The Indianapolis journal., 1903-01-16


passengers were charged the legal tariff to
New York the steamship agents were paid
rebates of 81 the passenger. The rebates
are said to have been the concessions
granted the steamship agencies for routing
the business over the roads involved. The
movement from the Northwest through
Minneapolis and ST. Paul alone amounted
to fully five thousand persons. making the
total commissions or rebates paid at least
$4,000
Personal, Local and General Notes.
j. F. Burns has been appointed agent of
the Pennsylvania at Shelbyville, vice L. r.
Lyon.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific has
granted an increase of 10 per cent to 900
engineers.
S. Z. Thomas, commercial agent of the
Big Four at Indianapolis, yesterday went
to French Lick springs.
II. NJ Bronson, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Big Four, and general
passenger agent of the Peoria & Eastern,
is in Chicago.
The Goulds are said to have selected Maui
NEE. o.. for the new car shops for the Wa
bash, the Ann Arbor and the Wheeling q
Lake Erie road.
F. w. Egan, general superintendent of
the Denver * Rio Grande, has resigned
from that position TO become general super
intendent of the Colorado & Southern.
Joseph G.. Biggs has been promoted from
travelling passenger agent to the position
of district passenger agent of the Illinois
Central. with headquarters at Cincinnati.
The Wabash has issued a neat folder
showing to good advantage its tourist car
line service, connection being made from
coast to coast by this company's system
John A Taylor, representing the passen-
ger department of the Atlantic coast line,
was in the city yesterday. He states that
hereafter that road will look more closely
after business in Indianapolis territory.
During the year 1902 one hundred and
forty railroad officials of high and low de-
gree died The oldest was retired road
master who reached the age of ninety-one
while the youngest a passenger agent
In his swenty-second year.
General Eastern passenger agents have
presented costly loving cup of silver, gold
and bronze to their late associate, w. w.
Lord, of the Pennsylvania. who was trans
ferred from New York to a responsible po-
sition with the company in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
Tuesday ratified the proposed lease of the
Western New York & Pennsylvania Rail-
road for twenty years from Aug. i, 1S3
to termination at any time from sixty days
notice.
The executive board of the st. Joseph e.
Grand Island has elected w. T. Van Brunt
president. to succeed William Bull. of New
York. Mr.. Van Brunt is a Hartman man.
The business and professional men of st.
Joseph rendered him reception which was
the most pretentious affair held in many
years
The Wabash earned in the first week of
January S36O,30S. an increase over the cor
responding week last year of s11, ,2SS. The
Evansville & Terre Haute road earned in
the first week of January $27, POS. in
crease of So. $50. The Evansville & Indian
apols earned in the first week Sc, ,226, an in
crease of $685.
A graceful compliment paid to Gen.
eral Passenger and Ticket Agent James
Barker. of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
On his birthday, last week, his portrait was
sent to him at San Antonio. where he is re-
cruiting his health. The picture is sur
along the Katy route" presented by OFF,
cials of lie passenger department
Arrangements are being made by the Big
Four, the Lake Shore and the Lehigh VAL
ley to give a fast winter run between
Wilkesbarre. Pa, and Indianapolis via
Cleveland, the occasion being that of a
special train of United Mine Workers who
will come TO indianapolis, starting Jan. Il.
They have asked for a fast run, notwth-
standing weather conditions, and the roads
propose to grant IT.
So far as could be learned from local
officials of the Big Four there is no ground
for the report that NJ. e. ingalls,. president
of that company, will go to New York to
take the position of president of all the
with Mr.. ingalls, said: THE Big Four is
all the railroad that he cares to be presi-
dent of; there is work enough in that, he
having in twenty years made great and
roads.
The Omaha & ST. Paul will have no i'll
hammered station agents on its Iire former
qualifications will not count unless the
agent is of social tendency. Lessons will
be sent out in the form of The Monitor, is
sued by General Passenger Agent T. w.
Teasdale. these lessons to be followed by
examination. The Monitor contains one
hundred questions and answers bearing on
the department of a station agent toward
patrons of the road and how to attract bus
mess.
Conductors of the New York Central.
especially through trains between New
York and Buffalo. receive s135 per month,
and make the round trip every seventy
two hours. The whole time from beginning
to end of the is twenty-seven hours
and thirty minutes, and from the time of
| finishing one run to the beginning of an
| other the conductor has thirty-four hours
and forty minutes that he may call his
| own. In addition to the lay-over after each
trip he gets one round trip. seventy-two
hours off, each month
The San Francisco Examiner says: 1.-The
Wells-Fargo Express Company has ordered
| its agents to give the preference to the
Pacific Express over all other express COM
panies in the. routing of through business.
| The Pacific Express has issued similar in
/ structions to all of its agents This is in
pursuance of a plan recently decided upon
by T.. III. Hartman, of New York. The
! Southern Pacific is a large holder of Wells
| Fargo stock. and Mr. Hartman is di-
| rector in the latter and chairman of its
executive committee. The Union Pacific,
| Mr.. Hartman and George Gould own the
/ Pacific Express.
Negotiations are pending which will re-
| suit in all probability, in the acquisition OF
| a controlling interest in the Erie Railroad
| by the Rock Island interests. says the New
York Times. Confirmation of this statement
has been obtained from a reliable banking
| authority from whom ii was also learned
that the firm of ]. p. Morgan & Co. has
/ no objections to the acquisition of the Erie
! by the Rock Island. provided the price paid
| is high enough TO be an incentive for such
| a transaction. From this same authority
/ comes the statement that the Rock Island
/ people are anxious to secure an Eastern
| outlet, and that IL is merely a question OF
| terms under which the deal is 10 be CON
| cluded. Whether the Atchison, Topeka &
| Santa Fe is to be included in this com
| bination is at least doubtful. it is said de-
| spite the fact that such combination would
| mean an ocean-to-ocean line under one con-
| troll and that combination with the Atchi
| son has been thought of by the Rock Island
| interests. When the foregoing was read by