The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-19

hired. and of these fifty-nine have. after
a day or two, resigned.
w. r. Herbert has been appointed train
master of terminals of the Illinois Central
at Memphis. succeeding ]. w. Humphries.
New Orleans for some years and mas
worked himself up from the bottom.
The freight department of the Pennsyl-
Vanla lines announces these promotlons'
Walter Thayer, special agent for the rail-
road company in Pittsburg. becomes East
ern agent of the Anchor line; X. III. Large
succeeds Mr.. Thayer as special agent
John II. Sturgess. who has been assistant
treasurer for the Burlington at ST. Joseph
for fifteen years, will retire on FEB. l; =.
M. Carter, who has been auditor, VIII De
elected treasurer, and Benjamin l.. crosby,
assistant auditor, will be promoted 10
auditor.
General Manager Raymond Dupuy, of the
st. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad, SAID
last night at st. Joseph that new and mucn
heavier rails would displace every mile or
the companys tracks as soon as posslple.
Enough to relay thirty miles will arrive
this month.
W. A. Even, for the last four years pres
ident of the jamestown, Chautauqua q
Lake Erie Railway, has resigned, ana Il.
b. Chase has been selected as his sue
cessor. X. j. Bootey, general superintend,
ent, has also resigned, and the position VIII
be abolished.
Frank Everitt. formerly auditor OF the
cepted similar position with the Lake
Erie. Alliance & Wheeling, has been forced,
on account of Ill health, TO give up ms
work altogether, and will return with MS
family TO Columbus to live.
The appointment of Clarence Booth as
general Eastern agent of the Pere Mar
quette, with headquarters at New YORK.
is preparatory to the opening OF through
Booth has been commercial agent or the
road at Toledo for some years.
The thirty-fourth annual report of the
Railroad Commission of MASSACHUSETTS,
shows that there are forty-five railroad
corporations located entire or in part with
in the limits of the State. The total gross
earnings for the year 1902 were $S6920 800;
operating expenses, SCI, S21; net earnings
So, 564. 7i4.
A. f. Hockenbeamer has been appointed
assistant to the general superintendent OF
motive power of the Baltimore x ONO,
having supervision, under the direction Oh
the general superintendent of motive power.
of the accounts of the motive power oes
partment. S. Il. Mason has been appointed
chief clerk to the general superintendent
of motive power.
Charles +. Daily, chief assistant passenger
agent of the Lake, Shore, and b. n. Austin,
Western general passenger agent or the
Baltimore & Ohio, have been selected py
f. G. Donnald, commissioner of the Cen
trail Passenger Association, as committee
to meet committees of other passenger as
sociations in New York Jan. q to COM
plete the organization of the protective
Bureau.
The De Witt yards of the New York Cen
trail at East Syracuse, when completed,
will become the most important on the
western division. In addition to doubling
the capacity of the yard, the erection OF
buildings and greater facilities will repre-
sent a cost of $4,000. The present capacity
of the yards is 5000 cars, and when the
enlargement is finished it will be 10000
These yards are the great receiving and
transportation center of the New YORK
Central between New York and Buffalo
into which trains from the east and west
run.
The Pennsylvania lines will on Feb.
adopt new method for billing freight
which il is expected will relieve to con-
siderable extent the delay now incident
| to passage through Pittsburg. Freight from
| the lines west of Pittsburg to points east
| of Pittsburg will be billed through to des-
! tination without necessitating rebilling al
/ Pittsburg. To accomplish this it has been
necessary to appoint agents for the Penn
sylvania Company and Panhandle. freight
| agents and cashiers of the Pennsylvania
| Railroad, and vice versa, on account OF
| the legally separate organizations OF the
| lines east and west of Pittsburg.