The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-20

Of February s17.1l.15; increase over 1890.
$S.1l5.7a
NJ. L. Wilson, an old employe on the
Wheeling & Lake Erie road. has been ap-
pointed roadmaster, with headquarters at
Bowerstown, o.
William Rech, chief train dispatcher of
the Denver & Rio Grande. arrived in the
city last evening He comes here TO attend
the funeral of his sister.
The directors of the Chicago q Eastern
Illinois road will meet next week and de-
ferred stock. payable April l.
The mileage book which the Toledo. st.
LOUIS Il Kansas City road will commence
selling on March will De coed over twenty
railroads. having a combined mileage OF
5.665 miles.
On March l the Offices of the Northern
Pacific and the Wisconsin Central In st.
Paul and Minneapolis will be consolidated.
relieving number Of passenger and freight
men Of positions
The directors of the Cincinnati & Spring
field road, q division of the Big Four have
elected Joseph Ramsey. jr., presidents OF the
company: w. G. Davie. secretary. and Geo.
). Russell. treasurer.
Its new line between CentraIia and Monte
sano, Wash, to freight traffic only. Ii VIII
be thirty days before passenger trains are
run over it, possibly sixty.
The freight train mileage on the west end
of the Peoria division OF the Big fonr IN
January exceeded 1900 miles. being the
largest freight train mileage in any month
ever made on this division.
An impression prevails that the Pennsyl-
vania Company will take no definite step
in filling the place of the late j. n. McCul-
Tough, first until nextmonth,
when the annual election occurs.
That there was need of q change in man.
agement of the Union Pacific road is evil
denced IN the fact that the net earnings for
1890 were 81. .477,s62 less than in 1889, while
the operating expenses increased $.S27, 2lO.
The Louisville q Nashville is reducing
forces at the shops all over its system. On
Tuesday seventy five men were dropped In
the company's shops at Evansville, Ind.
and no promise given when they will again
be employed.
Dating from Feb. Is freight rates through
out the Northwest will average fully so
per cent. higher than at the corresponding
period of 1890 and on roads in the West
and Southwest the advance Will range from
10 to 20 per cent.
The formal notice of the withdrawal of
the transmIssouri lines from the Western
Passenger Association is issued. and the
lines west of the river will enter the Trans
missouri Passenger Association. under
Chairman Smith, March Is.
Since July 1 the Atchison. Topeka g.
Santa Fe has earned S29, ,S15, $50, an increase
over earnings for the corresponding period
of 1889 and 1890 of 2.326. ia. The earning
capacity of this system would seem to
Justify its having better reputation Is an
Investment.
New York paper says there is some
prospect of w. e. Rinearson. general pas
senger and ticket agent of the Erie lines.
leaving that road to accept position
under ). +. FELTON,. president OF the Queen
a. Crescent and the East Tennessee Vir-
ginia Il Georgia roads.
The contents of the blue envelopes which
NJ. S. Conners master of transportation of
the Chicago a. Eastern Illinois road. Is
sending to conductors who are no longer
needed by the company are striking for
brevity. they simply reading Report at
once at Danville and turn over the COM
pany property"
A vote of the members of the Western
Freight Association on the application of
the Sioux City & Northern for admission
to membership has been taken by Chair
man Mldgely, with the result that the road
the Great Northern system it is also a men,
Der OF the Western Traffic Association.
The engineering corps which is locating
the new Chicago & Evansville line have
completed the survey between Jasper and
French Lick. On Feb. % elections are to
county to vote q 2-per-cent. subsidy to the
company to aid in construction of the road.
1t is expected that the construction work
will be begun rs early as April l.
The Big Four management is strictly en-
forcing the rule that no person shall be al
lowed to ride on the foot board of their en-
gines except the engineer and firemen,
without permission from the division su-
perintendent. One of the most serious ac-
cidents which ever occurred on the old Big
-Four was caused by the engineer being SO
busy chatting with q person ON the foot
n ha a I'm n hQf frnr nrfi inn
on the track.
Scarcely a day passes that the Louisville
papers do not have something to say of
derogatory character regarding the Monon
road. and It's president seems to be q special
target. 1t is questionable, says one ac-
quainted with the situation, If the ousting
of the present management of the Monon
would be beneficial to Louisville, as it is
highly probable that it would pass into
hands which would make Louisville, which
is now terminal Of the road, only way
station.
1t was given ont at the Illinois Central
Office in Chicago. yesterday, that the Du-
buque II Sioux City road has been leased
to that company. While the lessee agrees
to pay as rent the net earnings of the prop
erty. 1T assumes none of the debts or other
Liabilities of the lessor, and reserves the
right to terminate the contract on two
months notice. As the Illinois Central
owns substantially all the stock of the
Dubuque Il Sioux City 1t is evident that
the end sought 10 merely to simplify ac-
counts and redu0e expenses.
The rumor that President Mackey, of the
Louisville, Evansville d st. Louis road,
was to remove the general offices of the
road from Louisville TO st. Louis 80 alarmed
the Louisville people that they appointed a
committee to visit him to ascertain the
facts in the case. President Mackey as
sured them that he fully appreciated the
value of Louisville's business, and that. he
did not intend to remove the general Offices
of the road to either st. Louis or Evans
Vile. He further said that, instead of re-
moving the offices, he had in contempla-
tiOn some changes which would increase
the efficiency of the service in that city.
A railroad man has invented a new clock
that will be of great advantage to engineers
in running trains. The dial-plate and fig
ures ere large and 90 are the hour and min
ute-hands. AS a train whirls by station
the hour and minute-hands whlrl around
like flash to the correct moment, and q
red bulls eye flashes into the dial. Five
minutes later the red light turns green and
In i've minutes more the green light disap-
pears. The engineer on the next train fol-
many minutes ahead ls the train that pre-
cedes him. The clock is . perfect time
keeper. and when the train passes drops the
signal-light.
A great run was madc over the Vandalia
on Wednesday afternoon. The Pennsyl-
vaula brought in trains Nos. and 81 from
the East at about the same time, and the
two were consolidated, making eleven cars,
and left Indianapolis one hour and five
minutes late. There being on board large
number of passengers for Western connec-