The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-19
Personal. Local and General Notes.

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Ohio, Indiana 81 Western will be
held in this city Sept. IL.
By It's newly proposed financial deal the
Northern Paclhc road Will increase Its III
debtedness forty million dollars.
General Passenger Agent Fisher, of the
Fort Wayne, Cincinnati IL Louisville road,
has adopted as the roads trademark a
comet"
There were transferred over the Belt
road, last week, 1928 cars, against 2,430
cars for the corresponding week. 1888. In
crease this year, SIS cars.
Livestock traffic is at high tide. Last
week the Belt road engines handled 1,039
carloads, against III car loads the CORE
spending week, 1858. Increase this year,
32 cars.
j. A. Phelps has been appointed auditor
of the American Midland road. with head
quarters at Findlay, o.. Construction work
on this line is said TO be moving along
rather slowly.
A. ID. Dwelle, late assistant general pas
senger agent of the Wabash, has been ap-
pointed assistant general passenger agent
of the Iowa Central road, with h~eadquar-
tiers at MarshalltOwn, la.
J. C. Davie. private secretary of NJ. E..
ingalls,, and l.. NJ. B~rockenbrough. assist
ant general freight agent of the c.. c., c.
" 81. L.. have gone to Wisconsin on a fish
ing and hunting expedition.
. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will pay cash on delivery for the 1900
freight cars which they have contracted
for, and for that reason, it is stated, they
got them built at very low prices.
G. +. Henderson. general manager of the
Ohio, Indiana * Western road, has been
notified that the party or capitalists who
were TO come Nest for an inspection of the
property had deferred the trip for a few
days.
The roadmasters of New England roads
will hold their seventh annual convention
in Boston this week. Several important
subjects. including the best methods of i'm
proving road-beds, are to come up for dis
cussion.
The Chicago & Alton has declared its
usual 2 per cent. quarterly dividend in
spite of the talk that the road was becom-
ing crippled financially, and this dividend
comes from the earnings it is stated Otfi-
cially.
The c., c., c.. 81 st. l.. big Four earned
the first week in August, S252, 295, which is
an increase In earningsOyer the correspond
ing week, 1883, of 1924, and 1t is said the
exhibit of the second week will be even
more favorable.
Indications are tina there Will be an i'm
mense crowd of people in the city on Thurs
day next. Connections of the main lines
leading to Indianapolis are notifying the
latter that they will turn over to them big
crowds on that day.
A company to build the palatial cars de-
scrlbed III the Journal a few mornings ago
has been organized in Portland, Me-, with
a capital of Sl.0O0 600. Several of the lead
ing railroad men III the country are in the
list OF lncorporators.
j; Powers having thrown up the contract
70 Dulla the Nlncennes. Oakland City AZ
Owensboro road, the directors have relet
the contract to :. Nj. Deane. The road,
when completed from Vincennes TO Owens
Doro, Will be seventy piles IN length.
The Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louis
vile compa on saturday received from
the Baldwin locomotive works two
freight engines weighing forty-five tons
eacn. ms is the heaviest engine this
company has. as yet. put into service.
The foreclosure sale of the Cincinnati.
Washington n Baltimore Railway Com
pany, which was set for to-day. has been
postponed thirty days, probably on account
OF some delay IN the arrangements for carry
ing out the plans of the interested parties.
1t is understood that President Ingalls,
has a good position In waiting for L. G.
Waite, late general manager of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton * Dayton, Is soon as the
latter has taken n good rest; Two months
rest has greatly improved Mr.. Waite's
health.
Chairman nley, of the Transmissour
Association. states that railway affairs
west of the Missouri river are III excellent
condition. Tariff rates are firmly main
tanned and less trouble IL encountered by
Western roads than at any tim III several
years.
Charles NJ. Lind, chief clerk of j. s. Laz-
arus. traffic manager of the. L., I'D. d w.
road, VIII. on Sept /, sever his connection
Win that road, To take a similar position
WITH w. II. Fisher. general passenger agent
vile road.
The mana gers of the five roads centering
AT fueblo. Col, met last week in that city,
ana came 10 an agreement 10 build q new
union station. The structure. when com
Pieted, Will cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000. Ii is 10 be built of red sand-stone.
from the Maniton quarries.
A special meeting of the presidents and
general managers of the roads centering at
ST. Lonis and stockholders of the Union
Depot railroad Company will be held at
ST. Louis tomorrow, and steps will prob