The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-25
Personal, Local and General Notes.

Commencing with to-day. Trains SO and
SO over the Cincinnati. Hamilton 4 Day
ton will haul parlor cars between Indian
apOlis and Cincinnati.
j. w. Drew has been appointed Western
passenger agent of the Toledo. ST. Louis H.
Kansas City road. to have control of all
territory west of st. Louis.
A motion has been granted appointing q
receiver for the Grand Rapids. Lansing IL
Northern road. The road has been under q
financial cloud several years.
Joseph Ramsey. jr.. general manager of
the Big Four lines. left on Saturday on a
trip through Mexico and thence to the Pa
cOmpanying him.
The Big Four earned III the second week
of April S261. O76; increase over the cor
responding week of 1891, S1,699. The Peoria
g. Eastern and Michigan divisions. are not
included In this statement.
At the coming annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Missouri. Kansas 81
Texas road it is said that H.. c. Gross, pres
ldent. will retire. and e-president and
General Manager Waldo be elected his sue
ceSsor.
Barney. smith g. Co. will. within a few
days, deliver to the Big Four some very
complete and elegant new dining cars,
which are to be run on Trains II and Is. be-
tween Cincinnati aud Chicago. and be-
tween st. Louis and Gallon.
Several changes in agencies on the Big
Four lines take place to-day. II. Ashton
takes the agency at ThorntOwn. vice. J. &.
Mcconnell, retired: +. +. Minor, agent at
Colfax, succeeds Nj. Weakley at Lafay cite.
and w. Z. Lockwood. agent at Coster, goes
to COlfax.
The settlement of the wages question be-
tween the Clay county operators and the
miners is q very fortunate thing for the
VandalIa and the Chicago II Eastern ILL
nnlS rO2da nl If nAana a mnNh han vsnr nnal
traffic than was that of the last year. and
with the Fandalia it means q good deal for
the st. Joseph extension IN the way of
business.
A Pennsylvania official says that the
Pennsylvania railroad. which last year
earned 9 per cent. on it's stock, will this
year earn az least 10 per cent, after max
ing the proposed betterInents. The numer-
Gus corporations west of Pittsburg that
have in the past derived support from the
parent road. will. 1t is thought. be self
sustaining.
II. c. Ham. who for seventeen years has
been agent of the Cincinnati. Hamilton 81
Dayton road at Liberty, Ind. was retired
last week and A. V. BroderIck appointed
his successor. The citizens of Liberty are
indignant over the manner Mr.. Ham was
removed, and are getting up n petition to
send to General superintendent Nelson
asking that Mr.. Ham be reinstated.
With the change IN ownership of the
Ohio southern Is made public the result of
operating the road it's last fiscal year. which
shows operating expenses 10 have been
SPA sol; net earnings. S59. 473: surplus, SAL
al; funded debt. SS.15l 600; mileage. in
GLIDING sIde-tracks, ETC.. lf9 miles: cash on
hand. S200. 000. besides $3.50. 900 general mort
gage bonds in treasury. Interest due in
September is earned and already on hand.
The order by which several hundred men
employed on the Chicago Il Erie road were
discharged and the fact telegraphed all
over the country arose through misunder-
standing of q conversation between the
subordinate officials of the road and T.. Is.
Thomas. first vice president. q every
man has been re-employe ed. Vice-presideut
Thomas last week ordered improvements
60 the road. bed TO be made on the most
lavish scale the present season. The time
il coming" said q railroad official. when
tie Chicago IL Enc Will be SECOND to no
road crossing Indiana. Between Chicago
and Marion. o., but 4 per cent. Of its track
is curvature. and the maximum grade is
twrnty-six feet. The new heavy freight
engines haul forty-five loaded cars over
the road III either directioa,n