The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-30

with the trolley lines in the Connecticut
valley.
John f. Turner, formerly district pas
senger agent of the Northern Pacific in
this territory, now representing life IN
surance company, has taken two rooms In
the Sentinel building and will welcome his
railroad friends.
Beginning June 8 the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas will put on new train between
Oklahoma City ard Kansas City, to make
the run in fourteen hours. For road that
has 40 miles of new track this is consid-
cred fast time.
The Peoria & Eastern, in the week ended
May %. handled at Indianapolis the largest
number of loaded cars in the roads history.
Especially on the eastern division was trat-
fic heavy, 202S loaded cars being received
and forwarded.
w. II. McDoel, president, Charles Rock
well, traffic manager, and George Lowell,
general superintendent of the Monon, spent
two days last week inspecting the main
line. Tomorrow they will inspect the In
dianapolis division
The Toledo. ST. Louis & Western earned
in the third week of May, s62,SSo. an in
year Of $l2,364. Since July the earnings
have exceeded those of the corresponding
period last.year by SD5,09S
Daniel G. Reid, one of the leading men,
bers of the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific.
mer, but the conditions are sound and a
revival in business and stock market &C
tivity may be expected in the fall
The appearance Of the first Wabash train
at the Pittsburg side of the river has a
special significance, it showed that the
road had succeeded in its efforts to gain
entrance to Pittsburg. The building of this
sixty miles of road cost the company
SO, 100000.
The Santa Fe last week shipped several
hundred nonunion machinists, boiler max
ers and blacksmiths to its various shops
The company has been sending 200 to 300
men weekly, and the agencies are now
quite at ease and are selecting only the
best men.
The private car of John f. Miller, vice
president of the Columbus, Akron q Cleve-
land, is undergoing general repairs at the
local shops of the Panhandle. Mr.. Miller
is one of the St. Louis exposition commits
sioners, and has occasion to use the car
quite frequently.
A dispatch to the journal from Evans
Vile says Fred III. HarWood, assistant gen.
eral freight agent of the Illinois Central
Railroad, has been appointed coal traffic
manager for the road, with headquarters
in Chicago. He will be succeeded at Evans
vile by &. +. Phoe, of Chicago.
The large freight engines of the Lake
Shore and of the Lake Erie & Western are
being equipped with eam-heating appli-
ances furnished with Mclaughlin flexible
joints between the engine and tender, which
will enable the company to use these en-
gines, in case Of emergency, for hauling
pdSSellSeT
Officers of the PENNSYLVANIA do not antic-
ipate much trouble from the strike of the
International Freight Handlers Union, now
in force the New York, New Haven &
Hartford. One of the officers of the Penn
sylvania, who keeps in touch with the situ-
alton, states that not more than 10 per
cent. of the freight handlers employed by
his company belong to the union, and
these seem satisfied with their work
In addition to the ladies maid, barber
and other attendants on Trains 70 and u,
known as the New York Limited, between
New York and st. Louis, official stenog-
rapherS and typeWriterS have been appoint
| ed to serve on these trains in both direc-
| tions. Their duties are to assist passen-
gers free of charge with their correspond
| ence, taking letters or kilograms from die
tation, writing them on typewriters and
| forwarding communications en- route.
The Western Passenger Association an
| nounceS that arrangements have been made
for a series of excursions for the st. Louis
worlds fair next month at rate of L cent
a mile. The Chicago excursions Will be
| run on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those
| from the northern peninsula of Michigan
| Will be run June IL and %, and the same
class of excursions will be run on Mondays
| from points in Missouri, Kansas and Ne
| braska. The Colorado day excursion will
be run June IL and %.
w. ]. Lynch, general passenger agent oil
| the Big Four, and III. j. Rhein, general pas.
| senger agent of the Lake Erie 81 Western
| have returned from Buffalo, where they
attended conference of the Vanderbilt
! passenger officials. Mr.. Lynch states that
| General Passenger Agent Daniels, of the
| New York Central, and Lambert of the
| West Shore, report the outlook for world:
| fair business as very encouraging; the
| lines, however, decided not to put on add
| tional trains until June 10.
| The annual meeting of the Lake Shore
| Mutual Relief Association, which was hello
| last week, was of more than passing inter.
| est. 1t was shown that the membership
| had been increased 404 during the past
/ year, and that most of these members come
| from hazardous pursuits the road, show.
| ing the tendency of that class to protect
| itself by the beneficial arrangements. The
| total membership TO date is 1897 The death
| statement showed a loss of 100 member:
| during the year. The total amount pait
out in death claims was $50, 633. 90
| The New York Central for eighteen
! months has been testing the United State.
| Lighting and Heating Company's electri,
| car lighting system with view of equip
| ping railroad cars with electric lights
| power being taken from the axles III,
various tests have induced the compan,
| to apply this system TO the Empire Stat
express train, and the first train made
| successful trip from New York TO Burial,
| last week. The problem of providing
clean. safe and steady light is one that ha
| confronted the railroad company for years