The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1890-09-02

the recent agreementof the Chicago freight
committee of the Central Traffic Associ-
alton. but there seems to have been fatal
hitch In the arrangements. The wabash
road declined TO use il on through ship
ments in connection with the Canadian
Pacihc, and the Chicago X Grand trunk
refused to use it unless the w abash applied
IL on all through business. The Big -FOUR
wonld only adopt the bill In case all other
roads adopted it. and the result was that
three of the Chicago roads continued CIV
Ing their patrons the old form OF receipt
The outlook for the new bill OF ladIng Is
generally regarded here as even more
gloomy than 1t was Aug j.
Personal Local and General Notes.
III. c. Parker, traffic manager of the Lake
Erie & Western. is conf-ed TO his room by
illness.
The indianapolis car works, in the month
of August, built 465 cars and cast $500
wheels.
George Bradbury, general manager of the
Lake Erie & Western, leaves to-day for
New York to be absent several days.
Robert Emmett. who for years was dis
trict passenger agent of the Vandalia, with
headquarters at Indianapolis, mas entlrely
lost his hearing
Charles A. Chambers yesterday took the
position of travelling freight agent of the
b. * q. Southwestern, with headquarters
at Chillicothe, o.
The official report shows that for the last
three months an average of $40 passengers
have been handled daily on the Peoria d.
vision of the Big Four.
There were transferred over the Belt road.
in the month of August, 60, 763 cars, which
was 3,219 more cars than were handled on
the road IN August, 1889.
The Big Four yesterday commenced to
receive freignts of all description offered
To go east over the Vanderbilt lines, and
assured shippers of prompt delivery.
Ii. w. Hubbard. general freight agent of
the Vandalia returned yesterday from y CIV
York, whittier he went TO attend a meeting
of the freight classification committee.
The Fort Wayne 81 jackson Railroad
Company to-day commences the placing OF
2l4 per cent dividend. This dividend Is
guaranteed by the Lake Shore company.
1t is stated that the Baltimore X Ohio is
planning for an entrance into Toledo. For
years the different arrangements have
shown desire to reach that point for
business.
w. III. McDoel. traffic manager of the
Louisville. New Albany Il Chicago road,
was in the city yesterday. He has just re-
turned from New Hampshire after visit
of three weeks.
1t is expected that the link which runs
from Perm. Ind. TO a connection with the
Detroit division of the Wabash system will
be completed and trains running over it by
the 18th of this month.
Vice-president FELTON,. of the Erie, is
quoted as saying that 1000 900 will be ex
Chicago & Erie road-oed and properly
equipping it. The road really needs. says
one who knows. fifty good locomotives.
The Ohio d Mississippi road came under
the supervision of the Indiana Car-service
Association yesterday, and General Man.
ager Bacon sent two inspectors on the line
TO instruct the agents at junction points In
the methods which the association has for
doing business.
s. b. Hovey has been appointed superin-
tendent OF the western division of the Chi
cago * Rock Island road, with head
quarters at Colorado Springs, and w. r.
Morton, one of the veteran passenger
conductors ON the road, has been appointed
trainmaster of that division.
A right of way for the Grand Rapids,
Chicago ~ st. Louis road has been secured
through several towns III northern Michi-
gan. and work is 10 be commenced at once.
1T is expected that, although this is now
short line, in the future it will he link of
n line between the points which the title
names.
The directors of the Old Colony road are
quite determined that the recent disaster
at Quincy shall not stop the payment of
dividends. This road has 49, $50 shares of
stock held by 5.921 stockholders. and lapse
of dividends would be specially hard, as
the shares are held principally by women
and trustees.
The Big Four earned in the third week of
August S273, 221. being decrease of So, 232
as compared with same week last year.
The loss was wholly in it's business in con-
nection with the New York Central. every
division except the Cleveland showing q
handsome increase In earnings over the
same week last year.
Freight traffic on the Pennsylvania road
east OF Pittsburg, both east and west
bound. is heavy beyond parallel At many
OF the important points there are said to be
hundreds of loaded cars side tracked until
the business at the eastern terminals can be
cleared up This week. 1t Is thought, will
greatly relieve matters.
G. III. Ketcham and G.. G.. Hadley. the
projectors of the Toledo & Western Air
line road to Chicago. are not making the
progress In the enterprise that they ex-
pected. Eastern capitalists make good
promises. and then fail to fulfill them.
Both of the gentlemen are now East hunt
ing funds to build the road.
Superintendent Hustled, of the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton d indianapolis road, says
that the Official Railway Guide will show
that trains Nos. 81 and 81, on that road.
are scheduled to run faster than those of
any road IN Indiana or Ohio, the speed of
these trains being based on forty-nine
miles an hour actual running time.
f. L. Hatch. who. few weeks ago, left
the Indianapolis division of the Pennsyl-
yania lines TO take n similar position on the
Pittsburg division, was called to Rich
mond. Ind, on SUNDAY, where he met hls
old friends of the Indianapolis division,
who presented him with an elegant gold
watch and chain aud a seal with q fine dia-
mond.
Parties interested in the INDIANAPOLIS
livestock yards are much gratitied over
the business the yards are doing this year,
every month of the last five showing an in
crease over the corresponding months of
1889. Last month there were handled at
the yards 5.052 carloads of stock. against
4.199 In August last year; increase this year.
S53 carloads
The completion of the last link of the
Kansas ~ Arkansas Valley road. which is
division of the Missouri Pacific system
between Wagner l. T.. and Coffeyville.
Kan. furnishes a continuous line from
Kansas and Colorado points and all Mis-
of the Mississippi valley, and opens up new
sections of valuable territory.
Col. Oran Perry. general agent of the
Pennsylvania lines at this point, states
that the business OF the lines at Indianap-
oils proper In August was greater than that
OF any month In the history of the roads
At the city freight depots the local traffic
reached 30,9G3, 959 pounds representing 8. 37l
cars: the same month last year il was 2S.-
tO9O4S pounds. representing 1904 cars.
General Manager Black, of the Louis-
Vile, New Albany * Chicago, last week
closed contract for 5000 tons of steel
rails, weighing sixty-seven pounds to the
yard, 5000 tons to be delivered this month
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