The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-06

Fish Commission is stocking Up the lakes
Of the State with good fish. and sstisfac-
tory results are expected for the nshermen.
The Lake Erie & western is pushing the
work OF ballasting its Fort Wayne. Clncln-
natl Louisville division with gravel. IT is
the intention TO ballast the entire line this
season and place the track IN condition Tor
fast service.
An Official order has been issued. effective
June /, by which the Burlington, CEDAR
Rapids & Northern Railway is absorbed by
the Rock Island road. The former road
henceforth will be known as the Iowa diVi-
sion OF the Rock Island.
AS result of the recent inspection of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy by j. J. Hill,
all surveying parties in the field have been
called In and no more will be sent out this
season. With the exception of the Great
Falls extension, no new construction will
be undertaken.
The supervision Of the dining car service
on the Pennsylvania lines west has been
transferred TO the general superintendent
of passenger transportation. Charles
Watts. II has been under the supervision
of f. A. Ford. general passenger agent. r.
w. Westlake is superintendent of the serv-
ice.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie machinists
have been notified that their pay has been
advanced, dating back TO May l. 10 81 20 per
day from s2.35 per day. The company at
first proposed 10 advance the pay of only
the skilled machinists. but this was OBJ
jected TO and the advance was made gen.
eral
The first train from Decatur to Spring
field over the new Decatur Springfield
Railroad. extension of the Indianapolis,
Decatur Western. arrived at the ter
minus of the road. just outside Springfield.
yesterday. y private car carrying the Off
Gals and three passenger coaches made up
the train.
The statement is made that in the sale of
the Monon a compromise has been effected
in the Beattyville bond litigation. The case
is one of the most interesting that legal
circles have had TO deal with for years. The
new organization claimed that steps were
not taken to make the Beattyville bond
holders parties to the reorganization.
John z. Lacey, assistant superintendent
OF the Pennsylvania. with general offices at
Philadelphia, retired June l under
the provisions of the pension plan, having
reached seventy years. AS token or es-
TEEN he was presented with handsome
gold-headed cane Mr.. Lacey has served
the company since 1855.
All the embarrassments of the summer
tourist have been anticipated by the pas
senger department of the Pennsylvania
lines in a handsome book of 300 pages just
issued The book is a revelation in ac-
curate, painstaking and exhaustive COM
pilation, giving distances rates and attrac-
tions. and is complete in every feature.
The Wabash Railroad division officials
are fitting commodious instruction room
at a convenient place in Peru. and will
have all gatherings of men for all purposes
there. Charts will be provided explaining
compound engines, air brakes. signals, etc,
and blackboards will give demonstrators
opportunity to carry on instructions. II is
the only place of it's kind to be so fitted
out on the Wabash system.
Armored trains. provided with loopholes
for rifles and revolvers. have been sent TO
different parts of the Schuylkill coal re-
gions for the use of special policemen.
There will be camp trains at all collieries
of from one TO four cars. Extra care has
been used in selecting the new policemen,
and some reliable person vouches for every
man. preference being given 10 old soldiers
or former national guardsmen.
The experiments in car lighting which
have been in progress for some months,
under the direction of Electrician A. G.
Davis, have resulted in the selection of the
sixty-volt straight storage battery system
for equipping the new cars on the Pennsyl-
vania lines west. Each coach will have five
and each parlor car six center fixtures, and
each fixture will have four eight-candle
power lamps. The cars to be thus equipped
are the only ones now building al the shops.
They will be put in service on the North
eastern and Southwestern systems and the
Vandalia line. Sixteen coaches and two
combination cars are assigned TO the Van
dala.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Company Charles w. Hillard, Richard NJ.
Hoe, Joseph G.. English and +. S. Flower
were elected directors. AT meeting of the
directors following the stockholders meet
ing the following officers were reelected /:
President. NJ. J. Carpenter: vice presidents.
o. S. Lyford and c. w. Hillard: secretary,
A. NJ. Smith; treasurer. G. w. Hillard. II.
III. Porter was reelected chairman of the
executive committee. The statement of
the earnings and expenditures for the year
ending April 20 shows that the gross earn
ings were 81, 246 406, compared with 81. 100 100
in the preceding year The net earnings
were 81 900, 763. compared with $2.O42 637 in
the preceding year.
The Interstate-commerce Commission yes
terday gave "A hearing to railway officials
the proposition Of the commission to
have statement Incorporated in the an
nual reports of the railways to the commits
sion. which will show the ton mileage and
freight earnings statistics of the roads. The
roads are opposed to the proposed innOva-
ton. p S. Whitehead. II. NJ. Kochersper-
ger. C.. |. Sturgis A. H. Plant. r.. A. Gull
and NJ. Riebenack all contended that
the gathering of these statistics would en-
tail great expenses, and when furnished
would prove TO be Of little value as being
not sufficiently specific or definite The
commission, which wants the statistics for
Use in passing on cases and for other pur-
poses has taken the question under advise
ment.