The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-05


General Manager Schaff, of the Big Four,
announces that there will be no further de-
lay in shipping freights via st. Louis for
points west of that city.
j. r. Dutton has asked TO be relieved as
purchasing agent of the Michigan Central.
and S. b. Wright. of Detroit, has been
selected as his successor.
IL. c. Stiles, general agent of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton * Dayton, left yesterday
for New England, accompanied by his
family. He will be absent about month.
1t is stated officially that the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton has acquired full con-
troll of the Findlay, Fort Wayne & West
ern, the Woodford syndicate being the pur-
chasers.
The car of NJ. E. ingalls,. president of the
Big Four. came out of the shops yesterday
at Brightwood reprinted and in fine shape.
IL is said TO be one of the best private cars
in the country.
Albert ingalls,, superintendent of the In
dianapolis and Cleveland division of the
Big Four, left last night, accompanied by
his family, for Maine, to be absent a
couple of weeks.
]. r. Cavanaugh. car service superinten-
dent of the Big Four, was in st. Louis
yesterday attending meeting OF car serv-
ice agents in relation to the st. Louis ex-
position business.
George P Stewart. train dispatcher on
the Pennsylvania who has been ill for over
a year, was Monday presented with a
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superintendent and associate officials.
An official of the Southern Pacific states
that 500 of their locomotives have been con-
verteG into oil burners and but 600 remain
to be so improved This Will work saving
in fuel for the company of 100000 per
annum.
Train 16 on the Big Four yesterday left
Alton thirty-three minutes late and arrived
at the Union Station on time. The seventy
three miles from Terre Haute TO Indian
,rfrr
making stops at Greencastle and Danville
S. L. Sutton, aged sixty-six, in the en-
ploy of the Big Four since eighteen years
of age and one of its best-known engineers
for many years, died at his home In Muncie
last night He was a native of Greene
county, Ohio. and belonged to the Masonic
order of Muncie.
The Young Mems Christian Association at
Springfield. Mass, will erect new home.
The Boston & Albany road gives the ground
for the building and the Boston & Maine
will contribute $4,000. The association has
a handsome purse of its own TO utilize in
the same manner.
The circular issued by General Manager
Atterbury, of the Pennsylvania, asking FOL
cooperation In unloading cars as rapidly
as possible in order to avoid threatened
car famine. is said to have had good ef-
feet and cars are being unloaded with more
promptness than at any former period
Chief Engineer Kittridge of the Big
Four, has six steam shovels at work on the
cut off at Sunmans hill, between Green's
burg and Lawrenceburg, and within the
next thirty days will have fourteen shovels
at work. the intention being to push the
Improvement as rapidly as possible.
William P. Warner. contracting agent OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, has Sc
cured a well-merited promotion. He goes
to Kansas City to take charge OF the
freight and passenger business of the Mil
waukee cutoff which has just been com
pleted and will be opened for traffic on
Sept. 1.
The will of Peter NJ. Arthur, late grand
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, was probated Monday. All OF
his property was left to his widow, Mrs
Caroline Arthur. She was also appointed
Administrative by the will, and no bond
was required. request was made that nc
property be sold and that no appraisement
of the estate be made. There is nothing in
the will to indicate the extent of the estate
The will was dated Sept. II, 1885, and was
witnessed by L. S. 1ngraham and Delos
Everett.
The Southern Pacific has been called the
Pennsylvania of the West because of its
immense gross earnings, which, for the fis-
cal year just ended, were approximately
S7O00,O0O The Southern Pacific averages
$3.50 per mile more than the Northern Pa
cific, which showed phenomenal earnings
last year.
Charles E. Styles. who has just been ap-
pointed assistant general passenger agent
of the Missouri Pacific, had been in the
employ of the company thirty-five years
has held five different positions and had his
headquarters changed but once. Mr.. Styles
c. G. Warner. vice president, and Colone
f. S. Jewett, city passenger and ticket
agent at Kansas City, now rank as the old
est employees on the road.
After the announcement of the transfer
Of the controlling stock Of the Evansville
& Terre Haute the stock quickly rallied
to 60, an advance of 20 points in a week
which of course, for nondividend-payel
is by no means low price, but the stu
alton with the Evansville & Terre Haut'
is strong enough to put different face
upon the entire matter and great change.
in that property are looked for within th'
next twelve months.
The Western Pacific Railway, which wa.
to build from the Pacific coast to Salt Lake
via Beckwith pass, has commenced active
operations on the east end of the contem
plated road. surveying party left Sal
Lake City Monday for point near Reno
where the line crosses the Southern Pacific
The surveying party will bring the line
across the desert to Salt Lake City. The
party is large one and the work will bt
rushed
Freight rates on the Boston & Maine ant
In fact, on all New England roads, viii
be advanced Aug. l. Justification for thu
increase in freight charges is found IL
the fact that the new pay roll on the Bos
ton & Maine alone which went into eff
feet July /, called for an additional outlay
of 100000 per year. AS compared with the
cOnQltlOnS DetOre the StTlkt, COdl Is COSs
ing 100000 additional per annum, and al
articles that enter into preservation of the
roadbed and equipment are much high
er than in former years
Still another Terre Haute boy wht
started his railroad career here has gone
up higher. Theodore II. Curtis, who ha.
just been appointed superintendent of ma
chinery of the Louisville & Nashville, wa:
given employment with the Vandalia by w
r. McKeen when he was a youth. Befor,
he was twenty-one he went to the Bis
Four as chief draughtsman. Later he be-
came mechanical engineer of the Erie. Jan
/, 1902 he went to the Louisville & Nash
vile mechanical engineer to design thu
immense shops which are building.
The track agreement arranged between
| the Illinois Central and the st. Louis &
| San Francisco Is most important on,
| for both lines. Under ii the Illinois Cen
| trail secures running rights over sixty mile:
| of the St. Louis & San Francisco, RICH
| of way into Birmingham and the use Jointly
| of the latter's terminals at that point. Or
| the other hand, the st. Louis & San Fran
| cisco obtains running rights over the Hi
nois Central to New Orleans. a distance o.
| 100 miles, with terminal privileges, making
| a community Of interest almost as com
| piete as that between the Southern ant
| the Louisville & Nashville and the Monon
n