The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-04

over the st. Louis division. He says that
of the forty-four miles of double track east
from St. Louis thirty-SiX miles have been
laid and the entire distance will be COM
pieted, heavily graveled and in condition 10
run fast trains over by August l.
Business with the Peoria & Eastern is so
encouraging that the company is carrying
out its improvements per programme. Inc
company is this week laying 2ooO tons or
new heavy steel rails, eight miles on the
eastern and eight miles on the western di-
vision and is putting in sixteen concrete
bridges over streams the line crosses.
]. p Elmer, general passenger agent of
the Chicago Great Western, and n. w.
Noyes, general travelling passenger agent,
were in the city yesterday. They report
their Omaha line open and doing gooo
system there has been a great development
of passenger business in the last year or
two.
Passenger representatives of the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern on Friday pre-
sented O. Z. McCarty, general passenger
agent of the road, with handsome gold
watch and chain and a Masonic charm
studded with diamonds. With the glft was
letter bearing the signatures of twenty
five of the passenger men who were the
donors.
To enable milers to move some 1900 tons
of flour collected at the various lake ports,
in expectation of the opening of navigation.
the railroads in The Northwest Thurs
day Joined with the Eastern lines in re-
ducing the rates on domestic flour from 23
to 1Ols cents per 100 pounds, and this Will
doubtless start large movement towards
the seaboard.
III. c. Hollabiyd, general agent for the
Erie at Cincinnati, was in the city yes
terday. He says travel on the Erie is
steadily increasing, and he anticipates
heavy business TO st. Louis over their new
passenger lines formed in connection with
the Big Four, and, judging from inquiries
their Lake Chautauqua business Will De
large the coming season.
Z. w. Westley, superintendent of the
dining car service of the Pennsylvania, was
in Columbus, o., on Thursday i'm confer
ence with General Manager Peters relative
to the establishment of better dining car
service on some portions of the system. es-
pecially between Cincinnati and Michigan
points. where there is a handsome increase
in travel especially during the summer
months.
The passenger department Of the Pennsyl-
vania has Issued it's summer excursion book
for 1904 and it is up to the usual high
standard, pictOrially and typOgraphlcally.
Many of the illustrations interesting in
that they are new and show some OF the
recent Improvements TO that property.
Several pages are devoted to st. Louis, and
prospective worlds fair visitors will find
ample information as regards rates, etc.
Elliott E. Wortham. chief clerk to Presi-
dent Shonts, will be given the additional
title of purchasing agent of the Glover Leaf.
Mr.. Wortham has made notable advances
clerk in the yardmasters office of the
Norfolk * Western and was shortly after
appointed freight claim agent. In Novem-
Der, 1900, he accepted the position OF sec
retary to the president Of the Glover Leaf.
The Grand Trunk stands pat on it's re-
fusal to charge passengers 81 for the vail
dation of stop-overS at Chicago on world S
fair tickets. Some of the other Eastern
lines are evidently getting ready to follow
the example of the Grand Trunk, but thus
far have been prevented by the Chicago
Sie and st Louis tS roads In ; Tairoad circles ia
continuing the charge throughout the
worlds fair season.
In railroad circles the death of Samuel r.
Galloway is much regretted. An official
well acquainted with the deceased says he
was one of the most popular railroad men
in the United States, and his personal mag
netism had much TO do with placing the
American Locomotive Company on its pres
ent well-established basis. The newspaper
fraternity will long remember his geniality
and straightforwardness. and those who
knew him best have the highest opinion of
his sense of truth and justice.
The Hooking Valley has declared semi
annual dividend of per cent. on the pre-
ferred capital stock and a semi-annual div
idend of u per cent; on the common stock
of the company, both payable July is. The
books will be closed June 30 for transfer of
stock and reopened July 19. An official
of the road says this is one of the encour-
aging items of the times, and much more
so from the fact that coal traffic has prac-
ticaily shut off large per cent. of the
company's freight earnings, through the
strike of the pilots and masters of lake
transportation.
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis and
the Western * Atlantic, was in the city
yesterday. He says the freight business of
the Southern roads is highly gratifying,
which is certainly encouraging when man.
agements of some of the Northern lines
are dropping men, giving as reason the
slackness in business. j. r. DuckwOrth
travelling freight agent of the Tennessee
Central, was also in the city, calling on
freight officials, and reports freight traffic
on the Southern roads very satisfactory.
Reports have been current for some days
that NJ. ID. Woodford, president of the
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton. would in
| the near future hand in his resignation, and
such report gained credence on the New
York Stock Exchange. 1t is true that Mr.
Woodford has been i'll for some time and
| his physicians recommend a complete rest
from all work and responsibility. The gen.
eral belief is that should he retire Eugene
Zimmerman will be made president that
General Manager G. G.. Waldo will succeed
him as vice president and that George r.
Balch. at present purchasing agent and
Mr.. WoodfordS S righthand man, will sue
ceed c. q. Waldo general manager
The report that either the ST. Louis &
San Francisco or the Chicago. Rock Island
& Pacific has bought or is even negotiating
to buy the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas civ
official high in authority on the road.
Neither interest is at present negotia ting
any considerable addition TO mileage either
by purchase or construction. the policy be-
| ing TO develop the present lines and bring
them up to their best earning capacity be-
| fore new fields are reached. Under pres
ent conditions the combined system will by
| the middle of September add 1,000 miles of
new road, now operated on construction ac-
| count, to the mileage operated for income
| account. The mileage includes two main
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