The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-02


appropriation each succeeding year for
some time.
Dating from yesterday, the Columbus and
81 Louis sleeping cars running between ~.
Louis and Columbus east OF indianapolis
Will be run by Piqua OH Trains 10 and ~
over the Indianapolis division instead OF py
Xenia and Dayton.
The Baldwin locomotive works is now
turning out daily six complete locomotives.
John II. Converse. president of the COM
pany, says the present condition or a1alrs
Is unprecedented. They give employment
now to over 1900 men.
The net earnings of the roads known as
the anthracite coal lines increased In De-
cerber $500, 5s9 but for the last six months
the exhibit was less favorable. decrease
OF s2,SO2,506 being shown as compared Win
the last six months of 1901
Tomorrow is the date OF the meeting in
New York to complete the organization OF
the national protective bureau, through
which the roads expect to prevent the OPP
erations of the ticket scalpers, purposing TO
prosecute all ticket frauds.
The Empire State express recently made
the run from Auburn to Buffalo, SO2 miles,
In 295 minutes. The run was made by en-
CINE No. 1929 the latest product of the
American Locomotive Company. whicn
came out of the shops only ten days before
making the run.
James Barker, general passenger agent
of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas. died at
sulphur Wells Springs, Tex, on Friday
night of Bright's disease. His remains
passed through the city last night over the
his old home, where he will be buried.
j. II. Moore. president of the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, accompanied by
party OF friends, Is on his way home TO the
West. He travels on a special train: two
and each carried fourteen fine horses, the
lowest priced one being valued at $1,000.
I'll, The Nickel-plate people are boasting of of
records Ii was found that the wrecking
car had not been called out for twelve days.
and that time only a few hours Before
that the same car had not been away from
the yards for the long period of 1iS days.
c. s. Crane, general passenger agent of
the Wabash, has issued the following CIR
cular: Commencing with Trains 13 and -,
Is, from st. Louis, on Feb. 2 the compart-
ment sleeping cars now in use On Chicago
ST Louis line will be Withdrawn and resu-
lar sleepers substituted therefor.
The Southern Pacific Company will soon
order the construction of what is known as
hospital cars. That is, cars provided with
all the necessities and appliances for the
first care of the injured. The cars will be
fitted out under the supervision of DR..
Gardner, chief surgeon of the Southern
Pacific Company, when that official returns
from the East
A circular from the general Offices of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois announces that
w j. Jackson is appointed general super
intendent, vice Mr. E. p. Broughton, as
sistant general superintendent is abolished.
III. B. Harper having resigned the office of
fuel agent is abolished and until further
notice the duties of fuel agent will be
looked after by G. ]. Schappert, purchasing
agent.
An agreement has been reached between
machinists and the Big Four Railroad by
which increase of per cent. in the
wages of the machinists was made. The
new figures will be % cents an hour east of
the Indiana and Illinois line, and 80 cents
an hour west of the line, with an addition
of so per cent of the regular rates. with
overtime for all. In July. 1902, the same
committee was allowed per cent. IN
crease by officials of the Big Four.
The departure of C. III. Cannon, superin-
tendent of the Great Northern car service,
to accept service with the Rock Island
brings into notice the system by which
Mr.. Cannon has kept track of Great North
ern for twenty-four years. He has
perfected the arrangements so that $1,000
cars on the Great Northern are kept track
Of almost mo automatically: 1t Is SO perfect
ern, foreign or local, is known. In the
system of accounting there are a dozen
cases of divided and subdivided, every one
of which represents piece OF the $500
miles of track in that system.
Attention of passenger conductors and
engine men running on the Pittsburg di-
vision of the Pennsylvania and on the
Pittsburg division of the Panhandle is di-
rected to the manner of making out de-
| tention reports. Frequent cases have come
about where the detention report indicated
| engine failures responsible for delay
! and frequently there is considerable differ
| ence between the gist of the conductors
| rport and that of the engineer. Instruc-
| tons have been issued to passenger con-
| ductors to confer with the engineer in
| making out the reports, and If the engine
| is at fault to specify how and in what par
| ticular.
At the meeting of the Pennsylvania Com
pany' the appointment of F. H. Worthing-
| ton as engineer of maintenance of way of
| the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago,
| vice w. b. Blake, promoted, and A. b.
| Jones. as engineer of maintenance of way
! of the Indianapolis & Vincennes. vice III. f.
| Newcomet, promoted, were approved. Au-
| thority was also given for the erection of
| a power house at Chicago to cost $40. 900:
| the purchase of thirty-one acres of land at
| Colehour, near Chicago, for yard purposes
! for the Fort Wayne Railroad. to cost $780,
| Co., the erection of an additional coal dump
| ing plant at Ashtabula o., to cost $4,000;
| additional ore-handling machinery at Cleve-
| land. including power plant, to cost S115,-
| 600, and a plant at Erie to cost $4,000.