The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-10

returned from his first tour of inspection of
ing officials and heads Of departments. The
trip consumed three weeks, and extended to
the north coast.
The locomotive building and repairing
plant of the Locomotive and Machine Com
pany at Montreal is completed. The out
put will give employment to 100 men, and
the works will turn out four complete en-
gines per week. The entire property covers
an area of eighty-five acres.
Vice President r. F. Winchell. of the
Rock Island Frisco system. declares there
is no truth in the reported disagreement
between the interests he represents and the
Goulds relative TO the proposition to divide
traffic with the San Francisco using the
Gould tracks into New Orleans.
Harry ]. Rhein. general passenger agent
of the Lake Erie & Western: H. NJ. Bron-
son, assistant general passenger agent of
the Big Four, and X. Il. Algeo district pas
senger agent of the Cincinnati Hamilton
& Dayton and the Monon, are in Chicago
attending a meeting OF the Central Passen-
ger Association.
At the meeting of the Central of Georgia
Railway directorate at Savannah, on Mon
day, the resignation of President John NJ.
Egan was accepted, and Maj j. F. Hanson
was elected his successor The office of gen.
eral manager was also created, and Theo-
dore c. Cline, general superintendent of the
system, was elected to that position. The
position of general superintendent was abol-
| ished.
The new double-track steel bridge of the
Big Four across White river is completed
and is one of the most substantial struc-
lures on the system. 1t will be some little
time before the bridge will be utilized. as
there are fills to make and tracks to adjust
on both sides. When the Big Four begins
using this bridge for service Kingan & Co.
will the present structure. over which
their trains will cross White river.
1t is announced that by Jan. / the double
Chicago will be completed from Pitlsburg
to Chicago, and II is the intention of the
pennsylvania to operate the system en-
! ton of the work of nrenarinq for This svs-
| tenn of operating trains. which has proven
so successful on the Pennsylvania, will fall
| on the shoulders of w. Grafton, inspector
| of signal engineers of the Pennsylvania
| lines west.
| The railroads centering at st. Louis,
! pro1ting from the lessons learned during
other expositions of magnitude are deter
mined to rid st. Louis of ticket scalpers
| during the worlds fair or next year, and to
| that end have notified the city officials of
| st. Louis and the directors of the fair that
| they will not grant reduced passenger rates
next year unless the ticket brokers are COM
pletely wiped out at once. 1t is stated that
| the railroads of the entire country are
united in carrying out the programme of the
| st. Louis lines.
| III. G., Sleight, car superintendent of the
| Vandalia, was in the city yesterday. He
reports the business of the road heavy be-
yond precedent. The company has fully
| 5000 freight cars in service. This includes
! the coal car equipment and, were the cars
unloaded promptly, he says there would be
| little trouble about furnishing shippers
with all cars required. The company now
owns 167 locomotives and will receive four
teen additional before the end of the
month, which will make ii of the best
| equipped roads in the country regards
| locomotives per mile.
/ The Pennsylvania lines make the an
nouncement that on Jan. IL that road will
| commence running special car out OF
| Cleveland to Florida, via Washington. This
| car will leave Cleveland at 10 p. m. and ar
| day, via Harrisburg, Baltimore. Washing
| ton, Richmond, Charleston and other points
! on through to Jacksonville. For the past
| two years a special car has been run be-
| tween Cleveland and Florida points, via
| Cincinnati, and the Pennsylvania has never
| before tried the Washington route to any
| extent for a through arrangement. The
| announcement creates surprise, and the
outcome will be watched with interest.
1t is stated that there will be no immedi-
ate changes in the position OF the Wheeling
| q Lake Erie road as regards its being con-
solidated with the Wabash system ex-
| change of securities. When the Wheeling
| was bought by the Gould syndicate 1t was,
| of course, with view to using 1t I'm con-
| nection with the Wabash and the Pittsburg.
| Carnegie & Western. The Wabash and
| Wheeling & Lake Erie connect at Toledo.
and traffic arrangement has already been
| entered into between the two systems which
| could not be annulled even in case of change
Of control of either property 1t is not i'm
probable. however, that the ultimate deS-
| tiny of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Is to be-
| come an integral part of the Wabash.