The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-26

81 .721 .e6l, while IT'S increase in earnings
only Sl51.4sl
John Newell, president of the Lake Shore
road. who sailed for Europe last week. ex-
poets to be absent two months
The Lake Shore road last week let the
contract for thirty more passenger coaches,
making sixty now under contract.
All east hound lines out of Indianapolis
and Cincinnati have agreed to restore cast
bound passenger rates to-day TO tariff.
The Chicago ~ Alton Is out with circu-
lars announcing $40 rouBd-trip rate to the
City OF Mexico, Nov. 20, with long limit Of
tickets
The Chicago & West Michigan has con-
tractec for tour new engines. The Brooks
works are also to build twenty new en-
Rines for the Nickel plate road.
o. L. Anderson. formerly travelling pas
senger agontIn this territory. has been ap-
pointed general agent of the e.. c.. T.. *
81. l.. at London, o.. very important sta
tion.
w. p. Emerson. late contracting agent of
the Louisville. New Orleans 81 Texas road,
has been appointed secretary of the New
Orleans Traffic Association. succeeding NJ.
n. Coe.
There were transferred oyer the Belt road
last week 10, sol cars of which number !. $50
were loaded with 1--we stock. The transfers
year thus far.
w. A. Sprott commercial agent of the
Wabash for this territory, and w. j. Sein-
worth, Southern passenger agent for the
Michigan Central lines, are III tho city on
Official business.
William Patterson, superintendent of the
ST. Charles car-works, who died last week.
had held that position but eighteen months,
leaving the position of master car-builder
on the Santa he system to accept il.
The Lake Erie " Western will this week
complete the laying of It's track between
LaPorte and Michigan City with steel-rall.
A good deal of money has been spent on
this line north of Peru I'D ballastins, new
ties and rails this season.
jeremiah w. White. who for forty years
was treasurer of the Nashua o. Lowell
road, died last week. He had become one
of the wealthiest men in New Hampshire.
his business transactions in banking and
other lines having been very successful.
A special train of four Pullman cars,
over the Pennsylvania line. last week run
from Philadelphia to Washington. lao
miles. in two hours aud twenty-nine min-
utcs. Taking ont necessary deductions
the speed of the train was over sixty miles
an hour.
1t is understood that MIR. Munson, travel
ing freight agent of the Nickel-pl late fast
freight line, will change his headquarters
from Chicago to Indianapolis, and look
after the business OF the line hero, taking
tue place of NJ. NJ. Lands. deceased. J. j.
Byrne will be continued as chief clerk. Mr..
Muneon will continue as well TO look after
the business, as travelling agent, as here
tofore.
Harry Bronson, son of II. NJ. Bronson, as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Big Four, will, on Aug. ], sever his cOnnec-
ton with that road to become chief clerk
OF General Passenger Agent Cairns, of the
Chicago, ST Paul Il Kansas CITY road, and
his son. William bronson, has just been
promoted to chief clerk of Harry Fuller,
General passenger agent OF the Chesapeake
az Ohio road.
The Big Fonr will run it's Niagara Falls
excursion to-day In six sections One train
Will leave at T. NJ, to be run over the
Peoria 81 Eastern via Springfield, o.; the
next train will he sent out at z y. VI. over
the old Bee-liDe division, the tive trains
leaving indianapolis fifteen minutes apart.
One train will be made up AT Indiana polls.
the others on divisions west Of this point.
inoluding the Cairo division.
AS soon as labOrers become more plenty
the Big Four people will begin the extern
sions OF their double track between In
dianapolis and Cincinnati at both ends of
the present dou ble- tracked pieces of road,
and it is highly probable. says one of the
officials that when the work is once begun
It will be continued until the ITO miles be-
tween Indianapolis and CINCINNATI 10
double track. The immense business this
division Is doing is too much to handle on
one track to advantage.
Humphrey o. Davis, who died at Column
bus, o., last week. had been an on giDeer on
the road since 1873, and during the strikes
of 1913 and 1877 on the PennsyIvania lines
made himself solid with the company in
running trains under circumstances which
few men would have dared to. When he
pulled q train out of Columbus there were
over ten thousand people around the sta
ton, the toughs throwing stones at the
train and threatening the life of Mr.. Davis,
but he took his train out in spite of the
strikers efforts to prevent it.