The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-02

of which number 1,255 have reached sew
enty years of age. The average age OF all
months. The oldest of the employees
ceiving a pension is ninety-two years OF
age.
According to the New York Evening Post,
ii was learned definitely yesterday that the
New York Central had recently secured
100000 from New York banks on short
term basis. The loan carried with it Az
per cent. interest in addition to a commits
sion, which makes it net the lenders about
per cent. The loan is understood TO run
for ten months.
The tenor of the remarks of passenger
officials is that pass favors during the sea-
son of the exposition at ST. Louis will not
be liberal usual It is argued that
travel will be heavy and the space Will be
needed for paying business Rates will be
so low that passenger officials take the po-
sition that no one need miss the opportunity
of visiting the exposition on that ac-
count.
Official announcement is made of the res
1gnatiOn of G. D. Whitney, general traffic
manager of the Toledo, St. Louis & West
ern. The name of his successor has not
yet been announced but it is understood he
will be a New York man. The resigna-
ton has occasioned considerable surprise in
railroad circles, as Mr.. Whitney was
thought to be satisfactory to the new man
agement.
H NJ. Bronson, general passenger agent
of the Peoria & Eastern, has returned from
Peoria, whittier he went to look after the
affairs of the new ticket office at that point.
He says the increase of business since the
offices were opened in their new place has
been remarkable, and that no point on
the Big Four has had such an increase in
passenger revenue as at Peoria, Indianap-
oils not excepted
a Kansas City railroad club is to give
a minstrel show at one Of the local theaters
| in April. Among the membership is con-
| siderable musical talent. The minstrel
show will be given for the benefit of the
| railroad club, and some special songs have
been written for the occasion. st. Joseph
| and AtchsOn have requested the minstrel
| snow to appear in those places following
| the concert a Kansas City.
| 1t is learned from an official OF the Wa
| bash who stands close to President Ramsey
| and knows of the latter's plans for ham
| ding the traffic at St. Louis that the man
| agement expects to clear more than $780,
! 0O0 as a minimum on the service from the
| terminal to the fair grounds which will pay
the operating expenses of the entire Wa
| bash system and leave all through bust
ness profit to the company.
| At the annual meeting of the stockholders
| of the Gulf, Colorado x Santa Fe, held yes
terday, the board of directors and officers
| were reelected, as follows: Directors-E.
p Ripley; L. e J. Polk j. W; Terry Leon 1}1
Landers, Sealy Hutchings and A. c. Tor
bert; president. p. c. Ripley; vice presi-
dent, l. J. Polk; secretary and treasurer,
! A. c. Torbert, and ]. w. Terry, solicitor.
According to railroad men, two great
coal-carryng lines-the Norfolk & Western
| and the Chesapeake & Ohio-have been
| caught mapping while GOuld's Wabash sys-
| TEN has been seeking a deep-water ter
| minal To disarm suspicion the capital
| stock of the line which is to be $50 miles in
| length and run through more than a dozen
| counties. was placed at 100000. This. it is
stated will be amended and increased later
| as exigencies require and it is now believed
| that Mr.. Gould is behind the enterprise.
| George Daggy, chief clerk to John S.
| lazarus traffic manager Of the Springfield
| division of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day.
| ton in looking over the papers OF his
| father the late William Daggy, of Green
castle Ind, who was proprietor OF a -four
! mill at that point some years ago, found
| a tariff sheet of the Monon, then the L., N.
| A. q c. road, which showed the rate on
| grain to be $112lk per 100 pounds; now the
| same product is carried from Greencastle
to New York for y cents per 100 pounds,
| and still complaints are heard of high
freight rates.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy on
| Sunday established a new record for fast
| time between st. Paul and St. Louis by
| transporting a theatrical company from St.
| Paul to ST. Louis in fifteen hours and six
| minutes. five hours less than the regular
running time. The special consisted Of six
! cars, three heavy baggage cars, two Duf-
! fet standard sleepers and one seventy-foot
| chair car The first 800 miles were run IN
| lust six hours. At times the train attained
| n speed of seventy miles an hour, and it is
| asserted that If repair track work had not
! interfered the time would have been cut
! down at least two hours.