The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-15

In February there arrived and departed
at the Union Station 420S trains, consisting
of 4,15 passenger cars.
Captain Murray, claim agent of the Penn
sylvania, lies at the point of death at his
home in Columbus, Ind.
+. Sawyer. agent of the Pennsylvania at
this point, left last night for Columbus to
attend a meeting of Pennsylvania freight
agents.
Ralph Peters, general superintendent of
the Panhandle. who accompanied his fam
lily South Friday, has returned TO his
headquarters.
The Lake Shore-Lehigh Valley Dispatch
is Boosting of the time the line is making
with through freights, equaling the best OF
its competitors.
Paymaster Crawford, of the vandalia,
was in the city yesterday. and paid for
February service. He is the oldest pay
master of any Indiana road.
Robert V. Smith, treasurer of the Penn
sylvana Railroad Company. who has been
i'll for some months, is reported as slightly
improved, and his recovery may be perma-
nent.
A. c. Heston, secretary of the Western
New York & Pennsylvania, road owned
by the Pennsylvania, after a siege of nine
weeks of typhoid fever, yesterday returned
to work.
John S. Lazarus, freight traffic manager
of the Springfield division of the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton, who has been South
for couple of weeks for short rest, has
returned.
III. c. Shepard, the new assistant general
freight agent of the Pennsylvania, who sue
ceeded Col. S. +. Grey, is this week going
over his territory getting acquainted with
some of the larger shippers over the line.
General Manager Nudge, of the Santa
Fe. has issued an order providing that any
employee of the road whose wages are gar
nisheed will be suspended from service until
after the garnishment has been withdrawn
The Missouri Pacific, in 1903, completed
$50 miles of new road, all of which is now
earning money. There remains before>c COM
pletion of the river division for traffic
an expenditure that will approximate &c.,
100000.
A Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton official
says that the passenger trains of that line
are making fine record. Since the big
new engines have been in service the COM
panys twelve trains between Indianapolis
and Cincinnati are making excellent time
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
which established a line of free reclining
chair cars a few months ago between St
Louis and Louisville on the night train,
finds that the movement is appreciated by
the travelling public and profitable to the
road.
gang organized for the purpose of robbing
its offices of transportation, the Santa Fe
has issued orders for all agents to take no
chances hereafter and lock up all skeleton
tickets in the companys safes at the close
of each business day
The Western Passenger Association has
adopted report of special committee to
continue the homeseeKers' arrangements
for the coming year. Accordingly. home
seekers tickets will be sold on the first and
third Tuesdays of the month for one fare
plus 81 for the round trip.
S. E. Stohr, assistant general freight
agent of the Chicago & Great Western.
with headquarters in Chicag go. has been APP
pointed general freight agent of the Chi
quarters in ST Paul. He succeeded S. O.
Brooks. who recently resigned.
letter received last week from NJ. d.
Woodford. president of the Cincinnati, Ham,
ilton < Dayton. who is at Thomasville.
Ga, says his health continues to improve.
but he probably will not attempt to re-
turn to his headquarters before the latter
part of April or early in May.
James Van Deusen, of Richmond, Ind,
formerly civil engineer of the Pennsylvania
lines vest, and who made the surveys for
the Miami division, is ninety-two years of
age and is in excellent health. He is much
interested In railroad affairs. His history
of the Little Miami road has met with large
sale.
District Passenger Agent Pummell of
the Northern Pacific. says that about the
middle of June the passenger department
will have ready for distribution a colored
map OF Yellowstone Park. 1t will be very
! complete. showing the topography of the
park, the location of hotels, points of espe-
cial interest and features in which it
abounds and which attract the traveller
The Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific has
taken action which may start a big freight
war by announcing that Ii will pay Chi
cago carriage charges OF shippers up TO
3 cents per hundred pounds, TO equalize
distances between its freight houses and
those OF competing lines. This action. il
| is claimed. is equivalent TO cut in rate
of 20 To 60 cents per ton or all freight.
A special meeting of the Central Passen-
| ger Association will be held at Chicago on
| March "a TO arrange for Atlantic City and
| Niagara Fails excursions and TO consider
| worlds fair business. Each road Is en-
titled TO run one coach excursion a week to