The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-16

the big railway systems are settling down
to more newspaper advertising. and the re-
suits are very satisfactory" He thinks the
time is not far of when the roads Will take
newspaper space as do the larger stores or
the country.
On Saturday evening the employees of the
Rio Grande Western road presented a X
Welby, general superintendent, with a soIo
watch and diamond stud and his wire WIFI
an oaken chest containing 100 pieces OF sIo
yer for the table. In the presentation oeo
employees were represented by a committee
or twenty-five of the employees.
The Santa Fee has opened its passen-
ger office at Buffalo. and will endeavor 10
earn It's share OF business. 1t closed It's
Office two years ago at that point, but Ine
move OF the Chicago, Rock Island x Pa
cifc I'm that direction caused its re-
opening. The company will also place d
freight representative at Buffalo.
indianapolis Canton. No. 2, and sylvia
Lodge and Center Lodge selected the bIs
ROCK Island & Pacific. The party num-
bered over one hundred and the Big Four
furnished three high-backed chair cars ana
a baggage car to accommodate them and
the train was run double-header from In
dianapolis to Chicago.
Frank j. Reed, general passenger agent OF
the Monon. was in the city yesterday. he
states that there has not been a week this
year in which the Monon's passenger earn
lnss nave not been ahead of the CORE
spending week last year, Notwithstanding
the fact that last year passenger earn
1ngs were handsomely in excess OF the
previous year, and he looks for a heavy
fall business.
E: A. Gould. superintendent Of the
wabash. has made public the standing OF
the men under him for August, which
shows that six conductors, seven brake
men, eight engineers, five firemen, three
switchmen. two clerks, two agents, -FOUR
operators and one porter received dement,
marks from five to thirty for negligence.
carelessness or disobeying the rules OF the
company as regards the use of intoxicating
liquors.
A railroad official who returned from the
East last week over the Pennsylvania says
he never beheld anything like the trafhc
on the Pennsylvania road. Long trains OF
freight cars are moving constantly over
by three locomotives. Bituminou coal.
coke and steel products are moving in both
directions and In immense quantities. and
the present will undoubtedly be the most
prosperous year In the roads history.
These directors were elected at yester-
days meeting of the Ann Arbor Railroad
Company: c. j. Lawrence. H. w. Ashley,
]. Edward Simmons and s. c. Reynolds.
Charles D.; Stewart and George w.
Quintard. The new board elected these
officers: President, Joseph Ramsey, jr.;
vice president, c. ]. Lawrence; secretary.
d. c. Tate, and treasurer, p. B. Henson.
Mr.. Ramsey is president of the Wabash
road.
The Lake Shores record for the 1873 miles
between Toledo and Elkhart was again
lowered by the Twentieth Century Limited
Monday forenoon, when the distance was
covered In 121 minutes, which included two
delays, a~ggregating six minutes, making
the actual running time lis minutes. The
best previous time was 116 minutes, made
by the same train with Engineer James
Calkins at the throttle. Mondays run was
made by Engineer John Gulmyer, of Elk
hart.
Announcement was made yesterday of the
completion of that portion of the Great
Westerns Omaha extension between Hamp-
ton and Clarion, Ia, and the establish
ment of through train service. Two pas
senger trains a day each way will be run
from Summer to Fort Dodge, connecting
with the main line trains to and from
Chicago to summer. This means a new
line from Fort Dodge to Chicago and the
tapping Of a new and rich territory by tho
Great Western.
Engineers of maintainence of way are
busy getting their roadbeds and surround
ings in. order for the annual inspections
of the presidents and their subordinates
On the Pennsylvania, the Big Four and
the Lake Erie & Western much has been
done In the way of eliminating curves, re-
ducing grades and lettering the track and
stations, all of which will be noted. On
the Indiana. Decatur & Western and the
Peoria & Eastern much work has been
done of the same character, and Ii is stated
the roads go into the winter in excellent
condition., as there have been no heavy
rains and few waShOutS to speak of.