The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-11

stroke. Mr.. Rayburn had been connected
with the Pennsylvania since 1852; the last
twenty years of his service he was wreck
master He retired from the service about
ten years ago.
Superintendent Fisher, of the Louisville
& Nashville, has appointed Miss Gertrude
Webb his private secretary. vice Edward
Conway, who has been appointed rate
clerk OF the road. Miss Webb is said TO
be the only woman clerk holding such a
position
Edward A. Severance died on Tuesday at
Toledo. He was the oldest employe of the
Wabash at Toledo. having been in the en-
ploy of the company since 1856. He served
as passenger conductor for twenty four
years, running between Toledo and Dan
vile, H.
The recent wreck on the Vandalia was an
in the collision. one train being hauled by
two locomotives. Two of the locomotives
We're so badly broken as to make them not
worth repairing. Fortunately the engines
were not new.
The Big Four recently purchased 500 600
of residence property in Charlottesville
purposing to erect a handsome new pas
senser station. The City Council refuses
to grant the right to build track to the
new site, and as result the company may
abandon the enterprise.
The Wabash is said to be making great
strides in West Virginia railroad develop
ment in the interior of the State. Two sur
one for the Wabash and the other for the
Baltimore & Ohio. At Burnsville the B. &
o. and the Wabash are fighting hard for
rights of way.
The hard coal roads of Virginia and
Baltimore & Ohio, and also to the Pennsyl-
yania, and 1t is stated that the soft coal
supply In New York will be largely In
creased In the near future in consequence
OF the temporary increase in the motive
power or the soft coal roads.
Superintendent Shoemaker, of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Indianapolis, has taken
up the improvement question. Among other
Things 1t is proposed to improve the depot
at Connersville, and a substantial cement
platform 450 feet in length will be con-
structed. The yards will be improved and
much other needed changes made, but no
new depot is as yet promised.
d. F. Jennings. general manager of the
Hoosac Tunnel line, has issued an order by
which the territory formerly covered by 5:
X. Allen is cut in two, with Cincinnati and
Memphis as the headquarters of each. Un-
der the order Lee Perscia has charge of the
Memphis division. with title of contracting
agent. Mr.. Aliens headquarters will be at
Cincinnati, with same title.
1t is stated that z. A. Robbins, formerly
with the Vandalia, now superintendent OF
the Buffalo division of the Wabash, has
been offered the position made vacant by
the promotion of "A. Z. Gould. Mr.. Rob
bins is pretty well up in years, and II ne
rejects the offer it will be on that account.
as he will have increased track mileage and
more trains to look after than on any other
division of the Wabash
Friction between the Chicago, Milwaukee
| & st. Paul and the Chicago & Northwest
ern has disturbed amicable relations which
have been regarded as profitable to both
companies, and precipitated what railroad
men are disposed to call a bitter and
sharp rivalry in new territory. Great pos
sibilities for railroad development are con-
| tanned in the projects Of both roads, over
which they are at issue.
The Monon has made rapid strides in the
last five years When the company was
reorganized in 1897 there was little equity
in the stock worth preserving. Since that
date gross earnings have increase over sc
| per cent, and maintenance expenditures
| show that the amount put back into the
road during that period has increased 10C
| per cent. The conducting of transporta-
| ton, which four years ago required 35 per
cent. of the gross earnings, shows "a per
cent. during the year just closed.