The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-23


for ten new locomotives for the Big -Four
was also placed with the American loco
motive works.
one result Of the new railroad law in
Canada is to abolish half-rate tickets for
clergymen. which heretofore have been uni
versa! among the railroads of the DOmin-
ION.
II. F. Houghton. assistant general super
intendent Of the Big Four says their trains
were moved nearer on schedule time yes
terday than in any day in the last two
months.
circular announces the appointment of
James Hayes as travelling passenger agent
OF the Rock Island with headquarters in
New York He viii succeed John y. Ted
ford, resigned.
]. A. Barnard general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, left last night for
trip over the Western division. He will be
absent three or four days and will be in
Peoria tomorrow.
The Missouri Pacific has selected Frank
Anderson for its excursion agent. He has
been depot passenger agent of the Missouri
Pacific at Kansas City. His headquarters
hereafter will be st. Louis.
William D. Raoul, president of the Ma
tional Railroad Company of Mexico, has
announced to the directors his intention
not TO accept the reelection TO the presi-
dency i'm April. His desire is to devote
more time TO personal affairs
Detective Grady, of the Big Four, has re-
turned from Salamanca, n. Y, whittier he
went To bury his grandfather. Thomas
Null. who died at the advanced age OF
lO2 years and eight days. He had lived on
the same farm seventy-two years.
G. L. Gambler has been appointed TO the
headship of the Atlanta freight agency of
the Southern Railway. He takes the place
OF j. II. Garner, who resigned on Feb. l.
Mr. Gambler has been connected with the
Southern Railroad for several years.
The Burlington announces that during the
low colonist rates to California and the
Northwest in March and April that com
pany will run daily tourist Sleepers from
Chicago to Los Angeles on train No. 3,
leaving Chicago at 1875 o'clock p. m.
II. r. Hurry, VINO a few months ago was
appointed assistant general solicitor of the
road He has won several cases which
tested his legal ability. He left Rensse-
laer, Ind, to accept his present position.
r. Nankeno, a Japanese railway official
of the Nippon Railroad system of Japan,
has about completed his tour over the rail-
roads of this country. He spent Saturday
at Atlanta, the guest of Superintendent
Foraker and General Freight Agent Cand-
| Ter, and proved a most interesting visitor.
1t is announced that G.. w. Vanderslice
/ sllnerintendent of the Missouri division of
! the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific. will re-
tire on Feb. y. Who will be his successor
/ has not been decided. Mr.. Vandersce but
six months ago went from the Northern
| Railway to the Rock Island.
| George Haylor, formerly district passen-
/ ger agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
/ now assistant general passenger agent for
! the Lackawanna, was I'm the city yesterday.
| He reports a large increase in the passen-
4 ger business of the lines he represents
/ since Wilbur Lee and other Western men
took control of that branch of service.
Considering the severity of the weather,
! the Evansville a Terre Haute road is max
ing a good earning exhibit Since July
! ISf 70 h d
! 1856 an increase over the cores onding
period last year of S34.177 The fact is that
| SHOWS have given that road less trouble
than most of. the Indiana lines, as is the
case with the Louisville division Of the
! Pennsylvania.
c. II. Higbie, for some years the Pacific
coast manager OF the American and Red
! Star line of steamers, has been called TO
| New York to become manager at that port.
| The American line also will bring to New
| York its Pacific coast steamships Indiana,
! PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio and Conemaugh. The
Indiana has arrived at New York with the
] largest cargo of salmon ever brought from
the Pacific coast 1000 tons.
The sixth annual banquet of the Creve
| Occur Club, of Peoria, ILL.,, was given last
night in commemoration of the birth OF
| George Washington. Assistant General
| Freight Agent Maxwell and Assistant Gen.
eral Superintendent Boomer, of the Lake
Erie * Western, were present. Samuel b
Sweet general freight agent, and John b
Cockrun, general solicitor of the Lake Erie
& Western, were not able to attend.
The Traffic Club of Pittsburg, which will
give it's annual banquet on the evening
of March l, is TO have as one of its speak
ers George Il. CortelyOu, secretary OF com
merce and labor. Another feature of the
occasion viii be an entertainment of tins
members of the club and its guests, ar
ranged for Robert Pitcairn, assistant a.
Pittsburg to President Cassatt who places
at their disposal a special train for the pur
pose of visiting various railroad terminal:
in and about Pittsburg.
i A large force of civil engineers, said e
be in the employ of the Wabash Railroad
Company, arrived at Roanoke, w va.
left yesterday for Salem, Christiansburt
and Bell Spring TO begin, it is said sur
vey of a proposed road which the Wabasl
system will build from the Ohio river t.
| the Atlantic seabOard. The engineers re
fused to talk. The Wabash people won
suit in Mercer county. West Virginia, las
week giving them the right of way in tina
and Wyoming counties.
w A. Church. who has been treasure
of the Philadelphia & Reading for thirt,
years and who retires on a pension, having
attained the age of eighty, entered tn
service of the company as a clerk in tn
bookkeeping department in 1851 and ha
gradually advanced until he was electe
| treasurer He succeeded Samuel Bradford
who became treasurer of that company an
|. continued in that position until January
1874, when he retired on account of ad
formers methods which proved successful
from the beginning.
Regarding the story revived that anothe
attempt was to be made to settle tn
Pennsylvania-GOuld difficulties, an Officia
of the Pennsylvania said yesterday: 9Th
chances are distinctly against any renewa
! of the attempt to bring about the settle
ment of the dispute. Negotiations cam
to an end two weeks ago and have no
been renewed While there is nothing off
cial available as to the cause of the break
ing off, il is believed that the hitch result,
ed from the Introduction at the last me
ment of a number of new propositions fror
| the Gould side after settlement by IN
? principals had apparently been arrived at.