The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-10

Monon. is confined to his bed at home by
illness Of a serious nature.
Fred Cook for seventeen years yardmas-
ter OF the Big Four at Terre Haute, has
resigned and been succeeded b. Z. A.
Leach transferred from Mattoon-
Harry Bowser, travelling passenger agent
of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas. and p. I.
Seeley travelling passenger agent of the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, were in
the city yesterday.
James Barker. general passenger agent OF
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, is still in
San Antonio. Tex. on account of poor
health: and is not recovering TO the extent
that his friends in the North desire.
Atwood Jenkins. who has been superin-
tending the building of the new Pennsyl-
vania bridge at Richmond, Ind. has been
promoted TO assistant engineer OF the sur
veying corps on the Logansport division
c. w. Hillard. second vice president
of the Chicago & Eastern, has been Sc
lected controller of the st. Louis & san
Francisco, newly-created position. His
headquarters will be in New York city.
From June Ist to Oct 1st there were
10000 tourist tickets sold from the East TO
Colorado points, an increase of lao per cent
over the number sold in 1901. II Is cred
tied 10 the reduced rates and increased
advertising.
The grievance committee of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers of the Cen
tral road OF New Jersey have been In SEES
1t Is stated will submit a new wage scale
to the officials.
R. L. Pettlgrew, stenographer in the
office of e. i. Niswonger, commercial agent
of the Choctaw road, has been transferred
to the passenger department and appoint
ed tourist agent between Memphis and
San Francisco.
Harry r. Ballard. district agent of the
Merchants Dispatch in Sioux City, has
been promoted to general Northern agent
OF the Dispatch, with headquarters at
st. Paul. He will be succeeded at Sioux
City by his chief clerk, j. T. Stanhope.
The Rock. Island will complete its line
walters to Wauseka' o. T.. fifty miles, this
week and regular train service will be es-
tablished at once. AT Wauseka connection
is made with the main line for Fort Worth.
Messengers of the Pacific express on the
Wabash Continental limited have been for
hidden to accept packages between Detroit
and st. Louis, as IL interferes with the trains
making time. 1t is stated that the Pacific
Express Company threatens to bring suit
for damages.
Russell Harding, third vice president and
general manager of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad and personal representative or
George Gould'S Western railroad interests,
has been elected a director of the Kansas
City, Mexico e. Orient Railroad. Mr.
Gould Is already a director
The auditors of the fifteen indianapolis
lines Yesterday made their quarterly ex-
Station and found that Charles Stilz, gen
eral ticket agent, was s276 ahead. The
slight change from actual figures Is due
to odd cents on sales of tickets.
Passenger officials of the Chicago-St.
Paul lines have decided to withdraw the
present reduced rates soon as posi-
BILE, and thereafter, with the exception
of the Wisconsin Central. none of the
roads will sell tickets via Chicago from
the twin cities to certain territory IN
Texas, Oklahoma and the Southwest.
Thirty of the transportation officials of
the Big Four were i'm conference with Gen.
eral Manager Schaff yesterday for several
hours considering transportation matters
generally. Labor questions were not dis
cussed At p: m. all were given ban
quet at the Union Station and left on the
evening trains for their headquarters.
The Cincinnati Richmond & Muncie has
adopted uniform plan at it's less impor-
tant stations-that of erecting for depots
buildings large enough for offices and for
the agent of the company and his family to
live in. j. A. Barnard, general manager
of the Peoria & Eastern, has adopted a
similar plan at some of the stations on that
line.
Hadley Baldwin superintendent of the ST.
Louis division of the Big Four, has made
the following changes on that division:
j: F. Root. agent at Hadley, vice w. l..
Hayworth. resigned; ]. r. Dalton. acting
agent at Contanet, vice A. L. Overholts,
who is on leave of absence. and F. X. Will
Hanson, agent at Venice. vice A. G..
Wheeler.
1t is stated that the Wabash is negotiat-
ing to enter ST. Joseph. which will give
that point three new railroads.&c. St
Louis & San Francisco, the Chicago &
Alton and the Wabash All will have val
liable terminal facilities in that city
through the terminal companies connec-
ton. The distance between the two cities
will then be reduced to forty-seven miles.
The work of completing the laying of
heavy rails on the Cape May division of
the Pennsylvania will be begun imme-
diately, so that next season the running
time Of trains between Cape May and
Philadelphia may be further reduced. The
Philadelphia & Reading runs trains
in ninety minutes between Cape May and
Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania will
meet this time.
Agents representing lines west of the Mis-
sissippi river is in session at New Or
leans. The association was organized less
than a. year ago and this is it's third
mote uniformity in the methods of hand
ling baggage and to correct evils. +. II.
Ellis, of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy.
the chairman, is presiding.
III. +. Lydecker, an official of the Mer-
chants Dispatch Transfer Company, New
York, is on Western trip, and was yes
terday in the city, calling on shippers. Mr..
Lydecker says the congestion of business
at New York city is somewhat relieved, but
the receipts of freight for the last few
weeks have been heavy beyond all prece-
uenl, anu IL Is fnOSt man.
agement to keep freights in motion.
The fact that James McCrea, first vice
president, and Joseph Woods. second vice
president of the Pennsylvania lines, when
West last week, inspected the Chicago, In
diana d Eastern road, better known as
Harry Drew's road, is exciting comment.
The quiet manner in which Ii was done and
the fact that Muncie has become so i'm
pOrtant business center that the Penn
sylvania Company would like to gain en-
trance to that point adds interest to this
statement.
At present the only union station i'm Chi
cagO through which Indianapolis lines con-
meet with a San Francisco line is the Polk
street station, where the Monon connects
with the Santa Fe, which has given the
Monon considerable advantage over COM
| petitors. After Jan. / the Chicago, Milwau-
| tied trains for San Francisco, and this will
| give the Panhandle, which runs into the
| same station as the former, connection
| without going outside.
All engineers of the Southern Railway
| system have been granted an increase OF
wages. The increase is from the pay which
| the engineers have been receiving to what
| is known as standard pay, Az cents per mile
| for freight engineers and cents for pas
senger engineers and pay for overtime
| when laid out, etc. The increase will
| amount to at least 10 per cent. and the
standard scale is more satisfactory to the
men. The conductors also want the stand.
ard wage schedule.
| Sioux City, Ia, has rendered decision to
be held liable common carrier for
| damage done property after the conscience