The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-25

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ing OF union depot at Lafayette. where
one is badly needed. The present depot &C
commodations at that point are q disgrace
to both roads.
H. Moore, foreign freight agent of the
Grand Trunk at Detroit. has been ap,
gointed general freight agent OF the Grand
Trunk road. succeeding Thomas j. Tandy.
deceased. Mr.. Moore will remove his
headquarters to Montreal.
The old rumor is revived that the Big
Four syndicate is to gather in the Lake
Erie q Western. A Big -Four official, who
said last evening that the rumor was a
good one to take but little stock IN.
Hunter Gunnell, who, for some years past.
mas been purchasing agent OF the .Ohl0, In
diana a. Western road, has rendered his
resignation. to take effect Nov: l. He will.
after q short rest. probably take a good p0-
sition offered him on an Eastern road.
General Manager Saul, of the Fort
Wayne, Cincinnati e. Louisville road, has
returned from New York in fine spirits. The
owners of the property have instructed
him to purchase five new passenger coaches
and 400 freight cars, and to buy several
Thousand tons of steel rails.
A Boston paper says that E. b. Phillips.
president Of the Fitchburg road, will retire
from that position Jan. 1, 1890. Mr.. Phillips
is well known in Western railroad circles,
he formerly being the president of the
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the Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas City.
The pay cars this month rave made their
rounds with more than usual ~promptness,
and on most roads the pay-rOlls are larger
than at any timei Ill the last twoyears. With
the heavy traffic that Is moving over the
lines, train crews have been considerably
increased in numbers, andyard men as well.
The Cleveland g. Canton people are
working hard to build up a system of roads
which Will command respect III. financial
circles. Last week the road made cOnnec-
tons with the Wheeling & Lake Erie at
Navarro, o., and this week they expect to
complete their connection with the Cleve-
land q Pittsburg at Newburg. o.
A couple of the class TX" engines will be
transferred to the eastern division of the
Chicago, st. Louis q Pittsburg, to haul
No. / west on the fast time, and train No. 6.
going east. The faster time that it is pro-
posed that these trains b make necessi-
tates the use of the. heaviest passenger en-
gines the Pennsylvania people build.
The patrons of the Big Four. on the
Cleveland division, are SO much exercised
that the company took off the morning ac-
that on next Sunday, or a week from that
date, a new train will be put OH, leaving
here at 7:3O A. NJ. running probably only to
Union, but the distance has not been fully
settled on.
The Illinois Central company will this
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Peotone and Manteno, when all but six
miles of the road between Kankakee
and Chicago will be double track. Early
III the spring the remaining six miles of
single track: between the points named.
will be doubled. A portion of the grading
is already done.
General officers Barnard, of the Ohio, In
diana q Western: Lyford. of the Chicago
d Eastern Illinois, and Magee, of the Wa
bash. on Wednesday. held a conference at
Danville. IiIJ and entered into an agree
ment to build a union station at Danville
which will be a credit to the roads, Oflate
years Danville has become a quite impor-
tant junction point.
The Wabash management have promised
the citizens of Peru that they will make
the proposed connection of the Eel River
road with the main line at Peru. providing
the city will give q bonus of 500, 600. The
indications that Peru will raise that sum
worries the citizens of Logansport, the lat
ter claiming that Logansport is the natural
connection point of hatdivision.
Occasionally Superintendent Bennett, of
the eastern division of the Chicago. st.
Louis d Pittsbnrg road, throws out a lead
er In the way of a fast run for other West
ern lines. Wednesday night train NO. z
made the run from Bradford to Indlanapo-
lis IN two hours and eight minutes; dis
tance, 100 miles. The engine hauled six
cars in making this remarkable run.
This morning General Superintendent
Blee, Division superintendent EVAN and
Chief Engineer Irwin will go to Muncie on
a special train to take the preliminary
steps to the building of a new depot at that
point to cost $1,000. 1t will be located on
the north side of the company's tracks.
which will make it much more convenient
for the citizens of Muncie to reach the sta
ton, as there Will be no tracks to cross.
The Pennsylvania and Vandalia will, one
week from next Sunday, shorten the rum
ming time of No. / west. This train will
make the run from Jersey City to Indian
apolison the same time that No. 20 makes
will reach indianapolis one hour and forty
minutes earlier than it now does. and run
into st. Louis at o p. VI. Whether any
other changes will be made has not been
fully decided on.
General Manager Barnard, of the Ohio.
garding cutting down the operating ex-
penses of the road 80 per cent. will be mis-
construed. There is to be no reduction in
wages. A few men will be dropped in the
different departments, it not requiring so
large a force, as the business of the Ohio
Southern will not be looked after in the o.,
J.. IL w. offices. as heretofore. and then the
operations of the road itself are to be car
ried on with as much economy as is prac-
ticable without affecting the business of
the road.
One of the engineering corps of the Big
Four company has. for a few days, been
making surveys and preparing estimates
for the repairing of the old piece of road by
which the Cairo, Vincennes 81 Chicago
formerly made connections at Danville
with the Ohio, Indiana & Western. To
get into Danville the c., V. & C.. now uses
the Wabash road between Tilton and Dan
vile. The understanding now is that this
old piece of road is to be repaired and then
utilized for q connection of the c., V. & G..
with the o.. L. Il W., making the two Big
-Four lines independent of the Wabash.
The surveying party of the Big Four will
to-day complete the location of the new
line between Springfield and Columbus. o.
Ii is believed that the right of way which
| has not already been secured on certain
conditions can be secured at a very rea-
sonabie cost, and in any case the damages
would not be great. That the Cincinnati.
Sandusky 4 Cleveland people are worried
over the movements of the Big Four peo-
pie is evidenced in the fact tina they have
had persons go along the proposed line tax
| ing s~Oundings from the parties whose
farms would be crossed, but have made
poor Roadway in developing any opposi-
tion worthy of notice.
There is good authority for sta ting that
negotiations are pending for the pu rchase
of the Indiana Midland road by the Nackey
syndicate. 1t is stated that. should the
deal be mad. President Mackey will ex-
tend the Eva sville 81 Indianapolis road to
q connection with the Indiana Midland.
which would insure n large coal tnffic for
the Mackey lines. and. in connection with
the Cincinnati. Wabash IL Michigan, make