The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-23


policy of improvement and will spend
great deal of money in the enlargement
of its facilities.
]. NJ Storr. general agent for the Chi
cagO Great Western, is recovering from
serious spinal affection which has incapaci-
tated him for business for the last three
months
The Cincinnati Enquirer of yesterday
vived the rumor that NJ. +. ingalls,, presi
dent Of the Big Four, before leaving TO 90
abroad. rendered mis- resignation and it was
declined The report came from New York
ana, says Big -Four official, had as little
truth TO il former rumOrs of this char
acter regarding Mr.. ingalls,.
1t is stated that Walter Brownlee super
intendent Of the Grand Trunk System west
OF the St. Clair and Detroit rivers. is TO
be made general manager of the Central
Vermont, succeeding General Manager
Fitzhugh, who, it is said. is slated for the
Grand Trunk. Mr. Brownlee was for four
teen years with the Missouri Pacific.
n dispatch to the Journal from Terre
Haute says: General Superintendent Sill
fer. of the Rock Island, and Superintendent
Melcher. of the Illinois division of the sys-
tenn, were here to-day inspecting the Van
dala terminals, having been sent TO get
pointers by General Manager Miller, for
merly general manager OF the Nandalia.
On the Boston & Albany, the other night
when the thermometer marked far below
zero. one of the new Pacific type of loco
motives hauled a passenger train of nine
arrived at Worcester on time. This is con-
sidered a great achievement in view of the
steep grades that have TO be climbed on
this road.
L. H. Mummert manager of the Indiana
Car Service Association. yesterday is
fhirty-five roads in the association
handled in the month $500 cars.
forty-eight hours. The average detention
was 1871 days. Bad weather made the de-
tention unusually large.
The Philadelphia Trades League has
adopted resolutions commencing President
Murray. of the Baltimore * Ohio: They
congratulate the directors on eievating him
to the office of chief executive of the COM
pany, and pay tribute to his progressive
ideas, his close touch with commercial at
fairs and his intimate knowledge of the
needs of a railroad terminal
William P. Appleyard, master car builder
of the New York. New Haven & Hartford
has rendered his resignation. to take effect
Feb. 1, and on that date he will become
superintendent of equipment for the Pull
man company, with headquarters at Chi
cago. Mr.. Appleyard is recognized as a
leading expert on car construction, and is
also an influential member in the Master
Car Builders Association
The general passenger agent Of one Of
the lines entering St Louis writes the Jour
/ nal: Despite reports to the contrary there
will certainly be joint agencies at ST. Louis
for the valuation of worlds fair tickets,
"a we'll other forms of nOntranSferab BILE
and round-trip tickets. The details have
not yet been arranged but an effort will be
made to have these joint agencies self-sus-
tanning by the charge of slight addition
to the price Of the ticket at time Of pur-
chase.
The new system of running through
| freight trains between Pittsburg and Phil
adelphia in twenty hours, while the old
in operation ten days, and the trains have
/ been running with much regularity as
/ passenger trains. The weather. however.
| much of the time has been against such
/ fast service The train is run through
/ without breaking from Philadelphia to
/ Pittsburg, changing engines at Harrisburg
/ and Altoona.
! St Louis for the next week will be the
| mecca of passenger men. 1t is probable
! that more passenger department represent
! atives will be gathered there than at any
/ one time in railroad history. l.. y. Ford,
/ general passenger agent OF the Pennsyl-
/ vania lines West, and forty-five assistant
general passenger agents, division passen-
! ger agents and travelling passenger agents
were in session in ST. Louis yesterday.
/ Most of them will remain until Monday.
| The American Association of General Pas
/ senger Agents will convene in that city
on Tuesday, and on Thursday of next week
/ in that city. at which time an important
step will be taken toward establishing
worlds fair rates.
The Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy has
| established a rest house for engineers at
| Chicago similar TO those esta blished at Sa-
vannah, CrestOn and other division head
| quarters The new house is of brick, 120x4C
| feet has a large reading room, with tables,
| chairs leading magazines and daily papers,
| OFF of the reading room is another room
! containing seventy ventilated lockers,
which are at the disposal of the men. The
| feature which the engine crews have en-
toyed most is the modern bathrooms. Ad-
/ Joining these are rooms equipped with
| thirty-six beds on which are box springs
and hair mattresses. The building is heated
| by hot water, finelylighted and well venti-
| lated The company pays all expenses OF
maintenance, and the men are permitted 70
| make the rest house their home while in
! Chicago. The many advantages of prOvid-
| ing such a place are now recognized by the