The Indianapolis journal., 1903-05-20

Charles Stilz, general ticket agent at the
Union Station. is on brief trip South.
Thomas Johnson. consulting engineer of
the Pennsylvania lines west, is in the city.
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern will
make extensive improvements at Cincin-
natl, and has let contracts amounting to
81 100000, including new freight depot
Charles Rockwell. traffic manager of the
Monon, was in the city yesterday. He re-
ports the earnings as being very salts
factory, and not seriously affected by the
strike at the Bedford stone quarries.
The Big Four furnished a special train
yesterday to carry the Daughters of Re-
bekah to Greensburg. where they were en-
tertained at their institution. The train
consisted of eleven coaches, all well filled.
Stocks of the New York, New Haven &
$255 per share, are now selling at 1892, which
is attributed to some extent to the dis
satisfaction existing in the company's
ranks.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton. in
connection with the Monon, is running six
teen-section Pullman cars between Cincin-
natl and Chicago nightly. These cars are
among the finest built by the Pullman
Company, with toilet rooms ten feet in
length.
w. c. Simpson, cashier of the American
Express, of Louisville, KY, recently ap-
pointed route agent. upon his departure
for his new field of business was presented
with handsome silver service by the mes
Louisville.
number of roads which are having
new engines built. are planning to put one
of the number exhibition at the EXPOSE
ton in ST. Louis next year. The Vandalia
Is one of the lines and ii will have one
of its fine new Atlantic type locomotives
on exhibition.
The most interesting items in the New
York Central balance sheet up to March
81 are those of cash and open accounts
assets. nearly S2OOo0,O00. an increase of
sl.0G0.000 for wages and supplies due to
higher costs of labor and material, and
a gain of $3,OO00oO in securities of other
companies.
An illustration in the size of the carload
on American railroads during the last few
years is shown i'm the fact that a car con-
tanning more than lSOO bushels of winter
wheat was received in Chicago a day or
two ago. This is about four and one-half
times as much as the standard load of
fifteen or twenty years ago.
While attempting to board a north-bound
passenger train at Cresco, Ia. T. Ahern
roadmaster of the Iowa and Minnesota d.
vision of the Milwaukee & st. Paul fell
under the wheels and was instantly killed
mis- body being almost cut in two. The de-
ceased had been roadmaster of this diyi-
sion for over thirty years.
At the banquet of the Wabash Veteran
Corps. recently held in ST. Louis. PIG mem
bers were In attendance. Colonel w III
Blodgett, attorney of the company acted
as POSTMASTER. The principal address was
made by {. >. crane, general passenger
agent on Passenger Transportation, It's
Past, Present and Future
The Illinois Central is seeking TO secure
control of 1900 feet of water front at Mem
phis. The Central is reported to have
two motives for acquiring the dock-one
to get control of the water front and pre-
vent further extension. the other is in con-
nection with the plans of the company for
changing the river front tracks.
Traffic Manager Bird, of the Gould sys-
TEN, has put a quietus on the mony print
cd stories in circulation He emphatically
declares that no change in officers is con-
templated at present. and IL one is made
IL will be similar to that effected at New
York city, where the various offices have
moved in one building without the change
of single official
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern has
been spending millions of money in improv-
ing its roadbed between Cincinnati and