The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-15

Wisconsin Central. Edward H. Abbott. will
retire. and L. +. Cakes Will be made presi
dent OF both the lessor and leased roads.
The Toledo. st. Louis & Kansas City has
now disturbed east bound rates out of st.
Louis by selling round-trip tickets. st.
Louis to Put-in-Bay. at s. for the round
trip. good to return within ten days. add
ing that If desired that limit will be ex-
tended.
l.. A. Rodgers. formerly editor of the
Irainmens Journal. now editor of the Chi
cag0 Age of Labor, has been expelled from
the brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen. of
which he was member. for alleged deser-
tion of his wife and five children. He de-
MES the charge and will appeal.
The Wabash company has purchased liz
acres of ground additional at Ashley,
where the shops of the Detroit & Chicago
Short-line are to be located, and on the
ground will erect some nice cottages for
Its employees. sell them at cost. ana give
the men ample time to pay for the property.
The five dollar rate for harvest hands
from st. Paul. Mimi, TO any point in Min
nesota and the Dakotas has been extended,
and the Milwaukee road. especially. is
making great efforts to supply the demand
of the farmers for helping along their har-
vests. Several thousand men are still
needed.
The Lake Erie & Western road earned in
the nrst week OF August S07, $40 decrease
as compared with the corresponding week
of 1901 of Sl9.O70. The Ohio Il Missisissip-
pi earned SOB. 325. a decrease this year of
S2.2l9. The Chicago ~ Eastern Illinois
earned 500. 100. an increase this year OF $500.
The Louisville, Evansville IL st. Louis
earned 81. 292 a decrease of 81, t92.
The Griffin wheel-works. Chicago. of
which VIM. Greene, ex-general manager of
the Big Four. Is vice. president and general
The estimated loss is S45, 900. Mr.. Green
telegrapbed on Saturday that the works
would be rebuilt at once q larger scale.
1t rs intimated that with little effort the
works could be secured for Indianapolis.
b. :. Sntton, superintendent of the
Saturday on official business. He has.just
closed his twenty eighth year OF service on
the Big -Four lines he commencing IN 1859
with Spperintendent Meek, when supsrin-
tendent of the Indianapolis 81 Cincinnati
road. Since he entered tho service of the
company it has been under seven different
managements.
Austin Corbin maintains ON expensive
and exclusive Limited" express train each
way daily on his Long Island railroad for
the sole accommodation of people going to
and from the little village of Oyster Bay,
Long island. No other part of Long island
Is thus favored. The explanation Is that
the Long Island is still running the Boston
express train, although the only way q
passenger can reach his destination by the
way of Oyster Bay is to swim the sound or
charter O boat.
A rumOr prevailed on Saturday that to-
day or Tomorrow one of the Western lines
would announce q lower rate than So for
the round trip, Indianapolis to Kansas
City. bnt the rumor could not be traced to
n reliable source. new phase developed
on Saturday when the lines running into
Kansas City were notified that the Belt
road. over which the trains must 90 to
reach the PythIan encampment grounds,
nj oh fne faht n.r
over their line, which means about $50 per
train.