The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-13

transferred over the Belt road 20.272 cars.
Belt road engines handled at the stock
yards 7A carloads of live stock and for
private switches on it's line 1,017 cars.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
c. r. Wilkinson. advertising agent of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, has
resigned TO engage In private business.
II. A. Castell, of South Bend, has been in
stalled in the office of inspector for the
Indiana Car Service Association at Fort
Wayne.
II. E. Passemore has been appointed
master mechanic OF the Toledo & Ohio
Homer resigned.
The directors of the Cincinnati, 'Hamil-
ton ton q DAYTON Railroad have declared regu-
ferred stock. payable May 8.
James Steen, one OF the Oldest engineers.
on the Panhandle, was buried at Uhrichs-
vile, o., yesterday, he dying Of pneumonia.
He was ffty-six years of age.
Charles Merrill Western passenger agent
of the New York Central, was in the city
on Saturday. He Is again in fine health.
having fully recovered from his late seri-
Gus illness.
j. NJ Johnson. late third vice president
OF the Chicago, Rock Island q Pacific has
been appointed assistant to A. c. Bird,
vice president and traffic director of the
Gould system.
c. A. Singer, president of the New York
& Stanford road, has decided to use auto
mobiles as an adjunct to railroads He
has rugged up car with machine to use
in patroling tracks.
George Lowell, superintendent of the
Monon, states that within the next thirty
days the company will receive four of the
heavy freight engines ii has ordered. The
other six will be delivered in the fall.
Representatives OF forty or more roads
In the Central Passenger Association left
49,
purpose of establishing tourist rates in
Central Traffic Association territory.
There were received and forwarded by
the Fig Four lines at indianapolis in the
week ended April IL a total of 1913 cars,
1855 being loaded, an increase over the
corresponding week last year of 2.S66 cars.
Charles III. Warren, VINO was recently
vice president of the Chicago. Rock Island
& Pacific. draws the largest salary as
presidents assistant ever paid for any
similar position in this country-s65,O00 per
annum.
To-day will be the fifty-seventh anniver-
sary of the incorporation of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. Following an
old custom, the directors will give an
niversary dinner to President Cassatt this
evening.
E. Il. Crossley. of Philadelphia. foreign
freight agent of the Philadelphia & Read
ing, spent Sunday/in the city. Mr.. Cross
ley will be remembered as auditor of the
Indiana. Bloomington & Western, succeed
ing Z. Dickinson.
The Monon will to-day set a steam shovel
and a large force of men at work grading
the ground at Hammond for the new yards
TO be constructed at that point, also a
roundhouse OF capacity to hold twenty
five locomotives.
AS mark of respect to Joseph Ramsey
president Of the Wabash, and in sympathy
with him account of his bereavement
In the loss of his daughter, the banquet of
the Veteran Corps of the Wabash lines
DOStnOne1 @
T. c. Link, the ST. Louis architect who
will have charge of the new Wabash
terminal building in Pittsburg, has ar
rived in that city and expects to make the
awards this week. Hereafter Mr.. Link
will spend most of his time in Pittsburg.
j. j. Turner, third vice president of the
Pennsylvania, and chairman of the COM
mite of the American Railway Associa-
ton on the standard box car, states that
his report Is completed and will be pre-
sented to the association at its meeting in
New York April %
There is excellent authority for stating
purchasing every inch of right of way
needed In the building of a branch line
from bingham TO Rockport, ILL.,, on the
Ohio river, three miles from Paducah.
Announcement was made on Saturday
| that the annual convention of the Inter
national Association of Ticket Agents for
the United States, Mexico and Canada,
which was to have been held on May 10
at Salt Lake City, has been postponed
until September.
The Vandaia is putting in a spur track
at La Otto Ind; for side tracking the
| sleeping cars, which will be run between
| st. Louis and Louisville and the resorts
to northern Michigan during the summer
months over the Vandalia, the Grand
| Rapids & Indiana roads.
Ira b. Richardson. for ten years con-
| nected with the Pacific division of the
| Northern Pacific as chief train dispatcher
and trainmaster at Tacoma, Wash, has
been transferred to st. Paul to succeed
service for the entire Northern Pacific
| system.
Announcement was made on Saturday of
the appointment Of c. II. Bliss as travel
Ing freight agent for Orr, the SinGinna
| Toledo. He succeeds F. c. Law, who has
been appointed general agent of the road
| pointed contracting agent for the c., II.
| * ID. at Toledo, succeeding w. A. Somer-
| ville resigned
| Colonel William Shaw, representing the
| c.. b. & O., who was in the city on Satur-
| the secretary OF the State of Missouri to
the effect that it purposes to build and
| operate branch line from Old Monroe
| through Montgomery county to Mexico
| Mo-, a point on the Chicago & Alton road
| The branch will be sixty-three miles long
and will cost 81, 100000
The Lake Shore will further improve its
passenger service ana mas ordered nfteen
more model vestibule coaches. They will
| be seventy-two feet long, will seat eighty
four persons and will resemble very close
| ly the Pullman cars: they will cost S12,-
600 apiece. The same number of Lake
| Shore coaches that are good, but not of SC
| recent build will be transferred to the
| Lake Erie Western passenger serv-
| ice. The company has recently ordered four
mammoth passenger engines, $50 fiat cars
| $50 wood ballast cars and four pillow cars.
A phenomenal feat was accomplished by
| one of the large Atlantic type locomotives
| OF the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago
| 1t pulled heavy train 1893 miles and only
consumed 1900 pounds OF coal. The triI
was made on Tuesday by Engine 1873
| which left Crestline with the Pennsylvania
limited Of five cars and made the trip from
Chicago to Fort Wayne, 131 miles. or
| schedule time without taking water. Three
additional cars were added. making eigh
heavy cars. with which Crestline was
| reached schedule time without takinf
water. This same engine, without re
plenishing fuel supply. took the first sec
ton of Train 10 at Crestlne and made tn,
trip to Fort Wayne without taking water
arriving there exactly on time, thus com
pletng the 1893 miles without putting
| pound OF coal in the bunker after Ii re
ceived its supply and at the end of tn,
last trip the coal in the tender wa.
weighed, showing 1900 pounds $500
pounds was first placed In the tank.
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