The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18


Rio Grande and the Southern Pacific for
the route to the national plumbers con-
vention. TO be held in San Francisco in May.
w. n. Talent. division freight agent of
the Pennsylvania at Richmond. was in the
city yesterday. He has not yet received
notice of his appointment general freight
agent OF the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus.
The increase in freight rates from North
points to Texas common points be-
came effective on Monday. From New
York the rates are raised from 10 cents TO l6
cents: from ST Louis the increases range
from cents TO cents.
The American Railway Engineering and
Maintenance of Way Association on Tues
day at Chicago elected Hunter Mcdonald
president for the ensuing year. The fourth
annual dinner was given at night in the
Auditorium banquet hall.
William Hodgdon, who on Monday as
Sumed the duties of general freight agent
of the Vandaiia. will be in the city probably
tomorrow to form acquaintance with
freight officials at this end of the line and
to confer with the receiver.
j. A. Perkins, who for years was division
freight agent of the Pennsylvania at
Indianapolis. more recently at Minneapolis.
but who was retired a year ago on PEN
sion, is spending a month with Ingram
Fletcher at Orlando. Florida.
The Brooks locomotive works, at Dun
kirk. on Tuesday announced that an in
crease In wages of 10 cents day had been
granted to employees of the machine shops.
erecting shops, blacksmith and boiler max
ers. The increase was voluntary.
The work of laying steel on the 'Frisco's
Enid. o. T., will begin Thursday of this
week, and trains will be in operation on
that line July 3. This is portion of the
through line from New Orleans to Denver
The gross earnings of the Chicago Great
Western for the first week of March show
an increase Of SlS,202 over the correspond
ing week of last year. From this 1t would
seem that, although charged with being
QlSturDer.
Gus.
1. G. Rawn. general superintendent of the
Pittsburg division of the Baltimore & ONO
Railroad rendered his resignation Tues
day. to take effect April l. Mr.. Rawn goes
to one of the big Western roads, with head
quarters at Chicago. His successor has
not been selected.
Officers of the Illinois Central say that
road has not suffered so much as many
would suppose from the floods in the South.
For years the road has been fortifying It
self against such conditions as now pre-
vail. and, while the effect of the flood is
felt, 1t is not with any degree Of embar-
rassment.
The Baltimore & Ohio earned in Febru-
airy A,4lO,47S. an increase of $3.50, 424 over
increase of Sl34,3Sl. For the first eight
months of the present fiscal year the gross
earnings were 4S0 an increase OF 81
592. 754; net earnings. s15,167,52O an increase
of $992. 204.
The PENNSYLVANIA announces that on &C
count of the Presbyterian General Assembly
at Los Angeles May q TO June the COM
pany will run three personally conducted
tours to Los Angeles and the Pacific coast
May IL, Is and IA. Arrangements can be
made to return independently on tours Nos.
and 3.
Claude NJ. Dennis a well-known railroad
man, was found dead In bed Tuesday morn
ing at the Aragon hotel in Atlanta, Ga. Mr..
Dennis was until recently the assistant
general freight agent of the Kansas City
Southern at Kansas City, but went to At
lanta to become commercial agent of the
Cottonbelt.
Announcement is made of the appoint
ment of George Morton, formerly chief
clerk in the passenger departt ,1 OF OF the
coed to the vacancy caused by the recent
death of James Barker, general passenger
and ticket agent. Mr.. Morton Will have his
headquarters In ST. Louis.
Frederick Wellington, for thirty-five
years chief baggagemaster of the Michigan
Central at Detroit committed suicide in a
bathroom at Harper's Hospital. He had
been i'll for several months and was par
TALLY demented He had been an employe
of that company for fifty years. first as
brakeman, then conductor, then baggage
master.
colonist rates have been in effect, and
total of IL 223 persons have gone westward
and entered California on these reduced
rate tickets IL the present average snould
be maintained a grand total of nearly $1,000
colonists will go into California during the
period of four months covered by this re-
duced rate.
The Wabash has secured the right of
way into Youngstown, o., by purchasing
the Lake Erie, Youngstown q Southern
Railway. This projected line is seventy
miles long. extending south from Youngs-
town to about a mile north OF Poland Since
securing the right of way the company
has secured along the line many valuable
coal properties.
Surveyors of the Pennsylvania Company
| Tuscarawas branch of the Cleveland &
Pittsburg from its present terminus at
Klondike six miles north to Dennison'
which will give the Pennsylvania short
| cut to Cleveland and open thousands of
acres of coal lands.
| w. C.. Brown vice president of the New
York Central and the Lake Shore, has de-
| cided to remove his office from New York
! to Chicago on May l. Hitherto Vice Presl-
! dent Brown has maintained three. offices,
one in New York. where his family iived
most of the time, one in Cleveland and the
| other in Chicago. He now purposes to
make Chicago his home.
The Maccabees bazaar, Lafayette, Ind.
| which meets in Lafayette March 70, "a and
| o. will give a fine silver lantern to the
most popular conductor of four named,
the votes to cost l cent each. The conduc-
tors named are George NJ. Dillon. of the
the Big Four; John Condor. of the Monon.
| and Thomas Riley, of the Wabash.
The Lake Shore is preparing to largely
| increase the capacity of its yards at Elk
| hart Ind. The plan is to lay thirty tracks
/ on a strip of land three miles long just west
| of the double track of the main line. All
/ through freight will then be forwarded
| without passing through Elkhart proper.
/ The estimated cost of the improvement Is
| 100000. A corps of surveyors Is now ar
ranging for the work.
| Columbia a division point the Penn
1 sylvania has become one OF the most i'm
portant on that system. During 1902 there
| were considerably in excess of 200. 600 cars
| handled by the Pennsylvania and the Phil
adelphia & Reading at that point For
| the first ten days of the present month
| over 10000 cars were handled at that place,
and the paymaster disburses $4,000 monthly.
| There are 900 railroad men with their fam
| lilies located there.
The shortage of cars for freight traffic
| is the greatest problem that now harnesses
the traffic departments OF Western rail-
| ways. One of the troubles is that none of
| the strong companies permit their cars to
| go off of their lines. The Santa Fe has
| placed an order for 1000 new freight cars,
and the other big lines are increasing their
| equipment as rapidly they get cars.
! Every effort will be made to get the bust
| ness in good shape again.
The gross earnings of the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha for 1902 as
shown by the annual report issued Tues
day. s11 .907.5 SIS. an increase of s11. 121.
| The financial statement contained in the
report follows: Gross earnings, $l1 ,9o7 525. as
! operating expenses and taxes, $7.4S3 253. IS
/ net earnings, Si.i24 211.51; net interest and
rentals. $l.5o5 9S52 %; net income, s2.slS Ss6 p;