The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-30
Personal. Local and State Notes.

5000 men will be discharged.
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Personal, Local and State Notes.
The annual meeting of tho Toledo, St Louis
4 Kansas City road viii be held in Toledo June
i3.
At the city freight depots no freiehts will be
received to-day and none will be delivered after
10 A. M.
The Pennsylvania Company has lsased q room
over Spsdess store. on South Meridian street,
Tor their ticket-receivers and trainmen's quar-
tiers.
Fred Wild. general freight agent of the Des
MONIES & Northwestern. has resigned. and A.
w. A Jennings has been appointed his sue
eessor.
The gross earnings Of the Lake Erie & West
srn road since Jan. L were 500, 23o. Increase
over last year, So5,006. The net earnings were
o170, 035. increase, 500. 537.
Freight circles are somewhat disturbed over q
report that the Traders Dispatch has been cut
ting rates east-bound out of ST. Louis. The
matter 10 to be investigated.
Bradstreets, in its issue of tho 26th, shows
that seventy-four roads have 9 armed this year
1892 per mile. as compared with s40l in 1887,
1916 in 1886. and $377 in 1885.
The annual report of the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne q Chicago road shows that its income
for the year 1887 was s11. 269, 953. 10. and operat-
ing and maintaining expenses. So. 9SS, OF. SO.
The earnings of the Chicago & Eastern Ili-
0ols ROAD lncreaseQ pls year IN the tDlrO week
If May 81. GIG over 1887. This company has in
creased the order for new engines to sixteen.
A 'Sisterhood Of Railroad BrakemenD was or
ganized last week, at Battle Creek, Mich. Il is
composed of the mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters Of the members OF the brotherhood Of
braksmen.
As the passenger engines of the Lake Erie &
Western road go into the shops they are being
stripped Of al brass trimmings, for which thoy
have been noted. and come ont dressed in con-
venrional black.
G. w. Benus. who represents the freight de-
partment OF the Cincinnati Southern, in the
North, y spending . day or two in the city. This
road II now running fastrfreight trains after the
plan Of the trunk lines.
The Louisville. New Albany e. Chicago has
shortened the running time Of its night train
south from Chicago TO Louisville one hour and
forty-fvs minutes. The train 10 now scheduled
on thirty-six miles per hour.
Henry Santo, one of the sweepers at the
Union Depot. has held his position thirty-two
years Several times he hss found considerable
sums Of money, which he turned over to his
superiors. He goes by the nickname OF Honest
John"
NJ. A. Zook. recently appointed engineer OF
maintenance Of way on the second division of
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg. will
be married 10 Miss ]. A. Schenck. Of Louisville,
KY. on the 18th of June. His headquarters are
a. Logansport-
L. Durham, superintendent Of the Decatur
fAla. car-works is in the North gathering up
men for that establishment. He was formerly
contested with the Ohio Falls car-works of JEFF
ferscnville, Ind, and has secured q number Of
men from that place.
A few months before the appointment OF John
B. Carson as general manager of the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago road. the controlling in
terest Of the property was offered to the Penn
sylvania Company FOR 500, 900. The Pennsyl-
vania people doubtless regret that they did not
gather it in
Recent Developments have strengthened the
belief that there is something in the boast Of Fl.
s. Ives that he carries the control OF the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton in bis pocket, and will
show his hand at the annual meeting In June
At least, there Is enough in his boast TO make
his opponents anxious.
The Pennsylvania and Vandalia lines will
place in service between st. Louis. New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. within
thirty days. q fsst veSibule limited train. Il
will lsave ST. Louis about Q A. NJ; Indianapolis
ut p. N. and arrive in New York at 230 p. M.
the following afternoon.
". b. Snow, master mechanic of the Illinois
Central road, has been In the city for a say or
two examining into the merits OF the Graydor
method Of heating trains by steam from the To-
connective. The Illinois Central people will next
winter heat their trains by steam, and he Is well
pleased with the Graydon device.
Chicago roads forwarded East in the week
cuQluk MAY 20 81, SUS IONS Oh AIoikGl. dEalu>L
sI,226 tons in the corresponding week OF 1887.
OF this tonnage the Vanderbilt lines carried
303 per cent, the Pennsylyania lines 25.4 per
cent The c., Z. st L.. 81 G. Is now cutting no
figure In east-bound business out OF Chicago.
The Wabash has placed az the more important
stations new clocks. the special feature OF which
IL that IL winds itself. and 10 regulated at 4
o'clock each day Dy means Of en- electrical wire
connected with the clock at Springfield. where
the time n noted. A single fash Of electricity
over the telegraph wire regulates the clocks at
ell stations
Superintendent Richardson, Of the inspection
and weighing bureau. has appointed G. @.
O'Boyls, Thomas Campbell, Samuel Perrott. 4.
z Lynn, T. IA Thomas and T. L. Rosepbereer
~ inspectors Of billing rates and divisions on
freights forwarded east from Indianapolis p.
y Rainer, Of Chicago, will be here on June I
and assign them 70 the several roads which thew
are 20 look after.
The Cincinnati e Muskingum Valley seems IN
be drifting under a financial cloud. This road
rntil Two years ago, was leased 10 the Psnnsyi.
VzbiA Company. Its gross earnings Increased
from 1901 900 in 1886 20 s44l 900 ia 1887. but
unfortunately its operating expenses increased
from &317. 900 TO e396. 900. leaving net earnings OF
less than s45, 200. OF this 80, 900 Was spent for
improvemsnus settlements Of old accounts, etc