The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-11

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and the Big Four trains run into the same
station
Henry A. Bishop. of Bridgeport Conn.,.
formerly connected with the New York,
New Haven Hartford Railroad, yester.
day took charge as vice president OF the
western Maryland Railroad (Wabash sys-
tenn His headquarters will be at Balti-
more.
Referring to the report that the Hooking
valley Railroad has passed into the con-
troll of the Lake Shore, Vice President w.
G. Brown, of the latter road. said yester-
day: Aside from the reports printed in the
newspapers / have no knowledge whatever
concerning the matter"
The Southern Railway Company will on
Sunday cut off one hour on the present
time of its fact train between st. Louis
der control of the Southern Railway it
has been practically rebuilt and the track
will admit of the highest speed.
An official of the Lake Erie & Western
states that when the company gets the
new engines which the Lake Shore has as
signed to the road in service Ii can readily
increase the traffic out of Peoria and In
dianapolis fully 80 per cent, or, In fact,
under present conditions nearly 100 per
cent.
The Big Four now has in service ASS To-
comtives, large per cent. of them of
high grade type. and has under considera-
ton the. purchasing OF thirty large freight
locomotives and possibly fifteen heavy pas
senger engines. part of the latter TO be At
lantic type and the others ten-wheel pas
| senger eEgines.
President Leeds, of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific last week visited President
Ripley, of the Santa Fe, and a rumor start
ed that the business of the lines was TO
be pooled. Mr. Leeds says these rumors are
absolutely untrue. that the roads probably
will be operated in harmony, but there Will
be no consolidation or pooling.
1t has been decided to make Newark, In
stead of Parkersburg, the division terminal
of the Wabash through West Virginia. This
| is said to be the result of the Baltimore
q Ohio's buying the ground the WABASH
had chosen for its terminals at Parkers-
| burg. There was strong competition Tor
| the land, which the Baltimore q ONO
| finally secured
The general passenger agents Of the st.
Paul-Chicago lines have decided to cancel
all land-seekers' rates on Dec. 10. All the
| for one fare plus 81 for the round trip.
| but most of the business has come from
Illinois. northern Missouri and Iowa. and
| the destinations have been points in the
Dakotas and Montana
In accordance with their ultimatum that
unless by yesterday the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition Company either organized
terminal system and supplied locomo-
tives and crews of its own to do the
| switching on the fair grounds or pay the
railroads for doing 1t. the Missouri Pacific
| and the Frisco and the Colorado roads
have withdrawn their locomotives from the
| grounds.
| Harry Swoney, city ticket agent of the
Pennsylvania at Chicago, was in the city
yesterday. He was sent here by II. l..
to look over the new ticket office of the
| Pennsylvania at this point, which is said
by passenger officials of foreign lines to be
| one OF the most complete in the country.
| The pennsylvania proposes to duplicate 1t
| at Chicago.
There is a good deal of feeling manifest
ing itself among railroad employees over
is creeping into many railroads in the form
| or regulations concerning the watches they
are permitted to use. A few favored makes
| better, are rejected by the watch inspector.
| There is growing feeling that the make
| of watches selected is sometimes chosen at
the instigation of interested inspectors.
| The Southern Pacific company has grant
| ed a new wage scale for switchmen, which
establishes straight rate per hour instead
of the former wage rate of SIS a month for
day men and $50 and $50 month for night
| men. The new rate is follows: Day help
| ers, % cents an hour; day foreman, 81 cents
an hour; night foremen, 80 cents an hour
The schedule provides for mo Sundays
sented a demand for increased pay, and il
is expected an per cent. increase will be
| granted.
Executive committee meetings of the
Western and Central Passenger Associa-
tions will be held in Chicago to-day to con-
slider the formation of railroad protective
bureau. Such a bureau is being organized
by lines in the Central Passenger AsSocia-
ton and trunk line territories, but hereto
fore the Western Passenger Association
has refused to join, believing that more
can be accomplished by individual work or
the part of the bureau. The executive
committee of the Central Passenger AS
ISOLATION is to try to get the executive com
mittee of the Western Association to recon
slider its decision not TO join.
With the passing of the control of the
Pere Marquette, approximating 1000 miles
of trackage, a new and important factor
enters the railroad situation of the middle
West. 1t is stated that the new owners
as soon as possible will build line across
the lower part of the province of On
tario, connecting Detroit with Buffalo, anC
the Niagara river will be spanned by q
second international bridge. At present
engineering parties are in the field locat
ing the route. Until this construction is
completed a traffic arrangement will bt
which will give the Pere Marquette en-
trance to Buffalo.
The directors of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe will hold important meet
ing in Topeka to-day at which most OF
the directors will be present. II is expected
that some interesting announcements will
be made at the meeting by President Rip
| ley concerning the purchase OF new line:
of railway by the Santa Fe Company
Among other things. it is said the Santa f,
has acquired the Texas Central Railway
which has it's terminal at Stamford, Tex.
and will this part of line Il
be built from New Mexico to give direc
line from Galveston to the Pacific coast
| The Santa Fe has already chartered sucl
a line in New Mexico.