The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-11

agent.
The Southern Pacific has renewed its
operation of its cars Of the Fruit Growers
express between California ana Eastern
cities.
w T. Burke OF the Indiana Union Trac-
ton Company has been appointed cn IsI
passenger agent OF the Lake ShOre ROAD al
Chicago.
The retirement OF c. III. Warren as first
vice president OF the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific is said to have been due to a
demand made by the Yoakum interests that
he should retire.
The first OF the Florida specials left yes
terday over the Cincinnati, Hamilton q
Dayton at a m, and will arrive at Jack
gonville al $50 this morning. The equip
ment is the finest built.
The Santa Fe gives notice that the adj
vertisements appearing In the papers Tor
telegraph operators are UNAUTHORIZED,
fraudulent and that the company has no
need OF additional operators.
1t Is stated that the position of superin-
Vandalia has been offered 10 /. w. Geer
engineer OF maintenance Of way on the
Pittsburg division Of the Panhandle.
]. II. +. Hughart. general manager Of the
Grand Rapids * Indiana, has been granted
a tour months leave OF absence, dating
from Yesterday w Il. Stimson will act as
general manager during his absence.
II Is estimated that President Burt, who
Recently TtslBlltu Andl DbSiAloi vi ii'
Union Pacific. may go to the Grand Trunk
Pacific. where his experience in railroad
construction would be of great value.
IL is stated that w +. Van Brunt. of
New York will likely be made general man
ager OF the Union Pacific Mr.. Van Brunt
has become the righthand man Of T.. III.
Hartman in many Of his financial inter
ests.
A. c. Davis. chief electrician for the
Pennsylvania. has been appointed assistant
/ superintendent OF motive power on the
western division. succeeding G. l.. Wall,
/ who was promoted and sent to Pittsburg
some time ago.
The latest phase OF the war OF the trolley
and steam roads between Wilkesbarre and
| Scranton is the running OF fast passen-
| ger train by the Delaware & Hudson road,
which covers the distance in thirty min
utes. no stops being made.
| w b. Wheeler. Western passenger agent
! OF the Lehigh Valley road. Is on an ex-
/ tended Western trip, looking after the
interests Of the company relative TO the
worlds fair at St. Louis and after its con-
nections with the Pacific coast.
One of the oldest railroad men in service
/ on the PENNSYLVANIA Is Theodore Titus, OF
Fort Wayne. He began service on the Gin
cinnati Bloomington q GAINESVILLE road,
now part of the Pennsylvania, in 1853.
/ TO- 1865, he made his first trip as an en-
gineer and has been continually In service
/ since.
Superintendent Robbins. OF the Buffalo d.
4 VISION, mas decl1neu TO accept the pOSltlOH
| of superin tendent of the eastern division
| OF the Wabash. IL Is given out by rail-
| road man I'm Toledo. who is near Mr.. Rob-
| bins, that the social relations of himself
| and his family in Buffalo were largely in
| strumental In causing him TO decline the
| appointment.
| The Missouri Pacific is distributing copies
/ Of the Missouri Pacific calendar for 1904
/ II is one of the most artistic of any Amer
! lean railroad and far surpasses the 1903
calendar. The excellent half-tone color
| type pictures adjoining each months leaf
show natural and typical scenes in the West
| reached by the Missouri Pacihc ana the
| Iron Mountain.
/ No successor to Colonel Gray division
| freight agent of the Pennsylvania has yet
been announced. 1t is understood that Mr..
Cauffer, private secretary to Freight Traf-
ic Manager McCabe, wants the place and
| is really entitled to IL, but is efficient
in his present position that Mr. McCabe
hesitates in making the appointment. but
probably IL will be decided on between
| now and the 18th
A reorganization of the maintenance Of
way department of the Wabash is In prog
ress. The bridge and building, road and
| engineering departments are To be con-
| solidated on the several divisions and placed
| I'm charge of an engineer OF maintenance of
way. The Offices of superintendent of
bridges and building, general roadmaster,
division roadmaster and resident engineer
are TO be abolished and those of master
| carpenter, supervisor and assistant engineer
| created.
A report is current that the Pennsylvania
| interests have secured control OF the Chi
| cago Terminal The Chicago Terminal
Railroad Company owns extensive and
valuable terminals In and about Chicago,
| embracing 107 miles of road and 100 acres
of land, of which fifty acres are in the
| center of the business district. The COM
pany also owns the Grand Central passen-
ger station and 1900 feet OF dock property
on the Chicago river. The Baltimore &
Ohio the Chicago Great Western and
other local lines use the terminals and
pay rent.
BY the decision of the Supreme Court of
Ohio which affirms the finding of the
| Cuyahoga court in the ticket brokers cases
instituted by the Lake Shore Railroad, 1t is
believed that so far as Ohio is concerned
a serious blow has been dealt to the scalp
ers. Cleveland was hotbed for ticket
scalpers There were offices In every large
hotel and near the approaches to the rail-
road stations. Within the past two weeks
three courts, two OF the highest in their
respective States, and the, Supreme Court
Of the United States, have handed down de-
cisions antagonistic to scalpers.
An official Of the Monon said on Saturday
that w. II. McDoel. president of that road,
had a method OF dealing with employees by
which he averted any trouble as 10 wages.
He meets grievance committees of the sew
eral departments of service I'm an affable
manner. listens TO their grievances, asks
for little time TO investigate, and, as in
the case of the shopmen at their general
shops he meets the wishes of employees
after explaining the situation and grants
can afford to make. As a consequence, he
gets along more smoothly with the en-
ployes I'm the various departments than do
a majority of railroad officials
The threatened injunction proceedings of
the city of Lima against the Lake Erie q
Western over the removal OF the coach de-
partment of the general shops To Collin
wood near Cleveland, will probably be
abandoned, on advice from the company s
general counsel Ii Is stated that no at
tempt IS being made to reduce the forces at
Lima, now numbering ACT. with payroll of
$4,000 per month. but that more adequate
facilities are needed for locomotive work
and that for each coach department re-
moved other men will be employed in the
boiler and machine departments. whose
pay will average 80 per cent. higher than
the coach men. So far only eighteen men
have signihed their willingness to go to
Collinwood.
The new dining cars building for the
| Pennsylvania are being delivered. Nos
7S5i and 1852 passed through Indianapolis
Saturday to ST. Louis. These cars are said
to be the best ever constructed. They have
large windows. n very handsome exterior
look and in the interior are finished IN
handsome wood, largely red mahogany
electric lighted. with ceiling lamps of cut
glass The capacity of the cars is thirty
people at one time The car is wider
than the ordinary dining and more
commodious in every respect The kitchen
is separated from the car proper by Q
| cooking The cars are equipped at Chi.
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