The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-01

lOT eOsVOsoJO ~ O0AA0 10 IA AhtO Ill
The Wabash has closed a contract with
the Brooks works for twelve large locomo-
tives.
The annual meeting of the American AS
socia ton of General Baggage Agents will
be held at Lake Rosseau, Ontario, beginning
June IL.
Andrew Keiser. the newly appointed su-
perintendent of telegraph of the Pennsyl-
vania, will assume the duties of the posi-
ton to-day.
President Ramsey, of the Wabash. says
the company has made no plan for entrance
into Washirg ton. D.. c., and is not seeking
to- get into Shat city.
The Illinois Central passenger department
has issued a handsome brochure descriptive
of the daylight special which runs between
st. Louis and Chicago.
| The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is
building at its shops 1000 box cars of $4,000
pounds capacity. The cars will be 10 feet
long. s feet 6 inches wide, and s feet high.
Five hundred train, baggage and switch
men on the Wisconsin Central will receive
an advance in wages granted by the COM
pany or June 1. The advance ranges from
II to Is per cent.
F. II. Fogarty, general agent of the North
ern Pacific at Chicago. will to-day become
! general assistant freight agent, with head
| quarters at St. Paul. The position is a
newly created one.
Oliver Hamilton. formerly with the Pan
handle. has been appointed general yard
Il IIldSltI VI lit 1OitQO q Jill OcllIdl at
Toledo, succeeding E. F.. Bevan, transferred
TO the train service.
James Buckalew, assistant engineer of
the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania
has been appointed principal assistant en-
gineer of the Philadelphia, Baltimore &
| Washington Railroad.
The tr-anscontinental freight bureau will
| probably be transferred from San Francisco
to st. Paul. The matter will be decided at
the meeting of the ranscontinental lines
in Milwaukee tomorrow.
The Pennsylvania lines west paid out
in April to members of the relief fund
for all divisions s4S. 4S3.O5. During that pc
riod 1.S42 members, or in case of death their
legitimate heirs. drew benefits.
A deal is on by which the Pere Marquette
will secure a lumber road In Michigan now
held under lease. 1t runs southeast from
\ Rapid City through heavy timber land to
the upper edge of Missaukee county.
The Monon earned. in the third week of
May, 500, S11, an increase over the corre-
spending week. last year Of $500. Since
July / the earnings have increased over the
corresponding period last year S442, 322.
The Brooks works of the American Loco
motive Company is boasting of having,
during April, completed nfty-two engines
with 1000 fewer men than IL took the
gines.
The wage situation at the freight houses
at FIT Wayne has taken a more pacific as
is stated, will be avoided. AS far as can
be learned no trouble is looked for at In
dianapolis.
C. L. Spray. travelling passenger agent
for the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation
Company, while in the city made the state
ment that the passenger department had
contracted for two new lake steamers cost
ing $4,000 each.
A bulletin announces the appointment OF
bash lines, Vice A. M. Harrison. deceased.
Heretofore Mr.. Reed has been paymaster
of the western division. He now has
charge OF the entire system
H. E. Huntington, the multi-millionaire,
is building a %palatial private car which
will be exhibited at the worlds fair, St.
Louis. The type will be a sleeper and will
be adapted to use on both steam and cleo
trio roads. The car will cost over $4,000.
The railroad branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association at Parsons, Kan, on
Thursday dedicated with appropriate cere-
monies its beautiful building costing sl5,-
600. 1t is conveniently located just oppo-
site the Missouri, Kansas & Texas station
In that city.
Pennsylvania officials are considering the
matter of building a six-track system on
of Pittsburg. the six tracks to extend thirty
miles out. Such a system is considered
necessary to the constantly
increasing traffic.
NJ. Jungling has been appointed master
mechanic of the Triton. Thomasville & Gulf
road, with headquarters at Kinwood. Ga.
Mr.. juggling was an Evansville boy, and
for a time in the shops of the Evansville &
Terre Haute, later going to the Louisville
a. Nashville.
]. d. Welsh, the new superintendent of
the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway,
entered railroad service in 1856 as an oper-
ator on the Wabash. In 1891 he was made
train dispatcher. and in 1902 was appointed
superintendent of car service for the Den
Yer & Rio Grande.
The Panhandle company is pushing work
on it's new bridges over the Big Walnut
and Allen creeks. They are experiencing
considerable trouble in securing a solid
foundation for the Allen creek bridge. The
arches for the Big Walnut bridge are now
up, and the workmen are engaged in put
ting up the sides.
The Philadelphia & Reading will to-day
begin strictly enforcing it's rules against
employees drinking intoxicating liquors. A
number of men who have offended in this
respect have been dismissed during the
last thirty days, and it is stated that here
after the fact that an employe is seen to
enter a saloon Will be regarded as Suffi-
cient evidence of violating the rule.
The AXE Erie & Western, in connection
with the Lake Shore, yesterday made a rec
ord-breaking run with the Weber q Fields
opera troupe. The run was so satisfactory
that 1t has caused a revival Of the report
that the two roads will, when improve
ments now In progress on the l.. r.. q w.
are completed. establish regular through
service between Indianapolis and Chicago.
W.. H. Stillwell, who has just succeeded
Mr.. Lawton as superintendent of the Illi-
nois Central at Fulton, KY, entered rail-
road service as a telegraph operator in
1915 on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
In 1886 he went to the Chicago. Rock Island
q Pacific, where he was train dispatcher,
trainmaster. superintendent, and finally
general superintendent of the lines west Of
the Missouri river.
w. J. Murphy, vice president of the Gin
cinnati. New Orleans & Texas Pacific, has
just completed his forty-frst year in railroad
service. He began his railroad service as
telegraph messenger on the Erie Railway.
Orleans q Texas Pacific as superintendent.
In 1899 he was appointed general manager.
retaining that position until his next pro-
motion. to vice president.
George c. Clarke, for the last three years
in charge of difficult constructive work on
the P~ittsburg division of the Pennsylvania,
was on Saturday notified of his promotion
to principal assistant engineer in the con-
%struction of the Pennsylvania tunnel in
New York. Mr.. Clark will leave for his
new service to-day, and will be succeeded on
the Pittsburg division by N. +. Brown. He
expects TO spend five years in completing
the tunnel work.
The Chicago & Alton is so gee geographically
located that all lines from the East can
turn over business to it at Chicago, Bloom
| rect connections for Kansas City, Denver
and the coast. The G. A. R. has arranged
two special trains from indianapolis, one
via the Big Four and one over the VAN
dalia. Other lines running to st. Louis
viii also arrange through cars, and all will
go westward via the c. & A. In all, the
latter expects sixteen or seventeen sleep