The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08

81. 265 Tor the corresponding time last year,
an.increase OF 1884 tons. The movement
by lake amounted to 50. Az tons. against
Sl,9i7 during the preceding week, an in
crease of 500 tons. Through shipments of
-four, grain. and shipments from Chicago
TO the sea- board By the roads in the Central
Traffic Association amounted to SJ.24l tons.
agains S.416 for the preceding week. an in
crease of LES tons and against 70. "a for the
corresponding week last year. an increase
of Alto tons. Or this traffic the Vanderbilt
lines carried CO per cent: the Pennsylvania
lines 20; the Chicago 81 Grand Trunk. IL;
and the Baltimore & Ohio. per cent.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
j. p. OBrien hae been appointed assist-
ant superintendent OF the Iowa Central
road
A division superintendent on the North
ern Pacific has been fined $50 for ovsrwork-
ing employees
w. X. Woodland. general manager of
the Kentucky Il Indiana bridge and
terminals, wps in the city yesterday.
In the week ending Nov. there were
transferred over the Belt road 14,915 cars,
and road engines handled $50 cars OF stot X.
The Big Four handled on it's system In
October l49.90l loaded cars. against ll5.25S
in October. 1891; increase this year, "a. 643,
or %. IL per cent.
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miles in length. connecting all the roads
ceDterIng there. 1t lis to he operated as an
independents line.
Under recent Indiana decision q bag.
gagemaster is considered n CO. servant with
the conductor in case q collision occurs
through negligence.
j. A. Robertson. receiverIof the Monterey
d Mexican Gulf road, has appointed John
Grace general superintendent, with head
quarters at Monterey.
Roll Lister, passenger conductor on the
Big -Four. has just completed his thirtieth
year in that position, and during that time
has averaged $3.50 miles per month.
Stephen Suit, a veteran roadmaster on
the New York Central, was last week re-
tired OH pension. He is now eighty years
old. and begun railroad service in 1888
The wages of conductors. baggaRemen
and brakemen on the Great Northern road
have been voluntarily increased by the
management in sums varying from 10 to %
per cent.
German and London houses have been
buying largely of late securities of the ILL.,
nois Central. now holding. it Is stated. q
majority OF the securities and considerable
of the stock.
1t is stated that Henry Willard. ex-presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific. who wrecked
himself financially on that property, has
paid all his debts, and has 81. eco. 600 In bank
to his credit.
A. d. Perry, district passenger agent of
the Chicago * Alton. is receiving some
very encouraging letters from general pas
senger agents regarding his patent rebate
non scalpable ticket.
When conductors on the Big Four were
paid by the month. Sl17. they ran from six
| to nine thousand miles. Now they are
| paid 25le mills per mile run, and receive
more money for running 800 miles
Passenger agents here were notified yes
knEd nry hat h. 20 had s,rd
| putting on its fast solid train from Chi
| cage to California. the cars which are to be
put into tho service not being ready.
The breaking up of a circus is always a
bonanza for the passenger men. Last week
| the Barnum IL Bailey circus disbanded ut
| Paducah. and the roads got 100 passen gers
| for the East from the CIRCUS company.
| ID. A. Waterman has been appointed
| treasurer of the Michigan Central with
| headquarters at Grand Central Station,
| New York. A. j. Burt succeeds him as
auditor of the company with headquarters
| at Detroit.
General Manager Hall. of the Kanawha
| Dispatch. has established an agency for the
| line at Indianapolis, appointing w. G..
| Hobbs agent Mr.. Hobbs has bean. cen
nected with the Big -Four fifteen years,
and lie well up il freight matters.
| 1t is stated officially that for thirty-four
consecutive months the Chesapeake IL
| Ohio has shown an increase in passenger
| earnings over the preceding month, once
dropping as low rs S37S. but usually the in
crease going up into the thousands.
| At the meeting of the Western Freight
| Association, on Thursday next, 1t 10 ex-
pscted that the failure of certain Western
| roads to observe the agreement of Sept. 81
| to MAINTAIN rates, will cause trouble and
| possibly delay the formation of the pro-
| posed tonnage pool.
General Passenger Agent Lomax. of the
/ Union Paeifc has notified paueral nassau
| ger agents interested that notwithstand-
| ing the Union Pacific withdrawing from
| the Transmissourl Association, on Nov.
| the road wonld MAINTAIN rates as long as
the other roads adhere to the agreement
Order of Train Dispatchers is the name
OF the organization formed at Memphis last
| week, made up of seeeders from the Train
| Dispatchers of America. 1t begins with
lb2 members. In it's constitution and by
laws it differs from the old organization
only In it's protective feature. 1t has Il by
law approving strikes. 81
The movement TO adopt the five-thou-
sand-mile interchangeable ticket has been
| abandoned By the Western lines. The rea-
| son assigned was that no plan couId be hit
| upon which would assure to each read its
absolute division of the money received for
the sale of the tickets. This action will be
| quite disappointment to the travelIn q
statesmen, who were the riginators of the
idea.
| uO Vcetcin acoCUScI AssOclHttOu llue6
have adopted as holiday rates fare and one
third for the round trip between all points
within two hundred miles of each other.
! Selling dates are Dec. 81, 20. 90 and 81 and
| Jan. and 2, 1893; tickets good to return on
Jan. 8. The selling dates were made more
numerous from the fact that tho holidays
fail on Sunday. and Monday is likely to be
the most generally observed.
The Baltimore & Ohio ia making some
extensive improvements at Harper's Ferry.
| The line Will be changed q distance of 10.
| 800 feet to do which will re guire the ont
ting of q tunnel through solid rock dis
tance of eight hundred feet and the build
| ing of q bridge over the Potomac river s9G
feet in length. The new bridge Will be To-
Gated 225 feet north of the present structure,
and Will be built nine feet above high
water mark.
Some of the leading roads have given
notice that they will not be represented at
the mass meeting of railroad officials from
all over the country, called to be held IN
| Chicago. Nov. 81 to discuss worlds fair
rates. Some of the general passenger
| agents take the position that the condi.
tions are so different IN different sections OF
the country that no uniform rate could
we'll be adopted. The Vanderbilt lines are
of the number. These lines are 10 be oper.
ated for the success of the fair entirely in.
dependent of and regardless of the wishes
or actions of other cOrporstions.
Parties are here exhibiting to railroad
officials the Seaton automatic electric sig.
nal, which will give signal of an APP