The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-26

CHESAPEAKE q OnlC Gazing iOr ~ NneeiS-
Train No. l6. on the St. Louis division OF
the Big Four. yesterday. with neavy
train and on its fast time, made no forty
two minutes between st. Louis and In
dianapolis. carrying six we'll filled cars and
hauled by one of the new Atlantic type
engines.
Theodore Brent secretary to Freight
Traffic Manager A. s. Dodge, of the ST.
Louis & San Francisco. with headquarters
in st. Louis. is seriously i'll of appendicitis.
An operation was performed several days
ago and he has not rallied as ii was hoped
he would.
Western lines are bringing more live stock
TO the Union stockyards than i'm any former
year in August. he receipts some days
reaching 16o TO zoe loads. What is the more
striking about this is the fact that at other
points shipments of stock are not as heavy
as last year.
c. j. Rohwitz has been appointed passen-
ger agent of the Chicago Burlington &
Quincy at Kansas City. Mr.. Rohwitz form
erly represented the Santa Fe as freight
and passenger solicitor He will now have
charge Of the business of the former road
in Kansas City.
Marshall Mount, who for some years was
superintendent Of the indianapolis division
Of the Cincinnati. Hamilton e. Dayton
and later o. the Dayton * Toledo main
tine. died recently at Toledo. aged
seventy-three. He was held i'm high esteem
by railroad men generally.
1t is said that the Baltimore & Ohio con-
pound steel rails. to be delivered next year.
at s2S per ton. The rails will be used
in replacing lighter weight and worn out
rails over the entire system of the b. q o.,
which now embraces 4, 400 miles.
1t is reported that the Northern Pacific
/ has acquired sufficient holdings of the
Minnesota & International Railroad stock
to control the property, and on Oct. i
the latter will cease to be operated as an in
. dependent lire. The general offices of the
Minnesota & international at Braina will
be abolished.
Railroad men at Logansport are moving
for the erection of a Y. NJ &. ~. building.
The consummation of the plan hinges upon
acceptance of a proposition that the Penn
sylvania Company contribute Slo.OOo or the
900 required to erect the building, and
Ii is understood the company Will make the
contribution requested.
Western railroads have been appealed to
by the Minneapolis millers to grant conceS-
sions which will enable them TO secure a
larger portion of the winter wheat crop
than they are obtaining at the present
time. Their requests for rate concessions
are now under advisement, and 1t is said
the managers will give their answer in
few days.
Ralph Peters, general superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Northwestern SYSTEM,
and Superintendent Ohlinger. of the Indian
apolis division. arrived in the city yester-
tions as TO repair TO the new freight depot,
which was damaged by runaway car a
week ago. Iney also VISITED the SHOPS, at
midnight leaving for Chicago.
| The railroad machinists strike on the
| Boston < Albany has not yet reached
settlement The strike has already Grip
| pied the Boston & Albany for locomotives.
| TO settle the strike, but that the officials
| of the Boston & Albany will not meet them.
| On the other hand. Superintendent of Mo-
| tive Power BEEN tells different story,
and says the company is saving at least
| $500 day result of the strike
George Washington Cross. Southwestern
| passenger agent of the Chicago. milwaukee,
& St Paul recently celebrated his nifty
railroad service commencing as voucher
| clerk in the office of the Empire Fast
| Freight Company, and later was chief clerk
of the st. Louis. Alton G. Terre Haute
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul, and Oh Jan. 10, 1899, was ap-
pointed general Southwestern agent.
The Pennsylvania test train, with engine
| 1913. went into operation yesterday on the
| Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago. The ties,
| will be made with freight trains for q
| limited period, when trials will begin In the
| man j. III. Dennis will have charge of the
| engine on which VIII be several tests of diff.
| ferent grades of coal. Five or six special
| apprentices will be on the train and will looE
| after technical points in computation. In q
| test of this kind at least two apprentices
| are placed in dangerous positions
| No. %, the new westbound train over the
Panhandle, which arrives in this city from
| business. 1T connects with westbound trains
leaving indianapolis III the morning. anC
yester day. said one OF the conductors. was
| fair example of It's travel. The traiT
had thirty-one through passengers for thu
| Vandalia and a goodly number of loca
people; eight passengers for the Cincinnati
| Indianapolis & western; six for the Peoria
! & Eastern; six for the Louisville division
and four for the Indianapolis & Nincennes