The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-25

Tickets were placed on sale on Saturday at
the reduced rates.
President Baer of the Philadelphia &
Reading-Jersey Central Company, in an
swer to an inquiry concerning the report
that the Jersey Central was to lease the
Lehigh Valley & Hudson River road, states
that il is untrue.
Officials of the Buffalo and Susquehanna
expect to have trains operating into Dubois
over the new line from Sinnenahoning by
July l. About thirty miles of track still re-
mains to be laid. but this will be in readi-
ness in ample time
H. E. Van Housen, who has been yard
master of the Union Pacific at Rawlings
thirty-one years, has resigned TO become
ger eral superintendent of the Copper Belt,
a read connecting salt Lake City with va
rious mining camps
. Jacob T. Redman veteran Baltimore &
Ohio conductor, who died on Thursday was
buried yesterday at Lakewood. The bear
ers were all members of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, of which the deceased was
a prominent member.
The industrial agent of the Erie is very
fortunate in locating new industries on the
lines of that road. He has located the Bah
bitt Soap Company on it's line near Gran
ton, y. Y, where a new town is to be
founded to be called Rabbit.
Contracts amounting to 100000 have
been made by the New York, New Haven
'ments of the single-track bridge across the
Connecticut river in preparation for the
new double-track steel bridge.
w w. Richardson assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines
West, will return this morning from an
eight days trip over the Pennsylvania lines
West, in company with some forty OF the
pennsylvania passenger officials.
A circular announces that the Missouri
Pacific will to-day put on new trains each
way between st. Louis and Kansas City,
making eight through trains each way daily.
The Iron Mountain now has seven trains
daily out of st. Louis TO Texas points.
Harry w. Bowsher, who has for some
years represented the Missouri, Kansas q
Texas in this territory, was in the city last
week, bidding farewell to the passenger
men,. He goes TO Dallas, Tex, where he
will represent the NJ, x. & 7. during the
worlds fair.
Orders have been given to begin work on
the building Of a direct track for the Erie
between Cleveland and Gallon, O. The new
route will shorten its line to both Cincin-
natl and Chicago This track completed.
| the through trains of the Erie will pass
| through Cleveland instead Of Akron.
James McCrea has completed his twelfth
| year as president of the Union Railway
| Company, he succeeding NJ. T.. Ingalls,. No
| salary is attached to the position. but some
| important questions arise to adjust which
| Mr.. McCrea seems to have ability to act
promptly on and settle
| A branch of the Pennsylvania Y. NJ. c.
| A. has been organized at Glenn Campbell.
| Pa which is the western terminal of the
| Cambria & Clearfield division of the Penn
| sylvania. The association was formed at
the special request of a majority of the
| railroad men at that point.
The Lima locomotive and machine works
| have sent 10 the St Louis fair an exact
reproduction in miniature of a Shay loco
motive. The model is but thirty-seven
| inches in length ten inches high and
weighs but few pounds The little tender
is stocked with coal and ready for work.
H. F. Houghton. assistant superintend-
| ent of the Big Four. j. r. Cavanaughs car
| service superintendent of the Big Four, and
| r. b. Turner, superintendent of the Gin
| cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton viii leave to-
| day for New York to attend the annual
meeting of the American Railway Associa-
| ton.
6ne of the st. Louis combinations is
| that of the Erie and the Big -Four. and
| these roads have issued in conjunction two
neat booklets, one hotel and boarding
house guide for st. Louis. the other a
schedule of special days and events at the
! exposition. including a description of the
military camp.
The first of the Sunday excursions which
| were run yesterday, were not very well
patronized The Cincinnati, Hamilton q
| Dayton had 2G5 passengers for Cincinnati
| and the Vandaia AS for Terre Haute. The
Big Four brought i'll from Nation and way
| stations 456, the Peoria & Eastern 2l2 and
the Cincinnati division of the Big Four 343.
Capt. j. G. Grammar. freight traffic man
ager of the Lake Shore. states that there
is more business than the road can care for
| However. congestion is thing of the past
| He expressed himself as much afraid that
the grain outlook is not good, wheat and
oats being far behind. and he thought the
| continued cold weather would reduce the
| crops considerably. In fact in many cases
| oats will have to be replanted.
Traffic officials Of the coal roads of the
| Eastern Ohio and Western. Pennsylvania
| Coal Traffic Association held a meeting il
! Pittsburg on Friday and Saturday and de-
cided to make no change i'm coal rates be-
| tween Pittspurg and West Virginia Goa
| mines and the lakes and the West. One OF
| the railroad officials says that. owing L
the increase in operating expenses the road.
could not reduce the rates and make any
showing OF revenue.
The Wabash is making a special effort IL
the matter OF building new depots. A
present depots costing from 5000 to S12.0G
are in process Of construction between New
| Haven. Ind. and Toledo. Depots AT Gar
creek Knoxdaie Emmett. Neapolis an,
Homewood are among those near compile
ton. each of which, will be telegraph sta
tons, with day and night offices. Whit
House and Jewell. on that line. have beer
made. night telegraph offices. and in tn
near future night telegraph stations will b.
established al several other stations. Tn
opening of the new telegraph Offices is 70
the purpose of having all the lines operate'
by block system.
The Pittsburg division of the Pennsyl
,vana will on May ! lose one of its hes
men, j. T.. Mechling, assistant master me
chanic at Pittsburg. who has been ap
| rointed master mechanic of the Nandalia
with headquarters at Terre Haute. the APP
pointment being made on Saturday. \
Terre Haute Mr.. Mechling succeeds L.
Hildrith. Mr.. Mechiing possesses an en-
via BILE reputation in motive power circle
| as well as among operating men. He mad
| his reputation for efficiency as nOtiv
power and operating man at Pitcairn. 1t wa
| because of the excellency of his work Their
| that his promotion 10 the position of as
! sistant master mechanic OF the Pittsbur
| division was made.