The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-29

vandaHa. has rendered his resignation.
and on Jan l will go TO the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific as assistant general man
ager under Harry Miller, general man
ager.
The following passenger representatives
arrised in the city last night; \; n
Breez, general agent, and Allen Gould,
travelling passenger agent of the Chicago
& Northwestern, Fred Burnett, Of the
Santa Fe.
The funeral services of F. N. McClelland.
late conductor on the St. Louis division OF
the Big Four were held at the family res
idence, Is Cornell avenue yesterday, under
the auspices of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors, who attended in a body.
A secret committee appointed by the
Chicago-St Paul lines has recommended
that the railroads cease all theatrical pro
gramme advertising which is TO be paid for
in transportation, advertising through the
press producing much better results than
the other method.
p S. Eustis, passenger traffic manager of
the Chicago, burlington x Quincy, has so
much improved in health that he will be at
work by Jan. !. At last reports he was
at Colorado Springs on his way home with
his family on a private car. Since he was
first taken i'll bulletins telling his condition
have been sent out frequently.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe, says
the proceeds of the 100000 bond issue re-
Gently voted are To be used to construct
cutoff from Helen, II. NJ, into Texas to
construct the BRADSHAW Mountain halfway
from Prescott, A T, into the mining dis
trict, to construct extensions ia Arizona
and to doubletrack several sections OF the
Santa F'e.
H A. Boomer, assistant general superin-
| tendent of the Lake Erie az Western, met
a number of citizens of Lafayette yester-
day in consultation regarding building
| spur track fifteen miles in length from Bos-
| WELL on the main line, south to coal
mines where excellent quality of coal is
| found. The enterprise will, it is thought,
be carried out, and result in furnishing
Lafayette with cheap coal.
The Cleveland Leader says this morning:
| ''The appointment of j. Nj. Graham, now
| chief engineer of the Baltimore * Ohio, 10
| a similar position with the Erie Will mean
| the beginning of the fOur-tracking OF that
| road as far as Hornellsville, three track
| ing il to Salamanca, and mountaineering
| it the remainder Of the road, except posi-
| bly, the Cincinnati division. The line is to
| be reduced to maximum grade of $40 of
| l per cent. Mr.. Grahams appointment Will
| be effective Jan. l.
The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg is be-
| ing practically reconstructed. New heavy
steel bridges are being erected, a large por-
| ton of the line is being double tracked, and
| its terminals at Buffalo are enlarged. The
| company has been signally successful dur
| its common stock, and reported a surplus
| equal to ~ per cent additional. 1t also
| charged off for special appropriation 81, 04S,
| 723. From July to Oct. 81 its net earnings
| increased $751; III.
| Passenger officials are satisfied with the
| action of the Central Passenger Association
| in charging the scope of holiday rates. The
| volume of business on Thursday and Fri
| day with all lines exceeded that of any
| other corresponding period In the history
| of passenger associations and the only
manner of accounting for the great In,
| crease is the removal of the 150-mile radius
within which the holiday tickets could be
| sold and the rule making them good in all
| c. Z. A territory.
Since 1888 the Lake Shore has not cap
| italized any improvement or construction
| work or any new equipment, all such eX-
penses being met from current earnings.
| The recent issues of bonds have been used
| wholly for the purchase of securities of
| other companies, which are to be held fer
investment and to bring the railroads in
| Trunk-line territory into harmony. While
| some of these investments at present are
not self-suppOrting there is no question
that ultimately they will show profit to
| the Lake Shore.
| ager of the Erie, who will Jan. l go
| from the general Superintendency at Cleve-
| land TO New York city to succeed Mr.. Will
| lard, began his railroad career on the Cen
| trail Railroad of New Jersey as a telegraph
| operator. From this road he went to the
Chicago & Northwestern as train dis
| patcher, where he was promoted several
times, until he reached the position of SUI
perintendent. Later he was general SUI
perintendent of the Baltimore & Ohio lines
| west of the Ohio river, and still later gen.
eral superintendent of transportation of
the entire system. From this position he
resigned TO become general superintendent
OF the Erie lines west of Salamanca.
Echoes of the famous A. r. u. strike OF
1894 when Debs was the leader, are re-
called by the announcement that the
Northern Pacific has agreed to forget that
occurrence. AT that time many of the
engineers in the West went out on strike
in sympathy with the Pullman employees
After the trouble was over the Northern
Pacific made a rule that the engineers
| should nd
according to the time they reported back
10 work. Their previous service went fol-
nothing. The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers has been working for years &c
have the rule abrogated and il is now an
nounced that, beginning Jan. /, the en-
gineers will be ranked for seniority as they
were before the strike.
The statement of the earnings of the
| Lake Shore road. published a few days ago
is misleading. The report shows a decrease
In the surplus account for the year of 81
$40 S55; instead of a decrease there should
have been an increase of about 81, 1000
had it not been for the expenditure oil
about A,5OO,OOO for permanent improvements
which came out of the surplus fund The
most important of these improvements was
the construction Of costly transfer yards al
Collinwood, near Cleveland, and at Elkhart
Ind, the new La Salle-street station al
( Chicago, in which the Lake Shore has
half interest. the double tracking of th'
| line from Ashta bula to Youngstown, and the
construction of sixty miles of third tract
between Cleveland and Buffalo.
| President Mellen, of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford, is rearranging the as
| signment of duties to subordinate officials
The first vice president will have genera
supervision of the traffic department Of IN,
entire system, the second vice president will
| have charge of the construction and cleo
| trical departments not including operation
the maintenance of way and structures, in
Guiding all buildings and signals. but no
| including the operation of signals. In ad
dtion he will represent the company OF
Massachusetts and Rhode Island in all mat
| ters in the absence of the president. The
third vice president will have genera
| charge of the accounting, Treasury, pa!
and purchasing departments, the operation
Of which are subject to his approval. HI
will prepare and issue for the information
of officials all statistics of the company
| business.
Telephone Deal Arranged.