The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-15


tabIish an Office at Buffalo, the Missouri
Pacific being one of the lines which at
present has no office at that point
Ryenere Van Sickle. said to have been the
Oldest living railroad engineer In the coun-
try. died In the almshouse of WinneDago
county. Illinois. on Tuesday. aged ninety
six He was a graduate of Princeton Uni
yerslty, and in 1854 ran an engine on the
old Bordentown & Trenton Railway.
c. w. Hammond chief telegrapher of the
Gould system, mention OF whose retirement
was made yesterday, after having been IN
the telegraph service continuously for nfty
years, has been taken in hands py the
Goulds, and they wish him 10 take a long
vacation, visiting Europe at their expense
Robert NJ. Oliphant who retired as pres
ident OF the Delaware & Hudson on Tues
day, after nineteen years service, mas peen
made chairman of the board OF managers
With the passing of Mr.. ELEPHANTS leader
snip IL is stated that more aggressive pol
Icy Will be inaugurated on the ID. * h, as
was done on the Lackawanna when w. III.
Truesdale succeeded Samuel Sloan as pres
tdent.
The annual fight over the Grand Army of
the Republic Encampment rates came up
before the Central Passenger Association
at Chicago The particular phase OF the
contest this year is whether, when a rate
OF cent mile to the gateways is granted,
the differential lines shall be allowed TO use
the full proportion of their differentials.
The matter, it is understood, will now be
arbtrated.
AT the meeting of the per diem committee
of the American Railway Association. held
in Cincinnati. ii was decided that on and
after June l. If cars are delivered, there is
to be no per diem charge on them, even IL
the waybills are not at hand. Under the
present rule the car is not delivered until
the waybll is at hand, or, If the car is de-
livered, 1T is customary to make the per
diem charge and fill the date of the receipt
of the waybil.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
re
water river at Richmond, Ind, at the ex-
pense of about $4,000. The iron work was
completed some weeks ago. and the stone
masons are now tearing down their scat
folding. The work has taken the large part
of year. The stone arch is one of the
largest in the State. 1t is fifty-eight feet
above the water. 1t is thirty-five feet in
width, and is erected on piling driven down
more than thirty feet.
Work is reported to be rapidly progress
sissippi between Thebes. H., and Gray
Point, Mo. Next to the East river bridge
between New York and BROOKLYN it is the
largest bridge under construction in the
United States. The bridge proper is 200
feet in length, and with the stone masonry
approaches 1907 feet. 1t will be double Die,
The Cotton Belt the Iron Mountain, the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the St. Louis
& San Francisco and the Illinois Central
are interested in the enterprise.
Receiver Maiott has let a contract TO the
American Locomotive Company for five
Atlantic type passenger, four mogul freight
and four six-wheel switching locomotives
for delivery next November. The passen-
ger engines will be used in hauling the
heavy through trains for the worlds fair.
They will weigh 10000 pounds, have
cylinders 2lx26. driving wheels 70 inches in
diameter, boiler 72b inches In diameter.
carry 200 pounds steam pressure and have
a tender to carry twelve tons of coal and
1900 gallons of water. The freight engines
Will also weigh 10000 pounds and the
switching engines 1000 pounds.
Four or five assistants to the executive
officers of the Pennsylvania road will soon
be announced, according to hints from
railroad circles. While no local official of
the pennsylvania can give any definite in
formation regarding the matter, ii is I'M
derstood the assistants are to be for the
president first vice president general SUI
perintendent of transportation, engineer of
maintenance of way. and perhaps one other
Philadelphia. The programme is that Mr..
Atterbury, the new general manager, is to
be made assistant to President Cassatt
and to take off the latter's shoulders the
responsibility for the personal inspection
of roads, extensions and all matters per-
tanning directly to official supervision.
B. F. Yoakum, president of the. St. Louis
& San Francisco, has returned to ST. Louis
from New York, where he has been for
the last month concentrating the sale of
| the Frisco. Asked If there would be any
changes in the management, Mr.. Yoakum
present. Referring to the Rock Island and
| Frisco systems, Mr.. Yoakum said: 1.-THE
| relations between the roads are absolutely
| believe, continue" Mr.. Yoakum intmated
| that the two systems would continue under
| separate management and that the Rock
| Island had no intention of establishing
general offices in st. Louis. He declined to
| discuss the report that he would move to
| New York.