The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-25

to General Passenger Agent Fee intending
to go into the insurance business. Mr.. Fee
is DESTROYS of retaining his services, anc
the matter was not definitely settled put
will be this week
The Louisville & Nashville has purchased
for the st. Louis division a number OF
heavy worlds fair passenger trains and
number of large ten-wheel passenger en-
gines
A committee of Pennsylvania Railroad
hremen was in session on Friday and Sat
urday pr two hours each day, comforting
with General Manager Atterbury regarding
the wage question.
No changes have been made in the exec
utive committee of the passenger assocla-
ton and its mileage exchange on order
business. The same officials and the same
rules continue in force.
The preliminary summer tourist meetings
be held at Chicago Tuesday. Feb. 8. and the
final meeting, March 10, will be held 10
Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Frank N Barksdale. advertising agent of
the pennsylvania, is spending several days
at ST Louis preparing to properly adver-
tise the exposition and the Pennsylvania
facilities for reaching st. Louis.
G.. w. Whitmer. a Panhandle train dis
patcher. has been appointed trainmaster
Of the Panhandle at Xenia. He is a brother
of w. c. Whitmer former trainmaster Of
the Panhandle, recently deceased.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul on
Saturday issued notice that owing to
large accumulation at Milwaukee no grain
would be accepted by that road for Mil
waukee elevators until further notice.
George Flint. formerly located in st. Lou
is with the Wabash. and recently appointed
passenger and ticket agent of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul in New York
city. died Saturday in New York city.
Representatives of Southern roads are
greatly pleased with the travel of this win
ter to Southern winter resorts All records
for the first three weeks of January nave
been broken. and bookings for February
promise even larger business.
The Queen & Crescent has equipped all
its passenger engines and cars with high
speed brakes, and IL is also arranged to
equip the Southern Railways cars with the
same brakes, which increases the safety
to both passengers and trainmen.
w. G. Arp, superintendent of motive
power of the Vandalia, returned yesterday
from PittsDurg, whittier he went to inspect
the shops of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie.
recently completed. He hopes to get the
Vandalia shops enlarged or rebuilt on more
modern plans.
Notice is given that the annual meeting
OF the Central Association OF Railroad Of
flcers will be held in st. Louis June 81 and
e. There are ten divisions, located re-
spectively as follows: Detroit, Kansas City,
St. Louis. Peoria, Columbus. o.. Houston,
Tex, Toledo, Louisville, Cincinnati and In
dianapolis.
President Loree and Vice President Win
chell started on Friday on an inspection
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, complet-
ing 1t on Saturday. To-day they will go
over the new Chicago-St. Louis line. and
after that over other roads in the Rock
Island system. Harry Miller. the general
manager. will accompany them.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton last
week did the largest business at Indianap-
oils in its history, handling at this point
1853 cars, 1876 being loaded. Both the Mo-
non and the Springfield division of the
C.. H. D. are profiting through the In
creased business. which would be still lar
ger had the company power to move busi-
ness offered.
The new Chicago and st. Louis line. formed
by the Big Four, the St Louis q San Fran
cisco and the Chicago e. Eastern Illinois,
is preparing to make a strong fight for
st. Louis and Chicago traffic BY connec-
ton with the Big Four considerable track
building is saved by the Frisco line and
by the interchange in use of tracks the
mileage of the Big Four between Indianap-
oils and st. Louis Is considerably reduced.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois has ar
ranged to transfer to the Western Indiana
the operation of its entire suburban train
service from Dearborn station, Chicago, to
Dalton Junction. The Western Indiana
bought the cars and engines that were used
in the suburban service. No further oppo-
sitiOn will be made by ether railroads using
the Dearborn station TO the withdrawal
from IL of passenger trains to the Chicago
& Eastern Illinois and running them into
the ROCK Island depot.
The declaration of a regular semi annual
dividend of per cent on Illinois Central
marks another notch in the long score OF
dividends paid by the company, and which
exceeds in their continuity the records OF
any other large system in America. The
| road continues to do a large business, and
| by reason of extensive betterments now
| practically completed is in position to con-
| duct it's business hereafter at a materially
| reduced ratio for operating as compared
| with the past year.
The superintendents OF dining cars, who
were in session in Chicago last week. ad-
/ journed on Saturday, and result of the
meeting there need be no fear OF arrest
| IL the negro walters who attend to the
| wants of passengers tipped. The man
| ayers decided there was no way of cutting
expenses and took no action In that direc'
! ton. In the early meetings Ii seemed thai
| the la carte system would be done away
with and the table dhote dinner revived
| but the Eastern managers were against
| the proposition at the start. E. w. West
| ley, of the Pennsylvania, was elected presi
| dent A K. White, of the Burlington, vice
| president and W. G. Meyers, Of the Chi
cago 81 Alton, secretary and treasurer.
H. NJ Mudd. general manager of tine
Santa Fe still maintains his headquarters
| in Topeka, but President Ripley, First Vice
| President Kenna, Second Vice President
Morton and Third Vice President Hendricks
have made Chicago their headquarters fol
some time. and both the freight and traffi,
| passenger managers are also there. 1t i:
| understood that President Ripley will ISSUE
an order bringing C w. Kouns. superin
| tendent of transportation, and his depart
ment from Topeka to Chicago Mr.. Koun:
| is a promising railroad man. He entered
railroad service in 1871 as brakeman on {
| freight train on the Kansas Pacific road
| In 1929 he was appointed superintendent o.
| car service at Santa Fe, and later superin
tendent of transportation of the eutir'
| Santa Fe system.
Edward B. Smith. who was elected a di
| rector OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
| pany, is reputed to own and represen
5000 shares OF Lehigh Valley stock, ant
is credited with having practically demand
| ed of President Thomas several months
ago place on the Lehigh Valleys board
President Thomas said after the election
that Edward d. Smith, the new member
is considerable of factor in local an'
! financial interests, and his firm has fo
some time been a large and persisten
buyer of Lehigh Valley stock. He Is
| member of the Philadelphia Stock Elk
! change. a director Of the Baltimore Trust
American Gas, Diamond Steel and Stand
! ard ller-bearing companies also a di
! rector of the Franklin National Bank am