The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-17

persons entitled to receive them. If good
judgment prevails among the managers of
the several properties it is thought they
can be handled In a businesslike manner
without the cutting of rates, which is de-
moralizing TO shippers and receivers and
an obstacle to dividends.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
DIR. r. Talbot, of the Volunteer Relief
Department of the Panhandle, is in Cleve-
land attending a staff meeting.
j. j. Brooks. general counsel of the Penn
sylvania lines west, passed through the
city yesterday on his way to st. Louis.
William Green, vice president and gem
eral manager of the Baltimore d Ohio
Southwestern. with party of friends, has
gone to Mexico.
j. c. Mccullough, trainmaster and j. II
Vincent chief clerk of the Panhandle. are
resting at Cambridge Springs. They ex-
pect to remain two weeks.
The Wabash has received the last of the
land road. These locomotives are being
used on the Detroit branchN
John Cannon, jr., has been appointed
trainmaster of the st. Louis division of the
illinois Central, vice j. T. Youngblood: He
will have charge of all the branch lines.
s. Z. Stohr, assistant general freight
agent of the Chicago Great Western, was
yesterday appointed general freight agent
of the company, succeeding ;. y. Brooks,
recently resigned.
Capt G. j. Grammar, general traffic
manager of the Lake Shore road, accom-
panied by Mrs. Grammar, left yesterday
for a three weeks tour of Mexico, travel
ing in private car.
| trains to the st. Louis exposition grounds
| will reach the grounds over the merchants
| bridge. leaving the regular trains to run
| over the Eads bridge.
| equipped air-brake and construction car
| started yesterday upon tour of the Penn
| sylvania, which will consume the entire
| spring and summer months. He will first
| make a tour over the Cleveland & Pitts
| burg division.
| Walter Moore. general foreign freight
| agent Of the Lehigh Valley road, expected
| to start on a Western trip yesterday and
| will probably be in Indianapolis Satur-
| day or Monday. This is his annual trip,
and is looked forward to by freight Off
| Gals of that line with considerable inter-
/ est.
| G. L. Hilleary, traffic manager of the
worlds fair, has issued his rate sheet. The
| charge for storing cars on the terminal
tracks or the exposition company will be
| $40 a day. In case a car is switched on the
] terminal for day only. SIS will be
| charged No cooking will be permitted on
any of the private cars on the terminal
| tracks.
| The Monon is locating a number of i'm
| portant industries on the Indianapolis di-
vision: One is a stone cement plant al
| Of stone on an extensive scale Another
| plant is to be located at McKees' Corner
| This will be an asphalt plant and will
| manufacture aSphaltum from the oil found
| In Jasper county.
There is much uneasincss, it is stated
/ among conductors, brakemen, trainmen, en-.
| gineerS tremen and yardmen of the Penn
| sylvania Railroad on the lines west of Pitts
| burg lest reduction In wages be ordered
| The system has reduced the wages of its
clerical force 10 per cent. and there are
| rumorS that a similar cut may be ordered
/ for the train crews.
The Nickel-plate people are Boosting OF
the freight business done on the road last
/ Sunday. when, on the Western division
| without any special preparation for big
! movement, forty-six freight trains passed
| over the third district of the Western divi
sion. Including the passenger trains there
| were fifty-two trains handled over this
| piece of single track.
w. H. Conner general agent of the Unior
| Pacific. in the city yesterday. HI
| seemed surprised over the changes in the
Hartman lines in the passenger depart
| pr ssenger agent of the Northern Pacific, i:
| to leave that road and succeed T.. o. Me
| Cormick. promoted to passenger traffic
| manager of the Hartman lines at Sar
| Francisco.
| The Associated Car Inspectors of tn,
terminals at st. Louis and East st. Loui:
have made demand upon the roads center
| ing there for increased pay and fewer
hours for days work. The directors stat,
| that some of the conditions have been com
| piled with, but others have not. The as
| ISOLATION at St Louis numbers 275 members
| and they have asked that their demands b,
| answered by March u.
The annual meeting of the Texas 6
| Pacific Railway Company was held II
| New York yesterday. The annual repor
| showed that the gross earnings of the com
pany were Sl2,094,7i4. against 81. 60l tn
previous year. and the net earnings wer
49, SOS. $780, against S3.4s4.Sl1 in 1903. In hi
rapport President George j. Gould says tina
the cotton crop will be large this year an,
that the road will profit by the St. Loui
exposition.
Col G.. S. Mckee, superintendent o
motive power of the Mobile * Ohio. has ap
pointed Joseph Murray master mechanic
Mr.. Murray was foreman of the boiler de
partment of the Wabash shops at For
Wayne and began his career boile
| makers apprentice in the Indianapolis hi