New York, effective No. vember 1. Mr. Schumacher was born February 16, 1862, at Williamsport, Pa., and began railway work in 1879 as telegraph operator for the Atlantic & Great Western. The following year he went with the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis as freight clerk, and later was brakeman and fireman on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis, then bill clerk for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, until 1883, when he entered the employ of the Missouri Pacific at St. Louis, Mo., as bill clerk. He was chief clerk of the St. Louis

T. M. Schumacher.

local office of that road until 1885, when he returned to the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis, and during the following two years served as cashier, chief clerk and contracting agent at St. Louis. In 1887 he became chief clerk in the office of the general agent of the Union Pacific at Omaha, Neb., and three years later was made general agent of that road at San Francisco, Cal., which position he held four years. He was subsequently for two years vice-president and general manager of the Continental Fruit Express, with headquarters at Chicago, with the exception of about six months from November 1, 1900, to April 1, 1901, when he resumed his former position. Mr. Schumacher was then until September, 1905, traffic manager of the Oregon Short Line, and subsequently for a short time was traffic manager of the United Fruit Company at New York. In 1906 he was made general traffic manager of the railroads and industrial companies controlled by Phelps, Dodge & Company of New York, with headquarters at Chicago, where he remained until December 1, 1909, when he resigned to accept the vice-presidency of the Denver & Rio Grande and Western Pacific, with office at San Francisco. Mr. Schumacher was appointed assistant director of traffic of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems on May 1, 1910, with headquarters at Chicago, and on December 1 of that year became traffic manager of the American Smelting & Refining Company and its allied companies, with office at New York, which position he now resigns to become vice-president of the El Paso & Southwestern system, as above noted. Mr. Schu

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macher is also vice-president of the Nevada Northern and Bingham & Garfield.

Operating Officers.

J. A. Clancy has been appointed assistant superintendent of terminals of the Grand Trunk, with office at Milwaukee Junction, Mich.

B. C. Long has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Sonora division of the Southern Pacific of Mexico, with headquarters at Empalme, Sonora, Mexico.

Harry C. Owen, superintendent of the Northern Railway (Costa Rica), with office at Limon, having resigned, J. A. Fairbairn has been appointed acting superintendent, with office at Limon.

E. B. Rock, Jr., has been appointed superintendent transportation of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic, with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga., and the office of car accountant has been abolished.

The headquarters of C. E. Collins, general superintendent of the Chicago, Anamosa & Northern, have been removed from Coggon, Ia., to Anamosa. He will have direct charge of opertion, construction and maintenance.

L. F. Lonnbladh, chief engineer of the Tennessee Central at Nashville, Tenn., has been appointed superintendent, with office at Nashville, succeeding L. S. Bourne, resigned to accept services elsewhere, and W. H. Beeland has been appointed assistant superintendent.

E. A. Sollitt, trainmaster of the Wabash at Moberly, Mo., has been transferred to Decatur, Ill., as trainmaster, and John Cook, trainmaster, with office at Moulton, Ia., succeeds Mr. Sollitt. J. P. Shields, trainmaster at Kansas City, Mo., succeeds Mr. Cook.

J. A. Blackburn has been appointed trainmaster of the Western division of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, with office at Dodge City, Kan., in place of W. C. Ashcraft, resigned. Mr. Blackburn heretofore has been chief despatcher and operator of the Western division.

A. G. Abell, superintendent of the Louisiana division of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, with headquarters at Monroe, La., has been appointed superintendent of the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company, with office at Shreveport, La., succeeding W. H. Coppage.

W. H. Farrell, terminal superintendent of the Grand Trunk at Toronto, Ont., has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Eastern division, with office at Montreal, Que. Robert Muirhead, assistant terminal superintendent at Toronto succeeds Mr. Farrell, and Grant Gordon succeeds Mr. Muirhead.

N. R. Howard, assistant division superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, with headquarters, at Galesburg, Ill., has been appointed superintendent of the Burlington division, with office at Burlington, Ia., succeeding O. E. Stewart, resigned. W. E. Fuller, chief despatcher, succeeds Mr. Howard.

U. E. Gillen, superintendent of the Middle division of the Grand Trunk at Toronto, Ont., has been appointed superintendent of the Eastern division, with headquarters at Montreal, Que., succeeding H. E. Whittenberger, transferred as superintendent to the Middle division, with headquarters at Toronto, Ont., succeeding Mr. Gillen.

Traffic Officers.

J. F. Curdle has been appointed commercial agent of the New York Central Lines, with office at St. Louis, Mo., to succeed F. D. Powell, resigned.

Claude R. Prince has been appointed commercial agent of the Chicago & Alton, with office at Birmingham, Ala., succeeding F. E. Eisiminger, resigned.

J. L. Edwards has been appointed traffic manager of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic, with office at Atlanta, Ga., succeeding B. L. Bugg, promoted.

E. G. Leach has been appointed soliciting freight agent of the Hocking Valley, with office at Columbus, Ohio, succeeding C. W. Pinney, resigned to go to another company.

Equipment and Supplies.

LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING.

THE CRUCIBLE STEEL COMPANY is making inquiries for 1 locomotive.

THE BOSTON & MAINE will soon be in the market for 150 locomotives.

THE TOLEDO & OHIO CENTRAL is making inquiries for 5 locomotives.

THE ERIE has ordered 25 mikado locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

THE CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN is making inquiries for upwards of 35 locomotives.

THE CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA is making inquiries for 5 locomotives.

THE EAST JORDAN & SOUTHERN has ordered 1 mogul locomotive from the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

THE CHARLOTTE HARBOR & NORTHERN has ordered 1 American type locomotive from the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN is in the market for 12 mikado locomotives, 7 freight Pacific type locomotives, and 3 passenger Pacific type locomotives.

THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, mentioned in the Railway Age Gazette of October 18, as having exercised an option for locomotives with the American Locomotive Company, has placed no order as yet, but is negotiating with that company for 15 consolidation locomotives.

THE SAN DIEGO & SOUTH EASTERN has ordered 1 ten-wheel switching locomotive from the American Locomotive Company. The dimensions of the cylinders will be 18 in. x 24 in., the diameter of the driving wheels will be 57 in., and the total weight in working order will be 114,000 lbs.

THE BOSTON & MAINE will soon be in the market for 6,000 box cars and 100 passenger cars.

THE MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS has ordered 28 passenger cars from the Pullman Company.

THE MAINE CENTRAL is considering the purchase of 300 rack cars, 100 flat cars, and 100 gondola cars.

THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY is in the market for 5 dining cars and 21 combination mail and baggage cars.

THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN is in the market for 1,000 box cars, 500 gondola, 500 hopper cars, 200 refrigerator

cars.

THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL will build 3,000 freight cars at the company's shops, and is in the market for underframes, trucks and bolsters for this equipment.

THE NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER is in the market for 2,000 refrigerator cars. This figure includes the 1,000 refrigerator cars for the Merchants' Despatch Transportation mentioned in the Railway Age Gazette of October 11, 1912.

THE INTERCOLONIAL has ordered 500 box cars, 100 Hart convertible cars, 100 flat cars, 50 dump cars, 20 refrigerator cars and 1 tank car from the Canadian Car & Foundry Company, and 3 baggage cars from the Preston Car & Coach Company. THE CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN is closing contracts for 6,500 cars as follows: 1,000 box cars, 1,000 all steel hopper cars, and 500 flat cars from the Pullman Company; and 2,000 box cars

and 2,000 gondola cars from the American Car & Foundry Company.

THE CANADIAN PACIFIC, mentioned in the Railway Age Gazette of October 11, as having ordered 60 sleeping cars from the Pullman Company, ordered 30 sleeping cars from the Barney & Smith Car Company, and 30 sleeping cars from the Pullman Company at that time.

IRON AND STEEL.

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL has ordered 50,000 tons of rails from the Illinois Steel Company.

THE SAN ANTONIO & ARANSAS PASS has ordered 4,000 tons of rails from the Maryland Steel Company.

THE BOSTON ELEVATED has ordered 2,000 tons of structural steel from the Pennsylvania Steel Company.

THE HARRIMAN LINES are reported to have ordered about 100,000 tons of rails, including 75,000 tons from the United States Steel Corporation, and about 25,000 tons from the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company.

GENERAL CONDITIONS IN STEEL.-During the past week there has been no let up in the heavy placing of orders. There have been some increases in prices, particularly on the part of the independent companies and the Steel Corporation is now selling on an average of nearly $2 a ton below its competitors. It is estimated that the earnings of the corporation for the third quarter will be in the neighborhood of $30,000,000, and for the last quarter, $35,000,000. By the end of the year all the lower priced contracts will have been filled, so the earnings for the first quarter of next year are expected to show an improvement over any quarter of 1912.

SIGNALING.

New Installations of Block Signals, Interlocking, Telephones for Train Despatching, Etc.

The Erie is preparing to use telephones in train despatching, on the Susquehanna division. A new wire line will be strung and portable telephones will be carried in the cabooses of the freight trains.

The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh has advised the New York State Public Service Commission that it will introduce the manual block system on 40 miles of its Rochester division. The company has recently installed automatic block signals on 521⁄2 miles of this division.

PARAGUAY CENTRAL RAILWAY EARNINGS.-During the latter half of the calendar year of 1911 the gross receipts of the Paraguay Central Railway were $367,580, and the operating expenses $181,600, leaving net earnings of $183,980. Other income amounted to $7,075, and the dividends on the preferred stock were $94,385. The net income was $96,670. The net income for period was 351⁄2 per cent. greater than that for the same period of the previous year.

PROPOSED EXTENSION FOR NEW SOUTH WALES LINE.-It is proposed to extend the Canowindra Railway from Canowindra on the Belubula river in the central eastern portion of New South Wales northwest to Eugowra, about 20 miles, and later to build from Eugowra northwest to Parkes, a further 20 miles. The railway from Canowindra to Eugowra, with 60-lb. rails, would cost about $454,350. The Canowindra Railway runs from Sydney to Canowindra, via Blayney, about 246 miles.

COAL FOR BELGIAN RAILWAYS.-It is proposed to introduce a bill in the Belgian chamber to approve the agreement which has recently been concluded in connection with the decision to reserve for home uses all future orders of coal from the Belgian state railways. According to the agreement the Belgian collieries will have to supply all the coal required by the railway's administration at a rate per ton based on the price fixed by the mining administration. Only small orders for special coal will be placed outside Belgium.

Supply Trade News.

Mark A. Ross has resigned as treasurer and director of the Pyle-National Electric Headlight Company, Chicago.

The Republic Iron & Steel Company, Youngstown, Ohio, has resumed the payment of the 134 quarterly dividend on its preferred stock, which has been omitted since January, 1, 1912.

The Railroad Supply and Equipment Club in the Karpen building, Chicago, has made arrangements for a series of lectures on mechanical subjects to be given in its assembly hall on Saturday evenings.

The name of Northey-Plummer, Ltd., has been changed to Northey-Simmen Signal Company, Ltd. This company makes and installs the Simmen system of railway signaling, and has headquarters at Toronto and Indianapolis.

C. A. Carscadin, formerly vice-president of the Kirby Equipment Company, Chicago, and representative of the Globe Seamless Steel Tubes Company of Milwaukee, has been appointed general sales agent of the Spencer Otis Company, with offices in the Railway Exchange, Chicago.

The Griffin Wheel Company, of Chicago, is to be reorganized under Massachusetts laws. The present Illinois corporation has a capitalization of $8,000,000. The new company will have an authorized issue of $12,000,000 common stock, of which $9,500,000 will be issued, and $9,000,000 preferred stock, of which $6,000,000 will be issued.

The Locomotive Superheater Company, New York, is building a plant at East Chicago, in the neighborhood of the property which has been acquired by the locomotive builders for western plants, for the manufacture of superheaters for application to old locomotives. It is expected that the plant will be placed in operation about the first of the year.

Among the railroads that have recently given repeat orders for the Street locomotive stoker are the Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake & Ohio, and the Baltimore & Ohio. The Norfolk & Western has 15 Mallet locomotives in service equipped with this stoker and 25 more of the same type have been ordered. The Chesapeake & Ohio has had 30 mikado locomotives using this stoker in service since the month of June and will receive 25 additional engines in November. The Baltimore & Ohio uses these stokers on five large Mallets and 20 more are being equipped as fast as they go through the shops. This road will also have this stoker applied to 50 mikados being built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, 20 of which have been received. The Hocking Valley will also use this stoker on five mikado engines which will be received during November.

The United States district court, district of Rhode Island, has granted the W. H. Coe Manufacturing Company, Providence. R. I., an injunction forbidding the American Roll Gold Leaf Company, Providence, R. I., from making, using or selling the inventions patented and claimed in the first, second, third or fourth claims, letters patent 580,217, during the remainder of the term of the life of said letter patent; and has granted the same injunction against the use of letters patent 848,883. The first of these patents covers a machine for packaging decorative films, and the second patent covers a package roll of metallic leaf. The first one is dated April 13, 1897, and the second one April 2, 1907. Complainants are permitted to recover from the defendants profits which the defendants may have made from the use of these patents since August 12, 1910, and C. W. Barrows has been appointed a special master to report to the court on the amount of profit and the amount of damages. It is understood that an appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS.

RAIL CHAIRS.-The American Rail Chair Company, Findlay, Ohio, has issued an illustrated pamphlet showing the use of the American rail chair applied to wood, concrete and steel ties. This rail chair can be applied to steel or concrete ties without the use of bolts or nuts, and is also equipped with a cushion to eliminate rigidness with these ties.

Railway Construction.

New Incorporations, Surveys, Etc. ARDMORE & WAURIKA. Incorporated in Oklahoma with $10,000 capital, and headquarters at Ardmore. The plans call for building from Ardmore, Okla., west to Waurika, 50 miles. D. Carter, L. T. Cook and J. W. Williams, of Purcell, and R. C. Boles, of Chickasha, are incorporators.

BISMARCK, BELLEVIEW VALLEY & WESTERN.-An officer writes that a contract for grading and track laying has been given to the Hamilton-Ryan Construction Company, St. Louis, Mo., for work from Bismarck, Mo., west to Sunlight, thence south to Bunker, 53 miles, and the work is now under way. For about 20 miles the work will be quite heavy, part of the route being through solid rock; there will be a considerable number of culverts and some steel bridges. The bridges will vary in length from 150 ft. to 300 ft., and the trestles from 25 ft. to 40 ft. The company expects to develop a traffic in coal to the iron furnaces, and lumber from the saw mills. E. G. Evans is president, Bismarck, and H. Rohwer is consulting chief engineer, 609 Fullerton building, St. Louis, Mo.

CANADIAN PACIFIC.-An officer writes that route maps have been approved for the Interprovincial & James Bay, to be built from a point on the Kipawa branch of the Canadian Pacific, in the parish of Gendron, north, 54 miles, through the parishes of Mercier, Tabaret, Mazenod and Fabre to Ville Marie in the parish of Du Hamel, county of Pontiac, Que. Work is now under way on 10 miles. Jones & Girouard, Ottawa, have the contract. The average cut and fill work on this section is about 10,000 cu. yds. a mile. The maxin.um grade will be 1.7 per cent. There will be one steel bridge 30 ft. long. C. W. P. Ramsey, Montreal, is engineer of construction.

CITRUS SOUTHERN (Electric).-According to press reports this company will build from Sanford, Fla., south via Orlando, to Kissimmee, about 35 miles. B. Beacham, S. S. Griffin and C. Dann, Orlando, are said to be interested.

CLARKSBURG & NORTHERN.-According to press reports this line has been sold to New York capitalists. The company is building from New Martinsville, W. Va., south to Salem, 49 miles. Grading has been finished to Middlebourne, 14 miles. It is supposed that the new owners will extend the line to Clarksburg. A survey is being made on the Ohio side of the river from Powhatan to Hannibal. (August 30, p. 408.)

DALLAS SOUTHERN TRACTION.-See Southern Traction. DENVER, NORTHWESTERN & PACIFIC.-According to press reports work is to be started at once on the extension from Steamboat Springs, Colo., west towards Utah. (August 23, p. 366.)

EDMONTON INTERURBAN. This company was incorporated in Alberta, Can., in 1910, and was reorganized in September, 1912. It is financed by French and Canadian capitalists, and proposes to build about 300 miles of electric lines, connecting Edmonton with other towns in Central Alberta. Work is now under way from Edmonton to St. Albert, 6 miles. This section is expected to be in operation by June, 1913. A power house is to be built at St. Albert. Other lines are projected from Edmonton, southeast to Beaverhill lake and Tofield, 40 miles; east to Vegreville, 60 miles; west to Lac Sainte Anne, 15 miles; north to Namao, 12 miles; west to Mewassin, 35 miles; southwest to Pigeon lake, 40 miles, and the line north to Morinville, via St. Albert, 28 miles. George Barbey, of Paris and Vancouver, is at the head of the French syndicate. M. Kimpe, managing director, has charge of the construction work.

GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC.-Work is being pushed to complete the branch line from Talmage, Sask., to Weyburn this year. GREAT NORTHERN.-An officer writes that grading work is nearing completion on a line from Niobe, N. D., via Bowbells to the Canadian boundary, 21 miles. The company expects to complete the track laying this year.

INTERPROVINCIAL & JAMES BAY.-See Canadian Pacific.

LANCASTER, OXFORD & SOUTHERN.-According to press reports this company is planning to build a 15-mile extension

from Oxford, Pa., and to change the existing line, which has a 3 ft. gage to standard gage.

LIBERTY & CALLICOON.-Incorporated in New York with $200,000 capital, to operate an electric or steam line in Sullivan county from Liberty, west via White Sulphur Springs and Youngville to Jeffersonville, 14 miles. The directors include L. H. Brown and A. Brown, of New York; C. B. Ward and F. E. Bridges, Liberty, and S. F. Crocker, Brooklyn.

LUFKIN, HEMPHILL, HEMPSTEAD & GULF.-Incorporated in Texas with $100,000 capital and headquarters at Hemphill. The plans call for building from Kindred, in San Augustine county, Texas, east to a point on the Sabine river, in Sabine county, 30 miles. The incorporators include H. Knox and G. E. Pratt of Hemphill. C. B. Collins, Lufkin; W. M. Kady and B. E. Smith of McNary, La.; R. Stack, Woodworth, La., and A. MacDonald, Houston.

MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL & SAULT STE. MARIE.-An officer writes that the company is making surveys west of Ambrose, N. D., for an extension of the Flaxton line. The extension will be about 80 miles long, but the definite location has not yet been decided on.

MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS.-The report of this company for the year ended June 30, 1912, shows that the company has acquired during the year the Wichita Falls Lines, extending from Newcastle, Tex., to Woodward, Okla., with a branch line from Altus, Okla., to Wellington, Tex., in all 333.37 miles. The line from Hammon, Okla., to Woodward, 66.33 miles, was built and placed in operation during the year, and 83.67 miles from Woodward, Okla., to Forgan are under construction and will be completed and placed in operation soon. During the year embankments were widened on 66 miles of roadway, and 302 miles of ditching was done, 3 miles of track were ballasted, 274 miles of track reballasted, and 103 miles of new 85-lb. rails were laid. Fifty-two miles of yard and industrial track were constructed, and work has been started on new division terminals at Waco, Tex., which will be placed in operation during 1912. The Galveston causeway and bridge, 2 miles long, which connects Galveston with the mainland, was opened for traffic during the year and is now being used by the M. K. & T.

MOBILE-WEST SHORE TRACTION.-According to press reports this company, which was organized last year, expects to begin construction work about December 1 from Mobile, Ala., south to Alabama Port, thence west via Coden and Bayou Labatre to Pascagoula, Miss., about 55 miles. E. E. Posey, Mobile, is president.

NORTH YAKIMA & VALLEY.-An officer writes that a contract has been given to the Valley Construction Company of Kennewick, Wash., to build a 3-mile branch from the Naches branch at a point about three miles northwest of North Yakima, Wash., northwest, following Cowiche creek through the Cowiche valley. (October 11, p. 710.)

SALT LAKE & UTAH (Electric).-An officer writes that the plans call for building from Salt Lake City, Utah, via Taylorsville, West Jordan, South Jordan, Riverton, Lehi, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Provo, Springville, Spanish Fork and Salem to Payson, about 65 miles. The company expects to begin work on the line soon. W. C. Orem, Salt Lake City, may be addressed. (October 18, p. 775.)

SOUTHERN TRACTION.-This company, which is a Texas corporation, is now building an electric interurban line from Dallas, Tex., to Corsicana, via Hutchins, Wilmer, Ferris, Trumbull, Palmer, Garrett, Ennis, Alma and Rice; also an electric line from Waxahachie to Waco, via Forreston, Italy, Milford, Hillsboro, Abbott, West and Elm Mott. The grading work is about 80 per cent. completed. The bridge contracts are all let, and are under construction. The company expects to begin laying rails about December 1, and to use 80-lb. rails on the Waco line and 70-lb. rails on the Corsicana line. Orders for rails have already been placed. It is contemplated that electrical equipment will be ordered during the next thirty days. The company has bought the physical property of the Dallas Southern Traction, a line fully equipped, running from Dallas to Waxahachie, via Lisbon, Lancaster, Red Oak and Sterrett. which will connect at Waxahachie with the Waco line, making a through line from Dallas to Waco. The Waxahachie line

has been in operation since October 3. The Southern Traction also owns the street railway system of Waco..

TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN.-This company expects to let contracts about November 1, it is said, for grading 32 miles of its proposed line in Tennessee. E. L. Fickes is president, Maryland, Tenn.

TENNESSEE VALLEY TRACTION.-An officer writes that contracts are to be let in January and February, 1913, to build from Dallas, Tex., south via Waxahachie, Frost, Hubbard, Marlin, Cameron, Temple, Belton and Georgetown to Austin, about 200 miles. J. V. Watkins is president, 501 Scollard building, Dallas. (October 11, p. 710.)

WASHINGTON, POTOMAC & CHESAPEAKE.-This company, which owns 21⁄2 miles of railway in the District of Columbia and 21 miles from Brandywine, Md., to Mechanicsville, proposes to connect these lines by building 151⁄2 miles and by completing 2334 miles from Brandywine to Esperanza, making a total line of about 631⁄2 miles. H. W. Watson, president, Franklin Bank building, Philadelphia, Pa.

WATAUGA RAILWAY.-See Yadkin River.

YADKIN RIVER.-An officer writes that under the name of the Watauga Railway work is now under way from North Wilkesboro, N. C., where a connection is made with the Southern Railway, west via Minton, Goshen, Marley Ford, Goulds, Elkville, Denny, Darby, Middlecane, Watauga and Cooks Gap to a point one mile from Boone, 51.84 miles. A branch is also being built from a point near Elkville, at Elkville Junction south via Grandin, Kings Creek, Hornel, Hibriten and Lenoir, to a connection with the Carolina & North Western, about 20 miles. Grading has been finished on 9 miles, and track has been laid on 3 miles. The approximate cut and fill work averages 20,000 cu. yds. a mile. The maximum curvature will be 8 deg., and maximum grades will be 21⁄2 per cent. The company expects to develop a traffic in lumber, agricultural products and iron ore. W. J. Grandin, president, Lenoir, and H. C. Landon, chief engineer, North Wilkesboro. (April 5, p. 825.)

RAILWAY STRUCTURES.