come effective as soon as Assistant General
Passenger Agent Chesbrough can name his
ShNNtSSoI. MI. A1OulSelle mas HclQ llN BO
sition seven years and resigns on account
of i'll health.
A. p. Hall. superintendent of the st.
Joseph Terminal Railway, has rendered his
resignation, and will on May l take the
position of trainmaSter on the Santa re,
with headquarters at Temple, Tex. Mr..
Hall has heretofore been connected with
the Santa Fe as at Denver and
Albuquerque.
The annual complimentary dinner of
Pennsylvania Railroad directors ~ the
president was given TO President Cassatt on
Wednesday at Philadelphia. a unique fea-
ture OF the occasion was a reproduction In
miniature of the proposed North river tun-
mel. New York city. with President Cas-
salts private car emerging from it, drawn
by an electric engine.
The Erie Railway Company has shifted
its traffic relations from the PENNSYLVANIA
to the Baltimore & Ohio. Last year it
acted with the Panhandle on Pan-American
business; this season it Joined hands with
the Baltimore q Ohio at Cleveland on At
lant1c coast business and is flooding the
market with literature setting forth the
attractions Of the joint arrangement.
After twenty-seven years of faithful serv-
ice on the Wabash as tick agent at st.
Louis. z. II. Coffin has resigned. In ac-
cepting his resignation the company issued
a circular, complimentary in its character.
such as seldom is given. T. F. Harrington,
ticket agent at Springfield. III. succeeds
Mr.. Coffin at st. Louis, and r. g. Flem-
ing takes the position vacated at Spring
field. In both cases it is a promotion.
Nearly 500 notices of changes in freight
rates have been filed with the chairman
of the Western Freight Association since
Judge Grosscup issued the injunction.
March 70, restraining the railroads from
secretly cutting rates, paying rebates or
discriminating in favor of certain shippers,
or in any way violating the interstate-com-
merce act, and no railroad has made a
higher rate than was I'm effect on the date
of the issuing of the restraining order.
f. II. Hartman, president of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company, in company
with D.. O. Mills and w. H. Perry. arrived
In San Francisco from Delmonte yesterday.
For nearly two hours the railroad presi-
dent was clOseted with several of the
Southern Pacific officials. Il am looking
over the property of the road. he said,
land am carefully considering all plans for
improvements of the Southern Pacific and
the Union Pacific systems. We have
now many improvements under way, the
greatest of which is the shortening and
Strengthening of the line of the Union Pa
ciic along its eastern end. When that
work is completed il will mean a great inn
prOvement in our transcOntinental service.
We fully realize the growing commercial
Importance of the West, and every project
for the development of California will meet
with our hearty support"