The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-28

west. is spending this week at the encamp-
ment of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
where he is serving as quartermaster gen.
eral. Frank Conner serves acting assist
ant passenger agent during his absence.
William Bronson. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Chesapeake & Ohio. has
been offered the position of auditor OF the
District of Columbia, but declined IL. pre-
ferring to remain with the c. & o.. Mr..
Bronson is son of II. NJ. Bronson, assistant
general passenger agent of the Big Four,
and Is an expert accountant
Kingdom Gould, eldest son of George j.
Gould, president of the Gould lines, has
passed with high rating the examination
for entrance TO the school OF mines OF
Columbia University. and will begin his
studies there next fall. He will be given a
thorough training as mechanical engineer
10 fit himself for responsible place in the
system controlled by his father.
At Cherry Run, w. Va, actual work has
begun on construction of the first division
Maryland Railroad. This division runs
from Cherry Run west TO Siding Hill. dis
lance OF TWENTY-FIVE miles The Degnon-
Mclean Contracting Company. which has
this contract, has started in with force
of about 300 men. This will be increased as
the work progresses.
T. NJ. Pierson. vice president of the order
of Railroad Telegraphers, has been sue
cessful In establishing new scale of wages
on the New York, Ontario & Western Rail-
road, effective July l. The advance is and
patchers who do not belong to the order.
Mr.. Pierson writes that the most pleasant
relations exist between the company and the
Order Of Railroad Telegraphers.
r. P. Algeo. district passenger agent of
the Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton and
the Monon, was in Chicago yesterday for a
conference with General Passenger Agent
Reed. Mr.. Algeo Is proud of the increase
in travel between indianapolis and Chicago
and the Northwest over the Monon route
the last twelve months. the gain being fully
q per cent. in excess of 1902. in which year
the business was IL per cent. in excess of
1901.
The Chicago Chronicle says this morning:
1T Is stated that preliminary arrangements
have been completed and there will soon be
formal announcement of an agreement by
which the Missouri Pacific and the Frisco
systems plan TO build a joint line down the
west side of the Mississippi from Memphis
to Baton Rouge. BY this arrangement the
two systems will save considerable parallel
track building and both will have access to
the territory covered by the lines and rights
by its connections
]. Kimball, president of the Norfolk &
Western Company, died Monday at his
home at Radnor, Pa, aged fifty-nine years.
He had been in i'll health since June IA,
suffering from liver complaint. Mr.. Kim
ball entered railway service in 1862 rod
man in the engineering department of
branch line of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
After occupying various railroad positions,
he was in 1883 elected president of the Nor
folk & Western Company. In 1896 the COM
pany went into the hands of receiver.
but at its later reorganization he was again
elected president.
A number of changes are announced TO
take effect on the Boston Maine on
Aug. /. F. Barr will be promoted to vice
president and general manager. and this
will result in a number of other changes.
G. E. Lee superintendent of the Worcester,
Nashua & Portland division, will become
ed by w. r. Mooney, of the Concord d.
vision, and w. f. Ray, of the Connecticut
& Passumpsic division. will become super
Henry Scanned will be promoted to assist
ant superintendent.
Wood Patton, who represents the passen-
ger department of the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton at Dayton, was In the city
yesterday to attend the funeral of George
A. Dickson, who was an intimate friend.
Mr.. Patton speaks of Dayton as being one
of the best points for passenger traffic on
the c.. III. & d. line, four divisions of the
road converging at that point, and he says
the present year he Is selling more tickets
and the road is doing more freight business
at Dayton than in any former year. as the
industries of that city are prosperous and
people have money to spend.
The Pennsylvania lines west have taken
the initiative in installing a new train
sition, and on Sunday next the new train,
which is TO run between Columbus and ST
Louis via Dayton, will be put on. At pres
ent there will be no connecting train from
Pittsburg, although that may be installed
later. The train will leave Columbus at
6:55 p. m. and will arrive at st. Louis at
Z a. m, making the run three hours quicker
than the regular train run at present The
train will be composed of coaches and two
Pullman sleepers, and will be hauled the
entire distance by the Atlantic type of
passenger engines.
F. d. Cassanave, who on June 1 retired
as superintendent of motive power of the
Baltimore & Ohio 10 take charge of the
proposed exhibit of the Pennsylvania at
the st. Louis exposition, has received
handsome testimonial from the employees
of the car department of the b. & o. The
testimonial is in the form of a large sheep
skin on which Is expressed the high ap-
probation of the men of the uniform
courtesies extended them by Mr.. Cassanave.
The testimonial is inclosed in a heavy gilt
frame and measures by feet. At the
top of the picture is pen-and-ink sketch
of Baltimore & Ohio engine drawing a
train of coaches, to the rear end of which
is attached the private car of Mr.. Cass-
anave.