The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-28

at Chicago. TO fill the Office. F. c. Reilly,
general agent at Cincinnati of the lines,
succeeds Mr. Schulter at Chicago.
In regard 10 the Niagara Falls excursions
the coming season the Nickel-Dlate pro-
poses TO resist all dictation as to the man
ner in which the business shall be con-
Quoted. and will consult it's own pleasure
as TO dates Of which TO run excursions.
The Grand Trunk refuses TO abolish sec
ond-class fares. and the Michigan Central
Will meet the competition with lower rates.
This seriously complexities matters with
the trunk lines, who were the first 70 act
in the matter of abolishing second-class
rates, dating from July l.
The following freight officials are I'm the
city; ). l. Vallery, of the Chicago. Burling-
6 ton & Quincy; J. n Mccartney, Of r the
as Pacific; P. W. Pummell of the North
ern Pacific; George w. Bemus. of the
Queen & Crescent. and c. J. De Amour, of
the Southern Railway.
The Pennsylvania on Monday removed
the big iron bridge over the Raritan river
to make room for a stone four-track arch
bridge. The bridge was 900 feet long. in six
spans Preparations for the work have been
IN progress for months, and the actual
work OF moving the bridge was accom-
plished in ten minutes.
In dismissing a suit brought against the
Erie Railroad to compel il to sell a mile
age DOCK, good for one thousand miles, for
$40. Justice Kenefick in the State Supreme
Court. at Buffalo. held that the road has
the right to charge cents mile for the
transportation of passengers. He rules
That the so-called mileage act is unconsti-
tutional.
Travelling Auditor H w. Oliver. of the
Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway,
arrived in Knoxville Tenn, yesterday and
distributed the promised gift of one
months salary to all employees of the road
from former President Fl. X. McHarg The
and gifts to officials brings the total up to
$4,000. Mr.. McHarg sold his road recently
to the Louisville & Nashville.
On June 1 the freight and passenger
agencies of the Denver & Rio Grande and
the Rio Grande Western in St Louis will
be closed and their business handled by
representatives of the Missouri Pacific.
The positions of general and commercial
agents viii be abolished, and II is under
stood that similar policy will be carried
out at other points where the two first
named roads are represented.
AS a result of the recent trip OF J. j.
western lines, the Chicago. Burlington &.
Quincy will be double-tracked from Red
Oak to the Missouri river II is now
double track form Chicago TO Red Oak.
The work will cost several million dollars,
but will make the Burlington a double
track system between Chicago and the
Missouri river, we'll ballasted and free from
curves and steep grades.
r. II. Hartman yesterday told Omaha
reporters that $S.000,000 would be spent in
improving the Union Pacific west of Ogden.
Asked about railroad legislation. he said
81 believe that legislators should make
laws in aid of the railroads instead of
against them. The railroad men are in a
better position to know what the railroads
need than the legislators generally, and not
until the railroads abuse the confidence
placed in them should legislatures inter-
fere''
The Legislature OF Ohio has created con-
siderable commotion in the cities and towns
of that State by passing a law which re-
lieves the railroad companies from main
tanning electric lights at street crossings
in the cities and large towns. The ordi-
nance was very popular in compelling rail-
road companies to furnish light at cross
ings. After the bill had passed one branch
300 mayors held a meeting to try and pre-
vent its becoming a law, but failed in their
efforts and now threaten to retaliate on
the roads by enforcing the low speed ordi-
nance against trains running rapidly
through cities.