The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-14
Personal. Local and State Notes.

the GROUNDS ne na0s years ago, selected ana
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Personal. Local and State Notes.
The Lake Erie s. Western has got it's force
down to a minimum, and still has on the pay
rolls i, $50 men.
H. L. Newton. formerly agent of the L s. St
L. at this point has been appointed travelling
passenger agent OF the Bee-l1ne for Colorado,
with headquarters at Denver.
q. T. Hull has been appointed district pass
ssngsr agent OF the Pennsyivanla lines with
Smith, transferred to Fort Wayne.
The track-layers are laying track 1t the rate
of one half mile day on the Peoria extension of
the Lake Erie & Western road, and are quite
determined to reach Peoria by April l.
Local freight agents encouraging shippers
in the belief that the 26th of this month,
freight rates to Pacific coast points are again to
go all to pieces and that rates Of sixty days ago
will prevail.
On every Indianapolis line train crews are
now paid the mileage basis, and engineers
can practically gauge their own wages. II dis
posed to they can, without over-wOrk, average
$l25 month.
General Manager Bradbury, of the Lake Erie
& Western has settled with all the sufferers in
the wreck few weeks ago at Fostoris yesrer-
day paying s., 900 to the wife of Allen Gilbert
who was killed.
Local passenger agents have again adopted
the motto make rates to meet those made by
competitors" and yesterday there was q good
deal of cutting rates INDUCED in TO Western and
Northwestern points
The baggagemen on the fifth division Of the
Chicago Pittsburg 81 St. Louis road are feeling
somewhat sore Conductors and brakemen on
this division had their pay increased FIVE cents
day while the oaggagemasters' pay was reduced
five cents day.
Brodies Rate Chart is the name Of a very COM
plete and convenient device by which freight
agent can at glance tell what proportion of a
through rate any road in a certain line lie en-
titled to correctly it is done after several
minutes of figuring.
The Louisville, Evansville & St Louis COM
pany will in few days commence the building
of large freight depot at New Albany, with .
number of offices in the building. to be occupied
by the freight officials and clerks of the road
who are located there.
The Pennsylvania people have been testing
during the past winter three systems of heating
their passenger trains by steam, namely: the
Gold, the Wilder and the Baker. On their lim-
tied trains they have used the Baker, and it has
worked very satisfactorily.
The engineers and fremen on the Ohio Indi-
ana 81 Western road have made known their
grievance. 1t is that they do not want to haul
the through Chicago, Burlington s. Quincy
coaches which the o., I. s. w. and the c., B. &
@. are hauling between Columbus, o.. and Lin
coin, Neb.
Work on the North Bend cutoff onlthe c.. l..
St. l.. g G. road is progressing rapidly, over
one half the excavation work being completed.
The contractors have lost but two days this
winter on account of unfavorable weather. With
the completion of this improvement the road
gets rid of several curves and the tunnel.
Nearly every road running in here is holding
cars of toe Chicago. Burlington 4 Quincy road.
As none of them contain perisnable freight off,
Gals take the ground that there is no pressing
demand that they be forwarded, therefore they
are not inclined to take any step which would
give the engineers grounds for extending the
strike TO Indianapolis roads.
John Taylor, the English stockholder who 80
persistently attacks the management of the
Pennsylvania lines, demanding Increased divi-
bends. has written another open circular 70
American stockholders. which he closes by say
ing that we, the stockholders, may not succeed
In all that We required ut the enDual meeting,
but we shall succeed. Remesnb Der my motto,
1T is better to stir question without deciding
IL, than to decide IL without stirring it,"
Several Of the Indianapolis lines ha ve issued
whenever car is found to be loaded above its
marked capacity over two Thousand pounds ft
will not be forwarded until part ally unloaded.
Action by eastern connections has necessitated
the issuing of such notice. Within the last
day two several of the fast-freight line cars
have been found to be overloaded several thou
sand pounds and are now standing side-tracks.
The Decline earned in the two months ending
Feb. 90 1893 241, increase 1887 SIS, 200; The
L., N A. Il c. road earned $s85 I66, increase
50, 1l6; the Evansville g. Terre Haute sl3l, 1877,
increase $21. 9S3; the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
1916 S26 increase 500, Ala; Indianapolis q St.
Louis. main line. $780,, 1893. decrease 80. 235; the
Indianapolis, Decatur & Western $50 203 de-
crease SIS, 269; the Ohio g. Mississippi 5000 $50.
decrease this year 50, 1872.
The Chicago Board of Trade has originated q
movement TO have grain arriving in Chicago
loaded from and stored tho first ten days
free OF charge. This plan, if successful. would
place grain, in a measure. on the same footing
as other Glasses OF freight The time Is coming