The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14

city April % The annual election of Off
GERS a president and two vice presidents
will take place at this meeting.
The Monon is the only road running out
of Chicago which did not, during the last
few months of heavy traffic, place any en-
barge on freight, receiving every pound
offered and moving il promptly.
The Erie has established what is to be
known as a bureau of neatness. and IL
is expected to play an important part in
conduct of conductors and trainmen.
Under present schedules 276 trains enter
and leave the Pennsylvania station in Jersey
City every day. Last year 2S,6S2526 per-
sons were carried back and forth be-
tween New Jersey and Manhattan on the
Pennsylvania ferry boats.
Through an official of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen il is learned that the
Wabash officials have notified the officers
of that order that their demand for an IN
crease for the firemen on the Canadian
lines cannot be complied with.
Henry s. Noble, who represented the
Great Northern road at Philadelphia. mas
resigned to become general freight agent
of a mutual transit company. Mr.. Noble
was formerly chief clerk for the general
manager of the Northern Steamship Com
pany.
1t is stated that the resignation of Henry
Z. Huntington as vice president OF the
Southern Pacific is now on the way TO New
York. The withdrawal of the nephew from
great was forced by the combination OF
Hartman and Senator Clark.
The Michigan Central has let contract
for extending the double track from Mar
shall to Augusta and eliminating curves
Another contract calls for the building of
a line north of the high hill at Ostemo.
1t will take two years to complete the i'm
provement which will cost $l,5OO,VO.
Work in the shops of the Pittsburg. Fort
Wayne & Chicago is so we'll in hand that
on Saturday the company inaugurated the
practice of giving a half holiday during
the summer months, except In the loco
motive department where work Is not
so far advanced as in other departments.
Albert NJ. Schoyer. general superintend-
ent of the Northwest system Of the Penn
sylvania. entered railroad service in 1873
when only sixteen years OF age he was
given position as telegraph operator Tor
the Pennsylvania and by his strict atten-
ton to duties has risen to his present i'm
portant position.
silas W., Cummings, general passenger
agent of the Central Vermont, will retire
this week, having completed thirty-eight
/ years of continuous railroad service, thir-
| ty-five of which were spent on the Central
| officials of the Smith regime TO go. His
successor will be John E. Benton.
Peter Hayden, formerly master me-
chanic of the Baltimore & Ohio. has &C
| cepted similar position on the Morgan
| town & Kingwood road, owned by Sen
| ator S. B. Elkins and his friends. which
| is 10 be generally improved, light rails
to be replaced by heavier ones and the
road brought up to high standard
The Lackawanna, the Jersey Central and
| the Philadelphia & Reading have under
consideration the establishing of another
through line between Philadelphia and
| Buffalo. The distance by this route De-
tween philadelphia and Buffalo will be
| 429 miles, against 421 miles by the Reading
! and Lehigh Valley. and AIS miles by the
| Pennsylvania.
George Lowell. general superintendent OF
| the Monon, was in the city yesterday In
| conference with NJ. w. Mansfield, superin-
| tendent of the Indianapolis & Vincennes
road. as to putting on through coaches be-
| tween Indianapolis and French Lick
| Springs, via Gosport, the train leaving In
| dianapolis in the evening and returning
the next morning, daily, except Sunday.
The committee on railroad and street
| railways will report favorably to the Mas
| sachusetts Legislature a bill known as the
| Coolidge bill, which allows railroad cor
| porations to invest in street-railway Sc
curities. The bill favors the Boston &
| Maine and the Boston & Albany, and Is
thought to be stepping stone to the pur-
chase of the street railways by the steam
| roads.
| The announcement made by some news.
| papers to the effect that the colonist rates
| in vogue on transcontinental railroads
from Eastern cities to points in California
| have been discontinued is premature. The
| Californian promotion committee an
| nounces that the colonist rates will be
| continued until June Is. the fare from New
York to California points being $50; Chi
cage, s33; New Orleans. $50. and Missouri
| river points $25.
Owirg to the congestion of freight in the
| warehouses at Chicago. Milwaukee and the
head of the lakes, the Chicago. Milwaukee
& st. Paul and the Northern Pacific have
| served notice on the Minneapolis miller:
| that they will not take consignments Of
flour routed in any cars of any of the lake
lines at the shipping points named: The
| order will continue in force until the
| boats on the lake begin operations to sucf
an extent as to relieve the crowded ware
| houses.
Regarding the rumor that employees of tn
| Pennsylvania Railroad east of Pittsburt
| have sent representatives with a list o
| grievances to confer with Vice Presiden
| Pugh, and that unless their demands ar
| granted the entire system will be tied up
| officials of the company say there is alb
| soutely no truth in it; that no such rep
| resentatives have called or are expected L
call upon Vice President Pugh; that NJ
| grievances are known TO exist, but tina
on the contrary complete harmony prevail
in the entire system.
Chattanooga, Tenn, is in fair way [,
become an important railroad center TO
roads traversing the country east and ives
and north and south. The Louisville &
Nashville is about to engage In a stron:
compe tition with the Southern for avail
able business along legitimate lines. II
order TO get into Chattanooga and connec
with the Nashville. Chattanooga & st
Louis. the line 20 the west, controlled II
reality by the Louisville & Nashville. tn