The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-09

his service on the New York Central in 1871.
when but seventeen years old. as freight
checker.
Charles Trueb. night ticket agent at Terre
Haute has been appointed Nandaha
agent at Peoria. H., and will be succeeded
by Edward Cliff, assistant depot master.
who In turn will be succeeded by Fred
Whitlock.
ger department of the Baltimore & Ohio
road has been abolished and Peter Harvey,
representing the line at San Francisco, 3
ID. Hege at Washington and w. W. PICKING
at Chicago, now have the title OF district
passenger agents.
L. j. P. Galloway who for the last year
has been connected with the passenger de-
partment of the Southern Railway, has re-
signed 10 accept a responsible position Win
the Georgia Railway Company at Atlanta
Mr.. Galloway. before entering the service
or the Southern road, was editor Oh the
Lagrange Reporter.
Control Of the Jacksonville & st. Louis
Railway has passed to the Chicago, Bur
nngton d. Quincy, thus giving this glganuc
railroad combination another important coal
road. The line is 112 miles long, running
from Jacksonville to Centralia, ILL.,. and
now does it's st. Louis business in connec-
ton with the Chicago & Alton.
The New York Central will further
shorten the running time of its Empire
State Express. The distance, 442 miles, Is
now run in nine hours and ten minutes,
hours and twenty-five minutes, which IL
is believed can be done with ease by the
new large Atlantic type of passenger en-
CINE.
The surveyor of the Denver, Enid Gulf
Railroad. which is financed by Chicago
capitalists. arrived at Gutherie on Satur-
day, having completed the survey from
Enid, o. T., distance of sixty miles me
shall, to which city the road will be COM
pleted by Nov. l next. Its terminals are
Denver and New Orleans.
The luxury of travel in the present period
of modern day railroading could not well
be better exemplified than In the brochure
issued by the passenger department or the
Chicago & Northwestern and illustrative
of the fine equipment run on its Overland
limited. The book itself is a work OF art
and serves the purpose for which 1t was
designed in the most effective way possible.
c. w. Bassett until June l general pas
senger agent of the Pittsburg & Western,
now general passenger agent of the Balti-
more & Ohio. was rendered dinner by the
reporters and Press Club of Pittsburg, the
newspaper men presenting him with ster-
ling silver paper cutter. Mr.. Bassett leaves
to-day for Baltimore, his future headquar-
tiers as general passenger agent of the b.
60.
Saxbys Travellers Magazine for June is
replete with good things, among others be-
ing the railroad careers of number OF
leading general passenger agents or west
ern lines, including John Chesborough, OF
the Vanaalia; James Barker, of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas; Lucius Wakely, of
the Burlington, and also an interesting
sketch of the rise of Joseph Ramsey, presi-
dent of the Wabash.
The new train that the Chicago. Rock
Island & Pacific will put on between Chi
cago and Denver June Is will be known as
the Rocky Mountain limited. and will take
the place of Omaha limited, No. %. west
bound and of train No. "a east bound be-
tween Des Moines and Chicago, and will
cfCt. lAN Dull lin
ment, comprising library Understanding
cars, dining cars. standard Pullman sleep
ers, also free reclining chair cars. Stand
ard Pullman Sleepers will be run this
train between Chicago and Denver and Chi
cago and Colorado Springs without change.
1t Will also carry a sleeper from Chicago
to Omaha west bound and parlor car from
Davenport TO Chicago east bound Dining
cars will be carried for all meals in each di-
rection.
What is said to be the finest railway car
in the world is now being completed a. the
Pullman shops for c. NJ. Schwab. president
of the United States Steel Corporation. II
will cost $4,000 and is of the Louis XIV
style. II is seventy feet long and will be a
masterpiece of the carbuider's art. Every
piece of furniture is of special and hand
carved design. Mr.. Schwabs room is fin
ished in red, his wife's In blue. The dining
room tone is green. Mahogany is the wood
chiefly used, but there is much inlaid work,
which calls for maple, holly and birch.
Tiffany art glass Is in the ventilating win
dows at the top of the car. An artist was
imported from Boston to do the elaborate
ceiling and panel hand painting decoration.
This artist is woman, Mannette Friscie.
over the ceiling and the side and the panels
above the windows garlands of roses and
lilies Irvine. Architect j. Frank Jobson is
satisfied that no private car as handsome
ever rolled over the rails. The dining room
will seat sixteen persons. The observation
end in this Louis XIV home is twenty feet
long and the win1ow area is so great that
the occupants will feel almost as If they
were riding out of doors.