The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-26

Charles Cost was yesterday appointed
contracting agent Of the Erie lines at In
dianapolis. He formerly held like posi-
ton on the Big Four.
d. G. Fiske, jr, has been appointed
freight contracting agent for the Union
Pacific, with headquarters In New York,
succeeding l.. w. Lake.
Employees in the car department of the
Wabash are uneasy and are asking for
un,fofm schedule Of wages, threatening to
strike if they do not get II.
The Texas PACIFIC is double tracking its
line between Fort Worth and Dallas in
order to meet traction competition, which
is becoming pronounced in that State.
The Commercial Club of Muncie will on
Thursday dedicate its building, and
a number of railroad men of this city
have received invitations to be present.
A special train the Hooking Valley
road covered seventy-seven miles in los
minutes. making nine stops. The run was
made on Friday between Marion and To-
ledo.
Frank A, Durbin, general counsel of the
Baltimore & Ohio west of the Ohio river,
will leave early in May On extended
trip abroad. He will be accompanied by
Mrs. Durbin.
After fortytwo years of active service
with the Pennsylvania Charles p. Climber
will on May / be placed on the company's
pension list. Mr.. Climber began railroad
life as q laborer.
There will be a meeting to-day in Chi
cago to consider grain rates. and to-mor-
Chicago to take action on different ques-
tionS relating to rates.
= ew rules of the Central Traffic Associa-
ton will become effective to-day. and
telescopes not properly locked will be
charged 30 cents extra.
W. H. King former India napolis rail-
road man. has been in the city for day or
two He has just returned from California
ana will go to St. Louis to take a position
in tie Passenger Validating Bureau.
Barney Keefe. trainmaster of the Chesa-
peahe d. OHIO at Cincinnati, will succeed
y. w. Haines as superintendent of term
lnals, and the place he vacates will be
taken by Paul Stevens, son of President
Stevens.
The office Of d. f. Milney. superintend-
| d Western, will be removed from Frank
| fort, Ind, TO Toledo, where that official will
be IN closer touch with the general su-
| perintendent
| Erie road, announces the promotion of f.
b. GmlDert, master mechanic. to be su-
| perintendent OF motive power, and of train
master &. l.. PaScO, to be superintendent
| OF transportation, effective May l.
NJ. E. ingalls,, president of the Big Four.
| who went abroad some three months ago,
| will arrive by the Oceanica this evening
or tomorrow morning. He will remain in
| New York couple of days after landing
| and will be at his headquarters, Cincin-
natl, May l.
Colonel Albert Boone. of GAINESVILLE O.,
| has come to the front again with his plan
| TO build the Black Diamond road, line
/ projected several years ago. to traverse
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and a
number of Southern States and have a
| SeaDoard terminus at Charleston, S. c.
| j. 4. Davenport, division passenger agent
| OF the Louisville q Nashville, with head
| quarters at st. Louis. is fast recovering
| from serious illness. The operation re-
| Gently made was so successful that Mr.
| Davenport was yesterday able to leave the
| hospital and will soon resume his duties
Charles Vinnedge. auditor of the ST.
Louis terminal Company, who was called
| 10 this city by the death of a relative re-
| turned yesterday. He says fully 200 car
loads OF exhibits are being unloaded daily
at the st. Louis exposition grounds, and it
will take some weeks yet to deliver all the
exhibits.
| Charles F. Smith. chief dispatcher for
the Rock Island at Delbar, has placed in
operation new form of wireless tee-
/ graphing. Each caboose on The FL Paso
| division Ias been equipped with the new
| device, and II is understood 1t will be in
| of the Missouri.
There are now three railroad tracks and
one electric line running side by side be-
tween Detroit and Toledo-the Grand
| Trunk and the Glover Leaf the Lake
/ Shore and the Michigan Central and an
electric line will be opened this week be-
tween the same points side by side with
the three roads.
Albert +. Mitchell yesterday became su-
perintendent of motive power of the I.e
high Valley road, succeeding Mr.. TAYLOR
who a year ago resigned to become sl-
| perintendent of motive power of the North
ern Pacific. Mr.. Mitchell graduated from
Maine State College as mechanical en-
gineer in 1875; the following year he
worked an apprentice In the Baldwin
| locomotive works; in 1877 he went with
| the Pennsylvania. where he worked i'm the
| testing and signal department at the AL
toona shops until 1881 In 1856 he went To
the New York. Lake Erie * Western.
| where he was engineer o. signals at New
York. and then mechanical engineer on
| the Chicago & Erie: in 1892 he was made
| superintendent OF motive power OF the en-
| tire system. Three years ago he left the
| Erie and went TO the Chicago. Milwaukee
| * St Paul assistant superintendent of
motive power, but IN less than year re-