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

President Robert Mather from Rock Island
TO Chicago, Isl miles, covering the distance
in three hours and twenty-eight minutes.
The usual running time for that distance
is four hours and ten minutes. Mr.. Mather
had the special train run TO meet an en-
gagement at Chicago.
dispatch to the Journal from Terre
Haute says William Wright, formerly
master mechanic of the Vandalia, and later
located in Pittsburg, has been appointed
a superintendent of motive power on the
Rock Island, with special jurisdiction over
the shops at Moline. He was with the Van
dalia under General Manager Miller now
general manager of the Rock Island.
Traffic Manager Stubs, of the Hartman
system of railroads. and Z. o. Mccormick,
assistant traffic director of the Hartman
lines, left Portland Ore, yesterday for Los
Angeles in response TO telegram from r..
H. Hartman, who is making a tour of the
Southern Pacific, proceeding westward from
New Orleans, accompanied by julius
Kruttschnitt,' transportation director.
At meeting in Chicago. yesterday of
passenger representatives of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad and the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg announcement was made
that +. A. Ford, general passenger agent
of the h nes wesn OIL
manager of the same lines. Samuel Moody
assistant general passenger agent, has been
appointed general passenger agent.
In a paroxysm of economy the Erie
depot grounds with flowers for tWenty-one
years. will put an end to floral display at
Y, 10000 plants being grown annually.
President Roberts, deceased, was the first
to undertake to beautify grounds about
depots, and the floral displays made along
that road at it's stations have been such
that one would wish to have them
abandoned.
Mention was made yesterday that Viii
liam X. Vanderbilt. tr, was DELAYED at IN
AZ lie xxyoiti a
and it is learned that the statement was
not exactly correct. The train crew OF
the Southwestern limited wanted to treat
Mr. Vanderbilt to a fast run, ana conse-
ouently made the run from Muncie to In
dianapolis fifty-four miles, in sixty min
utes, stopping four minutes at Anderson
and arriving at Indianapolis twenty hhiii-
uteS ahead OF time.
III. A. Worcester. superintendent of the
eastern division of the Lake Shore, on
Monday resumed the four-tracking or the
road and building of new bridges. Most
of this years work will be in the direction
of replacing steel and iron bridges with
stone or concrete. Not great deal OF
track work will be done, but many miles
of rail will be relaid and several miles
of new block signals installed A new yard
will be butt at Erie, and Will be equipped
with new switch and signal plants
The Chicago, Rock Island e. Pacific last
week paid fine of 500 and costs into the
Federal Court at Sioux Falls for violation
of the safety appliance law. The SUIT was
state-commerce Commission, and the nne
was the first imposed on the railroad COM
pany for violation of the law. The VIOLA
ton occurred Nov. 2, when key connect
ing the uncoupling lever with the locking
block was missing and it could not be
operated without an employe gong De-
| tween cars.
The Santa Fe's fast mail train, which
| consists of four mail and baggage cars
| and one passenger coach, with engine ana
tender the weight estimated at 425 tons,
e,
Mo- to Kansas City. The fastest mile
| was made in forty-two seconds, the best
hours run was 542 miles, and the Fastest
| long distance run was thirty-eight miles
at the rate of hfty-eight and one-hai1
| miles an hour. AS the road through this
| stretch of country is very billy and the
| line necessarily more or less crooked, 1t
| was considered remarkable run.
First Vice President Percy Todd, of the
| New York. New Haven & Hartford. an
| nounces a reorganization of the trans
nortation department as follows: A gen.
| eraI manager, with headquarters at New
| Haven, Conn; a general superintendent
| with headquarters at the same point; an
assistant general superintendent. with
| headuuarterS at Boston; superintendent
| of motive power, with headquarters al
N sieepin nas and dining cars. with headquar-
ters at New York; superintendent OF
car service. with headquaerte1r s,r at t., Ne gH
telephone, with headquarters at the same
| place
A. r. Bosner first vice president of the
brotherhood of Railroad Freight and Bag
| gagemen. with headquarters at Lancast ter
| Pa. is on trip to the cities where the
| association has the largest membership
| He was at Buffalo Sunday. where a
| number of important questions Were
| brought I'D for consideration. Organized
| a little over two years. the association mas
| enjoyed steady advancement, and Its mem
| hership extends to all sections of the coun-
| trv' Since it's formation the baggagemen
/ have been enabled to obtain several con-
| cessions i'm the way Of increased wages
| and shorter hours from the railroads The
| Ruffalo division has q membership exceed
| ing 15O
! r. Bart Hubbard. whose death was an
| nounced Yesterday morning, was one OF
the best-known and popular passenger con-
| ductors running on Indiana roads, his serv'
| ice covering thirty years in that line OF
| railroad service. Most of the time his run
was between Louisville and Chicago or
| the company's best trains. He has Deer
4 an active member of the Order of Railway
Conductors. and was highly esteemed by
| the brotherhood. Prior to his taking Z
train on the Monon he was for seventeen
| wears a passenger conductor on the Ohio q
mississippi road. The funeral services vii
be held at 3e7ls Tacoma avenue at O'CLOCK
this afternoon the services TO be In charg'
of Division No. 103 of the Order of Rail
way Conductors