The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-28

= retire from that position and be succeeded
by II. a. Wallace, telegraph operator, his
appointment being made on the solicitation
Of Button people.
A. +. Stllwell president, and the finance
committee of the Kansas City. Mexico *
Orient road, now in Mexico. were given a
banquet on Monday at the state govern
ment palace at Chihuahua. They are now
in the City of Mexico.
General Manager Waldo, General Super
intendent Turner and Chief Engineer Will
son, of the Cincinnati. Hamilton * Dayton.
have been In Toledo for a couple Of days
planning TO begin extensive improvements
10 docks, etc, at that point.
w. H. Mills. president Of the National
Association Of Railway Agents, gives notice
that the annual convention will be held IN
Minneapolis, July 22-25. instead of Washing
ton. The Chicago, Milwaukee q St. Paul
gives the desired transportation.
The express business has so increased
that the Vanderbilts think it time TO put
on a solid train made up of express and
mail cars, TO run daily between New York
and st. Louis via Indianapolis. The mat
ter was agitated two years ago., and is now
taking definite shape.
Freight officials of the lines east from
Illinois and Indiana fear that the enforcing
OF the interstate-commerce act will help
the gulf roads, certainly from Missouri and
Kansas, as it will force the lines east TO
adhere 10 their tariffs, which are higher
than via the gulf routes.
Charles E. Benedict, private secretary of
GeueTdl superintendent turner, OF the III
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, has resigned
and enters the service of a private company
and Earl Russell, who has been i'm the gen.
eral superintendent office for ten years, is
appointed Mr.. Benedicts successor.
The surveys nave been completed by
which the Wabash will secure a line that
will connect it with the Little Kanawha
road in West Virginia, and it is said the
construction of the line will commence at
once, which will give the Wabash access
TO the best coal mines Of that territory.
J. B. Carothers. for the past six years
chief engineer of the Springfield division
of the Balumore & Ohio Southwestern
Railroad, with headquarters at Flora, H.,
has been appointed chief engineer of the
Ohio division, with headquarters at Chilli
cothe, O. He will be succeeded by Earl
Stimson, of Cincinnati.
1t is announced that Portsmouth will be
made division headquarters and terminal
for three divisions of the Norfolk & West
ern Railroad. The company has accepted
seventy-fve acres of land from the city for
terminals. This change will cause the re-
moval of about five hundred families from
kenova, Columbus and Cincinnati TO Ports
mouth.
A general strike is imminent at the Mont
clair shops of the Baltimore & Ohio. SUI
perintendent of Motive Power Cannave,
who went from the Pennsylvania lines
west, proposed TO Introduce piece work in
the shops on and after April 1. instead of
the day work system. The men have unan-
imously resolved to quit work should the
new plan be enforced on them.
1t is announced that the United States
and Pacific Express companies, which have
maintained joint offices at man. Western
cities for twenty years, have under contem-
plat1on separating their Offices each COM
pany to have its own offices, agents and EN-
plOyes. The United states company OPP
crates in the West on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific and the Pacific company
operates on the Missouri Pacific and the
Union Pacific.
President ingalls, and two sons are home
from Cuba. Mr.. ingalls, states that the Big
Four has not withdrawn from the Central
Traffic Association. He simply suggested
to officials of the lines member of the as
ISOLATION that 1T would be we'll to disband
II ii is not legal, as well as all other aSso-
Citations that are not within the law. He
says the associations are good things for
the roads. and If they do not violate the
law the Big Four will continue it's member
ship.
On receiving notice that the Western
Passenger Association would not authorize
a fiat rate Of one fare for the round trip
to the Christian Church convention to be
held in Omaha in October, the Fremont,
ElkhOrn & Missouri Valley Railroad gave
other roads are expected to follow, as IT
was at their request the rate was asked
for. 1t is now stated hat all doubt of the
Omaha Ommitte being unable to house
the convention has passed. The Coliseum,
with a seating capacity of 5000, Is being
prepared for the gathering.
Before the present year closes the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Improvement
will have reached such a stage that the
trains can make the run from New York to
Chicago in nineteen hours. There are now
100 miles of the track of the road that are
hard to excel III freedom from curves and
steep grades. The track is solid and the
remainder of the line will be as we'll pro-
vided for the present year. On the Panhan-
die similar work is i'm progress and by next
fall the Panhandle can cut its time between
New York and Chicago and New York an6
St. Louis one hour or more and fully tive
hours when improvements TO the Nandalia
/ are cnmnlptad-