The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-10

this city who is interested in the enter
PRISE. 10 confident the road will be built.
Charles Stone. general passenger agent OF
the Chicago ~ Eastern Illinois. was In the
city yesterday. lie states that at the pres
ent time there are no ind cations that the
new president is to make any changes IN
heads of departments.
IL is stated that ID. J. Mackey is very con-
fident hat be will soon secure control OF
the Mobile ~ Ohio road. and that one of
his first moves will be tn make George
Saul. late president of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois. It's general manager.
The Baltimore d Ohio management an
Dounces that hereafter when an accident
iniure q or killed full particulars, without
any colorIng. VIII be sent to to mlnal
points. and the press be given the facts.
The Louisville, Evansville x st. Louis is
taking strong hand in export business
ont of IT. Louis. now that IL has resumed
handling through business. It's transfers
of export business over the kentucky IL
Indiana bridge are averaging fifty cars q
day.
1t is suggested that a small place he set
apart n baggage cars of passen ger trains
In whi' to place persons who create dis
turbances on trains when under the In
huence of liquors, combining them until
town is reached where an officer can be
found to take care of them.
The Lake Erie & Western has received
the last of twelve engines contracted for
few months ago. All are freight engines
(mOgul type.l Six of the light engines
formerly belonging to the Indianapolis,
Peru IL Chicago and the Lafayette, b oom-
ington d Muncle roads VIII be discarded.
j. J. Fletcher. general freight agent of
the Kansas City. Fort Scott ~ Memphis
road, IS in the city. he ia much pleased
= with his new field of labor. as it gives him
plenty to do. Since in Kansas City. he has
introduced some reforms In billing Of
freight. which have made him quite prom
iDent
The three Mackey lines show an increase
in earnings last month over February.
1891. of SIG s53. the Evansville K Terre
Haute earning S94.062: increase this year
s7.l2i. The Evansville IL Indianapolis.
81. 123; increase. s4.2i8. The Peoria. De-
catur ~ Evansville. 1862; increase this
year, s5,451.
b. p. Johnson & Co., general cont actors
for building the Wabash link from Mont
pelier to Hammond, have sub-contracted
the entire work 10 thirty-three different
firms, and within ten days the grading will
be moving along RAPIDLY. as many of the
worst cuts were reduced largely during
the winter months.
T.. p. Lord, superintendent of motive
power. and L. q. Worthington, mechanical
engineer OF the e.. C., & j.. Il st. L.. have
completed the plans and specifications for
the sixty new engines which the company
will purchase, and will to-day send them
Ramsey for their approval before asking
for bids.
The Wabash company has placed the
order Tor its new passeD ger equipment for the
Detroit and Chicago division with the st.
Charles car-works. 1t has also contracted
with the Rhode Island locomotive works
for eight switching. eight freight and nine
passenger locomotives for tins division.
For the Wabash proper large number of
engines are being built in the cOmpany's
shops.
Henry A. Francisco, who for some years
was yardmaster of the L.. n. A. q c..
(Monon) and afterwards passenger con-
ductor on the Ohio IL Mississippi road.
committed suicide In Chicago. Monday
last. The last three years he has been in
the real-estate business in Chicago, and.
after becoming quite wealthy. met with
reyerses which, it Is thought, led to his
ending his life.
The earning capacity of the passenger
traffiol of the Chicago Burlington Il Quin-
ey, said an official who was in the city YES
terday. Is a surprise to the owners of the
property as well as TO competitors. Last
year the earnings from passenger service
road in the Nstem; January this year
shows an increase of 81 600, and for Feb
ruary the increase is officially stated to be
nearly $4,000 over last year.
The mileage books issued by the Cincn-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton. the Big Four,
~
person to any town or city of Importance in
Indiana, Illinois or Ohio; or in other words,
any person holding the mileage books of
these three systems can go to any point in
the Central Traffic territory, so many rail-
way lines do they cover. and fully One-half
of the points covered are competing points
between the lines named.
Considerable interest is felt as to whom
the new parties in control of the New York
81 New England road Will make general
nj nd an
Those now in control made 8. Nj. FELTON,,
now president of the Queen IL Crescent,
general manager and G. c. +. Bent. now
general superintendent Of the Ohio IL Mis-
sissIppi, general superintendent of the n.
Y. 81 n. f., who managed the property
when it was converted from q wrecked
road into first-class railway and properly
equipped IL.
authority. that the reason w. Z. Rinearson
did not secure the position of general pas
senger agent of the Queen & Crescent road,
was that he announced his appointment
before he had actually received il, to q
friend. and that friend gave it to the press.
which made ;. NJ. FELTON,, president of the
q. * c., quite indignant. No one thinks,
however. who knows Mr.. RinearsOn. that
he will long continue in the position OF
travelling passenger agent in the South
for the Chicago. Kansas City & st. Paul
road.
The Indianapolis Railway Officials Asso-
citation held it's regular monthly meeting
yesterday. Little business of Importance
was transacted. The secretary, by resolu-
ton, was instructed &c revise and PRINT in
phamphlet form the name and number of
cars each switch In and about the city will
hold, list of new switches which have
been put in during the last two years and
extensions of switches or cases where
there has been any change in location, for
the convenience of shippers as we'll as the
roads. There are now 260 switches leading
to the various industries in Indianap polls
and Its suburbs.
Representatives of railway and lake lines
met at the offices of the Trunk lines Asso-
citation in New York to-day and formed an
agreement between seaboard points and
the Northwest. Via Minneapolis ana 81.
Paul the same basis as last year will pre-
vail. The standard rate first-clsss freight
all rail from New York to ST. Paul and
Minneapolis will he Sl.30 per 100 pounds.
Via Lake Michigan ports the rates will he
on the basis OF Sill from New York to st.
Paul Via Lake Superior ports the rates
will be on the basis of S1.0l first class.
These rates, of course. 90 not go into effect
until the opening of navigation, which is
expected to be about April /.