The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-03

| train of eighteen cars OF live stock from
Montezuma TO Indianapolis. sixty-seven
| miles, in three hours, being detained twen-
ty minutes by stop.
/ The Santa Fe Railway yesterday an
! hounced cheap colonist rate during March
and April TO California. The One-way rate
! from Chicago and ST. Louis is $33. From
/ Missouri river points, Kansas Oklahoma
and Colorado a fare OF S25 is granted.
! Cooper Wood. who on Feb. l assumed the
/ duties of engineer of maintenance of way
/ or the indianapolis * Nincennes, Is but
\ twenty-five years of age. but is an expert
/ In the engineering service. He is a son Of
/ Joseph Wood, second vice president of the
| pennsylvania lines West.
j. H. Martin. general agent of the North
| western at Milwaukee, on Feb. took
| charge of the Grand-avenue Freight ter
| minal, succeeding the late c. II. Culver.
/ ii. c. Cheney succeeds him at Milwaukee
] Mr.. Cheney has been with the Northwest
eTn IN Omaha and Milwaukee twenty-five
! years.
The Pennsylvania Louisville division
Will change time on Sunday and train 1
Will be scheduled 10 arrive st Indianapolis
at n:S5 p. m instead of $50 p. m. as at
present: This is a desirable change so far
as indianapolis is concerned, because IL
VIII enable passengers to catch the last
street cars on most of the lines.
The Chicago st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha has opened new offices in st. Paul.
EDWARD Whitaker city passenger and
cial agent and the usual force of clerks
| occupy the new offices. Their opening was
marked with an informal dinner, which was
attended by many passenger men.
Trains from the East were several hours
late yesterday, while Western trains came
In practically on time. The White Special
on the Big Four is making a remarkable
record. Only two or three times has this
train failed to arrive on schedule time,
making the run from Cincinnati to Indian
apolis In two hours and forty-fve minutes.
The annual meeting of the Northern Pa
cine shareholders, adjourned until yester-
day, was again held over until March 15 to
await the decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the Northern Securities
case, the Court of Appeals having enjOined
the Northern Securities Company, which
owns the majority of Northern Pacific
stock, from voting such stock.
During 1903 the Nickel-plate purchased
hfty-one new locomotives and has ordered
lVe already Tor this year. An inspection
OF the annual report from 1900 TO 1904 shows
that in the year ending Dec 81, 1903, Nickel
plate gross earnings increased 20 per cent.
over the gross of 1900 while the net increase
was II per cent. during that period owing
to the increase in wages and Improvements
TO the property.
The Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago is
handling the largest business in the history
of the road for this season of the year. on
Saturday there were handled in the east
yard at Fort Wayne 21A cars. During the
day eighty trains came into and departed
from that yard. On the western division
los freight trains moved, the same number
as on Friday with S215 cars 1887 westward
and ISIS eastward
Announcement is made that the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas will on April "a begin run
ming a new fast train between st. Louis and
Texas points 1t is to reduce the time of
the Katy flyer between st. Louis and Gal
weston by three hours, with corresponding
reductions for intermediate points and the
Southwest. The train will leave Galveston
daily for St. Louis in the early morning
and leave St Louis for Galveston about
a.
The 500 line has made another cut in
rates to New York for the merchants ex-
cursions. From Feb. to Feb. 10 and from
Feb. 70 to March l the 500 announces il
will place round trip tickets to New York
on sale at $3.50 bearing a limit of thirty
days from the selling date. In addition to
cutting the New York rate, it announces
cuts for west bound rates to the Pacific
coast. Passenger officials are considerably
disturbed over the action of this road, as
it is feared II means a general demoraliZa-
tion in rates.
The official report of the Pennsylvania
voluntary relief department shows that on
the Panhandle mainline 9S per cent. Of the
engineers are members of the organiza-
tion and on the Indianapolis & Vincennes
and Louisville division 100 per cent On
the Panhandle and on the Louisville divi-
sions and on the Indianapolis & Vincennes
100 per cent. of the firemen are members
OF the association, and on all three divisions
100 per cent. of the conductors. 50 per cent.
of the shopmen and 96 per cent. of the yard
the trackmen, but q per cent.
The Mohawk valley milk train on the
New York Central road is now one of the
biggest money earners on the road. Its
receipts range from 81, 500 TO s.. 500 a day. and
the entire business has been built up within
the past five years. The train brings milk
into New York from towns on the main
line and the Rome, Watertown e Ogdens-
burg division from two TO four hundred
miles from New York Massina Springs is
400 miles distant, and Oneida, the farthest
western point. 255 miles. The train is hauled
by the best engines on the road and on
the Hudson division runs as fast as the
Empire State schedule.
Aspiring young men employed by rail-
ways We're given some good advice by
George III. Daniels, general passenger
agent for the New York Central, at a re-
cent meeting in New York. He advised
them TO do faithfully the work assigned
and put aside the thought that because
they were at present filling minor positions
selves. He then gave examples of hard
workers. Marvin Hewitt, for so many years
president of the Chicago & Northwestern,
began his railroad career a telegraph
operator at Albany; Thomas J. Potter grew
up from a section foreman TO be general
manager and afterwards president of the
Union Pacific; Charles Nj. Hays first vice
president and general manager of the
Grand Trunk. began as stenographer and
private secretary in the office of A. A Tai
madge, general manager of the Missouri
Pacific in 1880; w. G.. Brown, vice president
of the New York Central and Lake Shore
from the lower position in the operating
dpDa rtrnontS of railroads