The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-07

poration Is yet In control OF the Pere Mar
quette- A majority OF the stock and of the
bonds is still held in Boston.
The management of the Canadian Pacific
has adjusted the grievance with the engi-
neers. negotiations looking TO such an end
having been In progress for two months
The increase varies from eight to twenty
nye per cent for the engineers and seven 10
twenty-five per cent. for firemen.
g. T. Fulton, who was formerly chief
clerk TO T.. 5. Washburn when president OF
the FL Scott & Memphis, has been selected
ident OF the Rock Island and San Francisco
roads. now the Rock Island system. Mr..
F'ultons headquarters will be at St Louis,
IL is understood
4. H. Bowden has been appointed to rep
resent the freight and passenger depart
ment OF the Lackawanna * Wyoming VAL
ley at Scranton, and Chester Smith. his pre-
decessor. has been appointed travelling
passenger agent of the Iron Mountain, with
headquarters at st. Louis.
On January 1st the Pere Marquette is ex-
pected TO begin its service over the Cana
dian Southern from Port Dover junction TO
Buffalo The ultimate result of this
rangement will be similar to the lease of
trackage rights over the Grand Trunk by
the Wabash from Detroit to Buffalo
E. A Ford, general passenger agent of the
pennsylvania lines west. has changed the
Cleveland to that of district passenger
agent and has appointed George Weldon,
VINO mas represented the lines in the North
west as travelling passenger agent, to that
position.
j. j. Williams has been appointed success
or to j. j. Walsh general foreman of the
Panhandle shops at Dennison. Mr.. Walsh
has been appointed master mechanic of the
shops OF the Toledo division, and o. b.
Albater yesterday succeeded E. b. Hunt,
transferred, as superintendent of the round
house at Indianapolis.
Traffic on the Michigan Central and the
Southern a hpaN-
lest in the history of these companies, and
In spite or heavy additions to equipment
during the past eighteen months shortage
OF cars Is reported. Last week the company
was fully 5000 freight cars short, and was
obliged to refuse business
On Jan. 18th the Queen & Crescent route
will inaugurate new service to Florida,
when the Chicago and Florida special car
Big Four, from Detroit and Toledo via the
c. II. & ID. Railway; from Cleveland via
the Big Four. and from Louisville via the
Southern Railway, all connecting at Cincin-
natl.
number of men in the train service of
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago have
been promoted, several freight conductors
to passenger runs and in their places sew
eral new men have been promoted from
suburban to through runs, the company
proposing to encourage the men by show
ing them that good service is appreciated
and that they are in the line of promotion
The Transcontinental Passenger Associa-
tion has given notice to the Western lines
of movement on the part of newspaper
proprietors for securing special and rail-
road privileges during the worlds fair.
The demand is that the newspaper publish
ers shall be furnished with great amount
of transportation TO be disposed of as they
think to the best interests OF the road,
winch Is certainly novel proposition.
The Pittsburg & Lake Erie has fitted a
coach with the new automatic window
| and. IL found practicable will equip all its
4 wit fhn dnxrtnn 4..rr
| ing of a small lever in the frame work be-
| low the sash turns compressed air into q
cylinder concealed in the sash frame and
| either raises or lowers the window at will
| of the passenger. AS the window raises it
| carries up with il a dust-proof screen.
The construction and equipment budget
| of the Pennsylvania for 1904 contemplates
| an expenditure OF $50 O0o,OQO OF this
amount 81, 900, 900 has been set aside for inn
provements to be made in Chicago. The
Pennsylvania has secured options on some
100000 worth of new property adjoining
| its present terminal facilities The plans
| which have been discussed call for exten-
sive new freight yards and depot facilities.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
| Erie 81 Central New York Railroad, which
was recently purchased by the Lacka-
wanna, the following officers were elected:
| w. II. Truesdale, president; T.. E. Loomis
vice president; F. F. Chambers, secretary
and treasurer; A. d. Chambers, assistant
secretary and assistant treasurer; o. C.
Post general auditor. These officers, to-
| gether with b. d. Caldwell vice president
or the Lackawanna, and L. w. Lee, general
passenger agent, will constitute the board
| of directors.
The Panhandle Is bringing Frazeysburg,
| Ohio, to grief II the reports are correct.
| Several weeks ago the energetic citizens of
that place insisted on enforcing the ordi-
nance limiting steam trains to eight miles
an hour. 1t took several months for the
| Panhandle to realize that the citizens were
In earnest, with the result that suits aggre-
eating several thousand dollars were en-
tered The railroad company is now retail
! iating. The first thing done was the
removal Of crossings and signal lights and
wiping that town off of the map, so that
| only one train day stops. The citizens re-
mained up after dark to see that none OF
the trains run through faster than eight
miles an hour. A few days ago the Postal
telegraph was removed, and on December
| 1st the section crews, numbering twenty