The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-24

formed pool for the purpose of competing
with central and Western companies Tor
the castings.
c. c. Curtis, city passenger agent at st.
Louis of the Vandalia, was IN the city yes
terday visiting sick relatives. lie reports
everything in good shape for handling the
exposition business, The Nandalia has not
prepared it's schedule for train service, but
there will be an increased number OF trains
f. ID. Lyons, travelling passenger agent of
the Rock Island al Toledo, has been trans
ferred to the northwest district succeeding
+. II. Beach. resigned, and w. l.. HATH
away succeeds Mr.. Lyons in Toledo terri
tory. A l.. Steese succeeds MIR. Hathaway
as city passenger agent of the Rock Island
at Minneapolis and Charles Sloat has been
appointed general agent of the passenger
department of the Rocky mountain dis
trict.
On his recent trip to Ogden and back
George Gould and party had one engineer
handle one engine for the trip of 1000 miles.
More remarkable than anything else Is the
fact that an exceptionally fast schedule,
which had been prepared for the special,
was observed, and the average running time
of the train was sixty miles an hour. while
in many instances eighty miles an hour was
reached. Throughout the entire trip no re-
pairs were needed.
Colonel Barksdale. general advertising
agent of the Pennsylvania. whose head
quarters is at Philadelphia, is considered
one of the best advertising men in the
country. He is making trip over the lines,
features for advertising the road. Few
people outside of the railroad world realize
the Importance of properly directed ad-
vertising department. and the Pennsyl-
vania's department is the largest of its
kind in the world.
There will be meeting of passenger Off
Gals of the Central Traffic lines to-day at
Chicago. w. J. Lynch, general passenger
agent of the Big -Four, o. Il. McCarty, of
the Baltimore e. Ohio Southwestern, ID. G.
Edwards, passenger traffic manager of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, and III. j.
Rhein. general passenger agent of the Lake
Erie & Western. left for Chicago last night
The meeting is called to discuss time sched-
ules and classes of trains to be run TO the
st. Louis exposition.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Pittsburg, yesterday, arguments were made
in the case of the Union Trust Company of
New York against the South Pennsylvania
Railway Company Judge burlington rem
dered decree at the close OF the argu-
ments, finding for the plaintiff. The decree
orders that the South Pennsylvania Rail-
way Company within twenty days pay to
the Union Trust Company of New York the
sum of s9.927.12O. or that its property be
sold by the master, w. X. Blair.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie. a Wabash
interest, has just instituted a novelty in the
way of train service. AS a safeguard
against confusion in the minds of trainmen
freight train cabooses with a sign showing
the number and section of the train TO
which the caboose is attached. These num-
bers are operated by a slide through which
the light OF Il lantern shows the number
so plainly that at good speed the operator
is able to distinguish the number or section
of the train.
+. V. Skinner assistant traffic manager
of the Canadian Pacific, with headquarters
at New York, who has been at French
Lick Springs for some weeks recuperatlng
He says the Canadian Pacifc is prepared
to handle much larger traffic this year
than in 1903. During harvest time last
year the road was unable TO furnlsh cars
for the immense crops along the lines, but
he says this year such will not be the
case, as the Canadian Pacific has purchased
a large amount of new equipment
In the case of the Chamber of Commerce
of Chattanooga against the Southern and
other railroads. involving alleged discrim-
nation in freight rates against Chattanoo-
ga and in favor of Nashville on traffic from
Eastern cities, the Interstate-commerce
Commission yesterday announced it's deci-
sion in favor of the railroads. The COM
mission decided that the traffic from New
York and other Eastern points is carried
to Nashville and Chattanooga under sub
stantially different conditions; that the
higher rate TO Chattanooga is not unlawful
nor unreasonable and cannot be condemned
merely because a lower rate is granted to
Nashville
1t is stated that certain English holders
of Erie securities are outspoken in their OPP
position TO an extension OF the voting trust.
dictate which underworld the ten million
dollar issue of the Erie convertible bonds
the English subscribers, before responding
10 the call, asked a statement of the oper-
atoms of the syndicate up to that time. j.
p Morgan * Co, managers OF the syndi-
cate, replied that IL was not their custom
TO render statement until the syndicate
operations were completed This is said
to have called forth decided reply from
the English subscribers.
The offices of the president, vice president,
general counsel, treasurer and auditor of
the Southern Indiana and Illinois Southern
railway companies have been moved
into the Grand Central Station in Chicago.
No reason is assigned, but there are said
TO be negotiations on foot TO bring the
Southern Indiana into Chicago. At present
the road gets no nearer than Terre Haute.
Ind and the distance from Terre Haute 10
Chicago is lac miles. The topography of
the country is such that a road could be
built easily The Illinois Southern is owned
by the same people as the Southern In
DIANA and is eighty-seven miles long, run
ming from Salem TO Chester, ILL.,