The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-08

The Lake Shore will put in a block signal
for every mile. At present there is one for
every three miles.
z. l.. Rodenburg, who represents the
Merchants Dispatch at Chicago. was in
the city yesterday.
The earnings of the Toledo & Ohio Gen.
trail for June aggregated $685.. 1854, an in
crease of Sl14,296 over June last year.
Edward Beaver, for twenty-five years
agent for the Vandalia Railroad in Frank
fort. has resigned, to take effect on Aug. /.
Samuel FELTON,. president of the Chicago
& Alton, passed through the city yester-
day over the Panhandle en- route to New
York.
Tourist business shows an increase of 20
per cent. over last summer. The various
roads are finding 1t difficult to provide suf-
fcient equipment of all passenger traffic.
Work on the Chicago Great Western
from Fort Dodge to Council Bluffs is near
ing completion. and in sixty days trains
of the Great Western will be running into
Council Bluffs.
& Texas extension from Colgate to Okla
homa City. Indian Territory, will begin this
month. The work is in charge of F. W.
Fratt, chief engineer
G. s. Ward, formerly inspector of police
of the Baltimore & Ohio at Pittsburg, has
been appointed superintendent of police of
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern.
The through New York and Louisville
sleeper on Monday was four hours later in
arriving. and the Pennsylvania made up a
special train to haul the sleeper from In
dianapolis to Louisville to accommodate
four travellers.
j. q. Grammar. general traffic manager
and w. III. Marshall. general superintend-
few days at Niagara Falls, going over the
great gorge route and belt line In the
gorge roads private car.
Vice President Gross of the American Lo-
connective Company has arrived in Russia
His mission concerns not only locomotives
but an investigation of the financial and
economic conditions of Russia in the in
terest of various groups of American finan-
ciers.
j. B. McKim. superintendent of the
Western division of the Pennsylvania left
on Monday for the Western States TO spend
his vacation. He will be absent twenty
five days, and during the time will visit
his son, who is mining engineer in Colo
RADIO.
The determination of the Pennsylvania to
deliver certificates Of it's new stock to sub
scr!bers on and after July Is necessitates
some active work by Charles B. Young
stock transfer clerk. and his score of as
sistants. Some 5000 certificates must be
prepared
On account of the rush of tourist bust
ness to Colorado the Chicago & Northwest
ern and the Chicago. milwaukee, & St Paul
have esta bished through daily car service
in connection with the Union Pacific, the
car leaving on Train from Chicago at
1850 p. m. and 1925 D. m, respectively
Plans of the railroads for track extern
sions and new construction work generally
have been held In check by labor troubles
and added TO this the high water but condi-
tons have so improved the last ten days
that unless unexpected disturbances occur
work on many OF the proposed lines will be
resumed and pushed with vigor
w. II. Fisher. general passenger agent of
the Hooking Valley, has contrived a unique
method to prevent the scalping of excursion
tickets. Numbers have been substituted for
the names OF the stations on the return
portion of the ticket. The plan has been
successful and thwarts the attempts of
scaipers TO handle that form of ticket
j. A. Redfern has been appointed superin-
tendent of the relief department % the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, and j. A.
Denney assistant superintendent and med
ical director. Mr.. Redfern was for some
years in service with the PENNSYLVANIA.
later with its relief department., and was
one OF the organizers of the relief depart
ment on the Burlington.
The Big Four is pushing It's improvements
on Sunman's Hill. but IL will be some months
before work Is so far advanced as TO permit
the running of trains over the newly con-
structed track. When the work Is COM