The Indianapolis journal., 1902-12-30

vice president and general manager of the
Pere Marquette. IL is believed the ST.
scheme by which they expect TO control the
Pere Marquette.
The Santa Fe has decided to construct
line southwest from Guthrie through Ill
Reno and Cement, o. T., into Texas. An
attempt is being made to purchase the
property of the Oklahoma * Texas, now
being surveyed from Cement TO San An
tonic. The Frisco is also desirous of Sc
curing this property, as ii connects with
that line at Cement.
A. d. Pendleton, division freight agent
OF the Vandalia, said yesterday that that
road was now in the best shape as regards
traffic at any time in the last four months
A holiday on Christmas, half the day Sat
urday and the whole of Sunday. when the
coal miners did not work. enabled them to
clear UP all undelivcred coal cars. The other
lines OF freight are also cleared up.
After four months of severe testing of
the newly invented form of steel tie and
rails on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chi
cago, excellent results are shown. The new
sneer ra is tne ana of
trough girder supporting each rail. with
channel spaces to maintain the gauge and
fastenings for the rails, which do not re-
quire the use of wedges or any other con-
trivance.
The lllinos Central announces a number
OF changes TO be made in the freight de-
partment, effective Jan. l. +. b: Bowes.
been made assistant traffic manager with
headquarters at Chicago. G. G. Cannon, as
sistant general freight agent, will succeed
Mr. BOwes as general freight agent. ID. w.
Longstreet. chief clerk to Mr.. Bowes, will
succeed Mr.. Cannon assistant general
freight agent
Saloons are TO be banished from the VII
consisting chiefly OF the Lake Shore ana
Michigan Southern Railroad property and
the homes of that companys employees. AT
the recent election prohibition of liquor
selling carried by 622 votes against
| 4i3, after an exciting contest General Su-
| perintendent Marshall gave his personal in
| huence and that of the Lake Shore road in
! favor OF the reform.
Officials of the freight department of the
| G.. II. & d. were given a banquet at
| Cincinnati on Saturday evening by A. III.
| Mcleod, freight traffic manager, who has
held that position for twenty-seven years.
| present. including III. G. Styles, general
agent at Indianapolis, who has been con-
nected with the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton thirty-five years. Those present
had been in the employ of the c. III. & ID.
Company for an average of twenty-five
years.
1t is stated that the report of the Lake
| Shore Railway for the year ending on Dec.
81 will show gross earnings of $50. 15S coo;
| operating expenses and taxes, S2l ,966 600
| and net earnings sS,1S9O00. This is an in
ings and decrease of ss72. 446 in net The
! large increase in operating expenses
/ caused by expenditures for improvements
| and new equipment just about offsets the
! decrease in net earnings. After payment
| of all charges and dividends the Lake
| Shores surplus for the calendar year will
be s2,996,345, a decrease Of $685., ,125.
The coal stringency In New England has
| become acute that a curtailment OF
| train schedules on railroads in that section
| in the near future appears to be almost in
| evitable. The New York, New Haven &
| Hartford is worse off than the other roads
despite it's many coal depots along its
| lines, and il has been forced to borrow
| and seize coal a number of times. Some OF
| the roads IL is said, more than month
| ago considered the cutting of schedules ir
| view of the possibility of a shortage and
most of the roads in the country which
are not Originating" roads adopted the
measure.
The following changes In the freight
| traffic representatives of the Southern Rail
| way have been made, to take effect Jan. /
| j. r. Mock, commercial agent, Columbus
Ga: G. w. Bell. commercial agent Au.
| gusta Ca, vice NJ. b. Hptchinson, resigned
| to take service with another line; G.. A
| Emerson commercial agent, Savannah, Ga
W. A. Turner, travelling freight, Augusta
Ca; T. b. Barlow. travelling freight agent
| Columbus Ca; Ernest Schauble, travelling
freight agent, Chicago; NJ. b. Henry, trav.
| cling freight agent. Jacksonville, Fla; s
| c. Black commercial agent. Mobile, Ala
j. d. Bowling, travelling freight agent
| Dallas, Tex.