The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-09-04

The resignation of the general manager
was thereupon promptly rendered; and &C
Jeffrey remained until p. NJ. Ito give" his
letter explains, "a little more time to talk
over matters pertaining to the company's
interest"
Personal. Local and General Notes.
James McCrea, fourth vice-president of
the Pennsylvania Company, returned yes
terday from his annual vacation on st.
Lawrence river.
w. w. Hegeman, who, for some years, has
been with the Baldwin acknowledgements,
has resigned to accept the superlntendency
of the Ohio Valley road.
John Hammond. general. freight agent of
the Erie road at Buffalo, NY, has resigned.
1t is said that Contracting Freight Agent
Pomeroy will be his successor.
The Western roads last week delivered at
Chicago %, 500 head of cattle and 337 900
hogs. being 5000 more hogs than were de-
'livered III the corresponding week of 1883.
Sixteen years is considered the life of an
service which have been in the track
twenty-three years and show but little
wear.
Harvest excursions on Sept. 10 and "a and
Oct. s, at one fare for the round trip are an
nOunced by the Southern lines. These ex-
cnrsions are run after the same manner as
the harvest excursions to the Northwest.
The roads centering at Cincinnati are in
trouble over the demurrage question. AS at
indianapolis. agents are charged with ex-
tending the time for unloading or loading
cars after they are placed in position.
The Lake Erie & Western has this year
put in twenty-three miles additional of
track at passing points and leading to man.
ufactories located on its lines. 1t expects
to put in several more miles before the year
closes.
j. N. Mccullough, first vice-president of
fba paunsvlvapia Cou,nanv. William X
McKeen. president of the Terre Haute 81
Indianapolis, and NJ. E. Ingalls,, president
of the c., c., c. & ST. L., will be in the
city to-day.
q Michigan will not readily submit to the
amendment of the contract by which its
trains are run from Anderson 20 Indianapo-
lis over the c., c., c. 81 ST. L., and some ex-
tended litigation may result.
The Western lines delivered at Chicago,
In the last week of August, 9,0SS carloads
of grain. the largest delivery in the history
of the roads, The deliveries OF grain for
the month of August were IS ,012 cars,
against q, 7S5 in the corresponding month
of 1888.
Three of the South Bend business men
are appraising the damages to property in
that city. this week, on the. proposed line
| through the city by which the st. Joe ex-
tension is to be connected with the Van
dalia. All parties agree that their award
| shall be final.
The first six months of this year the New
York Central carried into New York 20.4
| per cent. of the grain tonnage; the Erie,
| 100 per cent; Pennsylvania. ILL; Lacka-
wanna. S.22; West Shore, 1922; the Lehigh
| Valley. 5.55; Baltimore & Ohio, 1.07, and the
| other lines per cent.
Within the next thirty days train No. 90.
running between st. Louis and New York
| over the Vandalia and Pennsylvania lines,
Will be entirely vestibuled, and dining
| car will be hauled in it. And No. 1. coming
| West, will be vestibuled in the same man.
ner, and its time shortened somewhat.
George G. Smith has been appointed gen.
| eral agent of the Cincinnati Hamilton &
| Indianapolis road at Hamilton. The
freight and passenger business will both
an indianapolis boy. and has earned his
promotion In highly creditable manner.
The present management of the Fort
| Wayne, Cincinnati u Louisville road take
hold In business-like manner. The pas
senger department. has made arrangements
| to put on full representation of tickets,
| adopting the Stromberg ticket. Heretofore
| the road has issued only local tickets, and
has been seriously hampered in its work
ings with connections thereby.
The Baltimore Il Ohio. after three
months trial, has decided to burn coke on
| the engines which haul its passenger
| trains. Those running between Washing
ton and Philadelphia have already been
fitted mp to burn coke, 1t is no more ex-
| pensive, it is ascertained, than bituminous
| coal, and when used there is no trouble ex-
| perienced by passengers on the trains from
| cinders or smoke.
Commissioner Faithorn has returned from
| New York, having failed in his mission,
which was TO induce the trunk lines to pro-
rate on through business. The Eastern
view of the case is that the business meth
DDS OF the Western roads are faulty. and
that there is no reason why the Eastern
| roads should allow themselves to be drawn
into an unpleasant contest in which they
| have no interest
The Louisville. New Albany Il Chicago
people, it is stated officially, have asked
the roads interested in the rate war be-
| tween the cities of Chicago, Indianapolis
Louisville and Cincinnati to take such
steps as will bring the war to q. close. The
pennsylvania holds aloOf, and says when
the Monon enters into an iron-clad agree
| ment to maintain rates. hereafter the Penn
sylvania will notice their request.
The new trains put on by the Wagner
| Palace-car Company to run over the Big
Four between Chicago and Cincinnati are
attracting good deal of attention, and GO
| loaded both ways nightly. The equipment
is among the best ever turned out by this
| company. 1T such trains were put on be-
tween st. Louis and Chicago over the Van
derbilt lines it would doubtless increase
the travel over that route one-third.
The Pennsylvania is said to be the only
road which objects to pressing the move
ment to change back the classification on
desks to that of furniture. If it is not done
it will cripple seriously one of the most i'm
| portant industries of indianapolis. In
! speaking of changing the classification,
which advanced the rates on desks so per
cent, Henry Fraser. of the Big Four. said
that when it was done he pronounced il an
outrage. and had not changed his opinion
| on the matter.
The Pennsylvania Company has complet-
ed its time schedule for making the run be-
| tween Chicago and Louisville in eight
hours, but has not as yet fixed the date
| when it will 90 into effect. Under the new
time schedule. the run from Indianapolis to
Louisville will lie made in two hours and
forty five minutes Two of the stops made
by present express trains will be taken out,
which will make it easier to make the time
One of the express trains recently made the
| run between the two points In two hours
and thirty-three minutes.
One of of the brightest railroad officials
in this city, last evening, in commenting
on the effects of the interstate law on rail-
roads, said that it had been a grand thing
for the trunk lines really making them
| more independent in their actions toward
their Western connections than before its
taking effect, and their earnings had been
| larger than they would have been but for
its passage on the same amount of bust