The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-17

for 500 miles and 20 cents for over 500 miles.
The present rate from common points in
Texas to Galveston is 20 cents per 100
pounds.
The Louisville. Evansville & st. Louis
has secured q contract to carry three hun
dred carloads Of export tour to the sea
board from St. Louis over the Cumberland
Dispatch line.
James Barker, general passenger agent OF
the Louisville. New Albany 81 Chicago,
left on Saturday for New England TO be
absent two or three weeks at pleasure re-
sorts on the sea- aboard.
Y. V~andenburgh. division freight agent
of the Louisville az Nashville railroad. at
Memphis, has been appointed general
freight agent of the same road, TO succeed
John M. Culp. resigned.
The proceedings of the train-dispatchers'
convention recently held st Toledo will be
, m;1i q. In pamphlet form tins TIM, week; and
this important branch of service.
District Passenger Agent Rhein. of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton IL Dayton lines, Is
still so Ill Is to confiDe him to hls room. HIS
physician recommends that he take o
months vacation and spend the time at
some cool pleasure resort.
The Central Traffic Association board
has decided that railways having q differ
entail rate may use the same in competing
rates on the certificate plan. which Is one
fare and one-third. This will lead to a
further generalization IN rates.
The Whitewater railroad will, in the next
thirty days. be running trains to and from
New Castle, over the L.. T.. q W., from
Cambridge City. This will give connection
with the Peoria Il Eastern. and largely add
to the earnings of the Whitewater.
Within the last ninety days 1898 car.
loads of live stock, from Tennessee and
Kentucky. a W been shipped north over
the Louisville, New Albany ~ Chicago
road. The shipments of cattle from that
territory this season lave been the largest
ever known.
George L. Rees. freight agent at Corners
on account of poor health. +. r. Beeson
has been appointed to the place. Mr.. Is. is
fully qualified to fill the position, having
formerly been an agent In the employ Of
the Big Four.
switch four miles long will shortly be
built by the Big -Four, from near Laurel. to
Illusions marble and s-tone-quarries. A
survey has been made, and the work is to
be pushed. This will give the Whitewater
railroad at least one thousand more cars OF
stone to handle every year..
The Vsndalia has just turned out of the
shops at 1erre Haute O parlor car which
equals, in every respect, the finest ever sent
out by the Pullman works. 1t Is to be run
between Sc. Louis and Cincinnati on No, 20.
over the Vandalia and 81. over the Cinoin-
Ahti, ildLuiltOu OdytOus
@. A. Smith. general freight agent of the
Ohio Valley railroad, with headquarters at
Evansville, has resigned to become general
agent of the Evansville & Terre Haute
road. with headquarters at Terre Haute.
j.. j. Pagan. travelling freight agent of the
Ohio Valley, takes his place.
The earnin gs of the Peoria. Decatur &
Eastern up to Aug. l were $50, l79 in ex-
cess of those of 1880 up to that date. The
earnings Of the Louisville, Evansville Il
st. Louis, Aug. 1, were $1ss.S s2 In excess
OF those OF the corresponding period OF
1890. Both are Mackey lines.
The Boston a. Albany il now doing the
heaviest passenger business in Its history.
The annual report. just published. shows
that in the year ending June so the passen-
ger earnings were S114,59l larger than in
any former year. while the freight earnings
The company paid out in dividends during
the year 5 $1,000. 600. and had left in the
treasury S67.671, and extensive improve
ments were made to the property. which
were paid out of it's earnings.
A little trouble has sprung up at
Lafayette over the persistency with which
the Monon checks baggage free from all
residences where the passengers are des-
tined for Chicago. This action is brought
about by an attempt on the part of the Big
-Four to check baggage free from the LahI
House.. The Lafayette papers hint that
the Monon is not very particular as to over
weight, and uses this method of gaining
favor with the travelling public. The pas
senge department of the Monon denies this
charge.
With the close of this month Superin.
tendent b. s. Sutton has been in the EN-.
ploy of the Big Four for t~wenty-seven
years. having commenced service under
superintendent Meek as day operator al
the Indianapolis shops Sept. l. 1864. Since
superintendents, for all of whom Mr.. SUIT.
ton performed service. His employment
has been continuous, except four years be
served the people of Shelby county o.
clerk. Before taking service with this
company Mr.. Sutton had been employed al
United States military telegraph operator
for three years.