The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
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extent that there will be no further trou-
BILE in moving crops in Oregon and Cali
fornia. Orders have been given for 100 new
locomotives. forty of which have already
been delivered. and the remainder are to
be delivered by Aug. l.
The Seaboard Airline has given to the
Pressed Steel Car Company an order for
five hundred steel cars, and the company
is said to have also ordered the same num-
Der from the Pennsylvania Equipment
Company.
William d. Knapp. agent of the Lacka-
wanna at Detroit died at Grace Hospital
on for appendicitis several days ago. Mr..
Knapp was thirty-seven years of age and
well known in the West.
]. II. Wright, of Columbus. o., has been
appointed general freight and passenger
agent of the Arkansas * Louisiana Rail
way, with headquarters at Fort Smith,
Ark. Mr.. Wright is we'll known among
the younger Indianapolis railway men.
George Ingalls,, general freight agent of
the Big Four, passed through the city yes
terday route to St. Louis. He says
business begins to improve ana by June 1
further increase in traffic is looked for
E. H. Raupp, of Rochester, n. Y, has
been appointed chief train dispatcher OF
the Detroit, Monroe 81 Toledo Short-line,
with headquarters at Detroit. Other snort
line appointments are expected in the near
future.
At a meeting of the board of directors of
the New York, Westchester * Boston Rail-
road Company yesterday Samuel Hunt, or
Cincinnati. O., was elected vice president.
Mr.. Hunt will have special supervision OF
the construction work of the Westchester
Railroad.
A letter from Albert Sellers, general
agent of the Lake Erie * Western, who,
in company with DR.. feathers, is in jack
sonville, Fla, says he is improving In
health and will visit Cuba before return
ing. This is the Doctors first VACATION IN
twenty-five years.
Competition is becoming interesting. The
Pennsylvania lines on Sunday put on. a
line of sleeping cars between CieVeland,
indianapolis and St. Louis, and the Big
Four yesterday put on a line OF sleeping
cars to run nightly between Fittsburg, In
danapolis ana st. Louis
Orders have been sent out from the gen.
eral offices of the Big Four that all switch
men and fiagmen on the divisions of the
system that are affected by the increased
st. Louis exposition traffic remain on duty
from a. m. until p. M an increase Vi
about four hours per day.
The Rock Island shops at Chickasha,
:. r.. have been closed and the men dis-
eh1 ioesdut and me the sader ne viii
with President C'Connor, of the inter
national union. and an audience Will De
The Rock Island officials who have been
| touring the Southwest in company. with
| l.. r. Loree. president of the Rock Island
| holding company, reached Kansas CITY en-
| Sunday on their return from Oklahoma,
| Indian Territory and Texas. They are on
| their return home from three weeks trip
Pennsylvania Trains 26 and q, known as
| the New York and St Louis limited, WI
| run solid through from New York TO 81:
Louis The train will carry SIX cars ana
a dining car. The special features include
stenographer maid. barber, op sT athar
| features that are found on the Pennsyl-
| vania limited trains. Day coaches are not
hauled
While the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
have entered into an alliance with respect
/ to Southern California, they have cashed
| in regard to shipments of California de-
| ciduous fruits and there IS evidenee , Oh an
| to freeze out the Santa Fe. The annual
| shipment of these fruits is about 1,5OO cars,
| of which the Santa F'e has been getting
about one-third.
| The report that the trunk lines are ac-
| ceptng freight for all-rail transportation
1 on the lake and rail tariffs, is based on the
fact that by agreement among themselves
| the trunk lines are accepting freight on
/ these tariffs. but only such freight as was
in transit before May 5, All trunk lines
| have no intention of putting ii on lake and
| rail basis. The regular all-rail tariff VIII
! prevail as soon as the business in transit
| on or before May is cleared up
The allied lines of the Hooking Valley
system yesterday placed their shops on a
| five-hour basis. owing to the marked de-
| crease in receipts due to the late opening
! of the lake traffic None OF the roadmen
| has been laid off as yet, but this may
| come later to a limited extent unless con-
| ditions improve. The lake season is already
a month late in opening and the strike of
| the captains and pilots threatens 10 sui
| further delay traffic.
| C. II. Hogan recently appointed super
| intendent of motive power OF the New
| York Central. is fifty-three years ola, and
was born in Cleveland, o. He began work
| as water boy for the New York Central.
| Later he accepted a position in the shops
| of the Union Pacific, but in 1871 returned to
| tive until 1893 Five years later he went
| 70 Buffalo as master mechanic which po-
s!tion he held until his recent promotion.
| James c. Sullivan, chief dispatcher OF
| the Wabash at Peru, has eight train dis
patchers IN his office, all of whom are eli
| gible to membership in the Wabash Vet,
meeting in ST. Louis May q. Mr.. Sullivan
has been with the company twenty eight
III. d. Cullen, twenty-seven; J. c Cav
anaugh. twenty-five; w. y. Martin, twenty
| Ave: C. F. Brudi, twenty; II. @. Tess, seven
| teen; Fred E. Webb. seventeen; Charles
Mannin. fifteen. and III. E. Sweet, fifteen
| years. The average time OF service of these
| dispatchers is twenty-one years.
Engineers OF the Pennsylvania have be-
gun the location of a parallel line to that
of the err n, Rail
Engineers of the Pennsylvania decline tC
discuss the scheme; and railroad men can
in contemplation, but the line Is believed
| 10 be intended TO be a shorter route TO the
Ohio river from Washington and the rich
coal territory OF the southwest counties OF
the State Every movement of the Penn
svlyania surveyors is being watched with
interest by engineers of the Wabash
Large holders of the debenture bonds o.
the Wabash have addressed communica
ton to the Mercantile Trust Company
New York, trustee OF the mortgage securi
ty funds. asking that the trust company
| commence action against the Wabash Il
secure an accounting as TO the gross ant
net earnings covered by the mortgage. NJ
interest has ever been paid on these bonds
and no action has been taken against th'
Wabash for an accounting as to the ne
earnings applicable in any interest period
under article third OF the mortgage, To tn
payment OF interest on debenture bonds