The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-23

The estimated cost of improvements to
be made the present year on the Lake Erie
| & Western exceeds S5OO,OOO
| ]. Lutrell. of the Illinois Central shops at
Burnside, it is understood, will be the sue
cessor of Thomas Lawes as superintendent
| of motive power of the Central Illinois.
| An official of the Vandaia said yesterday
/ that the road was now clear of delayed
| freight to an extent not realized at any
| time before within the last five months.
Joseph b. Dyer has been appointed travel
| ing passenger agent of the New York
| Central-Lake Shore lines, succeeding j. d.
Fealy transferred to another division.
W. j. Davis, superintendent of the Fort
Wayne division of the Lake Erie & West
| ern, was in the city yesterday in confer
| ence with Assistant General Superintendent
Boomer.
| w G. Lehey, assistant general passenger
| agent of the Chicago. Rock Island q Pa
| cific, spent yesterday in the city. and, ac-
| companied by James Powers, visited pas
senger officials
| II. G. Stiles. general agent of the Cincin-
| natl, Hamilton & Dayton at this point, and
| r. III. Campbell, general agent at Dayton,
| left yesterday for French Lick Springs for
| ten days stay
| The police department of the Indianapolis
| &c Vincennes and the Indianapolis terminals
| of the Pennsylvania lines now have located
| at Indianapolis one captain, one lieutenant
and seven patrolmen.
Several passenger conductors on the Gin
cinnati Hamilton & Dayton running be-
| tween Dayton and Cincinnati have been dis
missed for alleged Irregularities brought
| out by an investigation.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific has
decided to erect union station at Oklaho-
ma City at cost of 100000 and probably
shops of the Rock Island and the st. Louis
q San Francisco Will be located at that
point.
1t was announced yesterday by the Santa
he road that it will soon put into service
a new transcontinental mail train between
Ut
feles on faster schedule than any now
running.
c. L. Schaff, general manager of the Big
Four, who has been confined to his room
since Thursday with ptomaine poisoning, is
he will be able to be at his office before
the close of the week.
r. n. Wiley has been appointed general
yardmaster of the Baltimore, Rochester &
Pittsburg. This will lead to number of
minor changes, this road filling all po-
sitions vacated by promotion OF men now
in the company's employ.
w B. Hudson recently appointed superin-
tendent Of maintenance of way of the
Grand Rapids * Indiana, has decided TO
make his headquaTters, at Fort Wayne and
Pennsylvania depot building.
A. Z. Stilwel, president of the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient Railroad, who in
company with Vice President Dickinson,
and the general manager of the line left on
March to inspect the property and visit
the City of Mexico, returned on Monday
The Pennsylvania is remodeling its de-
pot at Crestline at cost of $1,000. The
hotel depot, well the station proper
has undergone changes. Rooms have been
furnished the dining room enlarged and
fresh look given to the entire struc-
ture.
A representative of one of the transcon-
tinental lines, who in the city yester-
day, said that according 10 reports the Cal
ifornia orange crop will be the largest in
wears and roads carrying that product are
making arrangements TO move il with
promptness.
The car inspectors and repairers of the
St Louis & San Francisco line are threaten
ing to strike on the proposed reduction in
wages and a reduction of the force. A COM
mittee of the union has set a day to meet
the representative of the company In
Springfield, Mo-, TO endeavor to adjust
grievances.
At the annual election of the stockholders
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company yes
terday \. j. Cassatt, Clement a. Griscom
and Amos X. Little were unanimously re-
elected directors To serve for the ensuing
four years. The number of shares voted
was 4101. 123. being 69.S per cent. of the
capital entitled to vote at the election.
A bill has been introduced in the Ohio
Legislature making the maximum charge
In that state for a 1.00o-mile book on a
railroad $50 the book TO be good for two
years and any unused part at the end of
that time shall be redeemable. The bill