The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-11

They are L. L. Tallyn. division civil en-
gineer, who has charge OF all of that part
OF the line west of Muncie. and j. w. Her
Wig, superintendent OF signals for the same
division.
c. H. Briggs. one of the proprietors of
the Briggs Machinery and Supply Com
pany, OF Dallas, Tex, is in the city. Mr.
Briggs was conductor of the first pas
Vincennes. he leaving this city some
twelve years ago.
construction train of fourteen cars ana
DDS men arrived at Phoenix. A. T., yester-
day to begin track-laying on the Phoenix
completed for several miles and the grad
ers will be able to keep ahead of the track
gangs. at least as far as Temple.
Officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul have protested against the use of the
name North Star Limited for the new Twin
City-Chicago train of the Minneapolis * St.
Louis and the Illinois Central, claiming
that the st. Paul has called its northern
route the North Star route for twenty
years or more.
The transfer of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois TO the st. Louis & San Francisco
system has been perfected through the
election of b. f. Yokum chairman of the
board of directors in place OF II. I. Porter.
and directors ]. G. English and George
Brewster are retired in favor of T.. G. Hen
derson and II. III. Porter. jr.
The Central Freight Association will
meet tomorrow at Chicago. George In
gals, general freight agent of the Big
Four, will represent those lines: Ford
Wood, general freight agent of the Peoria
* Eastern, and Assistant General Freight
Agent Maxwell, of the Lake Erie & West
ern.
The last installment Of the 1000 fifty
ton steel coal cars for 1902 delivery has
been turned over to the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. AT the rate of thirty day the
i
delivering the Baltimore and Ohios order
for 1900 fifty-ton box cars.
The fast freight service of the Monon
is said TO account for the large increase
IN its uth-bound business, IT handsomely
freight comes from points north of Chi
cago and from the Michigan field Ii en-
tered since Charles Rockwell became its
traffic manager
On Nov. 1. George Rech completed his
tnlrty-thlrd year as ticket agent at In
Glanapolis he commencing at the Union
station. then taking charge of the outside
tlcket Office for a year and half. and
In 1872 accepted the position he now holds,
ucket agent at the outside office or the
pennsylvania lines.
d. Il. fohe, general superintendent OF the
Pittsburg e Lake Erie, passed through the
city on Sunday in his private car, on an
yer, Colorado Springs, San Francisco, Mon
terey and Los Angeles. While at Colorado
Springs Mr.. Yohe will be the guest OF
ID. {. McWaters, general passenger agent
or the Cripple Creek & Colorado Springs
Railroad.
The survey by which the Chicago. Rock
Island q Pacific is to enter St. Louis will
be finished this week. The survey leaves
the main line at Morris. county seat OF
Grumpy county, Illinois. and strikes through
much the same territory as the other Chi
cago lines. The chief engineer says II
the last survey is followed it will give
the Rock Island eight miles the shortest
route between Chicago and ST. Louis.
AT the annual meeting of the directors OF
the Northern Securities Company held ir
Hoboken yesterday the following directors
were reelected for two years: James j
kins, Daniel F. Lamont and n. Terhune
No statement was given out, as the fisca
Dec. 81. The only persons present at the
meeting were w. p. Clough, vice president
and general counsel. e. T. Nichola. secre-
tary, n. Terhune, director. and clerk.
Port Stilwell. formerly the port oil
Topolobampo. on the gulf of California, is
the destination Of large consignments OF
crossties from San Francisco and steel
rails from the East. via Cape Horn, for
road. Three steamers with steel rails are
now on the way from Cape Horn to Port
Stilwel The road Is to be 1,600 miles long
from Kansas City to Port Stilwell Over
100 miles of line are already graded. 1t is
proposed to run a steamship line to the
Orient In connection with the railroad.
AS result of the interest the manage
ment OF the Big Four has taken in the
development of the industries at New
Castle, that point has become a valuable
tranic producer for the company. The in
dustries have increased wonderfully. In
speaking of this yesterday a local manu-
facturer said that Indianapolis owes more
to Mr.. ingalls, than any one man for de-
veloping its industries. When asked to
build switches to industries the requests
ed Tha Qfer
trolls 162 switches leading to the numerous
industries in this city.
Several officials of the Central Railroad
arrived at Santiago de Cuba yesterday
having come all the way by rail from Santa
completed, connects Santiago and Havana
superintendent Ward says the roadbed Is
naturally in bad condition. but thousands
or men are at work ballasting the track
The completion of the railroad is the
greatest Cuban achievement of American
enterprise and makes future revolution
practically impossible. Passenger and
freight service over the road will probably
be started by the new year.
Guy Morrison Walker who was instru.
mental in dispOsing of the Detroit & Toledo
S srtir Line; is the author of an interesting
articie In the current Leslie's, under the
title What American Labor Owes the
Railroads. Mr.. Walker shows that as the
cost OF transportation decreases wages rise
he says the value of every commodity de-
ponds on the breadth of the market for it
and particularly is this true of the value
OF labor. In China. where the facilities
or transportation are the poorest in the
world, he says the cheapest labor is found
He gives the mileage of roads, the popu
lation through which they pass and the
cost or transportation in tabulated form
Warren J., Lynch, general passenger
agent; III. NJ. Bronson, assistant genera
passenger agent, of the Big Four line
De Witt Moon, assistant general superin
tendent; II. j. Rhein, general passenger
passenger agent, of the Lake Erie & West
ern, went to Lafayette last night to bt
present at the opening of the new joint
passenger station of the two roads in thai
city. Quite a number of railroad men ac
companied them. OF the number was
Thomas j. Smiley, agent of the Lehigf
valley; George Maxwell travelling passen
ger agent of the Wabash. and Wright
Jordan, travelling passenger agent of tht