The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-06

IL Texas, and his judgment would be
among the best obtainable concerning any
of the mooted purchases.
Personal and General Notes.
The Southern Pacific has placed orders in
the East for $1,000 tons of steel rails.
George B. Miller, superintendent of the
dinipg-car system of the Wagner Palace
Car Company, has resigned.
The Lake Erie & Western took out about
three hundred Knights of Pythias to War
saw yesterday. OF this number about one
hundred came in from points on the o., l.
IL w.
The o., i. 81 w. Niagara excursion trains
will leave this evening at Gas. The ticket
agents say the excursion will be one of the
largest ever taken out of this section of the
country.
1t is said on Wall street that the common
stock of the new Big -Four will receive its
first dividend-at the rate of 4 per cent. per
that dividends viii hereafter be paid
quarterly.
The American Grain-door Company, of
Louisville, is putting on the market new
grain-door-the "American"-designed by
Clifton d. Pettis. for which letters patent
are pending, and for which superior merit
IS claimed.
Edward Griee, formerly chief train-dis-
patcher of the Louisville, Evansville & st.
Louis road at New Albany, has been APP
lpOinted chief train dispatcher of the Nash
Vile and Decatur division of the Louisville
* Nashville. with headquarters at Nash
vile.
The report that Wagner sleepers were to
be put on the Chesapeake 81 Ohio was I'M
founded, the Pullmans having fifteen-year
however. will soon put on Wagner cars be-
tween Cincinnati and Chicago and st.
louis
President Foster, of the Sault Ste.
Marie x Southwestern Railroad Company,
reports that his road is graded to a point
twenty-five miles east of the Mississippi
river, and that he will try to reach the
river this fall, to connect with the Burling-
ton q Northern at or near Wabasha.
F. NJ. Ferguson. of Bedford. who has the
contract to build the airline road. the
Mackey link, from Mount Vernon to Belle
vile, ILL.,, is at Centralia, where he yester-
day began the task of ub-letting the work
to several contractors. 1t is expected to
have the road ready for traffic in sixty
days.
railroad reorganization committee has Just
been advised by cable By the London COM
mittee that the plan has Just been publicly
presented there, and Is highly approved
quested to promptly deposit their secur-
tiles. as the railroad is advertised to be sold
in August, and the time to deposit will ex-
pire Aug. 20. 1889.
1t is said the Lake Shore will probably
not equip any additional trains with steam
heating outfits for the coming winter.
Though the heaters work successfully,
the coupling between cars is un-
satisfactory. owing to the fact
that it permits the escape of too much
steam. The company is endeavoring to
perfect the couplers. and If 1T succeeds will
fit all trains with the improved heater, but
not otherwise.
The east bound shipments of -four. grain
and provisions of the roads in the Central
Traffic Association last week aggregated
1884 tons. against 23.97S for the week pre-
vious, p increase of $50 tons. and against
1893 for the corresponding week last year.
an increase of 10.161 tons. The Vanderbilt
lines carried ST. per cent. or the whole
business, the Pennsylvania lines, SIS per
cent; the Chicago Il Grand Trunk. 1868; the
Baltimore X Ohio, 60.
Jay Gould, who was recently talked with
al Saratoga. appears to be very sanguine
about the business prospects of the coun-
try at large, and said that everything
pointed to this being a highly prosper
ous year for the leading railroads of
the country. In being questioned regard
ing rates. Mr.. Gould replied that there was
no prospect of any rate cutting, as there
appeared to be general inclination among
the roads to work together and 10 avoid
warning upon each other. He believes that
harmony will prevail.
The Pullman company has inst delivered
to the Erie railway, for its New York and
Chicago limited trains, Nos. 5 and 8, q CON-
plete new equipment, including baggage
and smoking composite cars, day coaches
with smoking compartments sleeping cars
and dining cars-the entire trains being
vest1buled. 1t IS claimed that the cost is
double that of the ordinary equipment, and
that the comforts and convenienceso obtained
exceed anything heretofore afforded the
travelling public. The term limited" as
applied TO these trains, signifies only
limit as 10 capacity-no additional cars be-
ing put on under any consideration, and no
extras being charged.
The st. Louis Globe Democrat says: "It
Is ruInored that strong effort is being
made by the Ames faction of the Union
Pacific railroad to secure the support of
Sidney Dillon for the Cultivate bill. The
price of his fealty is said to he nothing less
than the retirement of Charles Francis
Adams from the presidency of the Union
Pacific road. When this is accomplished it
Is proposed to Till the position with man
who will be acceptable 10 both Ames and
Dillon. While in New York recently S. III.
II. Clark, formerly general manager of the
Union Pacific and now first vice-president
and general manager of the Missouri Pa
clfc, had conversation with Frederick
Ames, in which the latter talked quite free
ly about the affairs of the former road. He
spoke of the Cultivate bill and the proba-
blllty OF Its going through the next session
of Congress. Sidney Dillon, he said, while
favorably inclined 10 the measure, was
very hostile 10 Charles Francis Adams and
wished To get rid of him.
There is not much of rush by the travel
ing public for the first of the harvest ex-
eursIons to Western. Northwestern and
Southwestern points: but passenger and
ticket agents look for liberal patronage to
those going out later. There is diversity
of opinion among railroad men as TO the adj
vantages to be reaped by the roads from
this class of travel. Some maintain that
the cheap fares induce many peo-
pie To travel who would not
think of going under ordinary cir
cumstances, especially people of moderate
means. who could not well afford to