The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-11


President Shonts of the Toledo. st. Louis
& Kansas City. has returned to New York
w. w Richardson, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania, is in Chi
cagO.
The employees of the Union Railway Com
pany and Belt road were paid yesterday,
the pay rolls being $1S,15S
In February the Indiana Car Service AS
sociation handled 50 1856 cars, with an aver
age detention of LIB days.
r. f. White, general roadmaster of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, including
the Springfield division, was in the city yes
terday.
The Hooking Valley road earned in the
first week in March 500. 1896, a decrease as
compared with the same week of 1903 Of
Sl6,11l.9S.
w A Goodwin, sr, father-in-law of
Ralph Peters, general superintendent of the
Pennsylvania Southwestern system, was
buried at Cincinnati on Wednesday.
During the last two years the Pennsyl-
vania has added 1000 new locomotives to
its motive power, and the last report shows
5,163 locomotives on the entire system
The Big Four is arranging to erect water
softening plants along it's main line through
Ohio, the company having been troubled
much by the inferior quality of the water
for it's locomotives.
A number of locomotives belonging to the
Western Maryland have arrived in Toledo
and will be put in service on the Wabash
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and thus far six have been received.
Alexander Dawson who has been with
the traffic department of the Pittsburg
Glass Company. has assumed the duties
of freight agent of the Vandalia at Pitts
burg, succeeding L. Constance, resigned.
The engineers committee of the st. Louis
& San Francisco has just held it's periodi-
cal conference with the management at
Springfield and adjusted all matters for the
year satisfactorily. which applies to en-
DlOVpS of the entire system.
1t is stated officially that S. o. Brooks,
general freight agent of the Chicago
Great Western, Will on March q assume
the duties of general freight traffic mana
ger of the Pere Marquette Mr.. Brooks
has been with the Chicago Great Western
fifteen years.
Oscar G.. Murray. president OF the Balti-
more & Ohio. issued instructions that none
NOTED the road henceforth, and where
no men are available, sons of near
relatives of employees shall where feasible
be given preference.
Earnings of the New York Central for
February will not show as large a falling
off as those for January. Officials expected
that March earnings would show an in
crease over those of 1903, but the last Sc
we're snowstorm makes this impossible and
the officials now fear the flood will be Sc
rious.
Frank Butler. who has been in charge OF
the Indiana Car-service Association al Fort
Wayne. comes to Indianapolis as travelling
representative of l.. H. Mummert. man
ager of the Indiana Car-service Associa-
ton. Henry Coates. who has been the first
assistant in the car service in that city
succeeds Mr.. Butler.
p. w. Krin. brother of II. G.. KriII. as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Union Pacific, who has been in the employ
of the New York Central for the last two
years, has returned TO Kansas City and
taken the position of chief rate clerk in
the Office of II. II Embry, general freight
agent of the Rock Island
Accompanying the Missouri Pacific's an
nual statement comes the official announce
ment that the company has purchased a
large amount of Wabash preferred stock
which makes IL clear that the Goulds
preparing TO merge all their property. 1t
Is probable that the Northern Securities
litigation is the only thing that is holding
the scheme back.
Since the advent Of better weather the
railways reaching indianapolis from the
west are bringing most of their passenger
trains in on time. This. however. Is not
/ the case with trains arriving from the east
hours late. from which il would appear that
1 the Eastern roads do not recover them.
] selves as rapidly as the Western roads.
The Columbus & Lake Michigan has al
! last arranged for an entrance 10 Lima. o.
and will build a passenger and freight depot
/ there The line Il surveyed and partially
/ constructed from Columbus TO a point OF
! Lake Michigan opposite Milwaukee The
Lima City Council has granted a franchise
| The road was bid in by the bondholders
/ May last. Prior 10 that time 1t had beer
! In the hands of a receiver a number OF
| years.
| The Pennsylvania has sent a large mum
/ Der of its freight locomotives to the Bald.
| win locomotive works for repairs While
the number Of disabled locomotives at pres