The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-21


NJ. d. woodford. president of the Cincin-
rati, Hamilton az Dayton, is i'll at Cincin-
natl and Is confined TO his home much of
the time.
Western traffic officials have ratified the
agreement to advance grain rates from the
Missouri river to Chicago, to become ef-
fective on June 10.
The Vandalia yesterday received three of
its new heavy freight locomotives and will
receive six a week now until an order for
twenty-nine is filled.
1t is stated that all bids on the work for
the new extension of the Southern Indiana
will be opened in Chicago next Tuesday
and number OF contracts will be let.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
has announced its plans to remove its car
shops from Dover n. j., to Kingsland. The
shops have been at Dover more than twen-
| ty-five years.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and
the Michigan Central officials had a meet
| ing in Detroit on Thursday to devise plans
for faster freight service between Detroit
| and Cincinnati.
The Erie freight officials who were i'm the
| city yesterday were taken over the Belt
| road and visited the Atlas engine works
| and several other important industries To-
| Gated on the Belt.
The Southern Indiana Railway Company
| is advertising the sale of 10 per cent. gold
bonds TO the amount of half a million dol
lars. The bonds are first mortgage, payable
in sold, and due in 1851
| Travel west-bound is increasing. Yester-
day the Pennsylvania was obliged to run
| Trains q and in two sections of ten cars
each. Big Four Train IL was run in two
| sections of eleven cars each.
| Richard Haushton. vino recently re-
! signed after forty years service on the
! Wabash, has been appointed special road
/ Inspector, a newly created position His
| territory extends from Toledo to Andrews.
| Ind.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific an
| nOUncpS eight hours in
| California service. The fast schedule is
mace possible by better connections and
faster time on every division of the Rock
| Island and the Southern Pacific.
Phil r. Dorman, at one time the leading
| conductor on the Pere Marquette, died at
| Ballard. Wash. Mr.. Dorman's early home
the Chicago & West Michigan and was
we'll known by the older conductors on the
| Big Four.
The Toledo, ST. Louis & Western earned
In the second week of May S59637, an in
crease over the corresponding week last
| year of S6,2S7. The Wabash earned in the
second week in May si293l2. decrease as
compared with the corresponding week last
| year of slO.S99.
Howard Carson. city ticket agent of the
| Big Four at Jackson. Mich, will go to
| st. Louis to work in the Office of Assista mt
| General Passenger Agent Deppa. and A. M.
| Nye, travelling passenger agent of the Big
| Four, will go to ST. Louis to look after
| passenger business during the worlds fair.
Most of the railroads terminating at ST.
Louis have decided that they will not is
sue any trip passes to that city TO en-
| ployes or others after Aug. is, as unusual
| ly heavy traffic is looked for after that
| date. Employees have been notified so that
| they can arrange their vacations accord
! ingly.
Robert Pitcairn, resident assistant to
| President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania re-
turned to Pittsburg yesterday and charac-
| terized the story that the Pennsylvania
| IA W. 10 ha n xx-ba ~,
| the former secures control of the Pittsburs
terminal of the Wabash system as ridicu-
lous.
The Pennsylvania is giving its extra fire.
men sixty and ninety days leave of alb
sence in preference to allowing them to re-
| sign. There are number of extra men
who came from farms, and they can re-
| turn there and assist in putting in and
harvesting the crops during the depression
| in freight traffic.
Students at Culver Military Academy
have made arrangements to visit the
worlds fair at ST. Louis on Monday. The
Vandalia will furnish special train of six
sleeping cars, two coaches and several ears
to carry horses Two hundred and fifty
students will go on the excursion, and
they will remain on the grounds ten days
Chairman Shoemaker. of the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton, denies that either that
company or any OF its subsidiary compa
pies has borrowed any money or has the
he says has no new work under cOntem
plation that requires funds. and is ex.
cellently supplied with cash for all current
needs
James c. Pond, general passenger agen
of the Wisconsin Central, was in the city
Yesterday en- route to his headquarters II,
has been East to look after the summer
excursion business over his lines, anC
anticipates that IL will be heavier than eyel
before. Several new hotels have been bull
at pleasure resorts along these lines during
the past season.
| a meeting OF all the passenger representa-
tives of the Nickle- plate has been called b,
| General Passenger Agent Horner in ST
Louis on May %. The passenger men will
meet in Chicago and from there will take
special car to the exposition. The meetin,
will be given up to discussing the situation