The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-07
Traffic Notes.


The Lake Erie & Western continues TO
increase its business at Indianapolis last
week forwarding from here ISL and bring
Ing in 358 loaded cars.
Owing to the accident on the ST. Louis
division of the Big Four, but 669 loaded oars
were sent west from Indianapolis last
week, against 1909 bro ught In.
The Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
vania lines is again reaching lite old-time
volume of business, forwarding south last
week from Indianapolis GAS and bringing
In $50 loaded cars.
Last week, on the east end of the CHI
cago division of the Big Four. there were
handled between Indianapolis and Cincln-
cinnati, 1913 cars: during the week /, SH
loaded cars were forwarded west from Gin
cinnatI.
In the month of October there were re-
ceived and forwarded at Indianapolis q
total of lie, Cos cars. of which S3.904 were
loaded. In October. 1891. there was handled
q total of 104, 500 cars, of which number &c.
1870 were loaded: increase In number of
loaded cars handled this year, 7.7O5 cars.
The local business OF the Pennsylvania
lines continues to show phenomensl in
crease. In October there were handled ut
the Pennsylvania Company's city freight
depots 4S,g15,ST1 pounds of freight. repre-
senting 4.S21 cars; in October, 1891. there
were handled 40620.6l pounds of freight.
representing 3,90s cars.
recti0ns of the east-and-west lines Is u
striking feature. Last week the Vandalia
brought in OBS and forwarded from here
1,017 loaded cars. OF the inbound bust
Decline division of the Big Four 1.070
loaded cars were forwarded and 952 brought
in. The Indianapolis division of the Penn
sylvanis lines forwarded 902 cars. and
brought IN 972 loaded cars.
Personal. Local and General Notes
J.J. Fletcher. general freight agent of the
Fort Scott. Kansas City IL Memphis, spent
Sunday In the city.
Judge Burke, president of the Toledo &
Ohio Central, is said to be figuring to get
control of the Columbus, Lima ~ Mil
waukes.
F. S. Deal has been appointed superin-
tendent of telegraph of the Wheeling ~
Lake Erie road. vice f. l.. Gates, deceased.
and James Brattan chief car accountant of
the road.
An impression exists that before the
present month closes President Mcleod. of
the Philadelphia ~ Reading. will succeed
Mr.. Parsons as president of the New Y ork
~ New England.
c. +. Fuller. jr., formerly master
mechanic on the Chicago Il Erie. has been
appointed superintendent of motive power
of the Vermont Central. vice w. X. Rob-
ertson. promoted.
a tubt run VI opcCl6i VOC Hiuuo VII
the Chicago x Erie road last Wednesday,
the distance between Huntington. Ind,
and Marion, o.. 12S miles, being covered In
two hours and five minutes.
James A. Virgins. who ran locomotive
on the Pennsy ivana lines from lS47 TO 1887,
forty years, a large portion of it on the
Little Miami road, died at Springfield, o..
last week. aged eighty-se
An order has been issued by the Phila-
delphIa * Reading requiring all passenger
conductors and baggagemen on it's recently
acquired lines to give bonds for $500 or be
dismissed from the comparys service.
w. Z. Parsons has been appointed chief
ticket accountant of the Michigan Central.
succeeding +. O. Waldo, promoted. Mr..
Parsons was formerly general passenger
agent of the Rome. Watcrtown * Ogdens-
burg.
The body of engineer Allison. which went
down in the wreck on the ST. Louis division
of the Big Four. over q week ago. has not
yet been recovered. The company still has
diver there from Cleveland at an expense
of $50 day.
George w. Dennison. the well-known
| travelling agent of the Union line. has been
! appointed contracting agent OF the Penn