The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-16

Ill. was in the city yesterday on official
business. He states that crop prospects are
daily Frightening IN central Illinois, and
everything pom Is 10 another year of good
crops on the l., ID. IL w. road, from one end
to the other.
B. s. Sutton. superin tendent of tho w bite
water division of the Big Four who, on
Monday last, had removed from the back
OF his head an epitheiium cancer, Is report
ed TO be coming out of the painful opera
ton very comfortably.
Extensive arrangements have been made
by the Burlington road for the transporta-
lion of delegates to the Peoples party con-
vention to be held at Omaha July 4. The
Burlington has been selected as the Official
route for this occasion.
The passenger earnings of the, Big FOnr
lines for May were sl0.4l2 in excess Of those
of May. 1891. This is the more remarkable
from the fact that on account of the high
waters their trains were shut out OF 81.
Louis four days last month.
There seems to be but little question as
to the Pennsylvania Company securing
control of the New York. SusquehenDa &
" estern road The preferred stock is Co
be converted into per cent. guarantee
bonds and the interest to be guaranteed by
the Pennsylvania.
Saturday a special train of eight coaches,
carrying the Democratic Club of Atlanta.
Ga. will pass through Indianapolis over
the Pennsylvania lines, and on Sunday q
and their friends. will pass through here
over the same lines
Despite the denla ais of the passen ger men
of the Chicago, Burlington IL Quincy and
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul. there
is said to be ample evidence that the boy
suGnrated against these roads is seriously
cutting into their business.
The Vandslia y-rolls show that there
are employed on the system 2.9S4 persons.
Irainmen receive an average of % per
cent. more wages than five years ago, shop
employees about Is per cent more. section
men at the larger towns and cities receive
from % TO 80 cents more day than i've
years ago. In fact, IN all departments
there has been q considerable advance in
wages.
The first train-load of stone for.the foun-
dalton of the Big FOurs new freight depots
at this point arrived yesterday. The con-
tractors expect to begin next Monday lay
| front on South street. The old Big Four
| depot on South Delaware street will not be
| torn down until the south end Of the new
| depot Is 80 tar advanced that it can be Oc-
cupied.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois 10 build
ing mammoth wrecking car. So power
ful will be the engine operating it that It
| Will lift locomotive and swing 1t around
| oD to the track. It will be equipped with
all modern appliances; it will be q double
| either end, so that wreck can be cleared
up as readily by night as by day. tits
| stated 1t will be the most complete wreck
| ing car ever constructed.
The relations between the Chicago &
| Eastern Illinois and the Pennsvlvania lines
are considerably strained. The c. & L. l.
claims to be the direct line between Nash
| vile and Chicago and named rate which
| 1t thought low enough to the delegates
| who 20 TO the national Democratic conven.
4 m IA y of l.
| wanna lines made lower rate and. 1t Is
| stated. offered TO refund $50 if one hun
| dred persons were secured to 90 to Chicago.
| The agreed rate was to have been Sl1 each.
| The Pennsylvania Company, Ii is said.
| does not deny that it's representative made
such proposition but IL was done with
| out the authority of the general passenger
| agent, T.. A. Ford.
The future of the Ohio * Mississippi will
4 now be watched with moro interest. the
| English stockholders having won their
| suit to Gust the Directing directors. The
trustees of Brown. Shipley & Co.. of Lon
don. voted for directors III the interest of
the Baltimore IL Ohio road in order to car
| ~ out the agreement between the two
| companies, but the board threw out the
votes on the ground that the trustees stock
| could not be voted, and they have been
beaten IN every. court The decision of
| Monday last was rendered unanimously by
the three judges sitting in the United
| States Circuit Court In Ohio. This. it Is
| thought, will end the suit, and Messrs.
| Walsh, Fahnestock & McKim wlll be given
their seats IN the directory.
IL is stated on the best of authority that
| George Bradbury, who has made so niue b
| of success as general manager Of the Lake
| Erie IL Western road, is arranging to re-
| tire from railroaGing to engage in banking
| business with &. X. Cummings in Chicago.
| He endeavored to induce Calvin S. Brice,
| president of the l.. T.. & W.. to release him
at the last annual meeting, but President
Brice would not listen 10 IL at time so
occupy Mr. Brice's time MIR. Bradbury
and Mr.. Cummings are warm personal
friends, Dir. Cummings being president of
the Peoria, Decatur Il Evansville and the
| Lake Erie ~ Western at times when Mr..
Bradbury was appointed general manager
of the properties. President Brlce tells q
friend that he hopes to hold Mr.. Bradbury
the remainder OF this year, the date of his
| retirement not yet having been fixed upon.