The Indianapolis journal., 1903-05-06

Milford and Woodstock With the sec
ond track laid between those points there
will be completed thrty-fve miles west
from Columbus. O.
]. l. Campbell. who formerly represent
ed the St. Louis Southwestern in Gin
cinnau, has accepted a position on. the
Missouri Pacific, succeeding f. NJ. Renshaw,
who. on May l. took the position OF con-
tracing freight agent for the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern
F. ID. Daggett. of the passenger depart
ment of the International e Great North
ern, states that Southern lines are look
ing for a big increase in the tourist and
summer travel over last year, as many
people are prospecting with a view to set
tling in Southern territory.
The Vanderbilt people have completely
changed the system of watch inspection.
The change was made after careful consid-
Grafton. but as a rule the change meets the
disapproval of the employees. The watches
OF the entire system are now to be In
spected by Cleveland firm.
Satisfactory results have attended the op-
Grafton of an oil-burning locomotive in
has decided TO build additional engines
for 10 tn the use of oil as fuel In ADDITION On
70 the economy secured the nuisance Oh
smoke In the tunnel Is wiped out.
An official announcement was made Tues
day to the effect that Robert NJ. Oliphant
has announced that he would resign the
presidency of the Delaware Hudson
al
May r. Vice President and General Man
ager David Wilcox Is likely to succeed him.
s. w. Hayes, formerly engineer of mainte-
nance of way of the Bee-line division or
the Big Four. now connected with the
Company, at Geneva, n. Y, is spending
few days with friends In the city. MI:
Hayes now has charge of the electric road
IN the State or New York.
B. F. HILL Northern passenger agent OF
ChattanOORa & 3,
with headquarters at Chicago. Ill., was in
the city yesterday. He reports the pas
during the past winter largely in excess OF
any former year, travel to Southern points
having been unusually heavy.
The work of four tracking the Lake Shore
from Buffalo to Cleveland is being pushed
rapidly, and fifty-one miles of additional
double track will be ready for use in July.
The new tracks will be known as passing
sidings only at present. The new roadbed
will be Lake Shore standard, with eighty
pound rails resting on pine ties.
The Pennsylvania lines West announce
that all arrangements have been COM
pleted to put into service two tracks or
gheny Sunday. This marks an impor-
tant step toward the final completion OF
the improvements at Allegheny. The pres
ent tracks of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &
Chicago will be connected with the Allie
gheny structure.
The stockholders and debenture bondhold-
ers of the Wabash Railway Company at a
meeting in Toledo Tuesday authorized the
company to issue its coupon bonds in
sum not to exceed $l000O,O00 for the pur-
pose of acquiring additional and adequate
terminal facilities i'm Toledo. st, Louis, Chi
cago, Quincy, Kansas City, Detroit ana
other points. The issuance was favored by
about so per cent of the votes.
District Passenger Agent Algeo. of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and the
Monon and Division Freight Agent Stiles,
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton
moved into the New Claypool Hotel yester-
day. but are not yet completely settled
Additional furniture will be received and
when the fixtures are in place II VIII be
one of the most complete and handsomest
passenger and freight offices in the city.
The headquarters of the train dispatchers
of the Detroit Southern are to be changed
May 10. BY the changes officially an
nounced three divisions will constitute the
roads service-one at Napoleon, to which
the Lima men will move; one at Spring
changes are caused by the opening of the
Iron Railway branch in Jackson south to
Ironton. On the new schedule two passen-
ger trains will also be placed in service on
Sundays.
On Sunday next the Pere Marquette Rail-
road will widen the gauge of its Almont
branch from three feet to standard, which
will put its entire system under uniform
width and avoid the delay in transferring
freight consigned to the Almont branch,
which is beginning to do large business.
With the widening of the Almont branch
the company intends to merge that part OF
the road with the so-called Harbor Beach
division and run through trains between
Almont and Braddock. the junction point
with the line from Saginaw.
Traffic officials do not favor the proposed
change to the charging of 81 for the recon-
signment of a car after once placed on a
switch, especially grain, for which the
roads, when billing, 1t. permit a recon-
signment free of charge from one road
IN another The plan originated with the
Central Association of Railroad Officials.
The opinion prevails that the plan will
not be adopted; If it is, two days after a
car arrives will be allowed for reconsign-
out of the recent congestion of business at
this city.
Papers for the incorporation of the Great
Central Railroad Company have been for
warded to the secretary of state of Maine
from Pittsburg. The project is to build
from the head of navigation on the Coco
river, Nicaragua, to connect with the Ma
tional Railway of Managua. while main
line will be built through Honduras into
Salvador. The line will shorten the dis
tance from Pittsburg nine days. The capi-
tai stock is s1000O.O0O: The company. will
operate its own vessels from New Orleans
to Cape Gracios de Dios, Nicaragua, and
it's own railway and telegraph systems.
Fears are expressed that there will be a
rate war between the standard and differ
entail lines IT is caused by the rates for
G. A. R.. the Y. P. s. c. E. and the Ma
tional Education Association. The roads
disa greed to the G.. A r. business The
standard lines insisted that l cent a mile
leveled all roads and made them all take
the same rates, inasmuch a rate is au-
thorized by the short line mileage. The
differential roads claim, however, that they
ought to have a proportionate differential
on the business. The question will come up
at the next meeting OF the general passen-
ger agents in Chicago.