The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-10

engines or engines or the ten-wneel type.
Thomas NJ Ray. baggagemaster on the
Rig Four, has just completed his thirty
second year OF service with that company.
Freight traffic officials of the Southeast
ern and Southern Freight Association will
hold joint conference to-day in Atlanta
Central Passenger Association lines an
nounce rate of / 1-s fare for the Easter
holidays which is a new departure for
these roads.
Ten years ago Frank E. Ward, recently
appointed general manager of the Great
Northern, was stenographer in the office
of President Hill.
The New York Central has received and
put in service new observation cars on the
Twentieth Century Limited, between New
York and Chicago
NJ. E. Gaul. city passenger agent of the
Lake Shore in Cleveland. on Saturday
completed twenty-five years of continuous
service on the road.
d. c. Moon. assistant general superin
tendent of the Lake Erie & Western. left
yesterday for Sandusky and Cleveland TO
be absent two or three days.
Engineers of the Chicago Great Western
will try to find another and better route
for the Sioux City extension than either
the three lines so far surveyed.
The new station of the Lake Erie &
Western at Upton was opened for business
yesterday. II is one of the most complete
stations on the L. E. & w. lines.
r. p. Algeo district passenger agent of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and the
Monon, is in Cincinnati in conference with
d. G.. Edwards, passenger traffic manager,
regarding the companys new ticket office.
Col. Samuel Moody, assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
west, who. with his family, has been travel
ing in a Pullman private car through the
Southern States, has returned
Engineers of the Santa Fe believe they
have solved the problem of purifying water
used by the roads locomotives. and fifty
plants for furnishing the supply are to
be built. ten of them at once.
Circulars announce the following appoint
ments on the Monon: NJ. Hunter. general
agent at Chicago; j. A. Hart and L. j.
Lentzer travelling freight agents. and r. B.
Robinson, soliciting freight agent.
1t is rumored that H. C. Storrs. assistant
general superintendent. will be made gen
eral superintendent, and that. w. III. Mar
shall, at present general superintendent.
will be appointed general manager of the
Lake Shore.
1t is understood that with the compile
ton of the new passenger station of the
Lake Shore at Chicago W. G. Brown, vice
president and general manager of the Lake
Shore, will transfer his headquarters from
New York TO Chicago.
1t is stated that H. w. Kapp will be ap-
pointed superintendent of the terminal di-
vision of the Northern Central at Balti-
more, and c. A. Preston. superintendent
of the Eastern division. will be transferred
to the Baltimore division.
1t is stated officially that the conferences
which are being held between representa-
tives of employees and the Erie managers
do not indicate any trouble, the employees
| having in effect schedules which permit
| of readjustment by conference from time
| to time.
The old Portage Railroad, pioneer rail-
way line of America, abandoned half a
century ago, has been reconstructed by the
| Pennsylvania and will be reopened to trave
about May 1. This railroad traverses the
widest and most picturesque portion OF the
| Allegheny mountains.
F. d. Cassmare. superintendent of motive
| power of the B. G. o., has been appointed
/ reporter for the International Railway
| Congress. which will meet in Washington
in May, 1905. 1t will be the first time this
country has been honored by the presence
of this congress. 1t is by all odds the
most distinguished body of railroad mer
In the world, and its deliberations have
| been such as to attract American official:
to Europe to attend its sessions.
The death of L. E. Skinner. agent of tn,
| Panhandle al Xenia, o., occurred on Satur
| day. Mr.. Skinner was at one time genera
superintendent of the Little Miami divi
sion; where he suffered stroke of par
| alysis; later he was ppointed agent a
Xenia, which position he held at the tim
| of his death.
The Wabash claims to haul the longes
| passenger train running regularly into 81
Louis. Train 3 is made up of five Pull
|
gage and smoker. one express car. on
baggage car, and two mail cars, thirteel
in all. The trains are hauled by the bi
| Atlantic type engines.
James Wood. who with the exception o
| Charles II. Hogan, now master mechanic
| was the most famous of the New Yorl
Central engineers, died last week. 1t wa
his engine that in 1876 broke the record o
two hours and forty-five minutes wit
two stops and showdown
George Could who was reported in South
ern dispatches as speeding north on spe
cial train. is in New York. Mr.. Gould spen
Sunday at his home near Lakewood. an
has not been any distance from New Yor
recently. 1t is probable the special trail
| alluded to was chartered by some Othe
member of the Gould family.
There will be meeting in Chicago to
day of the Central Freight Association
Colonel Gray, representing the Pennsyl
vania, j.. Heavy, the Big Four, For
Lazarus. the Cincinnati, Indianapolis
Western. and NJ. r. Maxwell. the LAX
Erie G. Western, left last night to atten
the meeting.
j. Pierpont Morgan. accompanied by
party of friends, arrived at Brunswick, Ga
Monday, in his special car and left TO
Jeykyl island to spend several days. Pres
dent Samuel Spencer. of the Southern Rail
way. President John Shelton Williams, G
the Seaboard Airline, and President r.
Erwin. of the Atlantic Coast Line. are a
present on the island.
The Rocky Mountain Hotel Associatio
last week gave banquet to General Pas
senger Agent Hooper. of the Denver & Ri
Grande, in commemoration of the nine
teenth anniversary of his entry into tn
service of the road in his present capacity
and presented him with costly gol
watch. Major Hooper was at one tim
general passenger agent of the Monon.
Officials of the Pennsylvania and tn
Philadelphia & Reading have made prepara
tons to entertain the officers of the Lor
don & Northwestern Railroad of Englan
and of the Caledonia Railroad of Scotland
who arrived in New York on Thursda
last. They come TO this country to max
a special study of the traffic and operatin
departments of the great railways. TIL
Englishmen will spend a week in Ne
York and Boston and then come to Phi
adelphia.