The Indianapolis journal., 1902-04-19

declared a semi-annual dividend Of 3 per
cent on the preferred stock payable May l.
T. A Sweeney. general yardmaster of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton Dayton at
Hamilton. has been appointed trainmaster
OF the Cincinanu division Of the G.. IA.
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The Wabash Veteran Corps Will hold
its first annual banquet at the Mercantile
Club rooms. ST. Louis. April IS. Notice
has been sent out that this is not a dress
suit affair
Engineers from all divisions Of the Big
Four were in the city yesterday TO attend
the funeral Of the veteran engineer. r. +.
NOonan. NOonan was an engineer on the
Chicago division.
George H. Daniels. general passenger
agent of the New York Central. announces
the appointment of +. II. Manss as passen-
ger agent at Albany, y. Y, vice r. r.
Barbour, promoted.
The Wabash has completed al Pittsburg
the handsomest and most complete Of
ficeS FOR its passenger and freight repre-
sentauves in that city, and will open them
for business on May /.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie. the Lake
Shore the New York Central and the BOs-
ton * Albany. will put a new through
sleeping car line between Pittsburg and
Boston, the service 10 be first class
H c. Mutt. assistant superintendent of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy in Iowa,
Will succeed Charles NJ. Levett as super
intendent. the latter becoming general
manager of the Burlington line in Mis-
souri,
William +. Bruner. formerly district pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania and Van
dalia at Indianapolis. has accepted the po-
sltlon OF private secretary TO NJ. III. car
penter. president of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois.
John Vallery, recently appointed general
agent of the Chicago. Burlington < Quincy
for this district, with office at Cincinnati,
was In the city yesterday, en- route TO Chi
cagO, called there by the probable fatal ILL
ness of his brother-in-law.
]. c. Milspaugh, travelling passenger
agent of the Vandalia. will succeed Mr..
Modisette as chief clerk of John Chesbor-
ough, assistant general passenger agent of
the Nandalia. Mr.. Millspaugh has been IN
the service of the Nandalia since 1892.
c. E. Schaff. general manager OF the Big
-Four, VIII leave tomorrow for the East. &c
be absent about two weeks. While away
he Will attend the semi-annual meeting OF
the American Railway Association. which
convenes in New York city next week.
d. f. Hickey, master mechanic of the
Mattoon shops of the Big Four, was I'm the
city yesterday. He states that he has Se(
men employed at those shops; they have
worked full time all winter and are now
very busy.
Charles Lindstrom has resigned me
chanical engineer of the Chicago * Alton
Railroad, to take effect May !. He will e
TO Pittsburg, Pa, to take charge of the
engineering department of the Pressed
Steel Car Company.
For the past two weeks rumors have
been current that the Pennsylvania is ne
gotiating for control of the New York
New Haven q Hartford, and while IL can
not be confirmed in financial circles the be-
lief prevails that negotiations looking tc
such result are now pending.
One of the Big Four Atlantic type of en-
gines running on the st. Louis division lef
Mattoon thirty-nine minutes late and came
into indianapolis on time. was turned
around and in thirty minutes was en- route
to Mattoon with a train, covering the round
trip of 25S miles in three hours and forty
minutes.
The Missouri secretary of state has char
tered the ST. Louis * Gulf Railroad Com
pany, of st. Louis. with a capital stock o.
$5, 100000. The proposed road is TO extend
from Cape Girardeau to the Arkansas Stat'
line, in Dunklin county, distance of II
miles. l. w. Fristoe j. II. Allen, G. w
Whitelaw and r. Smith are the directors.
The Wabash will build new passenger sta
tions at Quincy and Danvile this season
At Quincy the building will be three stories
high 50x60 feet, with two wings 24X40 feet
1t will be constructed of Bedford stone anC
have a large tower occupying the stree
corner. The depot at Danville will not b,
as large, but will also be constructed o.
Bedford stone.
The spring change of time on the South
ern Indiana brings into service two ad
ditional through fast freight trains, made
necessary by the increasing business OF
the road which for several months has
been doubling in volume that of the sam,
months a year ago The order for 500 fla
and l, 200 coal cars for the road is beginning
to be delivered.
The Photographers Union of the Centra
Railroad of New Jersey threaten TO strike
Five telegraphers were notified that they
had been appointed dispatchers and mus
leave the union. John Neeligan, chairman
of the union, was asked TO appear before
the managers of the road TO present theil
protests but was denied the privilege anC
later discharged for refusal to leave the
union.
The Interstate-commerce Commission hai
issued a bulletin showing for the thre
months ended Sept. 20. 1901, grand tota
of 725 killed and 2,622 injured in trail
| accidents of all kinds in the United States
The total number of train collisions wa
1247 and derallments 1,002. causing dam
age aggregating 81 .S42 224 to cars, engine
and roadways exclusive of damage TO mer
! chandise.
Some of the ticket scalpers in New Or
] leans alleged, few days ago, that ther'
| was collusion between some of their mum
| Der and the railroads of that city, and th'
| general passenger agents of the sever
| roads running in there got together anC
| took the matter up. Individually and col
lectively they pronounce the allegation
untrue and each offers to pay large re
ward for evidence of any colluSion betweeI
| the roads and the scalpers.
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