The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-01

gest volume OF freight business recorded In
the summer has gone over the system since
the largest in its history.
Alfred NJ. Ketcham, travelling freight
agent for the Northern Central, locateo al
Buffalo, will be transferred to-day 10
Scranton, Pa, as agent for the Union Star
line. at that point, succeeding w j.
Mullen. Mr.. Ketcham has been with the
Northern Central twelve years.
Trainmen on all lines speak Of travel
season OF the years The Big -FOUR, the
Pennsylvania, the Monon, the cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton and the Lake Erie *
western daily put on one or more extra
coaches TO accommodate the business.
The Four-track News for September con-
tains much interesting reading matter ana
many attractive Illustrations The Glen
Enchantment," 1.-The Unknown Siberia,
THE Golden Cypress Grove THE Maid of
Orleans" Little Histories" are among the
leading articles, and all are illustrated.
The st. Louis roads are having so much
trouble with scalpers that more stringent
measures are being talked of. One of the
general passenger agents says that II re-
strictive legislation is not introduced into
St Louis territory IL may be necessary 10
stop the sale of excursion tickets entirely
Warren j. Lynch, general passenger agent
of the Big Four, Harry j. Rheln, generai
passenger agent of the Lake Erie & West
ern, and Charles DAILY, chief assistant pas
senger agent of the Lake Shore, lett Tor
New York yesterday to attend meeting OF
the passenger officials of the Vanderbilt
lines.
James NJ. Rodenberg, the Nickle-plate
engineer, who was killed on Sunday In
wreck near Bellevue, o.. was well known
in Richmond, Ind, and he held membership
in the Richmond Lodge OF knights rem
funeral to-day. Rodenberg was caught be-
tween the tender and cab and squeezed 10
death
So unsettled are the conditions with the
Western and Transcontinental lines that the
Chicago, Rock Island PACING mas hotiileu
the chairman of the associations that lhat
company has authorized stopovers on all
year tourist tickets from Paclhc coast
points. Stopovers will be allowed not 10
exceed fifteen days at points east or the
Missouri river and St. Paul.
The Pere Marquette people are pushing
work on their extension to Chicago. me
company is building thirty miles from New
Buffalo TO Chesterton, Ind ii will use the
tracks of the Lake Shore between CHESTER
ton and Clarke Junction, twenty miles, ana
from there will enter Chicago over the
Chicago Terminal Transfer road. Through
this entrance the Pere Marquette secures
an interchange Of traffic with six trunk
lines.
The funeral of George McGrew took place
at Richmond on Sunday The services were
conducted by the Rev. Edward Bells. The
remains were taken to Cambridge CITY Tor
interment. One of the floral offerings was
somewhat out of the ordinary. III was a
doube-track suspension arch bridge from
the employees of the Indianapolis division
of the Pennsylvania lines. Mr. McGrew
was for nearly forty years a bridge con-
tractor and builder for that company.
A. w. Thomson, division engineer of the
Baltimore & Ohio, on Saturday let con-
tracts amounting to $4,000 for construction
work in the Glenwood yards and shops.
One company will build roundhouse, train
mems building, boiler plant, electric lighting
plant hot wells, sluShing tanks and sewer
buildings. The improvements contemplated
n nOinf
cluded In this amount will be about S4OV,VVO
that will be spent for new machinery and
shop equipment.
George Chesbrough. Western passenger
agent of the Lehigh Valley, states that
the new mileage book, good on six OF the
trunk lines, Is working very satisfactorily.
When in New York last week he visited the
offices of the Trunk Line Association bu-
reau, and learned that nearly 800 mileage
books are sold over the counter daily. 300
to 400 covers being redeemed at $40 per
ley the Erie, the Pennsylvania. the Lacka-
wanna the Baltimore & Ohio and the
Chesapeake & Ohio.
A determined effort is making by Chair
man Mcleod, Of the Western Passenger AS
ISOLATION to secure the cancellation of the
IS rate for the round trip between Chicago
and st. Paul. 1t is said by the chairman
that all the lines with the exception of the
Rock Island have agreed to take the rate
out and to restore the normal basis as
quickly as possible, provided the Rock
Island will do There is some doubt re-
garding the action the Rock Island may
take. No reply has yet been received from
the chairmans communication sent to the
road some time ago, and General Passenger
| Agent John Sebastian said he was unde-
cided in the matter.
The Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville has
| at last surmounted the difficulty which has
| been delaying its further progress on the
south end of the road and the track-laying
machine now has a straight stretch into
Cincinnati. The delay was due to large
| cavern. The effects of this have been re-
moved and easy sailing is now expected
w. l. Allen, general manager of the road
said at Richmond on Monday that he ex-
poets the tracks TO be laid up TO Quebec
avenue, Cincinnati, by Thursday Friday
| of this week. Some bridge work at Quebec
! avenue will cause a few days delay The
road has set up five of its new Vanderbilt
type engines and is using them on the line
and in the freight and ballasting service
These are mammoth engines, and II was
| feared the roadbed would not prove strong
| enough to bear them, but il has been found
| entirely satisfactory.
| With the sale of the Indiana & Illinois
| road to the Illinois Central last week, ar
| amusing story is recalled. The Switz City
| division of the Illinois Central was called
| the Indiana * Illinois Southern. 1t was
| narrow gauge. The roadbed was bad and
| equipment was worse. Although ii had a
| schedule, IL was unusual TO see train or
| time, and the road was known as the Tri-
| weekly. About twenty years ago Josiah
Mcconnell wished to go from Swift City tc
| Sullivan, but missed the train by about one
| or two minutes, and it was found the train
| had left Sullivan five minutes ahead of time
| Mcconnell sued the company for 5000, and
| on the trial Ii was actually proven that the
| train that Mcconnell missed should have
! left the day before and was really % hours
| and 50 minutes late. Mcconnell lost his
| case.
| Herman Holmes, well known in Indian.
| apolis railroad circles, now travelling pas
| senger agent of the Louisville & Nashville
| with headquarters at Cleveland, o., was
| given banquet on the 30th anniversary OF
| his connection with the Louisville Nash
| Vile in the capacity of travelling passenger
| agent In Cleveland territory. Holmes has
| been a passenger man for thirty-six years
| having previously been connected with the
| old Pittsburg, FIT. Wayne & Chicago
1 Among the guests were A. j. Smith, gen
| eral passenger agent of the Lake Shore
| who has been in the passenger business fol
| thirty-seven years, and B. +. Horner, gen
| eral passenger agent of the Nickel-plate
| who has been in service for nearly as long
| period as Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith begar
! as chief clerk in the passenger department
1 of the old Bee line. Beside those named
| there were also present a number of pas
| senger men of many years work An ele-
| CANT dinner served. and the point was