The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-08

have been let active work of construction
will begin inside of thirty days and be hopes
to run cars from CINCINNATI 10 Madison Dy
Jan. / next.
The Evansville & Terre Haute earned in
April s139032, an increase over April, 1902,
of SIG, 703 The Evansville & Indianapolis
division earned in April s27,99S. an increase
Vice President Finley, of the Southern
Railway, will return from Europe on May
10Th. Vice President Caldwell, of the Lack
awanna, who has been abroad for month,
returned on Wednesday.
George z. Rockwell, formerly district
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania at In
dianapolis. who has been doing consdera-
BILE farming has gone into the stock brok-
erage business at Cincinnati.
H. F. Bickell, formerly superintendent of
the Lake Erie & Western, has purchased
fruit farm in Georgia of go acres. Five
thousand trees are already bearing fruit
and he is planting 5000 additional
EMPLOYEES Of the New York Central car
shops at East Buffalo and Depew have
protested vigorously against the adop-
ton of piece work that Ii is thought the
company will not insist on the change.
Chief Engineer Kittredge, of the Big
Four has prepared plans for increasing
the facilitiese of the company at its cross
and $4,000 has been set aside to make the
improvement
Commencing with Wednesday last the
Pennsylvania runs a special steamer train
ton to New York to connect with the out
going steamers of the American and White
Star lines.
The report that Robert NJ. Oliphant will
resign the presidency of the Delaware &
Hudson at the annual meeting, May IL, Is
confirmed, and David Wilcox, vice pres
ident and general manager, will be elected
his successor.
best business points on the Big Four, Terre
Haute possibly excepted This remark ap-
plies specially to freight traffic. there being
so many manufacturing industries at An
derson and vicinity.
By next October the Pennsylvania Com
pany will have practically new line be-
tween Cleveland and Ravenna, from Bed
ford to Ravenna- 1t will be constructed
practically on a mathematical tangent and
will be an air line section.
The Southern Railroad Company, Ii is
stated. has offered s20.OO0,ooo for the Florida
East Coast line, but Mr.. F1agler, the
largest owner Of the property, is not will
ing to sell for less than $50, 100000. 1t is
thought the parties will yet agree.
The Monon, on account of increased bust
s in remen to
General Superintendent Lowell does this to
encourage the young men and enable them
to take the place of overworked engineers.
Harry Bronson, son of H. IS. Bronson,
assistant general passenger agei:t, of this
city, who represents the passenger derart-
ment of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific, returned yesterday from a month
trip to the Pacific coast In the interests of
the Rock Island.
New agencies for the Indiana Car Serv-
ice Bureau have leen established at Bra
zil on the Vandala. and at Greentown. on
the Toledo, st. Louis 4 Western. There
are now COZ agents at railroad points in
this State who report to tie Indiana Car
Service Bureau
Lines operating between the Mississippi
| and Missouri rivers and Chicago have is
sued circulars giving notice that the
| antedating of bills OF lading is not permits
| sible The date must be that on which the
| shipment is delivered to the railroad COM
| panies for transportation.
j. H. Bannerman. master mechanic of the
| Springfield division of the Illinois Central
| Railroad with headquarters at Clinton
| since 1888, has resigned to accept the posi-
| ton of superintendent of machinery and
| motive power of the Tennessee Central
Railroad, with headquarters at Nashville,
| Tenn.
| The Governor of New York has signed
| the bill authorizing the commissioners of
| the sinking fund of New York city to sell
or lease land of abandoned streets. This is
another of the so-called Pennsylvania Rail-
! road bills and relates to the closing of
West Thirty-third street for terminal pur-
| poses.
The next convention of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen will be held in
Cleveland instead of Buffalo 1t had been
! decided to hold the convention at Buffalo
but that city has failed to raise sufficient
| funds while Cleveland already has purse
| of $4,000 ready for the conventions enter
| tanment.
| Toledo will, in all probability, be as
| noted for it's railroad stations as Is In
| dianapos, Columbus and st. Louis for
| their union stations The roads centering
| at Toledo cannot get together on the prop
| osition for a union building. The Toledo
| St Louis & Western has prepared plans
for the erection of a station at that point
| to cost half a million dollars.
| 1t is stated that the Pennsylvania. after
| a number of thorough tests. has decided
| to abandon the idea of adopting a new
brake. Several weeks ago the company
| took up the invention of a New York man
| which at the time was considered a strong
| rival of the Westinghouse air brake now
! in use on all divisions of the Pennsylvania
but according TO a statement OF an official
the newly devised brake has been found
| less effective than the one in use.
Col. Samuel Moody. assistant general
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
| west spent last week i'm st. Louis, where
| he attended the dedication of the louisa Ia
Purchase Exposition. He predicts that the
| exposition will surpass all previous ones
| and expects an exceptionally heavy travel.
The Pennsylvania has already placed or
| ders for new cars TO be delivered early next
| wear BY that time track improvements on
the Pennsylvania and vandalia will be ade-
| ouate TO take care of the increased traffic
| and new schedules viii be arranged for