The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-18
Personal and General Notes.

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Erie issued a similar notice, the rates to
take effect July %.
Personal and General Notes.
Eastern travel is reported unusually
heavy. All the lines seem to be sharing IN
the improvement.
James Reed, generel travelling agent of
the Union Pacific, was circulating among
the local officers yesterday.
The Phillips excursion party for the Pa
ciic coast leaves at 7:45 to-day, over the L.,
Il. & w. and the Chicago IL Alton.
st. Louis travelling men AVE petitioned
the Railroad Passenger Agents Association
of that city for an interchangeable 5000
mile ticket, like that issued by the lake
Shore.
1t is stated that the Chesapeake g. Ohio
will cease paying commissions on the lst
prox., thus removing a disturbing element
that has troubled the Eastern lines greatly
in the past.
w. NJ. Green, assistant to President In
! gals, and superintendent Blee, of the
new Big Four, were In the city, yesterday,
in attendance upon the meeting of the
managers of the Union and Belt railway
company.
General Freight Agent Edgar Hill, of the
Big Four, removes his Office from Cleve-
land to Cincinnati to-day, taking with him
a considerable part of the force in the
Cleveland Office. Assistant General Freight
Agent Hough will remain in Cleveland.
The Chicago east-bound lines, while not
accusing the Wabash of cutting rates,
charge that the latter road has so extended
the time of its limited tickets that the Chi
-cago s~calpers are freely using the coupons
of through tickets from Chicago to New
York. The Chicago east-bound lines have
| given orders to cease honOring the Wabash
tickets.
The meeting of the Northern Pacific d.
rectors will be held to-day. The meeting
will be of more than ordinary interest.
l. - DO hn ranon rf Drrlt
be that of declaring adividend on preferred
stock. Only two or three members of the
board are known to be in favor of such a
course. A full meeting is not looked for.
Messrs. Hicklin. of the Decline. and
Brady, of the Erie, returned yesterday
from the meeting of the travelling passen-
ger agents at Mackinac island. They re-
port that the meeting. was one OF the most
enjoyable the agents have ever held. The
: return was made by steamer from Sault Ste.
Marie. A very enjoyable excursion by
boat was one of the pleasant features of the
meeting.
The travelling passenger agents, at their
meeting at Mackinae Island. elected ): I;
Guide. president for the ensuing year.. and
H.. G. Holabird, representing the Erie lines
at Cincinnati, secretary. ltwas decided to
hold the next meeting at Buffalo, on the
third Tuesday in August, 1890. There were
about one hundred and twenty-five men,
bers of the organization present at the
meeting.
There is trouble between the Pennsyl-
vania and the management of the MOnon
route. The latter had a contract with the
former for the use of the Ohio river bridge
at Louisville, for ninety-nine years which
could be abrOgated only after six months
the L., n. A. & G.. people laid a track to the
bridge of the Kentucky x Indiana COM
pany and transferred their business with
out notice.
The Hartford & Connecticut Western
road. which proposes to extend its line to
Springfield. is said to have made overtures
for the control of the Connecticut River
line, which were declined. The New York.
New Haven & Hartford is negotiating for
feeder, and the Boston d Maine has long
wanted it in order to secure an entrance
into Springfield, via its Central Massachu-
setts division.
President Ashley, Of the Toledo. Ann
taken a trip. through the country to
be- penetrated by the Toledo. Ann
Arbor d Cad LAC extension of his line,
and reports work progressing to his entire
satisfaction. He thinks work will be
pushed forward uEin~terruptedly for five
months. by the end of which time fifty
miles of the line will be in working order.
In the spring work Will be resumed as ear
tIy as possible. and one hundred miles more
of track will be laid. Mr.. Ashley reports
the earnings of the northern portion of his
system as exceeding estimates by Is or 20
per cent.
The managers of the Union Railway
Company met in'the rooms of the secretary
AT the Union Station Yesterday. w. NJ.
Green, assistant to President ingalls,, pre-
sided. There were present besides Mr..
Green, Colonel Hill, of the Vandalia, J. f.
Miller, of the PENNSYLVANIA, c: E. Hender-
son, of the l., B. 81 W., andG. L. Bradbury. of
the Lake Erie * Western. A number of
matters of interest to the company were
discussed in a general way, but final action
was not taken upon a single point. All
matters retain their present status. and
probably will not be disturbed until the
is not likely that any question will arise
IN the interim to induce the president to
call the board together.
There is a movement on foot for the con-
sfructlon of a line of road southeast across
Wisconsin from a connection with the
500 line and the Minneapolis, ST. Paul
d Sault Ste. Marie to Sioux City
and Council Bluffs, giving the Union Pa
cine a direct connection with the Canadian
racine, anoTdlng the former a route to
the seaboard some hundreds of miles
via Chicago. The new road will be known
9s the Sault Ste. Marie Il, northwestern.
it was originally projected by Wisconsin
lumbermen. tamong whom are u. G.. Foster,
of Falrehild. aud James McIntire. of Eau
Claire-the former the president of the
road their object being to secure an outlet
for their lumber to the Southwest without
paying heavy tribute to the Chicago roads.
The Union Pacific, however, was quick to
see the advantages 1t would reap from such
a line. and will lend 1t all possible assist
ance. 1t is expected the bulk of the latter
company;s Canada and New England husi-
ness will be forwarded by this new route,
while New York, Philadelphia and Balti-
more will suffer correspondingly.