The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-19

line between Denver and Salt Lake City.
amounting to 100000 Work is TO be be-
gun within ten days.
William F. Yergens. for some months
past general foreman of the Wabash shops
at Fort Wayne. has been appointed mas
ter mechanic of the western division OF
the Erie, with headquarters at Huntington,
Ind. succeeding ]. III. McLarne. resigned.
John b. Rucker, representing the freight
department of the Louisville & Nashvllle,
he will. accompanied by his wife. start on
an extended Southern trip, visiting New
Orleans, Jacksonville Savannah and sew
eral other Southern cities.
E. p. Livingston has been appointed as
sistant trainmaster of the eastern division
of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago,
TO succeed d. j. Hollahan. recently trans
erred to the office of r.. n. Patterson,
superintendent of terminals of the Penn
sylvania system
The report that the Nickel-plate shops
at Stoney Island are to be removed to some
point in Indiana has started anew efforts
of several towns on the line to secure them
Citizens of Fort Wayne and of Knox,
probably give bonus to secure them.
l.. G. Sadd, travelling passenger agent of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, will
go to New England on Jan. to represent
tie Sdmc SyStclH. MI. Saul HtduQQdl-
tiers will be in Boston, and E. j. Sword.
who has been general Eastern agent. will
give his attention to freight business only.
The new bond issue of the Cincinnati.
indianapolis & Western Railway for 81, SOO,-
00O principal and interest guaranteed by
the Endorsement of the Cincinnati. Hamil-
ton d Dayton Railway Company, has been
sold to Vermilye & Co., of New York city.
cent bonds.
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road has established commercial agency
at Buffalo with A. b. walmsley in charge.
Inc chicago Great Western has done ike
Wise T1 Its representative being w: II; Ward.
travelling Passenger Agent j. T. Douglas,
OF the latter road, will remove his head
quarters from New York to Buffalo.
Final argument on the ruling to show
cause why an Injunction should not issue
Pany from removing or interfering with the
western Union Telegraph Company's wires
along Its system was begun yesterday be-
s1re Judge 6s,r Kirkpatrick in the United
states District Court at Newark, n. j.
Inc nearing will probably last several days.
New colonist rates to southern. central
ana northern California will be In erect
from February Is TO April 80. The Santa
Fe and the Southern Pacific have joined
In a request to the Transcontinental Asso-
cation to permit rates to- be effective at
that time. 1t is said IL permission Is not
granted both companies will act regardless
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west.
The Pennsylvania lines on Wednesday
put on three exclusive express trains from
PfttSburg east, and will probably extend
the service to its western lines. The Lake
Shore has three such trains that are used
exclusively for express, which are run on
passenger time from Chicago to Buffalo
and from there to New York. The new
trains differ from those intended for ordi-
nary merchandise.
The Santa Fo mo hoS Hecf6aI
to- replace all the light rails on the road
with seventy-five-pound rails. During the
next year the road will lay 1856 miles of the
new rails between Chicago and Albu-
querque. The Pacific coast lines will re-
ceive like treatment. 1t Is the intention
OF the road to have nothing but seventy
hve-pound rails in use. and thus take away
much of the danger of wrecks.
Andrew Carnegie was asked what dc
you think about the trouble of the Wabash
getting into Pittsburgh" and said: well
the last and not the least service 1 was
able to render Pittsburg was the contrac,
to get the great Gould system into that
city. and If had not retired from business
1 should have had line through to the
East within sixty days. II there is one
thing more than another which Pittsbure
needs it is to get every railroad In the
country there to make it a railroad center
similar to Western cities. 1t is a shame
not welcome other systems to the city"
the roads in the Trunk-line Association and
foreign lines has been vetoed again for the
coming year, and the same action has beer
taken as last year in regard to the grant
ing OF trip transportation to employees OIL
members of their families when travelling
at their own expense. The best that they
can have Is a half rate. A local passenger
official said yesterday that the time was
not far distant when ali roads would b,
included in this arrangement. 1t took sew
enteen years to wipe out the payment o.
/ mi cc tnrnc hut lx<.- 49,. 49,
and the same will be true of the anti-pas.
agreement.
The Interstate-commerce Commission will
hold hearing at the United States Cour
rooms in New York city this morning t,
investigate the railroad rates on impor
traffic. Traffic managers and other Off
Gals having charge of import traff1c car
rted by railway from New York and othe
tons have been summoned to testify TIL,
| investigation will be held in accordanc,
with resolution passed by the Senate di
| recting that the commission report whethe
| the rates usually charged on both the i'm
| port and domestic traffic conformed to TIT
| published schedules, and what, If any, kind
or classes of imported articles have actual.
Deen transported at any time between Jan
| / and July l last at rates materially les
| than the rates upon the same articles a
| domestic shipments.
d. W. Moon. assistant general superin
| tendent of the Lake Erie e. Western short
| ly after his appointment to that position
last september gave the wage question hi
attention with view of adjusting wage
| proportionately with the value of the me-
| to the service in their respective lines, an
| as result the pay roll of the compan,
| has been so adjusted as to increase tn
wages OF the men several thousand dollars
| In every department where men seemed no
| well paid for their service he advance
| their pay as he thought advisable Anothe
illustration Is In the telegraph department
Some young men twenty-one years of ag
and over, and very competent for the serv
Ice, were working for SIS per month, an
he increased their wages to $40 per month
| A large number of the agents on the lin
| were working for such low wages that n
| without their solicitation advanced them i
| proportion TO their service He has not cor
| cluded the work, and after careful invests
cation where an employe in any branc
Of the service is found worth more than h
Is receiving his pay will be advanced