The Indianapolis journal., 1890-08-21

cannot be handled by them, and Just aDouG
the time that we passenger men who tight
scalpers think we have them nearly frozen
out they como into more prominence and
reap larger harvest than ever before.
Fully one-thIrd of the tickets which our
conductors handle are those going or coming
in some direction where the scalpers have
been handling them."
Personal. Local and General Notes.
While East last week. President Mackey,
of the Evansville lines, contracted for sew
eral new freight engines.
The Big Four freight department has
given notice that in September it will re-
turn to the bill of lading in use prior to
Aug. 1.
w. G. MCGOWAN. recently appointed con-
tracing agent of the Lake Erie & Western
at Cincinnati, o., was In the city yesterday
for a conference with Traffic Manager
Parker.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
has promoted several of its freight conduct
ors to be passenger conductors, and will
tighten the runs of the old conductors by
these promotions.
On Sept. the Ohio g. Mississippi road
| will become a member of the Indiana Car
| service Association. which will add several
| new points over which the association will
have jurisdiction.
The statement of the Pittsburg, Cincin-
| natl & st. Louis road for July shows an in
| Expenses increased S1S,099 net increase for
| the month, S11.0l3.
X. B. Jones. who represents the Chicago
| q Rock Island in this territory as general
| agent of the freight department.; with head
quarters at Cincinnati. was In the city yes
| terday on official business.
Freight traffic over the Evansville &
| Terre Haute road is the heaviest In the
history of the road. Several engines from
| other divisions on the Mackey system have
been transferred to this division.
Three miles of the Lafayette Belt road
| will be completed in a few days. which en-
| able the company to run trains to the fair
| grounds When completed the belt road
will be six miles in length. Only three
miles Will be built this year
| Engine No. $50. received from the Schenec-
| tady lOcOmOtive-works by the Cincinnati.
Hamilton 81 Dayton ten days ago night
before last hanled train consisting of five
| cars from Morristown to the Belt-road
| crossing, twenty-five miles, in twenty four
| minutes.
The earnings of the Toledo, st. Louis g.
Kansas City road the second week in Au-
| gust were S34. $50; increase over the corre-
| spending week of 1889, S159. That any In
| diana roads should show an increase in
| earnings in any week of this month is some
thing OF surprise, as comparisons are
| made with the best months business of the
year 1852.
At a meeting of the general passenger
agents of the roads in the territory of the
Central Traffic Association. yesterday, it
was decided to sell excursion tickets from
all points In that territory on dates fixed
| by Western roads for such excursions. The
tickets are to be sold Sept. and %. and
Oct. a. good going on the date of sale only,
and returning for thirty days.
General Passenger Agents Martin, of the
Big Four; McCarty. of the b. ~ o. South
western. and Mccormick. of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton ~ Dayton. went to Chicago to-
| gether yesterday, for a conference with
General Passenger, Agents Barker, of the
Lonlsviile. New Albany d Chicago road,
and Hill, of the Chicago d Eastern Illinois.
to arrange for the harvest excursions West
and South.
T.. B. Thomas, ce-president of the Erie,
tells a reporter of the Cleveland Leader
that the Erie will take control of the Chi
Tucker general superintendent of the N. Y,
p. Il o., will have that road under his
superintendent G. c. f. Bent. general general
superntendent of the Ohio & Mississippi,
| having decided to remain with that road
The July statement of the voluntary re-
lief department of the Pennsy ylvania lines
west of Pittsburg. was issued yesterday.
Following Is the summary: During the
month thirteen death benefits we're paid.
amounting to IS. $50: 325 accident benefits.
amounting to S4.30l. and 534 sick benefits.
amounting to S5,S64. Total benefits Maid
| out, S1S415 The deaths were: Nine of
them from natural causes and four from
! accidents.
General Manager Beckley. of the Cincin-
natl. Wabash Il Michigan yesterday was
looking over the extension work. He states
that between Anderson and Nashville IS
per cent. of the mileage is graded and ak
teen miles of the track laid. The road is
being ballasted as the track is laid and
when the extension is opened for traffic it
| will be equal in it's ply steal condition to
the older part of the c., w. & NJ. road,
which means that it will be good track.
The Atchison, Topeka d Santa Fe has
ordered from the Brooks locomotlve-works
twelve ten-wheel passenger engines of the
same type of those built by the same works
for the Big Four road. The same works are
building twenty ten: wheel freight locomo-
tives for the Lake Shore road of the same
type as those built for the Big Four a few
months ago. Mr.. Turref. superintendent of
motive power of the Big Four has reason
to feel proud that two such prominent roads
should purchase engines of the type men,
TONED, as several improvements suggested
by Mr.. Turreff were introduced, and have
added to the speed and power of both
classes OF engines.
The Lake Erie & Western people are ex-
pending good deal of money this year in
permanent improvements on waterways.
Since the present management took hold of
the property whenever an opening re-
quired Improvement 1t has been made in a
permanent manner. On the system are
1880 openings. and $50 Of these have been
improved by putting in stone arches or iron
pipes, anu large number of trestles have
been filled. Three have been filled this
season, between LapOrte and Michigan
City, which required 1000 carloads of dirt,
and one trestle is now being filled. near
Sandusky. which will require several thou
sand carloads. At Findlay new 16O-foot
span bridge is being built, and at Kokomo
bridge with 116-foot span.