The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-22

The directors of the Pennsylvania will
| meet on May q in Philadelphia, at which
time the rumored changes to go into effect
on June will be announced.
1t is definitely settled that II. H. King
ston, traffic manager OF the Lehfgh Valley
road, will retire on July l, much to the re-
greet of President E. B. Thomas.
The New York, New Haven & Hartford
has consolidated the eastern and western
districts and the general managers office
will be removed from Boston to New
Haven.
The Lake Erie & Western has put several
gravel trains to work between Fort Wayne
and New Castle, Ind, and the New Castle
Rushville line will be ballasted and heavier
steel put down.
The Terre Haute car works are now
building 5000 box cars for the st. Louis &
San Francisco and the Chicago & Eastern
ali over the system.
The American Association Of Local
Freight Agents will hold its annual con-
enon o ne16 n LOCAL freah AGENTS
accompanied by their wives, are arranging
to attend.
Charles Mordaugh. representing the pas
senger department of the Chicago, Milwau-
taken up the colonization of South Dakota
and Is spending a good ceal of money in
the enterprise.
The roads are already making arrange
ments for specially conducted tours to the
Christian Endeavor convention, to be held
at Denver, July to b. 1t is expected this
will be the largest meeting of this charac-
ter ever known.
The Monon has put on a regular Sunday
train out Of Michigan City. which enables
citizens of that place to take advantage of
the half rates which prevail on that sys-
tenn to distances where the trip can be
made both ways in one day.
There is said to be some doubt as to
whether the Texas Railroad Commission
will authorize the purchase of the Houston
& Texas Central and the Dallas-Sabine
lines of the Southern Pacific by the Chi
cago, Rock Island a. Pacific.
E. S. Baldwin. engineer of construction
of the Illinois Central, has been spending
some time in Birmingham. Ala, and an i'm
preston prevails that the Illinois Central
is preparing to build to that city, and that
he is looking up the terminal question.
Scion Z. Lee son of Charles Lee of this
city, has recovered from his recent illness
and resumed work in the general Offices of
the road at Los Angeles The elder Mr..
Lee contemplates moving to Los Angeles
this fall and spending the remainder of his
days with his son.
The election of b. F. Yoakum as presi-
dent of the Chicago, Rock Island g. Pa
sonal endeavor. He began railroad service
as a freight brakeman, and now becomes
the executive head of one of the largest
railway systems in the world.
Peter j. Ready mas Deen promoted 10 the
position of superintendent of the Newcastle
division of the Baltimore & Ohio. The his
| tory of railroading affords few instances of
such rapid advance as the rise Of Mr..
Ready. Less than a year ago he was a
train dispatcher at Fort Wayne.
Charles Merrill. Western passenger agent
of the New York Central. was In the city
yesterday. He states that the passenger
earnings of the Central, and. In fact, Of all
the Vanderbilt lines. are large beyond the
most sanguine expectations. and he sees
no reason for decrease in the traffic.
A large party of Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific officials. including. William b.
Leeds. president, d. G. Reid. chairman of
| the board, and twelve other officials, are
out on a lengthy inspection of the Rock
Island lines. They travel on special train
of three cars, which is being sent over the
system in record time.
Two of the leading ticket scalpers In
New Orleans. David Pike and j. T. Smith.
have been sentenced to imprisonment by
Judge Boorman for violating the injunction
issued to restrain them from dealing i'm re-
union tickets Smith was fined 800 and
ten days imprisonment and Pike 81 and
ten days imprisonment.
c. A. Crane. travelling engineer for the
Santa Fe, has rendered his resignation and
taken the managership of the Brush Lubri-
eating Company. which handles special APP
planes for railroad journals. Mr. Crane
was formerly a resident of this city, and is
brother of the several Cost brothers
| in railroad service here.
W. A. Miller. passenger agent of the Big
Four, at present located at Jackson. Mich,
has been appointed 10 succeed Mr.. r. G.
Kennedy. recently promoted. Mr.. Miller
was a protege of Assistant General Pas
senger Agent Hilleray when the latter was
| located at Columbus, and he now returns
to Cairo, H.. point under Mr.. Hillerays
Jurisdiction.
One Of the evidences that there is an cas-
ing UP in the car situation is the fact that
the important roads no longer enforce the
rule that cars shall not go off of their own
line or, in other words. the interchange
OF cars is becoming quite common. One of
| the drawbacks during the recent congested
business was that the roads would not al
| low cars to go from one line to another
The Lehigh Valley will spend $3OO0OO0 on
its shops at Sayre, Pa. and when COM
pleted II will be the largest plant in the
| United States. The additional shops will
be four in number: One will be machine
| and boiler shop. 794 feet long and 366 feet
wide covering six acres. There will be
| also a storehouse 800 by l03 feet, black
| smith shop of the same dimensions. and
| a power house 800 by 100 feet
A. N. Harrison. paymaster OF the Wa
bash. died at his residence In Ferguson. en-