The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23

the transfer track. The plan is in opposi-
ton to the Toledo Railway terminal.
Orders have been issued by the Pennsyl-
vania reducing the number OF hours In It's
shop from ten to nine per day. The orders
will be effective at once and Will anect
some 10 900 men. Officials of the road say
the shortening of the hours is not unusual
at this time OF the year.
1t has leaked out that one of the already
existing trunk lines is behind the project
to build an airline road from Pittsburg
to New York, either the Pennsylvania or
the Philadelphia Reading, probably the
former, as the business of the Pennsylvania
continues beyond its capacity.
The Pennsylvania ten days ago purchased
ground in Pittsburg at cost or I,oVoVoO
for a large downtown station, and last
week purchased additional ground near py,
paying $2,00c.0O0. on which to erect ware.
houses. officers of the Pennsylvania Will
not discuss the alleged transaction.
Horace Stamp the Oldest employe of the
American Express Company in chicago,
few days ago celebrated the forty-fifth an
niversary of his service with that company,
he commencing in 1863 as a truckman He
was promoted again and again until he Is
now master of transportation.
On Saturday train service was renewed
between San Antonio and Laredo, south
bound The sleeper will go through 10
Mexico City, and during the continuance
of quarantine at Laredo sleeperS Will De
changed at Laredo, north-bound, so cars
can be thoroughly fumigated there
John F. McNamee, who, 1t is expected,
will be selected grand secretary and treas
urer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen vice Frank Arnold, resigned,
passed through the city yesterday en- route
to Peoria, where q meeting VIII De neld
tomorrow to fill the position vacated
John a. Wertz, for twenty years in the
employ of the Baltimore & Ohio, most OF
the time baggage master, but who COM
menced service a fireman. has been
offered the position of general yardmaster
Ut Cfota iClp M
portant Eastern terminal of the b. & o.
lines.
The Lake Erie & Western made several
changes In it's time table which became
effective yesterday. Under the change a
passenger can leave on Sunday by the Big
| Four's o'clock train and reach Fort
Wayne at n:30. Heretofore there has been
no train by which a person could go to
Fort Wayne on Sunday morning.
Ii is stated that both the trunk lines
| and Central Passenger Association railroads
| have decided to make no change the coming
| year in rules governing exchange of passes.
| No masses will be exchanged by Eastern
| lines while lines west of Buffalo and Pitts
| burg will continue to issue ANIMALS In ac-
| cordance with this years agreement.
The village of Frayzeburg, o., which has
begun suits in the Muskingum county court
aggregating 1880 against the Panhandle
| for running trains through the village fast
! err than eight miles an hour, is having its
| troubles. The company has removed all
lights at the station and at crossings, and
| threatens to run all trains except a local
| each way through the town.
In spite of the efforts to keep 1t secret
the fact has become known that William
| d Bishop the venerable former president
| of the New York, New Haven & Hartford
| is critically i'll at his home near Bridge
| port Conn. Mr. Bishop is one of the old
est railroad men Of the country, having
! been the builder, practically. Of all the
| lines in the consolidated road.
| With the selection of Charles s. Meller
| TO the presidency of the New York New
Haven & Hartford the rumor is revived
| that there will soon be an absorption OF
| the Boston & Maine and the New York
| of interests which will result In the future
in the two systems being operated under
| one management. Both systems are doing
| well.
Arrangements have been completed
| whereby the Lehigh Valley I'll have con
| nections with New England. The Delaware
| (. Hudson will have the privilege of run
| ming Its engines and freight trains to be
! transferred over the Erie az Blnghamtor
| 70 Oswego and In turn giving the Lehigt
| Valley run from the West to the large
! New England field, from which it has beer
| heretofore shut out
| The transcontinental lines have decided
| to bunch tourist business and do away with
tourist conductors and PERSONAL---VERY.
| Quoted tours The plan is for all lines Il
| send tourist business out three days in the
| week instead of daily, so Ii can be concen
| trated at Ogden and Ell Paso on the same
day and thus handled with greater facili
| ties. This throws about fifty tourist cal
| conductors out of positions.
| Investigation just completed shows thai
| during the year ending Sept. l. 1903, NJ
! person was either killed or injured on
| pullman car in the State of New York. III
| the three past years the Pullman Company
| carried 90 $50 3il passengers, and only ST,
persons were killed. Four were seriously