The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-14

holds the superior claims. The road has
been in the hands of o receiver for nearly
five years.
Commencing with Sunday. the Chesa-
peake Ohio road. In connection with the
Big -Four. VIII put on a line OF Pullman
sleeping cars. TO run between Washington,
II. e.. and ST. Louis daily.
l.. z. Lord. superintendent of motive
power OF the Big Fonr lines. was in the city
yesterday looking after matters az the
ehOUs. He states that 70 will be sixty days
before the new engines will begin TO arrive.
The Lake Shore for several weeks past
has been receiving new coaches at the rate
of five week. All of the latest style. with
modern signals and Pintsch system OF
lighting By gas. the coaches having o seat
ing capacity for sixty persons each.
Regarding the report that the L., n. A, &,
c. would soon declare dividend on its
preferred stock President Thomas is quoted
a. saying that no dividend wall be declared
until IL is perfectly clear that dividend
on the preferred stock can continually be
earned.
In speaking of the rumor which original
ell IT, CINCINNATI, to the effect that the Fort
Wayne division of the Lake Erie ~ West
ern road was to be sold to the Big Four. an
official of the l. +. II w. said that the own
ers of the l.. L. IL w. were buying. not sell
ing railroads.
Three of the new type of passenger en-
gines which the Wabash is building in its
own shops after the plans of SuDeri d tendcnt
of Motive Power Barnes will be tested in
haul eight cars from ST.. Louis to Toledo at
speed of sixty miles an hour If required.
When. on the first of the year, the Penn
sylyania Company's passenger department.
announced that ministers could ride over
its lines at half fare, 1t aroused the sus-
was done to make a reduced rate to minis
tiers unpopular. That such has been the
case. say passenger man. is evidenced In
the fact that some of the passenger asso-
feeling is becoming so pronounced that an
effort will be made to do away with this
discrimination In favor of ministers
The Quincy. Beardstown & Havana rail-
road has filed articles of incorporation In
the office Of the Secretary OF State at Spring
road from Quincy through the counties OF
Adams, Brown. Schuyler and McDcnogh
to o point on the Illinois river opposite or
near TO Havana, or opposite or near TO
Beardstown. The principal business Office
Is to be maintained at Quincy. The cap
ital stock is S2,500000. The incorpOratOrs
and first board of directors are Richard 4.
Newcomb. VIM. Warfield. Frederick w;
Meyer and Proctor Taylor, of Quincy, and
David Holstead. of Heitsburg.
The American Ticket Brokers' Associa-
ton. &C it's meeting III Denver. Col.
elected these officers for the ensuing
year: w. w: Wiliougby, Denver. presi-
dent: A. OlliDGer. San Francisco, vice.
president; c. j. Loveman. Los Angeles
second vice precedent; e. III. Gentry. Chi
cago. third vice-president; +. g. Wilder,
fourth vice-president Executive COM
mittee: George NJ. Mckenzie. for two
Carter, Louisville. was elected secretary
and @. g. Lansing chairman of the ex-
ecItive COMMITTEES. Chicago was selected
as the place for holding the next annual
meeting and the second Wednesday in
May, 1898. the day.
It is stated that q friendly traffic alli-
ance has been formed between the New
York Central. the Buffalo, Rochester X
Pittsburg and the Philadelphia II Reading
roads 1T Is surprising" said an official
yesterday, how these joint combinations
are becoming friendly TO each other. The
competition between the Pennsylvania and
the Baltimore II Ohio Is not half SO bitter
as people would like to make out. They
have agreed perfectly on coal and coke
rates. where they run into the same terri
tory: they have an amicable arrangement
for business between Philadelphia and
New York; between baltimore, Washing
ton and the West they handle the live
stock traffic in perfect harmony, and all
the hard fighting between the two interests
is between tho representatives of the roads
who are paid from sos to 800 a month to
look after business"
On Sunday, May Is, the Big Four will In
augurAte lts lnuepenuenJ. sOllu. NestlDulcu
train service in each direction between
Cincinnati and St Louis. The west-bound
train, which will be known as No. z. will
leave Cincinnati daily mt 755 p. NJ. Indian
aDolis at 1l:50 P. NJ. and arrive at st. LonIs
at 7:35 A. NJ. carrying a Pullman buffet
sleeping car which comes through from
Washington via the Chesapeake IL Ohio.
In addition to the Pullman sleeper. the
train will consist of combination couch
and baggage car, ladies' coach and reclining
chair car. all of which will run through
from Cincinnati TO st. Louis. At Indian
apolis local sleeping car for St Louis will
be attached to the train. The east
train, No. IL, will consist of the same equip
ment. leaving ST. LOUIS at 7:55 p. NJ. and ar
irving in Indianapolis at 1925 a. NJ and Gin
cinnati at 40 A. NJ. at which point the
Pullman sleeper will be attached to the
Ohio,