The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-18


usual advance in rates at the close of nav
igation. The rates now current will re,
main in force until Dec. 81. when they Will
be advanced to the figures current before
Sept. 16.
At the semi-annual meeting in Washing
ton Tuesday of the passenger agents of the
Pennsylvania Railway system an organl-
zation TO be known as the Association OF
Railway System was effected. with j. X
Wood, the passenger traffic manager, ana
George w. Boyd. general passenger agent,
vice chairman, and +. ~. Barksdale sec
retary. The association will meet twice
year. st. Louis exposition business was
the chief topic discussed to-day.
The annual meeting Of the Cincinnati;
New Orleans * Texas Pacific Railroad
Company was held in Cincinnati yesterday,
and resulted in the reelection OF the old
board OF directors, as follows: Brggs ,.
Cunningham, CINCINNATI s. y. FELTON,, Chi
cago; NJ. z. Ingalls,, Cincinnati; Lawrence
Maxwell jr., Cincinnati Francis L. Stet-
son. New York; Samuel Spencer, New
York; Henry F. Shoemaker. New York: NJ.
d. Woodford, Cincinnati, and Eugene Zim-
norman. of Cincinnati.
j. j. Turner, third vice president of the
Pennsylvania, n few weeks ago called to-
gether at Pittsburg the live stock agents
OF the company at various points, ana
among other things acted upon ii was de-
cided to build 300 horse cars for moving
live stock. The first of these cars was re-
ceived by the Panhandle at Indianapolis
Monday, and will be loaded this week. The
car is forty feet long and ten inches wider
than stock cars of older pattern, and Is so
arranged that a horse cannot bruise his
head or MAIN itself by rubbing against
the car.
President l.. F. Loree, of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. left Baltimore for Cincin,
natl yesterday on a special train to attend
the annual meeting OF the stockholders or
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Kali
way: Mr.. doree Is also presideht Mt Oh l, 'ns' ast
company. He was accompanied by MS as
sistant, George NJ. Shriver; General Super
intendent Fitzgerald. General Superintend-
ent OF Transportation Hale and Vice PTesi-
dent Bacon. of the Southwestern. Mr.. VIII
liam NJ. Greene, vice president and general
manager of the Southwestern, will join the
party at Parkersburg, w. Va.
In spite of protests of the senators and
congressman the Michigan Central on
Sunday last abandoned its o'clock a. m:
fast train out of Chicago and substituted
in its stead train that leaves at mid
night. The early train expert
ment, 1T found that it did not pay,
and 1t was decided to give 1t up. The
train had been in operation about a year,
and the people along the line of the road
will how be deprived of the fast mail edi-
tion of the Chicago papers. The road has
surrendered the government contracts on
the ground that they were Improbable.
In pursuance of it's policy to encourag-
ing industries to locate along its line, the
Pennsylvania has published a very COM
plete book of information for the location
of industries. The book contains informa-
ton compiled by the freight department
as to the conditions at each OF the sta
tions. such as population, illumination,
water supply, principal industries, supply
| and cost of labor and raw material The
freight department has also issued book
OF information showing the names OF firms
and their location on the line OF the Penn
| sylvania and the commodities ill which
they deal.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Atlantic Coast-line Railway Com
| pany was held in Richmond, Va, Tuesday.
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| Erwin, president; Alexander Hamilton,
| first vice president; c. S. Gadsdon. second
vice president: T: E.. Emerson. third vice
| ident y board of directors also was
chosen. which filled the other offices: A
dividend of 211 per cent. was declared on
the common stock, payable Jan. 10. 1904. A
feature of the meeting was the adoption
of a resolution authorizing the board OF
! directors to establish system OF pensions
! by which pensions will be paid to officers
and employees of the road on the basis of
service and age.
The twentieth anniversary of the for
nation of the Pennsylvania department.
| Of the Y NJ c.. A. was celebrated at Pit
cairn last Sunday. The occasion was
marked by great enthusiasm and al
| though sufficient seats had been provided
to accommodate 1000 persons. hundreds
were compelled to stand during the service.
| Robert Pitcairn made the closing address:
He said the first effort along the present
line was made in 1857 in establishing read
|
men, but the project failed because they
did not have Christian ideas behind 1t.
| Since started, twenty years ago, and
| adopting the Christian idea embodied in
! the Y NJ c. A., the work has been crowned
| with>the greatest success.
Through the action of the directors OF
| the New York. New Haven & Hartford
| President Mcllen is greatly strengthened
| by the promotion of Percy r. Todd and
| F. s. Curtis to the positions of first and
second vice presidents Mr.. TODD Is about
| fouTty-four years of age and has had a
successful railroad experience His first
| work OF an important nature was securing
/ freight, but his attention has been given
| lately to the operating department. He is
popular with employees and shippers. F.
| s. Curtis, who was elected second vice
| president, began railroad work in 1868 on the
| Albany & Susquehanna. In the spring of
1869 he was employed as assistant engin-
| eer of the Harlem River & Port Chester
Railroad, and in the fall of that year was
employed by the New York & Harlem to
locate the tracks. yards, ETC., at Grand
| Central Station, New York, after which he
| became principal engineer, and in 1874 he
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