The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-24

yesterday looking after some legal mat
ters and left last night for Chicago.
I.ouisiana's anti-scalping bill, Endorsed by
commercial bodies of New Orleans, has
reached the Legislature. The ticket scalp
ers are making a bitter fight against it,
Chief Engineer Brown. of the Pennsyl-
double-tracking the Philadelphia & Erie
it's traffic necessitating such improve
ment
The gross earnings OF the ST Louis & San
Francisco road the second week OF May in
creased s4s.0S5.76 over the corresponding
week of 1901. Since July / the increase is
s20S3. S5271
The Illinois Central has let the last con-
tract for making its main line from Jack
son to New Orleans double track, making
1T, when completed. a double track road
from Chicago TO New Orleans.
c. McKim. superintendent of telegraph
of the Pennsylvania S Western lines. and
w. McGrafton. signal engineer. were in the
city yesterday looking after some proposed
changes in the service at Indianapolis.
Railway organizations in Fort Wayne are
in the country. The Brotherhoods of Rail-
way Conductors and of Railway Trainmen
are especially large in membership ara
very prosperous.
The Central Passenger Association lines
have authorized for the Fourth of July
one fare for the round trip within a radius
of 200 miles from starting point, tickets TO
be put on sale July and 4, good to return
including July Z.
The Pere Marquette has taken up the
proposition of extending its system from
Port Huron to Buffalo. which proposition
includes the purchase of 100 miles of road
already built and the construction of 200
miles of additional track.
w. B. Strang, promoter of the Detroit &
Toledo Short-line, states that the road will
be opened as a steam road in about three
nlrc Afrr4I H. lt-&@x - &c n
track road, and the line gains entrance to
Detroit over the Detroit Southern.
The Baltimore & Ohio will expend 100000
in improvements at Connellsville, Pa. es-
tablishing yards to hold 5000 cars, building
roundhouse, machine shop and black
smith shop, coal plant. electric light plant
and other accessories for a first-class ter
minal.
the Second Book of Kings is the basis for
Prophets Chamber" published in the Four
Track News, and appearing in the issue of
this month. by George II. Daniels general
passenger agent of the New York Central.
On June % the Pennsylvania-Vandali
Grand Rapids & Indiana and Michigan
Central lines will establish Pullman sleep
ing car line between Louisville and De-
troit, via Indianapolis. Logansport, La OF
TO and Kalamazoo, with sleeping car con-
nections to and from st. Louis, via In
dianapolis.
understood to have passed into the posses
sion of the Goulds. 1t is natural connec-
ton for the Wabash; II runs from Sandus-
ky to GAINESVILLE, with three short branches
The roads chief value is in its reaching
the Hooking valley coal fields and its lake
shipping facilities. Its length is 272 miles
and ii owns forty-fve locomotives and 1864
cars.
Harry Miller, general manager of the
Vandalia. was in the city yesterday. He
stated that the company had this week re-
D.lI
five switching engines weighing 1000
pounds each, and next week would receive
six mogul freight engines from the Ameri-
can locomotive works and four Atlantic
type of passenger engines would follow
early il June.
In commenting on the alleged remark Of
a director of the Evansville & Terre Haute
to the effect that there would be no more
dividends on the preferred stock, President
Hooley said he would like much to know
the name of the director. The matter or
dividends will not be acted upon until sep,
tember and has not even been discussed
formally informally by directors or ex-
ecutive officers. Two other directors ex-
pressed surprise at the remark as quoted.
That portion. Of the travelling public
which Is given to the legitimate use of
mileage tickets will be gratified to learn
that the trunk lines committee has made
substantial progress In inducing the trunk
lines to adopt the interchangeable mileage
system. This done, ii is believed the use of
such books will become general and may
lead to the issuing of mileage books cover
ing 1900 miles by practically all the impor-
tant roads In the United States.
w. S. King, of Fulton, KY, has been APP
pointed superintendent of the st. Louis d.
vision of the Illinois Central Railway, with
headquarters in Carbonate, Ill. j. {.
Daley, the present superintendent, is
transferred to the Louisville division. The
change is effective June l. Superintendent
N. E. Wallace, of the Louisville division,
will be sent to Freeport, Ill, and Superin-
tendent Horace Baker, Of the Freeport di-
vision, will resign to become superintend-
ent of the Georgia Southern Railroad
The report that several officials Of the
Western Union had resigned owing to the
Pennsylvania-Gould disagreement, says one
of the officials, should be discredited. w.
| G. Humestone. one of the officials named
| had arranged to leave the service on June
| / before the incident in question occurred,
| and the same true as to Charles A.
| Tinker, general superintendent and chief
| electrical engineer, who sent in his resigna-
| ton some time ago. In neither case did
| the resignation have any connection with
| the Pennsylvania matter.
NJ. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four.
and C.. +. Schaff, general manager, passed
| through the city at noon yesterday en-
route to St Louis; where meeting OF the
| will be held to-day. James McCrea. vice
president of the Pennsylvania Company,
| passed through the city last night en- route
| to ST. Louis to attend the meeting. Presi-
| dent ingalls, said it had been some time
since the officials of lines terminating at
| ST. Louis had met and some important
matters needed attention.. There is pos
| sibility of some good coming out of the
| meeting of Messrs ingalls, and McCrea, as
| 1t will give Mr.. ingalls, an opportunity to
| talk over the matter of charging the Union
| Station at Indianapolis, he only awaiting
| a move on the part OF the pennsylvania
| in that direction.