The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-08

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agent of the Panhandle, and his entire force
will remove their headquarters from Co
lumbus 10 Pittsburg.
w. g. Brown. vice president and general
manager Of the Lake Shore and the Lake
Erie & Western. is on a Western trip. He
spent Sunday in Kansas City.
The Pennsylvania declines to release the
West Virginia Central from the twenty-five
year tonnage contract made TO help build
the road from Piedmont TO Cumberland.
The Pennsylvania Company will make
extensive improvements to it's Cleveland,
Akron & Columbus division. of which John
+. Miller is vice president and general
manager.
changing the signals on the LOgansport di-
vision to the Grafton train order signals.
The whole system will be so equipped with
in few weeks.
W. P. Larkin. formerly advertising agent
of the Chicago. Rock Island d Pacific at
Chicago. has been appointed travelling pas
senger agent of the lines with headquarters
at Fort Worth, Tex.
The first of the solid express trains put
on over the New York Central the Lake
Shore and Big Four lines between New
york and st. Louis passed through the city
last night on schedule time.
1t is said that the Illinois Central will
withdraw from the Western Passenger As
soclaton. Should il do so IT will increase
the probabilities of a general reorganiza-
ton TO include three association
The southwestern limited between New
York and st. Louis last week was hauled
on the New York Central eighty-one miles
IN lightweight minutes. making one stop.
The train consisted of eight heavy cars.
On Sunday the Chicago. Rock Island &
racine will put on a solid train between
Chcago and FL Paso via Kansas City,
equipped with standard coaches and sleep
ing cars and dining cars TO serve meals.
on Sunday the running time of the Knick-
erbocker between Indianapolis and Cleve-
land was shortened, the train arriving at
Cleveland at 1:40, instead of 1:50, thus con-
meeting with the first section over the Lake
Shore road.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois is thought
to be behind the building of the Paducah,
CAIRO ~ Northwestern road and will use
IL When built 10 get a connection with the
iron Mountain, also a ferriage across the
Ohio river
After being tied up six days by high
water the Alabama & Vicksburg division
OF the Queen q Crescent road has resumed
regular traffic The Gulf & Ship Island
roao' which was tied up is also running
trains regularly
The Harlem road, a part of the parent
system of the New York Central, has just
completed the fiftieth year of its existence,
and the first through passenger train from
Rutland. VT, to Troy. n. Y, was run fifty
| years ago last week.
The Baldwin locomotive works is build
ing locomotive for the Illinois Central as
! an experimental 1ong-distance passenger
engine. Its tank will carry 1000 gallons of
/ water, and the engine will have driving
| wheels eighty inches I'm diameter.
President Ramsey. who was expected
| nome from New York on Saturday, has
been detained in connection with the bids
| for the Wabash extension. There is a
! complexity in the bids which needs adjust
ing before the papers are signed.
The separation of the Pacific and the
! United States Express Companies will be-
/ come effective the middle of May. No rea-
| son is assigned for the separation The
/ Paclnc Express is a Western institution
/ and the United States an Eastern concern.
On May 10 the Bessemer & Lake Erie
! will adopt its new scale for its freight
/ crews, conductors 10 receive 1925 a day.
| brakemen 81 and fiagmen s2.10. The pay of
i Telegraph operators is increased So "A
month and of crossing fiagmen the same
/ amount.
| The April issue of the Glover Leaf. pub
/ llshed by. the passenger department of the
Toledo, St Louis * Western road is hand
/ some typogra phically and contains much
interesting reading matter. Among its spe-
/ clal features is a write-up of Frankfort,
Ind, and Of Cayuga Ind.
The Big Four has commenced the con-
structlOn OF subway under several of its
/ tracks in the Brightwood yards so that
| travel on the highway will not be inter
fered with by the switching Of trains in the
yards. The work of enlargins the Bright
wood yards Is progressing rapidly.
c. E. Henderson. formerly general man
ager Of the Indiana. Bloomington * West
ern. now second vice president of the Phil
adelphia x Reading, was among the Suf-
/ ferers by the fire at Atlantic City He was
advised of the fire in his office at Phia-
! delphia and promptly ordered a special
/ train to take him TO Atlantic City.
/ 3. F. Dickson. formerly general manager
/ OF the Mexican Central, has been appointed
! engineer Of maintenance of way of the
! Kansas City Southern in charge of road
! way. bridges, buildings and water service.
] MT. DICKSON was IN the Spanish American
war. served captain of an engineering
corps in the Philippines and now returns to
railroad service.
A. Carpenter. president of the Chicago &;
| Eastern Illinois road, and +. 5. Hooley,
! president Of the Evansville & Terre Haute
road, with a number of directors of the
roads spent last night in Evansville. They
will leave at o'clock this morning for an
inspection trip over the Evansville & In
| dianapolis road. Nothing was given out
! last night for publication.
General Passenger Agent Charles Stone.
| of the Louisville & Nashville has greatly
| strengthened his position with the owners
| of the property through new agreements he
has effected. His personal popularity is an
| influential factor Through his influence
| sixteen roads and two steamship lines have
agreed to honor the mileage tickets of the
| Louisville ~ Nashville after April 15 they
| having combined mileage of 1900 miles.
Frederick II. Short, treasurer of the Gin
| cinnati. Hamilton d Dayton, has just COM
pleted his fiftieth year with that company.
! During his administration many changes
| have been wrought, but his sterling char
! acter and marked ability an accountant
| enabled him to remain in his present posi-
/ ton. He commenced as a clerk i'm the
| treasury department May 3, 1852. In 1857
he was appointed secretary and treasurer
| of the company.
The Big Four will inaugurate it's summer
excursion business on Sunday by running
an excursion from Columbus to Cincinnati.
| and on the same date the Panhandle will
| run an excursion from Cincinnati TO Column
! bus. The three lines now begin to take
| their turn on Sunday excursions between
| the two cities. The Cincinnati, Hamilton &,
! lay starting Sunday excursions two weeks
| longer, but will run them between Indian
apOlis and Cincinnati as in the year past,
! alternating in opposite directions.
The Panama Railroad Company's report
| for the year ended Dec. 81 last was pre-
| scented to the stockholders yesterday. l.
| showed gross earnings of 81, 1876, 709 and OBJ
Grating expenses of 81. .207. After charg-
! ing s., 100 to depreciation and paying fixed
/ charges of 1896 .S12, there remained surplus
of 1853 $50 The retiring board of directors
rice Hutin and W. &. Franklin, who retired
and were succeeded by George Whaley. a
/ former vice president of the company, and
| j. @. Buchanan. New York representative
of the Credit Lyonnaise.
Cedar lake will be thoroughly seined I'M
der the direction of the Monon, beginning
! to-day. \ sein 500 feet long and twelve
! feet deep will be used handled by steam
/ boats and the work will occupy "A couple
have a representative on the spot who
will assume personal direction of returning
the black bass, croppies and other edible
| species to the lake, and representatives