The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-12
of ST. Louis, each of whom is subpoenaed
to appear and answer


TO appear and answer.
Under the alliance between the Vanderbilt
lines and the Pere Marquette the Michigan
Central has leased the St Clair division
mage OF the Pere Marquette goes from Lud-
lngton east on almost an airline TO Port
Huron after crossing the river; it now has
10 go down to Blenheim Junction, sixty-six
miles. and back TO st. Thomas, fifty-three
miles, making right angle. By the new
route the Pere Marquette will move its ton
mage 10 COPYRIGHT from Sarnia and thence
on an almost air line to ST. Thomas and to
Buffalo. making saving of sixty miles.
w. c. Cole. agent at Laporte, Ind, OF the
Pere Marquette. has been promoted to the
important position, He is succeeded at La
porte by w. L. Evans for the past ten
years agent at Howell. Mich; Mr.. Evans Is
relief agent. j G.. Lawton, Of the same
road. has resigned to accept service else
where, and c. J.. Gallagher succeeds him
as tralnmaster OF the Petoskey division.
ID. r.. McVean has been appointed train
master of the Big Rapids & Muskegon d.
vision, with offices at Grand Rapids, Mich.
As intimated in the headlines of an item
morning. there is no foundation for the re-
port that the Erie would on Jan. l change
its plan of entering Cincinnati over the c.,
II. & D: from Dayton utilizing the Big
Four The lease between the c., II. az ID.
and the Erie. under which the former ham
dies its trains between Dayton and Cincin-
natl, instead of expiring on Jan. % next,
does not expire until 1915, so that II any
negotiations were pending there would be
plenty of time to consummate them before
the present lease expires. but it is stated
that the Erie is well satisfied with it's pres
ent line into Cincinnati.
Arthur e. Stillwell, president of the Kan
sas City. Mexico 81 Orient Railway, re-
turned TO Kansas City yesterday from the
City or Mexico. In an interview he said
he had interested two hundred prominent
men in Europe in the railroad and secured
$5.O00OO from the Holland stockholders in
addition TO the amounts previously sub
scrfbed by the capitalists of that country.
He said: THE stockholders include some of
the best known financiers in England.
OF the Holland stockholders already in the
enterprise. The completion OF the Orient
system is now fully assured and we expect
TO be in complete operation from Kansas
City TO Port Stillwell, on the Pacific coast,
within two years"
The Illinois Central has, since Jan. 1, 1903.
ordered ia new locomotives, of which
ninety-nine have been received and are in
service; seventy are consolidated freight en-
gines weighing $4,000 pounds each: four con-
soidated freight engines Weighing 10000
engines weighing 17S,OO0 each; five switch
Ing engines weighing 1880 pounds each,
and ten consolidated freight engines weigh
under contract TO be filled by April ! ten
Atlantic type passenger engines. forty-five
consolidated freight engines, ten switching
chSiheo WeisHhS lo,9U pouiiuS edCii, anu
ten switching engines weighing 13S,UO
pounds each. The aggregate cost of these
locomotives will be 100000.
The division freight agents of the territory
east of the Mississippi river who have been
in session in Buffalo for the last two days to
establish Buffalo basis of rates on steel
rails, have practically completed their work.
Another meeting may be necessary at
later date to settle a few minor details.
Since Buffalo has become a center of
steel rail production territory it became nee
essary to change the Buffalo rates so that
they would be based on the natural territor-
ial advantages. as has been done for other
centers of steel rail producing territory.
This change involved adjustment Of rates
and this adjustment has been made by
committees from the following centers of
steel rail producing territory: Pttsburg,
Youngstown, Lorain. Johnstown Steelton,
Chicago, Joliet and Buffalo.