The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-24

CRAWFORD McMurray mas Deen pTOIotcu
to commercial agent of the Texas Midland,
with headquarters at Paris, Tex.
On Feb. w. j. Jackson will become gen.
eral superintendent of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois, vice E. p. Broughton, resigned.
The Columbus Sandusky & Hooking is
Feb. the Adams Express will begin bust
ness on that road.
George c. Conn, general agent of the
Pere Marquette. has been appointed as
Sistant general freight agent, with mead
quarters at Milwaukee.
p. A. Hewitt. auditor of the Big Four.
who was in poor health few months ago.
has fully recovered and is attending TO
business with MS usual energy.
T. L. Bingham. who has been acting agent
of the Merchants Dispatch Transportation
Company in Kansas City, is now in full
charge. H. c. Nash having retired.
Four engines for the National Mexican
Railroad passed over the Vandal1a yeSter-
day The engines are Glass n, either for
heavy freight or passenger service.
James B. Morrow has been appointed
successor of A. r. Deem as passenger agent
Chicago & Eastern Illinois at Fort Worth.
The Pittsburg, Shawmut e. Northern
Railway Company has filed with the New
York secretary of state certificate of in
crease of capital stock from S12,OO0,0O0 to
| SIS, 000, 600.
The Toledo, ST. Louis & Western earned
in the second week of January $54, 719, an in
crease over the corresponding week of last
| year of SS,093: In the two weeks the earn
| 1ngS were Sl10,929 an increase or $14,S5O.
The Florida Pullman car run by the Gin
| cinnati Hamilton & Dayton and the Monon
between Chicago and ST. Augustine is car
rying more health and pleasure seekers
! than in any year since the line was estab-
lished.
| The Santa Fe will close its Ottawa, Kan,
| hospital in a short time, and all patients
will be sent to the Topeka Hospital. 1t is
the building at Ottawa and convert it into a
| private hospital.
Net earnings of all the railroads in the
| United States reporting for January to date
| last year. and 1873 per cent. over the cor
| responding period of 1901. Most of the roads
still report good gains in gross earnings.
w. w. Richardson. district passenger
who has been in Pittsburg a couple of days
attending a meeting of the passenger Off
Gals in the office of E. A. Ford. general
passenger agent will return this morning.
Railroad officials are of opinion that net
earnings the present year will be dissap-
| pointing, despite the heavy traffic. The
roads must overcome the steady advance
| i'm cost of material and labor. as well as
| the increased taxes, which in many States
are burdensome.
Frank j. Bramhall. for the past nineteen
years in charge of the advertising depart
ment of the Michigan Central Railroad.
!
the Southern Pacific Railway at San Fran
| cisco. His brother, John p. Bramhall. lately
with the Monon Railway, succeeds him.
committee of machinists of the Big
Four were in conference with William Gar
! stang, superintendent or motive power
several hours yesterday. They were ask
ing for more pay. The roads are troubled
to keep machinists of high class. Outside
manufacturing interests are Offering better
/ wages than the roads have been in the
habit of paying.
prominent railway official remarked
yesterday that but few If any officials were
better fitted for the president of system
of roads than NJ. Z. Ingalls,. president
| of the Big Four. He was highly edu-
Gated man, a good lawyer, and had been
| associated with railroad interests so lone
| that in transportation and rate matters he
has no superior.
'rhe Fort Smith & Western Railroad and
| the Denver, Enid & Gulf Railway, Frisco
| extension. are now racing for the honor OF
| running the first train into Guthrie, o. T
! Both companies have extensive grading
forces within the city limits. completing
Smith, Ark. over two hundred miles, and
the Frisco from Enid. fifty miles.
The New York Central will double track
| the New York * Harlem division, and by
so doing establish new. passenger and
freight route between Albany and New
York. using the Boston q Albany track
/ from Albany 10 Chatham. This will re-
lieve the river route for swift running II
lei
traffic without delay during the early
spring
The Peoria & Eastern proposes to end its
coal trouble, and has purchased one of the
| largest mines in the Danville district anC
will operate il to obtain fuel for it's engines
IL has been decided TO secure other mines In
the same vicinity and the Lynch mine a.
Muncie. ILL., The company intends TO be-
come much more important coal road. a
spur from Covington, Ind, TO the south /.
contemplated.
John S. Lazarus. freight traffic manager
of the Cincinnati. Indianapolis & Western
said yesterday that in his long railroad
experience he had never known conditions
like those at present Their line coulC
load ten cars TO every one loaded coul,
they furnish the cars. Grain dealers ar,
becoming uneasy over their inability I,
ships; and now that IL is properly equipped
-or some weeks.
III. c. Holabird, general agent of the pas
senger department of the Erie, at Cincin
natl, was in the city yesterday Mr. Hola
bird now ranks one OF the oldest EN-
ployes on the Erie. and has been connecte,
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