The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-05
Personal. Local and State Notes.

fersOnaI. Local ana state NOTES.
The Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad
Company has declared its regular 1 IA per
cent. quarterly dividend, payable April %.
General Manager Bradbury, of the Lake
Erie IL Western, who has been at Hot
Springs for several weeks, returned yester-
day in excellent health.
The Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City road
earned in March S76, III, which is an in
crease over the earnings of the correspond
ing month, 1888, of S40,OS7.
Charles Nelson, general superintendent
of the O., H.& ID. lines, spent yesterday in
the city, perIecting arrangements for trans
ferring their through business over the
Belt road.
President Roberts and other officials of
ing an inspection of the lines east of Pitts
burg. and will in a few days go over the
lines west of that point.
The Philadelphia & Reading has proposed
to establish from some Western railroad
center a new line of through coaches to
Boston upon the completion of the Pennsyl-
vania, P~Oughkeepsie q Boston road.
Hon. r. w. Thompson, of Terre Haute,
who on Tuesday last retired from the direc-
tory of the Panama railroad. has held that
position since 1880. ). l.. FELTON, succeeds
him as director, and Y. Boyard was chosen
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
w. b. Dinsmore.
F.. /. Whitney, general passenger agent of
the st. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba
road, was in the city yesterday for several
hours. J. j. Feree. travelling passenger
agent of the road, accompanied him. and
as a result of their visit they will place a
passenger man here to look after their
business in this section.
The general managers who attended the
meeting at Chicago on Wednesday have re-
turned. and seem confident that the Central
Traffic Association is upon its feet again.
All the roads in tho oaoOoiofian nnror &C
the revised agreement, and will use their
best efforts TO induce all the roads in this
territory TO become parties to it.
The Pittsburg & Western follows in the
lead of the Pennsylvania line, and with
draws all its Mississippi through tariffs.
This makes an advance of rates on business
destined to the Missouri river and beyond,
which have heretofore been taking the Mis-
sissippi-riyer rates, and avoids q violation
of the fourth section of the interstate law.
No one has yet heard a Big -Four stock
with the Decline. This is not surprising.
as il is understood that the Big Four stock
is to be guaranteed 5 per cent. per anuum.
The Big Four stockholders are also to be
given the right to subscribe to 30 per cent.
of the common stock of the consolidated
company.
o. w. Ruggles. general passenger agent
of the Michigan Central road. and Mr.. Muir
ray, one of his assistant passenger men,
spent yesterday in the city. One of the
chief objects OF their visit was to give the
new Union Station a careful inspection.
After looking at and admiring it Mr.. Rug
giles called at the chief engineers office and
examined the plans.
s. X. Galloway, president of the Toledo.
st. Louis d Kansas City, and Assistant
General Manager Edwards. of the Flint
Pere Marquette road. have been appoint
ed arbitrator 10 adjust the differences be-
tween the Toledo, Ann Arbor IL North
Michigan and the Detroit, Grand Haven X
Milwaukee roads. These two gentlemen are
ter out of the courts.
The. question of how much commission
shall be paid, in what territory and TO what
agents, IS becoming a serious one, and
seems quite certain 10 precipitate n diff
cn1ty hetwsen the trunk lines on the one