The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-01

to secure a settlement to the warning ele-
weary of the Pennsylvania and the Goulds
In adjusting their difficulties.
The Lake Erie * Western depot at Gil
man, Ind, recently completed at "A cost or
5000 was burned on Jan. o. being the Sec
ond depot burned at that point in two years
The Wabash has introduced its tidewater
terminal bill before the Legislature or Mary
land, asking for permission TO cross the
fight is looked for before the bill passes.
The Central Pacific Railway Company.
part OF the Hartman system, on Friday
paid into the United States subtreasury
2,SO0O0 representing another installment
Of its old obligation to the Federal gov
eminent.
Gen Isaac J. Wistar. president of the
PennsylVan Canal Company, an r Ii;
Shepard, superintendent of the Anlted
Railways of New Jersey, will start to-moT-
row on a Mediterranean trip. to be absent
three months.
A meeting OF the rate clerks Of the Central
Traffic Association territory has been called
for Feb. at Chicago, at which time the
. question CT summer tourist rates Will be
taken up and steps taken toward arranging
an equitable basis.
At the recent convention of the Central
Railws-y Club in Buffalo. James McBeth,
master car builder, was elected president OF
the Central Railway Club. Mr.. McBeth
I has been master car builder of the New
York Central for some years.
The Seabo2Td Air-line's new road be-
tween Atlanta and Birmingham will be
opened for traffic March 1. Since ]. NJ. Barr
became president of the company this extern
sion has been pushed, and he proposes 10
build the line between Atlanta and Charles
ton this year.
William Campbell, formerly superintend-
ent of the Sussex of New Jersey, died
last week after a brief illness, siXty-six
years of age. On the day he was taken
/ i'll he completed his fortieth year as
railroader beginning az baggage master and
reaching the position of superintendent.
William Garstang, superintendent OF mo-
! tive power of the Big Four, has returned
/ from Dunkrk, where he closed a contract
| for ten large Atlantic type engines, and IL
/ is noticeable that the contract calls for
| their construction at a cost of $500 each
| less than those of the order received quite
| recently.
Chicago passenger officials are somewat
| disturbed lest their road suffer in business
| while the exposition is in progress at st.
! Louis by drawing the business which would
| go via Chicago otherwise, direct to 81.
| Louis. This, of course, applies to bus
| mess to California points, or tourist bus
mess to the Southwestern States.
The annual report of General Secretary
| Dunlap of the McKees Rocks branch of the
! Young Mems Christian Association, shows
| the past year to have been successful one
| There Is now a membership of 200. At the
| anniversary meeting about 325 persons were
| present The association is erecting a new
| building, and expects TO occupy it before
| fall.
b. F. Wiley, traffic manager of the Lacka-
| wanna * Wyoming Valley road, claims that
| the roadbed, tracks and equipment the
most substantial ever known in railway
| construction. The latest devices have been
| installed, and an effort to get the highest
speed and still insure safety. The Pullman
Company is building parlor cars to run on
its best trains.
General passenger agents of the Central
Traffic lines will meet in New York Feb s,
to consider rate matters to st. Louis, and
! on Feb the New England and New York
| Central passenger officials will convene
| in that city TO discuss the same question;
on Feb. 10 there will be a joint meeting
| of the three associations TO agree upon
the general basis.
On account of an increase in business, the
Nickel-plate has appointed two new assist
| ant trainmasters. One of them is w. +.
| Watson, who has been general yardmaster
for the company at Stony Island, and the
other Charles w. Bell. who has been pas,
senger conductor. The appointments to fill
the promotions are f. s. Kirby as general
yardmaster and c. w. Zigler TO passenger
run.
An official circular has been issued by f.
T. Whittier, superintendent OF the eastern
division of the Fort Wayne road, announc-
ing the transfer OF George w. Irwin to be
ticket agent at Canton, o. Mr.. Irwin re-
quested to be transferred to the position
that he held eleven years prior to being APP
pointed to the agency he vacates. He is to
be succeeded by Homer S. Bare, transferred
from Allegheny.
the st. Louis exposition grounds, Illus
trating the appearance OF the grounds after
the opening of the fair. The Big Four has
an exceptionally large territory on which
to draw for its patronage. The Erie, the
Lake Shore and the New York Central all
are tributary TO 1T In st. Louis business,
and the Big Four IS entering widely into the
advertising field.
The Wabash has announced it's intention
before the rivers and harbors committee
of Congress to make Huron its principal
port on Lake Erie. Representatives of the
road and citizens of Huron were before
the committee last week to ask that Ii rec
ommend an immediate appropriation OF
$4,000 for widening the channel at that
place and recOnstructing the piers, which
are in a dilapdated condition.
1t Is stated that Huntington business men
are considerably alarmed over the threat of
the Chicago & Erie to remove its shops
and division headquarters from that point
to Rochester Ind. President Underwood has
not been very friendly to that city. in
all labor matters the citizens have taken
up the cudgels of the men, and the corpo-
ration has been much embarrassed and
annoyed by the attitude OF the people.
Harry ]. Rhein, general passenger egent
OF the Lake Erie & Western, who attended
the meeting of passenger officials in ST
Louis, states that the rates recommended
by the St Louis lines are more liberal than
the rates adopted in past years for the Buf.
falo. Chicago and Philadelphia expositions
The scale win be in effect throughout the
season, thus tending TO evenly distribute the
attendance in lieu of crowding the fair dur.
ing the latter months.
| The engineering department of the Wheel
ing q Lake Erie has completed the plan fol-
a bridge TO be constructed jointly with the
Big Four, at Cleveland The new structure
will have room under it for seven tracks, &c
be used by the Wheeling & Lake Erie. and
five by the Big Four. The clearance undel
the bottom support will be twenty-one feet
The bridge will have q span of $50 feet, and
| will be of the best possible steel and con.
| crete construction. The federal government
requires that the bridge be finished by the
middle of 1905.
The action of the stockholders of the
Pennsylvania in giving proxies to officers
of the road indicates that they are in ia.
vOr of improvements to be made on that
line the coming year. The stockholders OF
| upon for such action as this. They .havt
come forward to the support of the man.
agement many times that any question
| of misunderstanding between stockhold.
ers and officers and therefore any forced
change of officials Is secuted in well-in.
formed circles
That ticket scalping flourishes on the Pa.
cific coast is shown by the fact that during
1903 agents of the Southern Pacific confis.
Gated over 1000 tickets out of Portland, Og.
den. San Francisco. Sacramento Los An.
geles and Ell PaSo, that were being wrong
| fully used, and the people who held thes,
tickets paid the Southern Pacific $4,000 foi
new transportation to reach the end OF
their journeys. 1t is evident that f. o
Mccormick. formerly general passenger
agent of the Big Four, now passenger traf-
fic manager of the Southern Pacific. is