The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-06

F. Daily at the Columbia Club this evening
on his departure TO assume the duties OF
his new position as chief assistant general
passenger agent of the Lake Shore.
Henry Fink has resigned the presidency
Of the Norfolk q Western Railroad Com
pany, and will be succeeded by +. J. Kim
ball, chairman Of the board of directors.
Mr.. Fink takes the place made vacant by
Mr. Kimball. Mr.. Johnson, at present gen
eral manager. has been made vice presi-
dent
Arthur Collett, timekeeper of the eastern
division of the Wabash. located at Peru,
has resis led mis- position and will leave for
Salida, Col, 10 take position with the
Denver & Rio Grande. Mr.. COllett has
been with the Wabash in different capaCi-
ties and at different places for twenty-five
years.
The Guerin embarrassing bill was
passed by the Ohio House of Representa-
tiyes yesterday. The bill provides that
where railroad companies are unable 70
agree on the terms and method Of cross
ing each others tracks the matter shall
be left TO the Common Pleas Court for
adjustment.
Joseph T. Ripley. for fifteen years chair
man of the Western classification commit
tee, and brother OF President Ripley, of
the Santa Fe, has been taken 10 d SANTA
rum at Wauwatosa, Wis, in hope that
rest will cure him of mental disorder
brought about by too intense application
to the duties of his office.
While the Chicago. Milwaukee & St.
Paul has ceased making weekly reports II
will continue to make monthly reports of
gross and net earnings. The gross earn
lngs FOR January show an Increase or SZSO, =
$40 and net earnings increased $50 $50. SO
severe was the weather that operating eX-
penseS were unusually heavy.
1t is definitely announced at East Liver
pool, o., that the up-river extension or
the Wabash Railway is to be built TO that
city. Rights of way have been secured
from Steubenville to Toronto. and Judge
Z. NJ. Smith, of Welsville, will turn over
TO the Wabash the franchise he holds for
building road through that town.
The Panhandle is erecting an interlock-
ing tower just west of Temperanceville, TO
cost 100000. The building will be con-
structed of pressed brick on a concrete
foundation This tower will control trains
tracks via the subway, and every effort
will be made to guarantee absolute safety
in the handling of trains.
The local passenger committee held a
meeting yesterday at which the resigna-
ton of r. NJ. Case, of the Lake Erie &
Western, as compiler and SECRETARY of the
association was accepted and the posluohs
separated. G.. NJ WOOdson of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton, was elected
compiler and j. S. Ferris. of the Indiana,
Decatur d Western, secretary.
Samuel Hunt, who is official head of the
Detroit Southern Railroad, of which j. w.
sherwood Is general manager, is authority
Tor the statement that the line will be eX-
tended to the Ohio river, carrying out the
iHbcHllOilS Oh the idte Gavin -. bIlCe. L ne
proposition is to build from Jackson to
Long Hollow, where connection will be
made with the Iron Mountain Railroad into
Ironton
j. d. Prophet. chief engineer of the Cen
trail road of Cuba, is in the city, and yes
terday. in company with NJ. w. Mansfield,
superintendent of the Indianapolis d Vim
cennes and the Pennsylvania terminals at
this point went over the terminals and the
Belt road acquainting himself with the
method on which they are operated MI
Prophet will have charge of the building
OF 400 miles of road in Cuba.
The Union Pacific announces that il
stands ready to withdraw from the West
ern Passenger Association, and an opinion
is gaining ground that the merging of
roads means the abandonment of all eX-
listing passenger associations in the West
and the forming Of one general passenger
| association TO cover all lines in the West,
the Southwest, the Northwest and from
Chicago to the Pacific coast.
The Board of Trade has fixed May II as
the date for a celebration of the opening
of the new belt road Oflthe Philadelphia 81
Reading road at Reading. The road is
Belt Railway. built twenty-four years ago.
and the first constructed in this countI Y
or in fact in the world. indianapolis also
was the first railway center to have a
| union passenger station, and now has the
largest number of roads of any passenger
station in the world.