The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-26

has returned and will be at his office until
on juno i. 1t is perSiStently asserted that
he will be given higher position.
Citizens of Fort Wayne are urging the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton TO make
another change in running time of local
train into that city in the morning, re-
turning at 43O in the afternoon, in order
to accommodate people who desire to trade
at Fort Wayne. The opinion is that enough
traffic will be obtained to make the train
self-sustaining from the beginning.
James Powers, who represents the Chi
cago, Rock Island q Pacific in this terri
tory, yesterday received a circular an
nouncing that on June the Rock Island
would establish through service between st.
Louis and Los Angeles via the Kansas
City and FL Paso route, leaving st. Louis
at 7:45 a. m and reaching Los Angeles at
IL D. m. the third day out. A train will
leave st. Louis at 7:45 p; m. reaching san
francisco at 6:2O p m the fourth day OUT
A conscience-smitten man of Dublin. Ind,
has sent to the general offices of the Penn
sylvania 81, incosed in a letter in which he
says that eight years ago he broke i've
insulators along the right of way Of the
Pennsylyaia and wishes TO reimburse the
company for the loss, adding that he was
converted three years ago and wished TO
square the account. L. III. Mcknight, treas
urer, received the money yesterday and put
1t in the conscience fund of the Pennsyl-
vania.
The community of interests which exists
between the PENNSYLVANIA and the Wander.
bilt roads is emphasized by the closing of
a contract between the Chesapeake az ONO
and the Big Four, by which the former Sc
cures important trackage privileges in Gin
cinnati, which will be of great advantage
to both properties and will lead TO the Ches-
apeake & Ohio running fast freight and
passenger trains from EASTERN points 10 St.
Louis over the Big Four tracks TO Cincln-
natl and Chicago.
There is evidence that the Wabash line
into Pittsburg will be we'll patrOniZed by
persons desiring to reach points in the
West it is annouced that half of the
Pullman space in trains 10 leave Pittsburg
on the first and second days of operation.
June 10 and 20, has already been reserved
at local offices. inquiries have been made
by hundreds, and the first train leaving
that city will be run in two or more sec
tionS to accommodate persons desiring to
ride over the new line
TIE Erie freight officials who have been
on Western trip have returned to New
York with a much higher opinion of In
dianapolis than they had before held Their
trip over the Belt road and visit TO indus
larger industries that the city possesses
enlarged their ideas of the business the
roads derived from this city, both in con-
signments and shipments. Indianapolis,
one of their number said, had become one
of the most important Western business
points.
The first Sunday excursion over the Lake
Shore road this season was run on the I'D.
and over five hundred people took advan-
tage of the low rates to different points
along the road. This is taken as evidence
of the Lake Shore in regard to Sunday ex-
curs'ons has aroused a great deal of inter-
est. not only among railroad men but
| tanning the quiet of Sunday. 1t has been
an open secret that one of the high officials
of the Vanderbilt system has been opposed
road has begun its excursion season is
! believed to be proof that the arguments
| have been sufficient to overcome at least
| temporarily, his objections.
| Mcnamara Naxu
| York Central engineer and general chair
| man of the convention committee of the
| Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen who
has charge of the arrangements for the
| international convention this year, has
recovered from an illness of eight weeks,
| the result OF severe accident He has
| learned that instead of ten thousand or
| fifteen thousand delegates and visitors at
| tending the convention there will be double
| the work this week. The Brotherhood of
| Locomotive Firemen is one of the best
organizations among railroad men: has the
the largest membership of any railroad
| organization, and is one of the most ably
conducted associations in the country.
The quarterly inspection of the main line
| trackage of the Pennsylvania lines west
| was begun on Monday with c. NJ Bennett.
| superintendent of the Cincinnati & Musk
| ingum Valley road in charge of the work,
| he being an expert in trackage. He will
| inspect the whole track of the main line of
the Panhandle and Fort Wayne route. us
| ing for this purpose track inspection car
| WHICH, II cQGipptu Will SptCIdi
Mr. Bennett is accompanied by Chief En-
| gineer of Maintenance of Way w. C. Cush-
| ing and Principal Assistant Engineer d. v
| Sommeryille, of the Southwest system.
Messrs. Gushing and Sommerville will ac-
| company Mr.. Bennett over the Panhandle
these officers being accompanied over each
division by the engineer of maintenance OF
way and the supervisors of the divisions
| on which they employed. The track
| inspection car is run at the rate of III
miles an hour, and each bit of track found
| faulty i'll any respect is marked and must
| be repaired under the supervisors direc-
| ton.