The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-03

president of the Chesapeake & Ohio. by
Gen. Thomas j. Schryock at his residence
in that city. Besides Mr.. Stevens there
were twenty guests. including men OF high
rank IN railroad. financial. legal and COM
mercial circles.
r. d. Cassanave. general superintendent
of motive power of the Baltimore d ONO,
has refused TO accept the resignation OF
II. Il. Brown, master mechanic at New CAS-
tie junction. Mr.. Brown desires TO take
long vacation. and therefore wishes TO be
relieved of his responsibility. III the sltua-
ton is correctly reported high compll-
ment is thus paid him.
The directors of the Panhandle and the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago at
meeting on Saturday approved contracts
for developing their lines. The Fort wayne
board has directed that double tracking or
the line from Pittsburg to Chicago be
pushed as rapidly as possible. and the Pan
handle. which is now practically double
tracked between PittSburg and Columbus,
will be extended west of Columbus on both
the indianapolis and Chicago divisions.
The annual trip of engineering students
of Purdue University Will begin Wednes-
day, April Is, and end Saturday, April 10.
Among the places of interest TO be visited
the shops of the Pullman Palace Car
Company at Chicago, the Western Electric
Company, the Chicago * Northwestern
Railway and the Illinois Central terminals;
the Chicago river bridges, the elevated
railroad. the Illinois steel works. the Gates
iron works and the Chicago drainage canal
Manager
RADIO & Southern Railroad, says that so far
that railroad is concerned the strike at
the machine shops of the company In sew
eral cities Is at an end. No consideration
will be given in future to the requests or
the strikers or their representatives. he
has issued orders that the instructions con-
tanned in his recent circular giving the men
until noon Sunday TO report for work or
else be barred shall be obeyed in every par
ticular. Mr.. Herbert says the company has
all the men that can be used consistently.
The construction of the sixtyfive-mile
line between Cumberland and Cherry run
to connect the Western Maryland Railroad
with the West Virginia Central will be be-
gun within sixty days. 1t is proposed 10
build a double track the entire distance nee
| bash to double track the Western Mary
land for the full length Of its main line 10
Baltimore. In an interview at PIttspurg
| Joseph Ramsey, president of the wabash
| and of the extensions East. stated that the
preliminary engineering work is now al
most ready for the letting of Wabash con-
| tracts aggregating over $lO,OOO.VOO
Vermilye & Co., bankers, of New York,
| announce that they have purchased slU, :
100000 first mortgage thirty-year per cent.
| gold bonds of the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
| & Southern road. This is half or the
| amount authorized to be issued now, ana Is
+, part of a total issue of S5OOOO;oOo Inc
| money derived from the sale of the bonds
| will be used for new mileage and terminal
| construction at st. Louis. The $lO.OOOOOO
! not taken by Vermiiye & Co. have been
! sold TO other parties, and the money Tor
! this second lot will be furnished, 1t is said,
| as required 1t is not expected that more
than $2OOo0.OOO of bonds will be issued at
| this time.
! Rate clerks of the Central Passenger
Association have been notified OF series
| of meetings that will keep them engaged
| for about six weeks The occasion. Is the
semi-annual issue of the Central Associa-
| ton joint rate sheets. A number or changes
/ will be made in passenger rates In this ter
| ritory with the issue of the new sheet,
which is expected to be ready about April
/ 10. During the past six months the pas
| ing rate to many points has been altered
to affect many rates; The hrst series
! of meetings was held in Chicago yesterday,
| and will be followed by conferences at In
| dianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleve-
| land, PittSburg and other points.
| 1t was stated yesterday that for the first
| time since November the Pittsburg division
| of the Pennsylvania Railroad is entirely
| cleaned up. and that there are not now any
| line that is outside the jurisdiction of the
/ division authorities. There is some conges-
ton at the terminals of manufacturing
| companies, but with this the companies
| themselves must deal as the cars await
unloading On the Baltimore & Ohio and
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie roads the usual
Sunday cleanup resulted in the disposition
| of cars that had accumulated at the tepmi-
| nails and sidetracks. and those lines are
| also now comparatively free from conges-
| ton.
BY the completion of the plans now def
| nitely settled upon the Baltimore & Ohio
| will have the longest low-grade line in the
| world. The statement comes from official
| sources that the average grade from Chi
cago to the seaboard. distance of S6t
| miles, will be only three-tenths of l per
| cent When the Baltimore & Ohio was
placed in the hands of Receivers John j.
Cowen and Oscar G. Murray and the plans
| for spending money to make II modern
! line were gradually developed there was
much criticism as to their extravaganza,
but the results have more than justified the
| course pursued. The new management is
showing that il is as liberal as were the re-
| ceivers, and the same results may be ex-
pected to follow.