The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-12

ductors get an advance of 20 cents per 100
miles run. brakemen get 81 per 100 miles,
and all local freight conductors get 10 cents
advance per day and passenger conductors
70 per month advance.
1t is said the rate situation in passenger
business between Chicago and tne>>lWin
Cities is in the worst condition for years
The meetings which the lines nave Deeh
holding every two weeks have failed 10
secure harmony, IL is thought that the
railroad presidents may try to smooth mat
tiers out.
w X Allen. auditor of the Evansville &
Terre Haute Railroad will have two posi-
lions in the future, acting as purchasing
agent Of the line in the place OF A. l.. san
ger who resigned on Tuesday. William
Boyden VIII De his assistant. president
Jefferies denies the numerous rumors that
the road has been sold.
At a recent meeting of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company 1t was decided TO APP
point committee of five to appraise the
various coal properties of the company.
h. h. Thomas, the new president or the
company, is DESTROYS of operating the coal
department separate from that or the road
and keeping its accounts entirely separate
The Mail Department at Washington has
notified the railroads that 1t will begin
weighing mail within the next few weeks.
The special time is not mentioned, as TINS
always comes as a surprise. 1t is under
stood that the Lake Shore and the Penn
sylvania will make a fight for the contract,
as in years past, for the Chicago and st.
Louis mail.
After March | employees of the Phil
adelphia & Reading will act under a new
set of rules, which prohibit tobacco chew
ing or smoking in or about passenger sta
tons, or on passenger trains when on duty
Not only are the men prohibited from
drinking. but they are forbidden to fire.
quent places where liquor is sold while on
or of duty under pain of dismissal.
There were quite number of freight Off
Gals in the city yesterday, viz: T. Seeley,
representing the Kanawha Dispatch; J.
Wood, the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa; Claude
Hill. the Wisconsin Central; Charles
Thomas Sweet. the Illinois Central; j. t.
Vallery, the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy.
and j. II. Harper, the Colorado Midland
Not only is the twentieth century limited.
on the New York Central and Lake Shore,
made up of the finest equipment built re-
Gently by the Pullman shops, but the
slower trains are equipped with the aban-
doned equipment of the twentieth century
limited trains, which was, up TO the receipt
OF the last new cars the finest Pullman
equipment in the country.
II. Hogeland has been appointed chief
engineer or the Great Northern Railway,
vice John F. Stevens. resigned. Mr.. Ste
vens was also general manager, but no APP
pointment has yet been announced TO MI
that vacancy. Mr.. Stevens had charge of
the construction of the Great Northern
across the continent, but is best known Tor
his work on the famous Cascade tunnel.
The Pennsylvania lines west in January
consumed the largest tonnage OF coal In
! any one month in the history of the roads
! the grand total for what is known as the
| Northwestern system being $4,000 tons
| The southwestern system has a greater
! mileage and consumes a larger amount OF
| coal, $4,000 tons in round numbers. The
| average cost OF the coal used was 81 pei
! ton.
| D. G.. Edwards, passenger traffic man.
| ager Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
| ton; General Passenger Agent w. j.
| Lynch. of the Big Four; General Passenger
1 Agent o. p. McCarty, of the Baltimore &
Ohio southwestern. and Harry Rhein. gen.
eral passenger agent of the Lake Erie &
| Western. were in Chicago yesterday attend
| ing meeting OF the Central Passenger AS
| ISOLATION.
| AS a result Of the wreck on the New Jer.
sey Central Railroad recently, in which
more than score of persons were killed
an entire new set of rules to govern the
dispatching and operation of passenger AND
freight trains will become operative or
every respect and detail with the lates
| operating rules recommended as the bes
and safest standard by the American
Railway Association.
The recent decision of a San Francisco
court which fined ticket scalper $500 anC
| placed him In jail for two days is thought
by passenger men TO be serious blow a
the scalpers, and shows that the Western
| lines as well as the Eastern are in line OF
| this matter. Passenger men are the NOR,
pleased over the sentence since the amour
! involved on long-distance ticket is so larg,
| that ii is a serious matter for passenger
who have to ray the fare.
The income account of the Chicago &
| Northwestern, which was made public il
| Wall street on Tuesday, shows that Will
the gross earnings have increased about
| per cent. the expenses have increased al
amount which completely absorbs the in
crease in gross earnings. and the incom
account consequently shows decrease IL
net earnings. The figures for the twelv
months ending Dec. 81 show gross earning
of s4S. 1925, 757, against S45,9l6.020 in 1901; ne
earnings, Sl6171,042, against SIG, S9,96S IL
1901. The company disbursed in dividend
in 1902 a. S37, eos Its surplus for 1902 wa
sS70.932, against 81, 663. $50 in 1901.
The Chicago & Northwestern has takel
the initiative in movement TO require les
Sunday work Of it's men. Several years g
this line took off Sunday trains as far a
compatible with public necessity, but nov
proposes to try the experiment OF layin
of dead freight trains on Sundays. Tines
trains, which are sidetracked for every
thing else, are loaded with less importan
freight than other trains Other roads Wi
watch with interest the experiment. Som
| managers do not believe the plan praC
ticable. although the move is considered I
be in the right direction. The object of tn
change is to give employees, as far as pos
sible, day of rest on Sundays. Machiner
| also requires rest, and the theory in favo
of the test is that the increased ability an
| the longer use of the employees, motiv
power, equipment and rails resulting fror
the rest will compensate for the additions
| expense.