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

cago presented him with a loving cup at a
banquet given at the Victoria Hotel. Mr..
Nallery has for ten years past been travel
ing freight agent Of the Burlington in this
territory.
The extension of the Indiana, Decatur *
Western Railway from Decatur 10 Spring
field, known as the Decatur & Springfield
Railroad, has been completed as far as the
city limits of Springfield. Ill.
1t is alleged that an employee of the Penn
sylvanla lines deliberately placed his hand
under the wheels of a moving car in order
TO obtain a pension. This is the third
case of the kind reported. and in the hrst
investigation showed the statement TO be
correct.
J. Cory Winnans, travelling passenger
agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day
ton, has removed his headquarters from
P1qua to Fort Wayne. The c., H & d.
Is making a strong effort 10 increase the
business of the Findlay, Fort Wayne &
Western.
The railroads in the Central Freight As
ISOLATION nave agreed TO make an advance
on April IA of 3 cents per one hundred
export from Chicago TO New York. No
change will be made in the domestic rate,
which is 171a cents.
The Toledo Passenger Association will
meet this week TO select a new chairman
and secretary. Colonel James Hall, who
has held the position for two years, has
gone out of service of the Wabash and Is
not now eligible. 1t is proposed to make
ms a SONldl as DIS q SIN OSo
cation.
The Northern Pacific yesterday filed two
mortgages with the register or deeds at
Minneapolis, a prior lien mortgage or Sl5O,-
OO,0O TO the Mercantile Trust Company
and a general lien mortgage of SlSO,Wo.VU
TO the Farmers Loan and Trust Company.
Both are to be filed in every county IN
which the Northern Pacific operates.
officials of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
deny that there is anything in the rumor
that the line is to be extended to the sea-
board, as stated by a Pittsburg paper:
While 1t could be done by the building OF
Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake & Ohio
are such as TO make the step impractcable.
Traffic from Jackson, Miss, to New Or
leans over the Illinois Central. which has
been suspended since Friday on account
Of Pearl river OVERLOOKING, was resumed
yesterday. Trains of the Alabama & Vicks-
burg are still tied uD. Five miles of track
between jackson and Meridian are report
ed under water and the roadbed is washed
away In several places. The Gulf & ship
Island Railroad is unable to resume It's
schedules as a result of washouts.
A charter has been granted to the Knox
vile. Lafollette q Jellico Railroad. which
virtually means the entrance of the Louis
vile & Nashville system into Knoxville,
Tenn. The line is to connect Jellico. Tenn,
the terminus of the Louisville & Nash
vile. with Knoxville, where the Atlanta,
Knoxville & Northern Railroad will be
used south. The acquisition of the Ten
nSSSGe central hdllTOdu DN the southern
Railway explains this move by the Louis
vile & Nashville. The Tennessee Central
will give the Southern entrance into Nash
Vile: now the Louisville & Nashville will
enter this section, which is Southern Rail
way territory.
The Chicago RecOrd-Herald says this
morning.: Two projects are now cred
tied to the Rock Island management
road map of the West and South
west and bring in new and possibly dis
turbing conditions. One is the building of
a line from Fort Worth to Galveston. and
the other is the purchase of the Colorado
Southern with a view to extending the
Clear creek branch of the line across the
range through Middle Park and Routt
counties, Colorado, thereby establishing an
airline from Denver to Salt Lake City
Officials of the company yesterday admitted
that the surveys for such a Galveston line
were being made. 1t is stated that If built
the new line will pass through Dallas. Tex.
and thence will be an airline to Calves
ton"
An informal meeting of the Western
Passenger Association was held in Chicago
yesterday with a view to discussing the
withdrawal of the Rock Island road. 1t
was decided that the association could ex-
list without the Rock Island. An effort Will.
therefore, be made TO keep the association
intact and let the Rock Island go it's way.
Several members, of the association are
strongly in favor of reorganization and a
consolidation with the Southwestern Pas
would be impossible to get all the mem
bers Of the Southwestern Passengers Asso-
citation in. General opinion is that some
thing will have to be done before long.
as no assurances have been made by the
Rock Island that any action taken by the
association will be observed by the COM
pany, although ii be not a member
Vice President and General Manager
Winohell, of the St Louis * San Francisco,
announces that, beginning to-day. the OPP
Grating divisions of the system will be as
follows: Eastern division. st. Louis TO
Paris, Tex; Salem, Chadwick, Aurora.
Bentonville, st. Paul and Mansfield
branches. Western division, Pierce City to
Ellsworth, Kan; Joplin branch. Orenoso.
Mo. to Carl Junction. Mo. (via Joplin
Galena branch, j. & G. Junction. Mo-, to
Baxter, Kan. (via Galena); Cartervile
branch Empire Junction. Kan, to Carter
Vile, Mo-, and Beaumont branch. South
western division, Monnett to Oklahoma. o.
T.; Sapulpi. |. r. to Sherman, Tex. North
ern division, Kansas City to Springfield.
No, via Fort Scott. Kan, to Alton. l. t;
Arcadia, Kan. to Cherry. Kan; Girard-
vile branch (Girard branch to Carl juno
tiOn); Rich Hill branch (Mackie Cut-on,
Mackie, Kan. to Cherokee, KAN Southern
division. Springfield to Memphis. Tenn.
Current River and LuXora branches.