The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
Personal. Local and General Notes.


largest business in the history of these in
dustries.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
Edward Cost vice president OF the Sea-
board Airline, spent Sunday with relatives
In this city.
The Detroit Southern last week placed an
order with the Brookss works for four large
type Of locomotives
The Wabash earned in the first week of
March $370.976, an increase over the cor
responding week Of 1903 OF S2y11.
D. G. Edwards. passenger traffic manager
of the Cincinnati. Hamilton a. Dayton, has
appointed John r. McCord as excursion
manager for the road.
The Shippers Protective League of In
diana, which has taken rooms in the Board
Of Trade building, is rapidly increasing In
membership and promises to be quite an
effective body.
On March 10 the Pennsylvania placed or
ders for 146 new locomotives ana JOG new
coaches, TO be built al the company's shops
this year. and instructions were given to
increase the shop force 500 men.
D. H. Caldwell, trainmaster of the
Nickle-plate. has returned from Asheville,
n. c.. whittier he went several weeks ago
He has returned in good health.
The Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg
are asking bids 200 box cars, 200 hOpperS,
800 stock cars and $50 fiat cars all of which
must have steel un0er1rdmeS. 1nlS Is In
addition TO a contract placed several days
ago.
George J. Gould who on Saturday re-
turned from his Western trip, was absent
twenty-eight days and travelled over 10000
miles. He tells his friends he sees no reason
why the present prosperity should not con-
tinue.
John McGarvey, roadmaster of the mid
die division of the Buffalo, Rochester q
Pittsburg. will on March is succeed George
F. Gardiner as superintendent of that di-
vision. Mr.. Gardiner has been on that road
twenty years.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers organized a lodge at Calesburg ILL.,
last week, the first lodge organized on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy since 1888
Similar lodges will be organized at other
points on the line.
A NJ Gould has been appointed train
master of the Monterey division of the
Central Of Mexico, succeeding Stephen Ross,
promoted to superintendent. The former
has the distinction of being the youngest
trainmaster in that branch of the service.
The Chicago q Northwestern has arranged
to double track its line between Ames and
DeS MOines. Sixteen passenger trains are
run daily between these points, and the
number will probably be increased when
the new tracks are put in, which, in addi-
ton to its freight service, makes IL a busy
piece of road.
General Passenger Agent Daniels. of the
New York Central. thinks arbitration VIII
HOT Dt necessary TO settle the QutSlioH VI
the weak lines applying the differentials TO
the worlds fair rates. At least there is
no serious objection TO it in Trunk Line
Association territory, and the proposition
will be assented to.
E. j. Birmingham, who represents the
Chicago & Rock Island at this point. has
also been appointed to represent the ST
| Louis & San Francisco, being the first rep
resentative of that line in this territory
| His office is open for business. He will in
crease his force somewhat on account of
the increase in his territory.
Many of the trade union workers on the
New York * New Haven Railroad have
abruptly changed their notion as TO the
| desirability OF an eight-hour day. Finding
/ that IL means reduced wages, they have
suddenly discovered that they can WORK
| nine hours a day, and now they are clamor-
| ing for a nine-hour day as loudly as they
| formerly clamored for eight.
!, Thomas J. Cadell, who for forty years
| was in continuous service on the Pennsyi-
vania, and in point of continuous service
/ the Oldest locomotive engineer on the road
died Saturday. For thirty years he had
charge of locomotives hauling passenger
| trains between Philadelphia, washington
and Pittsburg. He was a member of the
| Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers.
1t is stated that the Wabash has not
! given up the hope of securing entrance into
! Allegheny. Pa. The company proposes &c
/ make a strong fight for its line to the north
! SIDE and in addition to its expected con.
test with the Baltimore & Ohio will en-
| deaVOr TO induce the Var Department &c
sanction the construction of bridge across
| the Allegheny river near Fourth street.
| A carload of wheat was shipped from
| Memphis over the Louisville az Nashville
| road on Thursday TO Franklin, Tenn. The
extra ordinary element Is the fact that the
car contained 1888 bushels of wheat, weigh
| ing 10000 pounds, and carried in q Balti
| more * Ohio car. 1t is stated that the ton
| mage OF wheat was the largest ever loaded
| in the United States. Recently car carry
| ing 10000 pounds was shipped from chi
| cago, but this exceeded it 5000 pounds.
Many readers of the Journal will be in
| terested in the announcement that Horace
| II. Stevens, a prominent financier and TO
many years president of the Chicago q
| Eastern Illinois, died at his home in Boston
| on Thursday. Mr.. Stevens was ldentlhet
| with that railroad for many years, ant
was instrumental i'm bringing the propert!
| to it's present excellent financial standing
Mr.. Stevens was born in Boston in 1887, an'
| leaves widow and several children. Tn
funeral was held on Saturday.
The railroads are succeeding in thei
fight against the ticket brokers in man!
which the roads claim victories are 81
| Louis, New Orleans and Houston. Thi
has stirred the brokers up TO issuing
circular calling for convention of all brok
ers now doing business to meet In conven
ton or to send a contribution at once Z
| some banker or individual hereafter Z
be agreed upon by the brokers at large t
enable them TO fight the railroads.
President Caldwell, of the Lackawanna
| who attended the recent banquet of rail
| road men at P1ttsburg. said unquestionabl.
it was the most representative gathering o
| this kind that has ever been seen in tn
| country. 1t was remarkable. too, the mum
Der of high officials who came long dis
over 400 and ii was noticeable that, al
though fOrmalities were not ended unit