The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-27

OF thirty men, The party filled eight Big
long enough for coffee and lunch.
General Manager Waldo, General Super
intendent Turner and Chief Engineer Will
son. of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton.
Yesterday inspected the Springfield division,
day will inspect the C, II. * p between
Indianapolis and Hamilton.
The meeting of traffic officials of lake
lines at Cleveland on "Wednesday proved a
failure and nothing was done in looking TO
relief of freight consigned for lake ship
ment Ii was decided 20 wait a few days.
with a view of determining whether West
ern lines proposed TO protect the all-rail
rate.
The Big Four yesterday received the last
six of its ten Atlantic type locomotives or
dered q few weeks ago. These engines
are at once put in service hauling freight.
and as soon as limbered up will be put
into passenger service. The engines are of
the highest type ever turned out at the
works.
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton officials
are eratified over west bound freight traf-
fic, II being at present fully 20 per cent.
in excess of the corresponding period last
year Doubtless this is in some measure
due to the roads extension to Springfield,
H.. where il has formed excellent traffic
alliances.
Ralph Peters, general superintendent of
the Panhandle, accompanied by his wife. IS
on an Eastern trip and will attend the COM
mencement of the Miss Spence School. at
which his daughter is a student Mr.. Peters
will also attend a meeting of the cipher
code committee of the american Railway
Association.
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. OFF,
Gals are reticent in talking regarding the
securities but it is said the common stock
will soon be placed on a . or per cent.
basis and that the preferred will be retired
at 1i5 President Woodford's illness delays
action in the matter.
Interurban service on Pennsylvania lines
will become a reality next Sunday when
electric service will be esta blished between
East Liberty, Pitcairn and Sewickley val
ley. There will be three trains each way
daily and arrangements have been made
for connections with the Panhandle and
Monongahela division trains.
The Panhandle has decided to double
track its Cincinnati division between Glade
run and Florence, beginning the improve
ment at once The right of way has al
ready been graded, and double track Gull
verts are provided. When the new work
is completed there will be forty-five miles
of double track between Cincinnati and
Columbus.
Grand Rapids & Indiana officials are this
week going over the line on their annual
inspection. They are travelling in what is
known to the initiated as the steam hand
car small car propelled by steam that
will carry several persons comfortably ana
enable them to stop at any point on the
road for inspection. w. Il. Stlnton, gen
eral manager, heads the party.
w. B. Scott was yesterday appointed gen.
eral superintendent of the Houston &
Texas Central and the East q West Texas
| Railway. The position OF general manager
| has been abolished, and 1t is stated that the
| management of the property Will again be
| taken over by the Southern Pacific officials,
which is evidence that the deal with the
| Rock Island, which sought to acquire half
| interest in the road, has been abandoned.
The Big Four recently announced a rate
| for Memorial day of one fare plus p cents
| for all points within radius of 15O miles
| of the selling point As soon as this was
| done it was almost a certainty that the
| competing lines would meet the Big -Four
rate rather than throw the entire territory
open to controversy The Central Pas
| senser Association voted on the rate. and
as a result all lines will charge the same.
George s. williams, chief clerk in the
general offices of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul at Chicago. has been promoted
to the position of New England agent, in
| charge of passenger and freight business,
with headquarters at Boston. Mr.. Will
liams succeeds W. w. Hall, who goes to
/ Chicago as commercial agent, and w. L.
| Pendergrast, private secretary TO General
| Freight Agent Kelley, takes Mr.. Williams S
position.
A party of sixty freight officials of the
Baltimore & Ohio is inspecting the prop
| erty of the company at Philadelphia in
| Guiding docks and wharves. The visitors
were entertained at a banquet by General
party will go TO Wilmington, Del. The
| party is headed by C. S. Wright, freight
traffic manager. The fore part of the week
! was spent in New York city, where ternlh-
| ais were inspected.
The Salt Lake Tribune says for years
| past the traveller from East or West mas
| had to change his timepiece at ogden, oW-
| Ing TO the hours difference in time. Tie
local lines and the Union Pacific have been
operated on mountain time, while the
| Southern Pacific has used Pacific time. Now
this is to be abolished and hereafter one
1 CT dor ri xryfn he oh
| effected by extending mountain time TO
Reno, Nevada. otter June l.
The Michigan Central has ia ken UNI
bragg over the Boston q. A X. rates 9e
| of So the same as on regular passenger
business. The Michigan Central declares
it will demand the same differential as
| as If, unless the presidents OF the roads
| interfere, there will be serious trouble over
G.. A. r. rates to Boston. 1t is thought
! possibly that the presidents can straighten
| out matters without serious trouble.
Charles S. Crane. general passenger agent
| of the Wabash, has been in Pittsburg for
| two three days looking after the pas
| senger service at that point preparatory TO
/ opening the service June 49, The forty
miles of new track, extending from Pitts
| burg to within a short distance OF the OHIO
| river are practically completed. At the
| rail end of the line nearly 1000 men are at
| work laying double track, ballasting and
| making wider the cuts where any POSSIBLE
| ity OF landSlldeS may exist. rev more
| miles of track laying and the road will
| be completed to the Ohio river.
Trains 20 and 81 recently put on be-
| tween New York and ST Louis over the
| Pennsylvania in opposite directions. and
| which haul only a dining car, baggage
| care and four sleeping coaches. are prov
| ing popular that the company has de-
| cided to add two additional sleeping cars
| making train of six. The train promises
| to be as popular as similar train running
| between New York and Chicago, put on
several years ago, and ii is thought by
the officials that the patronage of the St
Louis train will be so good that this serv-
ice will be continued after the exposition
is over 1t is made up of the best Pullman
equipment, and is practically new.