The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-25

ferred to Los Angeles to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF w. Il. Beams,
superintendent Of the southern California
division.
The Springfield division of the c.. H. &
d. last week brought into indianapolis the
largest number of loaded cars in the history
of the road, exceeding the preceding week
thirty cars. 7SS loaded cars being handled
at that point
Five of c., II. & ID. locomotives. three
freight and two passenger engines, have
been transferred to the Springfield division
for service in addition TO those that are
used in hauling gravel ballast for the
Springfield extension.
The excursion of the Pennsylvania 10
Petoskey and Mackinac on Thursday next
bids fair TO be well patroniZed, notwith-
standing the numerous excursions of late.
Berths in several sleeping cars have already
been Ell gagged for the trip.
W. a. Terrey. general freight agent of
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, has issued
circular announcing to shippers that this
extension will be opened for freight service
Aug. 81 The plans for passenger service
are still TO be worked our.
The Chicago & Northwestern will build
no more small cars, and has within the last
sixty days broken up 400 cars OF 5000
pounds capacity and less. Hereafter the
company will buy no cars of less than 10000
to 100000 pounds capacity.
Within the next sixty days the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy expects TO have COM
pleted the cutoff and the fill near Ottumwa,
Ia. This is claimed TO be the largest piece
of railroad work undertaken in Iowa in re-
cent years and entailed an expenditure OF
81. 10000.
The Pittsburg, Cleveland & Toledo Com
pany has amended its charter so as to pro-
vide for the construction of a road from
Liberty township to connect with the Pitts
burg, Cleveland & Fairport road, and thus
enable il TO be competitor for the Lake
Erie traffic
Paul Hampton, engineer of maintenance
of of ha licrE Of
has been transferred to Springfield, o., in
a similar capacity, succeeding r. II. Simp-
son. transferred to Greensburg to be SUI
perintendent OF the heavy work being done
on Sunman's hill.
r. P. Algeo, district passenger agent Of
the c., H. & d. and the Monon, has re-
turned from a trip East. While In New
York he called upon Wilbur Lee and George
Haylor, formerly of Indianapolis, now gen.
eral passenger and assistant general pas
senger agent of the Lackawana.
A financier we'll informed as to the finan-
cial condition of the Chicago. Rock Island
& Pacific states that no dividends Will be
declared on the Rock Island common stock
in the near future, no matter what the
| annual report of the company may show;
Under the bylaws no dividend Will be PAID
on stock before Feb. l, 1904
The Usage Railroad Company. with a
| capital of S220, 000 to build from connection
with the Missouri Kansas & Oklahoma
Railroad In the Usage nation, Indian Terri
| tory, in a northeastern direction TO the In
| dian meridian, was Incorporated at
| Guthrie, o. T., Monday. 1t will be a branch
| of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas system.
The educational committee of the Penn
sylvania Y. NJ. G. A. is making active prep
| arations for the opening of the fall term,
on Oct 6, of the institute for educating
railroad men,. II is the purpose of the as
| ISOLATION to make the class work of the
| institute second TO none, meeting the needs
of Pennsylvania railroad men. Carefully
selected courses of study and expert in
| he rnx-id aH nd
ment furnished.
| Passenger agents of railroads reaching
| New York city are involved In a dispute
with a number of business men In Phila-
| delphia, in which the latter allege that their
| city is the victim of systematic discrimina-
| ton in favor of New York. Buyers from
| the Southern States, IL is asserted, who
! formerly bought tickets with permit to
| stop off at Philadelphia. go through the lat
| ter place without stopping, but return to
| purchase certain lines of goods.
| C. s. Blackman, general Eastern passen-
| ger agent for the Big Four, says
! the northern Ohio bankers tour to San
Francisco and through California, on &C
| count of the national bankers convention
| in San Francisco, Oct. 20 TO g. will be sup
piled with the best of Pullman equipment.
| He says that 1t will fall to the lot of the
| bankers TO enjoy special fast run over
all roads using the Big Four from Cleve-
land to st. Louis. George Gould, the head
| of the Missouri Pacific and the Denver &
| Rio Grande, has taken great interest in
| the bankers and their trains, and has given
| personal orders that the train be run on
| record time and be given q clear track
| while on their line.