The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-20

The Pennsylvania has completed and
opened for use a new station at Claymont.
Dewitt Cuyler, large owner of secu-
rites of the Pennsylvania, passed through
the city yesterday afternoon.
James j. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, and M. o. Grover, his chief
counsel yesterday arrived in New York
The Hooking Valley road earned in the
second week of April $S1,05S.59, a decrease
as compared with the corresponding week
of 1868 of 39.429.40.
J. Nj. Schoonmaker. vice president and
general manager of the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie. passed through the city last night
on his way home from Western trip
L. b. Hutchinson, claim agent of the
Pennsylvania, has gone to Chicago for
two or three days, the guest of Harry
Miller, now general manager of the Rock
Island.
vania, who has been dangerously i'll for
several months, is so much improved that
he was caller at the general offices on
Monday.
Belvidere division of the Pennsylvania was
begun on Monday. Many of the long side
tracks will be connected to form the sec
ond track.
phia * Reading. has resigned to accept
position with the Santa Fe. He ha :
been in charge of the Richmond yards for
several years.
III the lIlQld1ld Gar service ASSO-
citation handled o. 49, cars, with an aver
age detention of 1.95 days. The unusual de-
tention was due to the floods which so
| interfered with traffic.
The Pennsylvania announces that the
date for putting on the exposition trains
has been postponed from May ] to Nav
10. when the time schedule heretofore pub
| lished will become effective.
President Hartman, of the Southern Pa
| cific, has appointed A. X. Vandeventer as
| sistant treasurer and Alexander Miller as
sistant secretary of the company. with
headquarters in New York.
The first freight train into Lewiston
| Mont. in four months arrived on Monday
| Never perhaps in the history of railroads
| has city been shut in so long. A passen-
| ger train got through a few days earlier
III. NJ Bronson, assistant general passen-
| ger agent of the Big Four, was in ST
| Louis yesterday in conference with Assist
ant General Passenger Agent Deppe con-
corning exposition matters, and to-day will
| be i'll Peoria.
Transportation officers of the Pennsyl-
| vania and the Baltimore a. Ohio held a
meeting on Monday at Washington to dis
| cuss tidewater demurrage charges on
| loaded coal cars. a new system of col
| lectng these charges is contemplated.
The officials of the roads composing the
| Union Railway Company yesterday held
! their regular monthly meeting, most of the
| lines being represented. The Union Rail
way Company is receiving 800 tons of new
] steel rails weighing eighty-five pounds tc
/ the yard
| The new dining cars built for the Wa
| bash for it's worlds fair traffic are nearly
| completed and will soon be placed i'm serv
| ice One is already in service on the Buff
| falo division, and Superintendent Robin.
| states that it evokes admiration from al
| who see II.
| John Harper has just completed hi.
/ fortieth year of service on the Pennsylva
| mia lines west. He began as water boy OF
| a passenger train and rose TO the position
| of conductor of train 90 one of the bes
| trains run on the Panhandle lines, anc
| has held the position many years
The Hooking Valley road on Monday pu
| a large force OF men at work on it's new
| yards at Walbri6ge, which were begun las
| fall Five new tracks were completed las
| fall and seven additional are to be con
| structed at once. The addition will
give the yards an additional capacity n
LOCO cars.
| G.. c.. Bard, chief dispatcher Of TIE Las
| Shore Railroad, says the new system 0
| running trains recently adopted is prov
ing highly satisfactory. Will tie bur
dens of the dspatchers are ssrneahat in
| creased, the chances of danFW are le,
sened and the operation of tie ne So
tenn is simpler and easier.
i special train on the Chicaso. Rocl
] Island & Pacific on Monday CARED -;