The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-17


not been used in extraordinary betterments
to the property.
The new freight depot which the Terre
Haute d Indianapolis company has been
building at Greencastle will be opened for
business tomorrow. The business OF this
station is yearly increasing in importance.
The Missouri Pacific will shorten one
hour the running time of its fast train
which - run In connection with the VAN
dalia Train 20. which reduces the time be-
tween Kansas City and New York twohou
and one-half
An order quite general in character has
been issued by the several superintendents
of divisions on the Baltimore * Ohio sys-
tenn according half holiday on Saturday,
until early fall to the clerks III the various
departments
1t is stated that Jay Gould never ap-
points a man to an executive position on
any of the railroads he controls until he
has personally Investigated his record, and
the result is that most of his officials are
sharp. shrewd men.
Samuel Woodland, formerly passep ger con-
dnctor the Louisville. New Albany IL
Chicago road, has taken a similar position
on the Short line, between New Albany and
Louisville X. ~ i. bridget. of which his
father is general manager.
The board of rulings has asked the Par
malice Transfer Company. at Chicago to
refuse TO transfer passengers from the CHI
cago & Alton To other depots at Chicago.
Mr.. ParmaIee gave the board to under
stand that he did not wish to be drawn
into the fight.
Henry Watkeys, master mechanic of the
Louisville. New Albany ~ Chicago road,
has recently patented a valve of his own
invention, which ho 10 testing on the L., N.
A. 81 G. engines with excellent results. 1t
possesses many advantages over the Ordi-
nary locomotive valve, it IS stated
The passenger department. of the Central
Traffic Association Is sending out circulars
and rate schedules to agents on the roa0s
IN the association for the e.. A. X. encamp-
ment. based on one fare for the round trip.
and the passenger agents are sending out
schedules based On cent per mile.
Plans and specifications are being pre-
pared for new depots at Pendieton. Marion,
Parkers and Anderson, on the Indianapolis
division of the Big Four. The new station
much the same style of architecture as the
passenger station recently completed at
Muncie.
}. p. Reddeil. the newIy-app inted com
missioner of the Indianapolis Freight
Bureau, Will arrive in the city to-day or
Tomorrow and VIII assume the duties of
the Office on Monday next The affairs of
the organization have been allowed to
drag the last thirty days. but Mr.. Redden
Will soon straiehten out matters.
1t is not probable that the Big Four and
the other Vanderbilt lines will at present.
at least, undertake to meet the new time
schedule of the Vandalia and the Pennsyl-
vania roads between St Louis and New
York. as the understanding was that when
the summer time table went in to effect no
changes would be made before Oct. 1.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton q Dayton
secured large party of the American
WheelInen's League for Detroit. Passenger
men who are posted as TO the business that
the u, HI. IL ID. 10 dong between Indianap-
oils and Detroit express surprise that a
through car is not put on, which would
give 1t much more advantage as line
between here and Detroit.
The VanGalia and Chicago g. Indiana
Coal roads are jointly putting in an inter-
locking switch and signal at the crossing
of the two roads Just west of Brazil Day
and night men will be placed in charge of
1t, ana there Will be no necessity for the
fast trains of the Vandalia hereafter to
stop at this crossing unless some &. & ]. e.
train chances to be on the crossing. which
is but little used by the latter.
Everything points to the Niagara Falls
excursions leading TO q general demoraliza-
tion of rates. One of the roads advertising
excursions, it is alleged. 10 giving q limit of
thirty days. whereas there has been q gen
eral understanding that five days would be
the limit. 1t would seem that the lines
east of Cleveland and Detroit could protect
the five-day limit by refusing to honor any
excursion tickets OF longer limit.
The Pennsylvania lines have arranged to
give the clerks at Plttsburg.. through the
half-holiday. The freight depots are 10 De
closed at noon. so far as reception of freight
Is concerned, but to continue to deliver
freight as on other week days. This ar
rangement admits of one half of the freight
handlers being off on Saturday afternoons
the men alternating. By this plan every
employe would get half holiday every
other Saturday.
Every dollars worth of the stock of the
Cincinnati. Wabash Il Michigan road is
ed txvf ,l~, Il
pany. and also large per cent. of the new
Issues of bonds on the G., w. & NJ; while
on the Peoria * Eastern the Big Four owns
only o few shares above so per cent. just
enough TO keep them In control Of the prop
erty. The only connection the Big Four
has with the bonded debt of the Peoria ~
Eastern 10 to see that the interest is paid on
the bonds which it guarantees.
There Is sharp fight in progress for ex-
port business from this point between the
over the Baltimore Il Ohio. and the Kan
awha Dispatch, which operates over the
Chesapeake d Ohio. Yesterday the Gen.
trail States Dispatch secured but two car
loads and the kaDawha forty carloads;
now the former charges the Kanawhs with
shading rates in some manner. The mills
here are now turning out three thousand
barrels of flour per day for export.
The Texas railway commission has re-
ceived answers to interrogatories which
were prop0unded to the various railroads
operating In the State. at the conference
held In Austin. Tex, on July o. The rate
per ton by rail from New York to common
points i'm Texas is 3D. 40 The rate
per ton on all classes and leading COM
modities between the coast cities of Texas
and common points i'm the Indian Territory.
Kansas and Nebraska are as follows: In
dian Territory and Kansas, S11. SO. and Ne
braska SlS.67. The average rate per ton
from kansas City to Texas common points
is sl.T per mile; from st. Louis, $3.50; from
Chicago Sl.44.
Train 90. over the Vandalia. yesterday
morning left 81. Louis thirty minutes late
and arrived at the Union Station on time
making the run in just the time required
under the schedule which takes effect next
Sunday. Under this schedule the run be-
tween Terre Haute and Indianapolis is
made in one hour and fifty-three minutes.
The running time of the mail train, No. q
which hauls only six mail and express cars,
Is two honrs No. 20 has nine cars to haul.
three of them Pullmans and has to make
the run seven minutes quicker than this
fast mail train. and n. X. Elliott superin-
teDGent of transportation of the Vandalia,
says II 10 is necessary they can give the
time-screw another turn and move the
trains with safety.