The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-01


Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Louisville, New Albany s. Chicago
road earned in tho third week of March
S50.4 06; increase over 1S9J, $685..
NJ Monnts superintendent of the Peoria
& Pekin road. was in the city yesterday
for consultation with the Big Four peo-
pie.
Louisville, Evansville & st. Louis road re-
suits In showing an increase In net earn
ings in February of ,713 over the cor
responding month of 1880.
T. Z. Morse, who for years was Western
freight agent of the Lake Shore road. to-
day takes the position Of manager of the
New Jersey Car-service Association, with
headquarters in New York.
Edward Pagels, joint ticket agent of the
roads centering at Columbus, o.. has been
nominated by the Republicans of that city
for the Office of Mayor, and the railroad
men say they will elect him.
Division superintendent Wells. of the Big
Four, received a telegram from Cincinnati,
last night, stating that President Barnard.
of the Ohio q Mississippi road, who has
been seriously i'll for few days, was slightly
better.
The Louisville, Kew Albany & Chicago
has just put in IN additional mile of side
track at New Providence. an important
meeting point on the road. which will
greatly expediate the handling of trains at
that point.
The Chicago 81 Eastern Illinois earned In
the third week of March SS5, G62 46; increase
over the corresponding week of 1890, S22,-
1S3. a. or 50 per cent. The third week in
March this road handled 1000 tons of Clay
county coal.
Four, and vice-president and general man.
ager of the West Shore road, who has been
In Florida for few weeks. was in Cincln-
natl yesterday en- route to his headquarters
at New York.
Theodore L. Dunn, chief engineer of the
Louisville, Evansville & ST. Louis road. re-
tires to-day TO accept similar position on
an Eastern road. His duties on the L., 4. a.
st. l. will be looked after by L. A. Allen.
chief engineer of tho other Mackey lines.
Commencing to-day. the freight train
crews and engines hauling the freight
trains over the e., HI. Il /. division of the
Cincinnati. Hamilton g. Day ton will run
through to Cincinnati, as have the pas
senger train crews and engines of the c.,
II. & i. for some time past.
1t has been settled that the Continental
line will continue to do business out of In
dianapolis aud this immediate territory.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton d. Dayton peo-
pie take the position that the business that
they gave 20 the b. g. o. road entities the
G., II. d ID. to such recognition.
Another chapter of the Union Pacific
bridge tight has been inargurated by the
Rock Island starting q corps of engineers to
surveying q line through south Omaha to
the proposed Nebraska Central bridge.
| This will give that company the desired
| connection between its Iowa and Nebraska
| lines.
Division superintendent Wells, of the
| Big Four, has asked General Manager
| Greene for $4,000 to expend this year In
replacing old bridges on the Peoria division
with new ones, and for 900 cross-ties--
$4,000 to be distributed on the east end
and 5000 on the west end-and 1900 tons
of steel rails.
The decision of the Indiana Supreme
| Court in the case affecting the Pennsyl-
vania Company. that where o wrong
coupon on round-trip ticket is torn of
by the conductor in the first case. the
| passenger cannot be elected for having the
wrong coupon to return on, it is feared
| will be used to advantage by the scaIpers.
| General Ticket and Passenger Agent Ri
nearson, of the Erle. has been making
that he should do so at this particular time
| is looked upon with suspicion by COMPETE
| tors of the Erie. That the Erie is paying
| commissions at most Western and South
western points seems to be the general
/ opinion.
| . The Jacksonville Southeastern has final
/ ally signed the agreement of the Western
/ Passenger Association. to take effect April
| l. In the meantime the charge made by
| the Chicago 81 Alton that the road in aues-
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| broker with five thousand One-way tickets
| between st. Louis and Chicago at S. each
| is being investigated by Chairman Finley.
| r. b. Williams. who for some years was
| passenger conductor on the Big Four. to-
/ day takes the position of division superin-
| tendent on the New York & New England
/ road. 1t is limited that other Big Four men
are seriously considering trying their luck
/ at railroadinG in the East so many old pas
| senger conductors in the last two years
4 hov civ an nd All az
/ lines.
The reports that the Omaha bridge
| troubles have been settled are denied by
officials of both the Union Pacific and the
| Rock Island roads. President Cable of the
statement yesterday: 1.-THE Omaha bridge
| controversy has not been settled. 1t 10 still
| in the courts, and do not see how it can
be settled outside. have had no confer
| ence with Mr.. Gould"
| But three weeks ago the Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton owners announced
| that they did not want the Cincinnati,
| Jackson IL Mackinaw road, but the facts
| developed in the last ten days show that
this was . bluff" and that they had been
at work for weeks to secure control of the
property. 1t is thought the move to get
new receiver appointed will but temporar-
| lily defeat the efforts of the c.. Fl. & d. to
secure control of the property.
The circular which the State committee
sending to delegates to the coming annual
| convention, setting forth the advantages
| which Indianapolis offers for the associa-
TONS headquarters. 10 one of the best pre-
acter yet printed. When summed up it
would be difficult to select any point which
| offers as great advantages to an organIza-
ton of this character as indianapolis.
When the Big Four people decided to
| build the cutoff and rid itself OF the tun-
| mel at North Bend man owning one of the
| farms on the line sdemanded such Ugh
| damages for going through his farm that
| President ingalls, induced another man to
buy the farm for the company as the easiest
| way out of the trouble. This farm has now
been laid out in town lots, which are sell
ing quite readily at prices which will
make 1T a profitable deal for the Big Four.
The Pennsy lvania Company and the Bee
| line division of the Big Four Will have to
begin TO look to their laurels to prevent the
Columbus division of the Big Four out
| ranking them In number of loaded cars
forwarded east. In the week ending March
D the Pennsylvania Company forwarded
| from Indianapolis ga loaded cars the old
| Decline S42 and the Columbus division of
the Big Four took out 7S3 loaded cars. No
division in the Big Four system has been
as much benefited as this through the con-
s0lidation.
A railroad official who has been In Chi.
cago for a couple of days says that the i'm
preston there is that most of the present
officials of the Louisville, New ALBANY e.
| Chica oo road will he retained ar faa.f Co.