The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-13

Being for the week s2S4 2sO. 40. The Peoria
& Eastern lines declined S12,o54.92, being
S40,5lS6S
Samuel Spencer denies the rumor that he
is TO retire from the presidency OF the
Southern Railway.
T. A. Travel has been appointed freight
agent of the Pennsylvania lines at Xenia,
o., succeeding II. c. Stark, who has been
acting agent.
The Pennsylvania line will place an order
for 1900 typewriters, ii being the intention
10 have but one make of machine in use
the system
j. r. Mitchell, of the Chicago & North
western. has been appointed master me-
chanic of the Santa Fe at Cleburne, Tex,
vice James Louder, retired.
]. F. Leith. of Terrell. Tex. has an
nounced his resignation as general freight
and passenger agent of the Texas Midland
Railroad, effective March /.
The Illinois Central has just completed
double tracking 200 miles of its line be-
tween Chicago and bingham, and only
nifty miles of single track remains on the
Chicago division
c. w. Putnam has been appointed gen.
eral manager of the Pittsburg, Carnegie
q Western road, which is to be the con-
Meeting link by which the Wabash will
get into Pittsburg.
1t is stated that all opposition on the
part of the Pennsylvania lines to the
Wabash entering Pittsburg has been with
drawn and that the Wabash will now be
able to push the work required
The net earnings of the Baltimore & Ohio
We're Sl,56O, S5S, an increase of $152,094 over
1901. For seven months ended Jan. 81 they
were $l1,5sI,6SS, an increase of $2,264,096.
{. c. Craigie has been appointed travel
ing passenger agent for the Grand Trunk,
wee benjamin Fletcher, deceased. with
the transfer of Mr.. McSmith from Cincin-
natl to Detroit the Office at Cincinnati will
be closed.
Chairman Donald, of the Central Pas
Senger Association, is disturbed over the
number of mileage books that are getting
into the hands of ticket scalpers and is
making an effort to discover what road is
selling them.
On Sunday the railway clerks at Toledo
organized a division of the Order of Rail-
way Clerks of America and elected Of
ficers for six months. The association starts
with thirty-two members and expects to
increase to two hundred.
In 1901 the Chicago & Northwestern
earned for dividends So 1889, or II per
cent. on the entire capital stock. From this
A.l69,526 was appropriated for new equip
ment leaving 10 per cent. dividends on the
entire outstanding stock.
The Chesapeake & Ohio has placed an
order with the American locomotive works
FOR hve heavy fast passenger locomotives,
and the Chicago Great Western an order
with the same works for eight heavy con-
solidated freight locomotives.
Dennis Shea, a veteran in railroad serv-
Ice, died on Tuesday at Toledo, the re-
suit of fall on the ice. Mr.. Shea was the
first yardmaster of the Lake Shore road at
Toledo, and during the civil war ran
special government trains for the Federals.
W. f. Bruner, chief clerk of the Western
Passenger Association bureau. has ten
dered his resignation and expects, after
taxing a rest to resume railroad work.
Mr.. Bruner was for four years assistant
general passenger agent of the Vandalia
lines.
In loft IN fria L ~
Chicago, announced that he has resigned
as superintendent of motive power of the
Burlington route to accept the position of
general manager of the American locomo-
tive works. The change will take place
March 1.
Warren ]. Lynch. general passenger
agent of the Big Four, intends to develop
the summer resorts of the recently ac-
touches or approaches quite a number of
those in northern Ohio and southern
Michigan.
A C. Davis, who for eighteen years has
been shipping agent of the Pennsylvania
line at South Amboy, will retire under the
pension list on March l. He was seventy
years old on Monday. He entered the
service of the company in 1854, and in all
his years of work has never lost days
pay.
A spirited rivalry is now going on be-
tween the Pennsylvania and Erie lines on
their Cleveland and Pittsburg division.
passenger business, but now it has ex-
tended TO the freight service, and it is in
timated that shading of rates is being
resorted to.
night Sunday the Pennsylvania lines west
took into Pittsburg from Kansas City,
st. Louis, Chicago and Indianapolis eight
trains loaded with dressed meats, averag
ing twenty-one cars per train, and eight
carloads of live stock, the largest deliveries
in any forty-eight hours for several
months past.
The establishment of a saloon near the
depot of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
road at Danville, one of the compnays
principal division points, is causing much
trouble to the transportation department.
The officials of the company say that little
worse could have happened to injure the
interest OF the company than the opening
of the saloon.
testing the Morrison automatic air safety
valve, and the device is pronounced sue
cess. The appliance was invented by
Frank B. Morrison, an engineer on the
Pennsylvania lines, and is said to be
decided Improvement on the present air
brake system. The test was witnessed by
officials of the Pennsylvania, the Hooking
Valley, the Big Four and Lehigh Valley
roads. A company has been organized
with a capital of $15O,OOO to place the de-
vice on the market.
The Golden Gate Special run by the
Pennsylvania lines to Mexico and San
Francisco, passed through the city yester
DAY, carrying 100 passengers, who pay $3.50
each for the round trip 1t was one of the
most elegant trains that ever pulled into
the Union Station 1t was personally con-
Quoted excursion, consisting of six cars
one an observation car provided with a
piano. library, etc. The whole train is
lighted by electricity Miss Beatty, form
erly of this city. chaperoned the party and
had maids under her charge. The party
viii return March p.
1t is stated that the Vanderbilts have
personally accumulated large holdings of
the Peoria x Eastern stock, in addition
TO its income bonds. The road is operated
in conjunction with the Big Four, which
guarantees interest on the first mortgage
bonds. In 1898 the debt of the Peoria x
Eastern TO the Big Four $1,O7S 1913. all
of which had been eliminated in 1901, so the
charges and income bond interest. and the
company has a surplus of $417,S74 equiva-
lent to the full per cent. on the income
bonds and 212 per cent. on the common
stock.
Appointments which mean, it is said, the
complete reorganization of the Tennessee
Central traffic construction and engineer
ing departments were announced yeSter-
Gay. l.. S. Miller, of New York, formerly
of the Southern Railway. was appointed
general manager. Gustav Bottieger, as
sistant chief engineer of the Cincinnati
Southern, chief engineer; w. MacBaxter
superintendent of the Tennessee Central
Railway; +. II. Hinton, formerly traffic
manager of the Central of Georgia, traffic
manager. The headquarters of the new of
ficials will be located in Nashville and
the appointments all become effective Mon