The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-09

The Lake Erie & Western yesterday be-
gan the laying of forty-five miles of new
steel rails, weighing seventy-five pounds to
the yard.
eran Employees Association of the middle
division of the Pennsylvania will be held on
Thursday. Sept. IL, in Altoona.
The Pennsylvania has placed a contract
for LOCO box cars. 900 gondelas and 100 steel
flats with a pressed steel car company, to
be delivered within sixty days.
Nj. ID. Woodford, president of the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and its af-
hIated lines, is still In Michigan, and is
said to be improving rapidly in health.
The Nickel-plate has ordered from the
Baldwin locomotive works ten new en-
gines with all modern improvements, seven
for freight service and three for passenger
service.
George Graves. superintendent of the c..
III. & DIS western division. was called to
Cincinnati, yesterday, to meet a grievance
committee, with other officials of the c., II.
& d.
John S. Lazarus. traffic manager of the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western, and
M r. Maxwell, assistant general superin-
tendent of the Lake Erie & Western, are
in Chicago attending meeting of the Gen.
trail Freight Association.
The Lake Erie & Western has completed
the tearing down of portion of it's round
house at this point to make room for the
addition to it's offices, and a large force
OF men began WOrk yesterday putting the
foundation for the new building.
The eleventh annual convention of the
international Association of Railway Ticket
Agents will begin Friday at Salt Lake City.
Owing to the greatly increased passenger
traffic of this year there will be no special
trains provided for ticket agents.
ID. ]. Durrell, assistant engineer of mo-
tive power of the Panhandle is devoting
this week to an inspection trip over the
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interests ma
ager of the Pennsylvania lines West.
The Central Passenger Association will
meet to-day in Chicago. Warren J. Lynch,
| general passenger agent of the Big Four;
| o.. p. McCarty. of the Ohio & Mississippi,
| and Harry Rhein, of the Lake Erie &
Western, are in Chicago to attend the meet
| Ing.
Harry E. Drew is now president of the
| Chicago. Indiana & Eastern, with head
| quarters at Matthews, and G.. a. Knight.
! vice president, with headquarters at Chi
cago. This road is steadily improving in
| earning, and when contemplated extensions
/ are completed will be valuable line.
| The Sante Fe Company announces a wage
increase OF cents an hour for boiler max
ers. machinists and blacksmiths at all the
shops on the system proper between Chi
| cago and Albuquerque. This means an in
| creased expenditure by the COMPANY of
100000 yearly, of which $4,000 will be paid
| out in Topeka.
The Indiana Car Service Association held
its regular monthly meeting yesterday. and
General Manager Mummert was compli-
| mented on the reforms he had brought about
/ as to detention of cars, etc, shippers as
well roads. being benefited by the strict
| manner in which he is enforcing the rules
| of the association.
| The Grand Trunk and the Glover Leaf
| roads Tuesday opened for traffic the De
| trot & Toledo shore line, which they jointly
| control. For the present only freight viii
| be handled over this line but il is expected
| that in the spring the Glover Leaf will
| begin running passenger trains from Detroi
| TO st. Louis via Toledo over the shore line
John T. Dye. general solicitor of tn,
| Big Four, and j. O. Van Wrinkle, genera
superintendent OF the same road, wer,
called to Tower Hill. ILL.,. yesterday, OF
| legal business. The authorities of tina
| town have sued the company for runnin,
its trains through the town at a highe
| speed than four miles an hour and thes.
| officials hope TO adjust the differences with
out trouble.
II is stated that the Pennsylvania has Sc
cured options on thirty acres OF ground ad
| jacent to the sanitary plant at Mansfield o.
the intention being TO build additional sid
ing in the company's east end yards. Three