The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-09-05
Personal. Local and General Notes.


upon the Issues at stake.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
Button, Ind, has voted by majority of
40 $500 TO AID the extension of the C., II.
IL ID. to Chicago.
The death is announced at Tyler, Tex. of
receiver Thomas r. Bonner of the Interna-
tionai q Great Northern.
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas is reduc-
ing expenses. One hundred men were cut
on at Denison. Tex. on Wednesday.
George Pollock has been appointed gem
eMl auditor of the Missouri. Kansas d;
Texas. with headquarters at Sedalia.
T. A. Lawes has been appointed master
mechanic OF the Chicago d. Erie road. vice
X. =. Kredeli. resigned. His Office will be
at Huntington, Ind.
The st. Louis d San Francisco is asking
Dids Tor building 80 box cars The Chi
cago. Burlington & Quincy recently
placed an order for 500 freight cars.
General Superintendent Peck. of the Big
the Cairo division. He reports traffic on
all the divisions as being unusually good.
The twenty fourth annual convention of
the Railway Conductors Life Insurance
Association of the United States and
Canada will be held at Hartford. Conn,
Oct. 81.
The Pennsylvania and Big Four lines will
Sc. Lonis and return during the meeting of
the National Grand Lodge |. o. o. (. there,
the week of the 2lst inst.
George Rockwell. assistant district pas
senger agent of the Pennsylvania lines,
who has been very SICK at Peru during the
last fortnight. is decidedly better. fact
that his friends here will be glad to learn.
The Chicago lake and rail lines have
given notice Of an advance In grain rates
to New England. taking effect Sept. IA. The
new figures are l2cents for wheat, l0l5 cents
for corn and cents for oats. The advance
isl cent for wheat and "a cent for corn.
The newly chosen officers of the General
PASSENGER Agents Association are as fol-
lows: President. j. p. Mccain; vice-presi-
dent, l.. Sisson: secretary and treasurer,
II. G. HolabIrd. The next meeting will be
held at Washington, ID. c., in October, 1892.
The Illinois Central expects 10 place
twenty new locomotives and 1900 new
freight cars on its line between Cairo and
New Orleans by Feb. I. 1892. OF the freight
cars four hundred will be improved fruit
cars. one hundred fiat cars and one thou
sand box cars.
The estimated gross earnings of the en-
tire system of the Chicago Rock ISLAND Il
Pacific railway, both east and west of the
Missouri river. for the month of August.
1891, were Sizes. 452. an increase as COM
pared with the estimated earnings for Au-
gust 1880. of Sill .694.l9.
The Chicago excursion business is spread
ing. At Louisville after the L.. MA. 81
&. and the Pennsylvania had both an
nounced them, the L., Z. IL w. L. came to
the front with another, over its new Chi
cago line. All the passenger agents are
hustling for the business.
The purchase of the Chicago & Ohio River
road from Austin Corbin. which was made
in the name of f. o. Hopkins, of Evans
vile, general freight agent for the Mackey
system, IS supposed to mean that this road
will be added to that system, az it connects
with one of its lines. the p, d. & E.
Jay Gould passed through Indianapolis
in his private car, on his way from ST. Lou
Is TO New York over the Big Four, early
yesterday morning. He was asleep at the
time. and had thoughtlessly neglected to
tell the porter to awaken him so that he
could stop off and look at the soldiers mon
ument and other curiosities.
General Passenger Agent Fuller, of the
Chesapeake & Ohio, removed his headquar-
tiers from Cincinnati to Washington, ID. c.,
this week. taking with him V. A. Braunstein,
rate and division clerk: w. II. Greeger, who
will be made chief clerk. and Gaines Rice
who will be- made Mr.. Fulier's secretary. c.
Il. Ryan will be made division passenger
agent. with headquarters at Cincinnati; l..
j. lingerie will be his chief clerk, and c.
NJ. Chiffon will be the advertising clerk.
1t is generally believed that the present
meeting of the commissioners of the West
ern Traffic Association. which began yes
terday. will be the most important e-er
held. Since the Indiana, Illinois Il Iowa
road has failed in it's effort to get into the
Western Freight Association it is under
stood that the alleged manipulation of
through rates on the part of that company
will be thoroughly ventilated and de-
cision rendered as to the divisions that may
be made by member with an outside line.
The work of strengthening the Lake
Shore railroad between Buffalo and Chica-
rad Rat
Dunkirk and Silver Creek. distance of
nine miles, o new line has been constructed
TO obviate a bad curve. These improve
ments will enable the company TO carry
heavier trains. IN this way reducing the
cost of transportation and also making the
distance from Chicago to New York much
shorter. Trains of fifty to siXty-five cars
will be run. instead of twenty or thirty
as heretofore.
The capital stock of the Railway Age
Publishing Company, of Chicago, amount
ing to 5000, has been purchased by Harry
L. Robinson. of ST. Paul, publisher of the
Northwestern Railroader. The latter jour
nal will be consolidated with the Railway
Age which will continue to be published
in Chicago. l.. p. Talbot, president and
manager of the Railway Age from it's COM
mencement. will retire. ii. p. Robinson
will be president. and ii. f. Hobart vice.
will be- the editors of the consolidated
weekly journal.
James l.. Frazier, formerly superintend-
ent of the Chesapeake, Ohio * Southwestern
railroad. in Louisville. has been appointed
superintendent on the main line of the
Southern Pacific railroad. The appoint
ment came from T.. =. Huntington, the
president of the road. Superintendent
Frazier's jurisdiction will embrace the
greater part of what was formerly the
Central Pacific, between Ogden and San
Francisco. Mr.. Frazier resigned his posi-
ticn in Louisville when Mr.. NJ. Is. Cutter
was promoted over him to DO made general
superintendent.
The Atchison company's July report COM
pared with the operations for four years
past. issued yesterday. The mileage
was practically the same for the whole
period. Net earnings in 1883 were 500. 900,
in 1889 they were $4,000, last year they
rose TO S5S9,000 while the July net of this
year is SS57.OO0 This year the company
had other receipts than traffic earnings
amounting to $4,000. making it's total net
figures S9l2. COO. which Is S2i7.000, OF nearly
80 per cent. more than the company's fixed
charges. And July is always the poorest
month of the year.
The lines in the Central Traffic Associa-
| ton have decided to get even with the West
| ern roads in the matter of hars est excur-
sions. Believing that there are many peo-
| pie beyond the Mississippi who will like TO
| visit their old homes they have agree to
| make what they call "home visitors ex-
curslon," and have authorized the Western
| connections TO sell iron-clad tickets at the
| rate OK one fare for the round trip to all
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