The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-15


company for the proceeds. For the whole
amount Judgment is asked. The stock
holders suing hold 25S shares. They claim
that complaint made while Dr. BreyfOgle
was president was ignored. At the time of
the consolidation of the two roads named
above X. s Veech was president of the
Louisville. New Albany & Chicago. He is
now Standiford's administrators.
Personal. Local and General Notes.
Samuel Thomas. president of the Louis
Vile. New Albany Il Chicago. IL expected
West to-day.
On July 10 Samuel b. Kerr, assistant gen.
eral solicitor of the Louisville. New Albany
X Chicago road, will retire from that posi-
ton.
The Big Four will put on. Sunday next. a
through Wagner sleeping coach between
Cincinnati and Clayton Thousand islands,
to run daily.
On July Illinois had 10. 163 miles of MAIN
line track and 2.968 miles of side-track.
placing the State first in railway mileage
In tins country.
The Missouri Pacific this week CON-
menced rebuilding the shops burned a few
months ago at Cypress on more extensive
scale than before.
A. G.. MoOrhead. general superintendent
of the y. y. u. & o. division of the Erie
lines. has returned from his European tour
IN excellent health.
Red line cars ON the line of the Cincinnati.
Wabash IL Michigan to load with wheat
for Eastern markets.
L. f. Ellison, who for several years past
has been agent of the Pennsylvania Com
pany at Winamac. Ind. has resigned to en-
gage IN commercial pursuits.
John +. Burke has been appointed gen.
eral Eastern agent of the Louisville d.
Nashville. with headquarters in New York,
vice William McGibhey, deceased.
Commencing with July "a frst-class
freight out of Boston for Western points
will take the same rate as If the same
goods were shIpped from New York.
Seven freight engines of the Big Four
company have been transferred TO the Gin
einnati. Wabash and Michigan to help them
through with their present rush of business
J. L. Barnard. president of the Ohio e.
Mississippi road. leaves to-day on a Euro
pean trip, to be- absent two months. HIS
health Is still such as to cause him some
anxiety. faa7 -F>
The Chicago. Burlington q Quincy is en-
deavOring To raise money by mortgaging its
st. Louis terminal property and the few
miles of nnincumbered railroad it owns on
the bank OF the river nOrthward.
For few miles west of Hamilton the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton is putting
in new steel rails which weigh seventy-six
pounds to the yard. Here the grades are
heavy and the curves more numerous.
Thomas Noonsn. general manager of the
Central States Dispatch, will leave to-day
for Baltimore and New York. tn see that
the Eastern representatives OF the line
hasten the unloading of cars at Eastern
terminals while the rush of business 10 on.
The Wabash earned in the first week of
July SS53. 5e0 an Increase of SS1 600 over
the corresponding week of 1890. This leaves
q deficit as compared with the cOrrespond-
ing period of 1890. this year. of but &. 40.
This statement shows earnings of 1924
miles.
The Chesape AXE & Ohio is credited with
being the lead er IN inangurating feminine
excursion par ties. Such parties in the
Middle end Eastern States are becoming
numerous. and the old idea that women
should not travel without male protection
is rapidly passing into decline.
The business out of Peoria of the Lake
Erie * Western In the first six months of
this year, fell $4,000 below that of the cor
responding period of 1890, which shows
one important Shipping point on the line by
the short corn crop OF last year.
The Vandalia. in connection with the
Illinois Central. expects To- get on its
through solid vesiibule trains between st.
Louis and Chicago Aug l. With the pres
ent accommodations the new line Is patron
lied far above the expectations of its
founders. and the time made Is better than
by any other line between the two cities.
The excellent condition ofithe new exten-
sion of the Vandalia north is shown in the
fact that the Hendricks Club. which filled
six cars. was hauled from Lake Maxim
kuckee to IT. Joseph, Mich, in one hour
and Fifty minutes stopping ten minutes at
South Bend. The distance is seventy-five
miles.
Shipments of wheat from points on the
indianapolis 81 Vineennes road to Chicago
are now being made via Indianapolis,
something heretofore unknown on the l. *
'. road. This shows the eagerness of the
Chicago grain men TO make this the banner
year IN quantity of grain handled at Chi
cago.
Some of the large shippers have asked
Chairman Donald, of the Central Traffic
Association, to authorize the transfer of
mileage hooks issued to employees who have
left their service to ether employees. The
rule under these circumstances is to accept
the old mileage ticket in part payment of
the new one.
In June. Train 30. the fastest run betwee
Indianapolis and Jersey City over the
Pennsylvania lines. arrived in Jersey City
twenty nine ont of thirty trips on time,
ana Train 81 arrived in Indianapolis TWEEN
ty-eight out of thirty trips OH time. In
each case where train was late it was de-
layed by a freight train.
The local ticket agents, who became in
different as regards selling tickets over. the
Chicago. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul road, sup-
posing that il was one of the number
which had ceased paying com missions, are
mucD Clagfineu tnat some or the agents
confident that IL was their friend. worked
for the road and have received their CON-
missions for April and May.
Effinghnm. ILL.,, has inst sold its $4,000
stock III the Nandalia railroad for 100 cents
on the dollar. Many offers have been made
for il from time TO time. but not until this
year did the authorities decide to sell.
There is all effort being made by Eastern
purchasers To buy the stock from all the
municipalities along the line. Ii is be-
lieved the road is getting this old stock out
of the way.
An election was held yesterday in
Wayne township. jay county. Indiana. to
aid the building of the Cincinnati, Union
City ~ Chicago railroad. liz vas carried
by $40 majority, out of q total vote of 1100
This is an extension of the Day ton * Union
railroad ana is TO be the Chicago branch of
the G., III. " ID. There is great rejoicing at
Portland. as this road will be the third
trunk-line for that city.
The Big Four. I'm connection with the
Vanderbilt lines east from here. is steadily
becoming more formidable competitor of
the Pennsy lvnnia lines The former now
has three fast trains daily for New York
and Boston cut of Indianapolis and four
out of Cincinnati. and the run IS made be-
tween these Western cities and the sea-
board three TO four hours quicker than
three years ago. The Pennsy lyania should
see that the Pullman company puts in
service Just as good sleeping ears as are
those run between Chicago and the sea-
board, which Is far from being the case
now.
improvements to the road-bed of the