The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27

this city, state that they were treated very
handsomely by both Receiver Hammond of the
l., ID. ~ s., and G. E. Henderson, general man
| ager of the l.. B. s. w. Each expressed de.
sire to do all In their power to help Indian
| apolis.
| encampment of the Grand Army. The railroad
/ companies have met in New York and have
agreed upon round-trip ticket rate of $87. 90 to
San Francisco say II cent per mile, which is
| comparatively reasonable. There is doubt
| that the railroads will make money at the price.
It is stated that Eastern people are taking more
| interest in the encampment than are West
erners
Charles j. A. Peck, of Charleston. S. G., gen.
eral manager of the South Carolina railway. Is
contributing most interesting series of articles
| on Southern Railway Problems" to the South
ern magazine Dixie" published at Atlanta, Ga.
| Mr. Joseph M Brown, of Atlanta, general pas
| senger agent of the Western u Atlantic road,
| and son of United States Senator Brown, is also
contributing series of illustrated war articles
| to Dixie
| Chicago roads are moving to recover their
| grain traffic. 1t is announced that on and after
July / the charge of 81 per car for switching
| grain will not be demanded by the railroads at
| that point, and that the elevators will reduce
| their charges for the first ten days storage from
14c to &c per bushel. besides abolishng their 90
cents trimming charge, thus reducing the
| charges on grain forwarded within ten days OF
and cars of 600 bushels from $40 to 81 50.
The saving in carloads of oats will be consider
ably greater
The success of the special baggage delivery
system, inaugurated little more than month
ago by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has
been so marked that the company has determined
| to extend the system to the prominent seashore
resorts on the Atlantic coast The traveller from
New York Philadelphia Baltimore or Washing
| ton may deliver his baggage at any time IN al
vance of his own departure to the local transfer
company, have it addressed to any hotel or cot
tage at Long Branch, Cape May or Atlantic City,
prepay the fee of ST. take the receipt of the for
| warding company, and on arrival at destination
will find that his baggage has preceded him.
The Pennsylvania statement for May shows
gain in both the Eastern and Western lines.
The gross earnings of all lines east OF Pittsburg
and Erie g. ITS $50, az increase of $2SS, III;
operating expenses, So, 700, 878 an increase OF
$40 704; net earnings, ST. 472 7O2 an increase of
$117,407 From Jan. l to May 81 the gross
earning $lS 81, 063 increase 81 $3.50, l08;
operating expenses, $l2 500, So. an increase OF
1922 032 aud net earnings &c. 3l8 49l an increase
of sos, 076. All lines west OF Plttsburg and
Erie for the five months of 1886 show deficien-
cy in meeting all liabilities of S434 79S being
decreased deficiency compared with the same
period of 1885 of $2l7,475. The statement shows
that the company nearly 81, 000,0 900 better off
than it was at this time last year.
1.-The movement to abolish the arbitrary and
M. 4. M.
adopting the plan of mum bering the twenty-fou
hours of the day, consecutivey, is steadily gain
ing force with thoughtful men," says the Rail-
way Age. 'and ere long the present method will
be looked upon as one of the foolish customs OF
the past Many Of the scientific men of this and
other countries favor the adoption of the twenty
four. CLOCK plan. At recent annual meeting
OF the American Society of Civil Engineers, Mr..
Sanford Fleming, the eminent engineer, as
chairman of % committee on the subject, made
IN al ia a
Age further says I'VE think it is to be regretted
that the managers of the great railways in the
United States have been slow to move In tho
matter of this inevitable reform"
Attica, Ind, is now enjoying boom, it hav-
ing been definitely settled that the general of
fees of the Chicago g Indiana Coal road will be
located there The general offices are located
In the Citizens Bank building, and now have the
lowing force of officials and employees Geo.
c. Kimball, first vice-president and general
manager, in whose office L. s. Graves local
treasurer. and Charles Kimball, ear record
clerk; George w. Dunlap. in whose Office are A.
j. Mooreshead, book-keeper, r. G. HARPER, tel
egraph operator, and Miss Emma School, ticket
has just opened his Office and has not
yet put IN his assistants. In the en-
cheering department. located in the
Bernhart Building. the following force is
employed under r. Angst, chief engineer: w.
p Bixby, NJ Hoffman w. s. Dawley, Nelson
makes total of fifteen employed in the general
Offices AT the depot are Train Dispatcher T. A.
Straver, Master of Transportation W. G. Page,
Storekeeper g. S. Raper and Agent W. T. Wit
mer, with their assistants. AT the machine shops
Foreman FL. M Sehart has from eight to twelve
men, and at the engine house end in the yards
Master Mechanic j. j. Curtis has nearly as many
more. Bridge Repairer ID. r.. Salmond has big
force. Roadmaster e M. Nichols has number
Of assistants, and the two section gangs that
leave the City daily complete the list Alto
gether there are ITO men employed, all Of whom
reside permanently in Attca
Heavy Cut I'm West-Bound Freight Rates.
Ever since the heavy break in Northwestern
rates Ii has been feared that the cut would
eventually extend to every. interest involved, on.
the theory that lines operating in the TERRITORY
affected would be compelled to meet tho cut 70
self protection. The situation has been growing
more serious all the time, and yesterday rates
| went all to pieces at this point and
| the war is now open all along the line,
with every indication of becoming as
| fierce and bitter as has been feared.
| The frst cut announced from St. Louis was made
| yesterday from St. Louis to Lincoln and FIRE.
| mont, Neb., the following being the figures now
| made: Firstclass, "a cents per one hundred
| pounds; second class. 90 cents; third GLASS; 33
cents fourth class % cents; fifth class, ~ cents;
class A. 26t cents; class B, IL cents class G, 15a
cents; class ID, 1bs cents; hard coal. ~. 80 per
a. -. x.sl1 L..