The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-19

]. @. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
of the Big -Four, is arranging his affairs
to go to the City Of Mexico next week for
a short visit.
change the leaving time of its morn
ing train over the Eastern division TO 6
a m. The train now leaves at 4:30 a. m.
One of the heavy new Atlantic type loco
motives of the Big Four on Saturday night
hauled twelve cars from indianapolis to
Lafayette, siXty-five miles, in sixty-eight
minutes.
]. A Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern, left for Peoria last night
and will attend the meeting of the board
of directors of the Peoria q Pekn Union
Railway tomorrow.
Officials of the Michigan Central are MAX
ing a practical test OF the heater designed to
keep switches operated by interlocker free
from snow and ice. 1t is the invention of
F. S. Whipple of Michigan City.
f. w. Taylor. agent of the Northern Cen
trail for New York, has been offered the
position of freight agent for the Pennsyl-
L. Franklin, promoted TO assistant freight
agent
c. b. Gaussen has been appointed city
passenger and ticket agent of the Missouri
Pacific at st; Louis. succeeding II: f. Berk-
ley, who, after twenty years of railroad
service, resigns to engage in mercantile
pursuits.
1t is said that number of employees of
small roads which have been absorbed by
the Vanderbilt system who have attained
ages ranging from sixty to eighty years
will be retired with the adoption Of the PEN
sion system.
The observation-disclosures passenger sta
ton despite the trolley line service that
north, shows for the year 1898 an increase
in revenue from the sale of tickets of a
few hundred dollars over 1902
The passenger department of the Penn
Sylvania gives notice that the Hotel ALI
ance, formerly the Russell House. in Alli-
ance. o., has been opened to the public
under the management eof the dining-car
superintendent Of the Pennsylvania lines
President Mellen of the New York, New
Haven 81 Hartford, has been investigating
the electric service on some of the branch
lines. ard finds that it would be better for
the company to go back TO steam power
for certain lines for handling trains es-
pecially where a third rail is used.
Negotiations are under way between the
New York Central and the American Loco
motive Company for the purchase of 1l2
locomotives for service on the New York
Central and Lake Shore lines. The con-
tract will amount to $l750,000 and il is
expected it will be signed within the next
ten days.
Work On the new branch of the Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific from St Iouis 70
sas City & Colorado road, is progressing
very rapidly, and If no hitch occurs trains
will be running over new tracks of April
l. which will be one of the shortest routes
between Kansas City and ST. Louis.
The Royal Blue Book for January. pub
lished by the Baltimore q Ohio, is reDlete
with interesting reading matter and illus
trations 1t contains among other things
a history of Nincennes, Ind where the
first white settlement in the State in 1882
was founded, and matters of interest re-
garding the history of that part of the
State.
The Kansas, Elk City & Texas Rail-
road Company, with a capital stock of
100000. was granted charter at Guthrie
yesterday 10 construct a railway from a
point on the Okahoma-k Kansas State line
near Kiowa, Kan, in southwesterly di-
rection through Oklahoma by way of Elk
City 10 Eagle Pass, Tex, a distance OF 3O0
miles. The stockholders include six Elk
City Q. T., men and w. c. Welton, of IT.
tusville, Pa.
There will be an important meeting OF
the Railway Transportation Association
at Cincinnati on Jan. u. One of the inn
portant questions TO be acted on is the
change In prices for switching cars The
basis now Is so much per car, regardless,
Of tonnage. and it Is the same basis that