The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-27

siEucllcN OOInpdHy, Ol view Jersey.
The Big Four the Chicago Milwaukee
& st. Paul and Northern Pacific have fixed
upon Aug. Is as the date TO run their yell
lowstone Park excursion. Already enough
people have signifed their intention of
availing themselves of this trip TO fill one
special train.
a meeting will be held in Philadelphia
to-day for a confirmation by the Penn
sylvania directors of the official changes
which were noted in the Journal TO go
into effect on June 1. Wednesday is the
regular board day when such business Is
transacted.
c. L. Schaff. general manager of the Big
Four lines, was in the city yesterday en-
route to st. Louis. Mr. Schaff says the
conditions of the Big Four lines is excellent
and their business could not be more salts
factory in it's volume or in the methods OF
handling IL.
The Union Railway and Belt Road Com
pany are making improvements, putting
in 1900 new cross ties. several hundred
pounds OF steel rail and doing considerable
reballasting. The company now has four
teen engines of its own and has under con-
sideration the purchasing of two more.
The freight handlers at Fort Wayne, Ind.
have made a conservative movement to-
ward demanding increase in wages. All
of the freight houses in that city have ex-
perienced considerable trouble in keeping
up a full complement of handlers, owing
TO the demand for men in other lines of
work.
1t is something out of the ordinary when
a position on the railway police force goes
begging for an applicant. But this is pre-
cisely the situation on the Pennsylvania
lines West at present. This is due to men
being absent on account of sickness and
several having gone into other lines of
service.
Thomas II. Dickinson, travelling passen-
ger agent for the Santa Fe road, COM
mitted suicide at his home in Los Angeles,
Cal, Monday by shooting himself through
the head Death was almost instantaneous.
Mr.. Dickinson was forty-five. years old.
Prolonged i'll health is the cause assigned
for the suicide.
Members of the Grand Army of the Re-
public are considerably disturbed because
the transcontinental lines will give free
tickets to committees. In years past the
committees, numbering from twenty TO
twenty-five, have been given free trans
portation to points where the G. A. r. held
its encampment.
James H. Maddy, chief clerk of the
general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio,
has gone into the office of the third vice
president in the same capacity. He is sue
ceeded in his old position by j. Walter
Coons, who was his assistant. Mr.. Maddy
has a large circle of railroad friends who
will be glad to know of his promotion.
The opinion generally prevails that the
Toledo, St. Louis & New Orleans Company,
of which n. NJ. Burns is president, with
its principal offices located at Carmi, ILL.,,
is in reality the Wabash Railroad Com
pany, which is seeking to enter the mineral
fields of southern Illinois through an extern
sion of its lines. which now terminate at
Carmi.
Peoria & Eastern, returned yesterday from
a trip over the line. He speaks in strong
terms of the excellent condition of the
wheat crop from Peoria, the western 'termi-
nal to Columbus Ohio, eastern terminal of
the Peoria & Eastern road. He says corn
is coming up very evenly. and he antici-
pateS big crop.
Joseph c. Broderick, a prominent rail-
accident
in the Pennsylvania yards at Altoona. His
death has brought forward claims from
insurance policies held by Broderick The
railroad company has paid the money into
court TO await the claims of the widows
and the parents. One of the WIDOWS lives
in Northampton county, second at
Reading, Pa, and a third at Camden,
n. j.
1t is stated that the Pennsylvania Com
pany, which operates the lines west of
Pittsburg. has decided to put in track tanks
similar TO those used on the Pennsylvania
proper. 1t is proposed to make the tank
available for passenger and freight service.
The tanks are to be 1900 feet long and have
capacity of 1900 gallons Of water. The
initial cost, says one of the officials, is
greater than other watering devices, but
this is more than made up in increased
facility of operation.
The lower rate ordered by President Hill,
of the Great Northern, for the benefit of
small dealers on the North Pacific coast
at first supposed, over 500 commodities be-
ing affected The new rate is commonly
designated in railroad circles as the post
age stamp 1t makes a tariff of 70 cents
for canned corn both from the Atlantic
coast and the Missouri river market. The
results of these reduced rates may be
decentralization of freight rates.
Not little interest is being shown in
the proposed extension of the Grand Trunk
TO the Pacific, for which a charter is now
being sought from the Canadian ParIia-
ment. AS at present constituted the Grand
Trunk extends from Chicago by the way
of. Montreal and Quebec to Portland. Me-
1t touches other American cities, notably
Detroit, Toledo and Buffalo. The manage
to have awakened to the fact that ii must
build TO the Pacific coast to protect its
Interests. The construction Of the proposed
line Is not viewed with eauaminity either
way interests.
Official announcement is made that the
jurisdiction of l.. NJ Allen, general pas
senger agent of the Chicago. Rock Island
has been extended to include the line west
Of the river. Mr.. Allen started in the rail-
road business twenty-three years ago as a
clerk in the office of the car counter of the
Rock Island road and his ability and en-
ergy has steadily won him promotion. In
1888 he was brought from Davenport to
Chicago as assistant general passenger
agent. A year ago he was appointed gen.
eral passenger agent of the eastern part of
the Rock Island road and now his Jurlsdlc-
ton is extended to Denver and FL Paso.
An expert engineer who came in over the
Vandalia road yesterday expressed sur
prise at the extensive improvements that
have been made to it's roadbed since the
line passed into the hands of receiver.
Much new steel has been laid. many hum
dreds of thousands of croSsties put in, but
what he noticed most was the extended
! side tracks at stations and long passing
tracks at different points on the line.
which gives the road much of the distance
| the appearance of being double tracked.
| He says these improvements have been
made with so little buster they can hardly
i be appreciated until one we'll informed as
| TO the physical condition of a railroad rides
over it,
| On June important changes become
| effective on the New York, New Haven &
Hartford road. The divisions known as
| the eastern and western districts and the
| offices of general superintendent of these
| divisions will be abolished. The headQuar-
| tiers OF the general manager will be changed
| from Boston TO New Haven. The fourth
| vice president, reporting to the president.
| will have general supervision of the en-
| cheering department and construction, in
| Guiding, the electrical department, except
| operation, maintenance of way and con-
| Struction of buildings and signals. The
offices Of car accountant and car service
agent are consolidated under one man. with
| headquarters at New Haven.
When the railroads made their agree
| ment with the steamship lines they
| promised to give passes over their roads TO
| certain credited representatives of the
| steamship companies. but later were re-
ported 10 have ordered the passes with
drawn. The fact Is. however, that only the
| the withdrawal and refuse to renew the
| passes, the Elkins law being considered a