The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-29

The Santa Fe reports an increase in gross
earnings for July over 1902 of $4,000, and
an increase in net of S296,9O0.
j. w. Lyons, veteran engineer on the
Panhandle, was buried yesterday at Gran
vile. o. He has been i'll about a month.
L. r. Barlow, assistant to ". #. MaIott
receiver of the Vandalia. has returned from
his vacation, spent at Wequetonsing, Mich
l.. II. Mummert, manager of the Indiana
Car Service Association. will leave tonight
for New York city, to be absent several
days.
The Pennsylvania this week turned out
at it's shops in Altoona six new engines
Six others will be completed within the
next few days.
l.. l.. Fellows. who represents Vanderbilt
fast freight lines at this point, has been
called to Chicago by the illness of his wife,
who is visiting relatives in that city.
D. c. Moon general superintendent of the
Lake Erie & Western. is expected home to-
morrow from Yellowstone Park. where his
wife and himself have been spending a
couple of weeks.
the Great Northern. Will go TO the far West
to take charge of the construction of the
Seattle tunnel and Great Northern docks.
Edwin Hawley and e. H. Huntington
have been elected members of the board of
directors of the Toledo, st. Louis & West
ern Railroad. succeeding j. Kennedy Tod
and Alfred r. Pick, who resigned a short
time ago.
Haute will to-day hold a picnic at Casey,
Ill. The company will furnish special
train TO carry the employees and their
families. The Nandalia-Penn Band will
furnish music.
The Northern Pacific is Offering a rate
for trip from st. Paul to the Yellowstone
National Park and return for Sept. 3. for
$780, which Ii the lowest yet made this sea-
son. This rate includes all necessary ex-
penses and personally conducted trip.
To prepare for the enormous traffic to the
st. Louis exposition next year all the gen.
eral passenger agents and passenger traf-
fic managers of the United States will meet
in ST Louis Sept Is TO confer regarding
matters pertaining 10 prompt and efficient
service.
Nearly every day the trunk lines. espe-
cialy the Pennsylvania, are employing
more fremen. Old firemen promoted to
run engines. the number OF which has been
increased by the large purchases the last
few months, and this makes room for the
new men.
The Pennsylvania is negotiating with the
Pintsch Gaslight Company for the intro
duction of gas on all its passenger coaches
on the lines east and west OF Pittsburg
At present all the companys passenger
| coaches are lighted by either ordinary
| city gas or carbureted gas.
That the refunding of its old high interest
bearing bonds has been a good investment
| for the New York Central is apparent from
| the fact that in the past five years fixed
| charges have been cut down by S1.325. 600
| the equivalent. roughly speaking of 81
| per cent. on SIS, 900 600.
1t is announced that the officers of roads
| operating west of Chicago are determined
| to stop the practice of persons reserving
| berths three or four days in advance of
| intended departure and then claiming and
| paying for them five minutes before the
trains start or not claiming them at all.
| T.. G. Blanchard, superintendent of the
| Minneapolis division of the Northern Pa
| cific. with headquarters at Minneapolis.
| has been appointed superintendent of the
| Superior division TO succeed G.. w. Wander
slice. who has resigned. and 1t Is reported