Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-05-05
RAILROAD NOTES


;.sW tons OF rails
IN, prnn.yIvanis has plans for a new
,mlth shop at Newark. y.
N. y, IouiS Troy Eastern has or
a,sd 800 gondulss for "ariN delivery
n, Nonon IL having 900 box cars re-
ssnt by n. Haskell n Barker car &"
IN, Cincinnati. Hamilton y l,yton Is
huldlng new repair shops At Dayton. -
IN. clover Leaf Is arranging to pur-
eAase five locomotives and my FURNITURE
ar
The Chicago Great Western has placed
ei.rs for sk cars Tor passenger equip
nent
III. ch-ap.ak. A onto proposes to eN-
,,od about tI0O. 900 Oh new shops AT Lex
iagon Ky
The Norfolk 4 Western has plans for
r.s division shops and roundhonse al
haserstown Nd.
Receiver Nudge Of the Rosk Island
states that tn. road needs to buy 5000 box
carr this season
The Burlington has contracted for five
nikado engines. making SIS locomotives
ordered this year.
The Minneapolis and st Louis Was ask i,
ng for bids on 500 box cars and 100 coal
carr during Aprl
The Kansas city Southern has been In
. IN market for six switching engines. ac-
csrlins TO reports
! N Colonial Railroad OF Canada will
efpend ABOUT vlbV,oV0 on new eau'P"'"'
fs ito shops at Moncton. N. Is.
Il 10 estimated that the SeAboard Air
Las suffered a loss Of 100000 when It's
fsrtsnouth shops burned early In April
The seaboard Air Line will rebuild its
Asps at Portsmouth. Va. the Old once
hang destroyed by fire on April D.
The Westinghouse Air Brake Co. re-
ssavsd orders for IL 500 sets OF air brakes
trsn the Russian government WITHIN the
~ few weeks
The Egyptian State railways have
sasp.sd all. passenger car: an. .n nav.
received the first installment. ~ cars
stsred from Leeds. Eng.
ne Chicago 4 Northwestern was In the
nArkst In April for SO steel passenger
an and SO steel underframe caoooses'
sssi4ss 1000 steel underfrsme box cars
M International and Great Northern
NJ been making inquiries on 700 steer
uAerframe box cars. 900 ballast cars ana
~essmplates ordering SIX passenger CATE
A report from London says that the
koetan government has let contracts Tor
~ country. the British firms bid 100
ne British American Company. ChicA-
Ill. announces that II 10 making pishs
spscifications for the erection OF
eae1 on the Atlantic Coast
he total freight car reauirements OF
= rsnnsyiyania lines. aEEregate ls.e
Sn - follows For eastern llnes inc
nseyat car requirements will be seoe All !.
81 boz cars. 2s0o Eondolas. <sis coal and
- cars ,2< refrlgerators and io< rat
~ about 1000 of which VII be oniit
WESTERN lines requirements. $500 cars;
~ 70 b A. follows ;see box cars, sso0
s.sSesr cars. 1900 gondoIas. Ice refrixer-
~ 40 ahd 100 miscellaneous cars The en-
w passenger equipment calls Tor ie
sssl Passenger cars also iS locomotives
c Penn ha. been appointed chief die !.
Ssichsr of tn. SirHinisn Railway, Al
viac.ton. ". Va. vice A. A. owens de-
q X Weeks has been elected pIesi-
sAai Railways. at Oakland. Cal. vice
Bisseil. resigned.
~ 0rics. assistant general manager
ns Chesapeake Ohio. has been sp
,ssa assistant 10 president. headausf-
Richmond. Va
- Thigh valley. has been Apprentices
Ss,n,imssier. at Jersey city. vice n \
s~nean. promoted
,xJ Mckee has been made supsrln
= Pert Huron. Mich. vice J. Jones
ssed on account OF III health
d. yickers has been chosen vice
Eaent and general manager OF .n'
vncsh Express Co. offtce 49,
- vice 0eorEe G. Taylor. chosen presi-
Kennedy has ben chosen presi-
and general manager OF the Alson.
c~,, Hudson Bay and inc As'"~
~fa. office at aault ste Marie
Walter l. Ross. president Of the Glove,
vas appointed receiver OF that roaa
~ ocsober -. office At Toledo, 90 ciaI
~ Brown was appointed solicitor gen
d. Ilghtnev has been made genera
Ssaser for the receivers of the Nes
~ Tenas q Mexico and the lo"is,
- southern. office at New orleans. -
Z. Arthur has been appointed tram
n Ter Of the Missouri. Kansas Teha'
peniaon, Ter. vice A. ~. Williams re
sd. TO take service with another com