The Indianapolis journal., 1890-07-23
AFFAIRS OF TIE RAILWAYS
Personal. Local and General Notes.

{. A. Beck, general manager of the Illi-
nols Central road, has gone East for a two
weeks rest. His family accompanied him.
Donald Mclean has been elected presi
dent OF the Nebraska IL Western road,
which bids fair to be one of Nebraska's
most important lines.
The Louisville, New Albany g. Chicago
has leased five locomotives from the Elgin.
Joliet & Western road to help through
with the rush of business.
BENJAMIN Sipp, private secretary OF Geo.
Bender. superintendent of the Chicago di-
vision of the Big Four. has gone to Wlscon-
eln for two weeks rest.
Chairman Walker of the Interstate Rail
way Association. denies that he ever offered
ticket-scalper milford 81. COO year to en-
ter the service of the association and hight
the scalpers.
Midland road, has appointed w. III. Hart
man general superintendent and w. >.
Parkhurst general passenger and freight
agent of the line.
The Baltimore e. Ohio. to increase it's
equipments has issued S2, ,000, 900 5 per cent.
equipment nt-trnst bonds The company is
gteatly in need of more locomotives and
more freight-cars
On Aug. the messengers of the American
Express Company will be taken off the Fort
Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville road. and
messengers of the United States Express
Company will take their places.
The Chica go-New Orleans fast train. pnt
on two weeks ago. bids fair to be q paying
institution. 1t makes the run between the
two points four hours quicker than have
the trains on any former schedule.
j. F. Berry, formerly of the Big Four
lines. and a resident of Indianapolis until
recently. leaves tonight for Denver. Col,
to take service as general yardmaster at
that place for the Denver a. Rio Grande.
The Pennsylvania Company is so much
annoyed by petty thieving at its yards in
Chicago that it is surrounding them with
picket fence seven feet high. 1t will re-
quire the building of over five miles of
fence.
The Big Four management has under con-
alteration the reopening of its line between
Indianapolis and Louisville via Green's
burg and Vernon. An excursion has been
arranged over this line to Louisville for
Aug. g.
The Big Four people. who, early in the
season, announced that they did not pro-
pose to disturb rates this year by running
any Niagara Falls excursions, are now ar
ranging to run such excursions on Aug. l.,
10 and 20.
The Pennsylvania Company is expepding
good deal of money in the construction of
stone-arch bridges over its water ways on
the Chicago division. This is rather an ex-
pensive imprOv ement, but very permanent
In its character.
On the 5th and 9Th of the next month the
Chicago lines will all sell round trip tick
cts 10 Chicago for cent mile. The round
trip will be $40. but the ticket will in
clude six admission tickets to the encamp-
ment. as well as the transportation.
The Ohio. Indiana & Western road hav-
ing become Vanderbilt interest, OH Oct.
sthe United States Express Company will
fretire from that road between Peoria and
Springfield, o., and the American Express
Company will begin to operate over 1T.
The Illinois Central has put in service
the new ten-wheel passenger engines it
srecently received. in hauling passenger
trains between Chicago and Kankakee
land they get over the road at mle-a-min-
fute speed, with ten or twelve cars, with the
greatest ease.
The Big Four is STRENGTHENING its struct-
lures over streams crossed between Indian
fapolis and Gallon, preparatory to putting
heavier locomotives in service on this di
vision. new bridge is being built over
the Scioto river at LaRue, and over Turtle
Ecreek at Hardin, each structure being 800
fleet long.
The new consolidated freight engines on
the Big Four are now hauling and making
time with thirty-tive loaded cars either
way. Twenty to twenty-five cars are
load for one of their heaviest eight-wheel
freight engines. and more of them can haul
but eighteen than can haul the other num-
bers named. @n q. esr
1t is safe to predict that lower round
Grand Army of the Republic gathering than
that of S1S. made by the Big Four. Chicago,
which is greater distance from Boston
than Indianapolis. already has S14 ticket
IN the field, and has not settled as yet what
the rate shall be.
mo special effort for u. A. X. business for
Boston, they will put on ticket for the
eround trip via New York. all rail. for Sa4
rand rail to Jersey City and boat to Boston
iolro 70 mill h<v <<,r
on. If properly stamped at Boston, until
September /.
The special meeting of the stockholders
of the indianapolis, Decatur g. Western
road called for yesterday was postponed
until Aug 20. By that time the stockhold
ers may be able to ascertain who they
want to sell out to. The indications are
more that the Mackey syndicate will Sc
cure it than that the Pennsy lvania Com
pany will.
The committee of general managers of
western railroads to which has been COM
mitted the task of finding a way to restore
east-bound freight rates from the Missouri
river, had another meeting at Chicago yes
terday. The situation was discussed for
three hours, but still no way was found of
solving the difficulty and bringing about
an agreement.
w. n. Greene, general manager of the Big
Four lines, was In the city yesterday, and
went on to Lafayette in the evening. He
10 muCu picdSou tudJ the grievances OIL the
employees have. been satisfactorily adjusted
and he looks for big fall traffic and the
largest earnings the roads in the Big Four
system have ever shown, SO promising Is
the outlook for business.
The only rate authorized as yet by the
passenger associations in the West for the
q. A. r encampment at Boston is Cne fare
for the round trip. There is considerable
talk of lower rates. but none have vet been
announced, and travel on that occasion
will be so heavy it Is possible that the GEN
eral passenger agents will be able to hold
the rate-cutting lines III the traces
New life has been instilled into the south
eastern part of the city by tho increasing
of the force of men in the old Big Four
shops. j. Il. Malone has been appointed
master mechanic of the shops. and has al
ready 165 men at work. and will increase
the number twenty OF more, which is fully
as many men as can be becomfortably worked.
Three months ago the force of men in these
shops was thirty-ive.
The Fort Wayne Journal continues it's
warfare on the Wabash management be-
cause 1t does not carry out the agreements
officials made years ago. ana insists that
the Council shall see that this agreement is
carried out 10 the letter. The Journal pub
fishes the deed of trust conveying the
property to the railroad company, and then
in pointed terms shows how far short the
company has come of fulfilling it's agree
ment.
John G. Taylor. general passenger agent
of the 800" lines, has resigned. and the
Minneapolis papers name James Barker. OF