The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-27

from Greensburg TO Madison, thence TO
Jacksonville. with q branch road from
Madison to Aurora"
Personal. Local and General Notes.
C. J.. Fellows, general car accountant of
the Big Four. spent Thanksgiving In Cleye-
land.
The Pennsylvania Company has closed
its freight and ticket agency at Connot
ton, o.
L. O. Mccormick, general passenger agent
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton,
spent Thanksgiving with friends in La
fayette.
The Louisville g. Nashville is introduc-
ing ten-wheel locomotives on its main line,
being the first Southern road to put them
in passenger service.
The stock cars which the Big Four people
are using on their fast livestock trains are
of new and very substantial build. equipped
with air-brakes. and can be safely run
forty miles an hour.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
under contemplation the reduction of its
local rates at all stations between Pitts
burg and Philadelphia. If this is done
east of Pittsburg, similar action west of
Plttsburg Is likely to follow.
General Superintendent Rockwell. of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and George
Rockwell. who represents the passenger
department. of the pennsylvania lines at
indianapolis, yesterday spent the day with
their parents in Terre Haute.
General Passenger Agent Baker. of the
Monon. has written an elaborate report
showing what the Chicago ~ Ohio River
Association has been dong in tie way of
earnings since the several roads have MAIN
tanned rates and worked harmOniOusly to-
gether.
The managers of The roads ont of Chicago
will meet on Dec. 1 to take up the pass
question. One proposition is to enter into
an iron-clad agreement to init free trans
portation to persons entitled to il by reason
of services endered in exchange for such
courtesies.
Minneapolis millers. fearing the inroads
that Duluth Is making on their business,
have made n demand on the railroads for q
8 cents per hundred pounds ditferential on
all Hour and milling products to the East.
The differential is intended to be In favor
of Minneapolis as against Duluth.
General Superintendent Collins, of the
Louisville. New Albany e. Chicago. spent
Thanksgiving with his parents in OcOno-
mowoc. 1t was a family reunion. at which
General superintendent Collins. of the
Chicago, Milwaukee * st. Paul, and his
other brothers. who are railroad men, were
present.
The contract for the construction of o
transcontinenral line of the Great Northern
railroad from Puget sound to the summit
OF the Cascade mountains has been let and
work is to begin as soon as men and outfits
a oO Va Oh th0 klOutb 1hio SCCtiDn II .
eighty miles long and follows the Snohom-
ish river.
The gross earnings OF the Toledo. st.
Louis d Kansas City road for the last SIX
months were Sl.1O9.S7 1; increase over the
corresponding period of 1890, SGO7, 942. The
net earnings show an increase of 1926. 405.
Now that IL is standard gauge from Toledo
to ST. Louis, Its business is increasing re-
markably.
This weeks issue of the New York Jour
nal of Finance reports the following: 1T
can be stated upon f1icial information that
Mr.. Gould has beon won over to Mr.. Rus
sell Sage's Missouri Pacific dividend views.
and has promised that the old dividend
rates shall be re-established 1t is not
necessary to explain the significance of
this"
Kingan & Co. are receiving their new re-
frigerator cars from the Michigan car
works. Detroit, at the rate of six per day.
These cars are very substantial In build,
rest on the standard Pullman freight truck.
are equipped with air-brakcs and self
couplers. painted pure white and lettrred
"kingan Refrigerator Company, Pork Prod
nets. Indianapolis, Ind" As they are used
in shipments of meats over the country,
they will be an excellent advertisement for
this city.
When Mr.. Austin Corbin had control Of
the Jersey Central railroad he put into
effect q system IN regard to the issuing of
passes by which all the subordinate
officials were obliged TO apply to the presi-
| dent of the road for permission to grant
such favors. Even the general passenger
and freight agents. who on most railroads
are given carte blanche in this matter,
were subjected to the ignominy of this
annoying system, and it Is said to be still
in practice. although Mr.. Corbin is no
longer the controlling power.
1t seems that III. Fl. Moore, ex-general
manage of the Cincinnati. Sandusky IL
Cleveland road. is to carry out the pro-
gramme he laid out when the Big Four peo-
pie relieved him of bis position-that of
constructing road sufficient to parallel the
c., s. IL c. between Cleveland and Colum-
bus. Contracts have been awarded and
work begun on q portion of the links
needed to connect roads to complete what
is to be known as the ~"Sandusky g. CO.
lnmbus Short-line." The route between
week.