The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-06

depot and extending the yards at that point,
the City Council having granted leave 10
occupy certain ground the company VIII re-
quire. The improvements will cost In the
neighborhood of $4,000.
Horace G. Young secretary. vice presi-
dent and general manager OF the Delaware
q Hudson Company, has rendered his res
lgnation OF the positions, to take effect July
l. His resignation director of the COM
pany was submitted some time ago. Pres
ident Wilcox says Mr.. Young has for some
time been DESTROYS of retiring.
The Lake Erie & Western will change
time on the main lime June Is. shortening
the running time OF several trains. As
soon as the Improvement now In progress
Is completed the time of trains on this dlvi-
sion Will also be shortened. The new book
of rules takes effect on the same date.
A. j. Throckmorton and Henry Stark
vania shops at Fort Wayne, will be retired
years. Mr.. Stark has had charge of the
same machine for thirty years. Mr.. Throck-
morton began work as a tool dresser in 1870
and has continued in that position eyel
since.
T. W. Dickinson, head of the Council City
s Sieif ron EINep Ra tU nds One hmm
dred and twenty thousand dollars worth
of railroad equipment will follow on the
steamships Eureka and Aztec Tor the con-
struction and operation CT railroad from
Solomon City to Council City, a distance OF
fifty miles.
Officials of the Pennsylvania lines west
deny that the company will abandon pro
Jected improvements in the way OF double
tracking its lines. None of the work Will
be stopped. There is urgent need of dou-
bic track on some divisions on account OF
the steadily increasing coal and ore trafhc,
and TO handle the output OF sewer pipe,
brick and iron industries located on its lines
West.
1t is stated that B. w. Newbold, division
ticket agent Of the West Jersey & Seashore
road will be made chief clerk to ]. r.
Wood, passenger traffic manager OF the
Pennsylvania, well as to ex-General PAS
senger Agent Boyd and Assistant General
Passenger Agent Pyle. r. T. De Long,
chief clerk to former Assistant General Pas
senger Agent Boyd, will be made division
ticket agent of the West Jersey.
Articles of incorporation were filed at LOU
isville yesterday by the Pennsylvania Term
inal Railroad Company. The capitalization
is fixed at S250,000. The purpose of the COM
pany is to operate a belt line connecting all
the roads entering Louisville, the franchise
Of the Falls City Bedtime having recently
been acquired by the Pennsylvania inter-
ests. About two miles OF new track Will
be built to connect the other terminals.
1t is stated that the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton Company will without doubt buy
the Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western at the
coming receivers sale. The company has
had control of the Tangent line for some
time, but the title was never clear. Now
that the court has ordered a sale the road
will be rebought and retained. When the
title is cleared many. improvements are
contemplated and an Improvement to the
passenger service will be effected.
1t is stated that Mr. Leeds president
of the Chicago, Rock Island q Pacific, VIII
retire on account of i'll health, but will re-
main on the executive board, and with
Daniel Reid, the Moore Bros. and one or
two others, continue to dictate the policies
of the road. There have been several
names suggested as his successor for pres
ident. Several years ago Mr.. Leeds's check
was not worth $500. but his friends say that
it is now good for many millions. and In
Mr.. Reid now own $4,000 900 Of stock Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Arrangements have been completed for
the removal OF the general offices of the
freight department of the Erie road from
Cleveland to Chicago. The change will take
place about June 10, and is said to presage
an active campaign for a larger share or
the Chicago east-bound traffic than has
heretofore fallen to the Erie. The officials
who will go TO Chicago from Cleveland are
S. p. Shane, freight traffic manager; c. L.
Thomas. general freight agent lines west
of Buffalo and Salamanca; H. P: Whit
telsy, assistant general freight agent. They
will take force of sixty clerks.
John S. Lazarus, traffic manager of the
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western, has
been making inquiry as to the quality of
the corn now to be shipped over the road
which is moving quite heavily at present
to Indianapolis and other markets, and
of high grade and will bring high prices
Samuel b. Sweet, general freight agent Of
the Lake Erie Western. has made SINH
lar inquiry and finds that about 20 per cent
of the present holdings are of high grade.
The remainder will be utilized in feeding
stocks of the farmers holding the corn.
Detectives of the Western Passenger AS
ISOLATION think they have nipped in the bud
q scheme to defraud the railroads on a
wholesale plan. About month ago ticket
sold by one of the Western lines at half
rates to the holder of one of the annual
permits of the Western Passenger Associa-
ton was picked up in brokers' office. The
result was that tickets issued at half rates
on clergymen's certificates to Michael Cur
ran, j. E. Walsh. Charles Curtin. B. Nc
Donald and p. Clure were shortly afterward
found in the office of the ticket broker and
| the association officials have demanded the
return of the certificate.
Following it's policy in the operation Of
| its station restaurants, the Pennsylvania
will take over the ownership and manage
ment at the various points on the lines west
of Pittsburg, and, as in the East, they will
| be under the control of the dining-car de-
| partment Charles Watts, general super
| intendent of the passenger transportation
of the Pennsylvania lines West, was in Chi
| cago yesterday in conference with E. w.
| Wesly, superintendent of the dining-car
department, concerning the changes. The
! first work will be along the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago. and will be done at AL
| lance Crestlne and Fort Wayne.