The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-14


of issue Tickets sold from points east of
Buffalo must be limited to two days from
date of sale. At the same time the lines
between Chicago and ST. Louis have given
notice that after April Is they will abso-
lutely require n proportion OF not less than
Sc on Pittsburg and Allegheny business
from Chicago to St Louis, tickets to be
limited TO one day.
Personal Local and General Notes.
The Order of Telegraphers will hold its
regular meeting this evening. Eight new
members are TO be initiated.
The Ohio Falls car works are delivering
twenty-five new bOX-ears week to the
Monon on contract to build 800 cars.
The Illinois Central. in March. earned
$50, 444 more than in March, 1891, but III the
first eight months of its fiscal year it is
still behind last year s6.S52.
The Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western
company is locating line from Findlay TO
Greenwich, Huron county. Ohio. where it
will connect with the Big Four system.
The four Mackey lines. the f. .S T. H.,
the +. X l., the T., ID. Il E. and the l.. E.
IL ST. l.. roads earned in the first week of
April. S74, Sol; increase over April. 1891. S4,-
I'll.
Gen. George Stark. formerly general
manager of the Boston IL Lowell road.
later vice. president and general manager of
the Northern Pacific, died In Nashua. n. H..
yesterday.
The stockholders of the Louisville x
JeffersonvIlle Bridge Company are consid-
ering an offer of parties who, It is believed,
are backed by some railroad. to complete
the bridge.
The Toledo. st. Louis Il Kansas City
road is demoralizing rates on passenger
business between Toledo and Kansas City.
1t is alleged to be working with the Chi
cago q Alton.
The Wabash has given notice to the Van
dIfferential rate of 81 on Christian En-
deavor excursion fares Chicago to Buffalo.
or prepare To fight.
On May the Big Four will lnaugurate
what is to be known as the manifest fast
freight service betwe cen the principal points
on it's line. To be under the supervision of
j. +. Rose, superintendent of transporta-
ton.
Attorneys well posted as regards the
legal fight now In progress on the part of
the Baltimore q Ohio to sec9re control of
the Ohio d Mississippi road express the
opinion that the Il. x o. has the best of
the contest thus far.
L. b. Thomas, first vice-Dresident of the
Erie Railway Company. and other high of
hciais are West on an inspection trip.
Vice president Thomas says extensive lm-
proveinents will be made to the Chicago 81
Erie division this year.
Four gravel trains and two steam shovels
are being run night aud day in loading and
distributing ballast on the Louisville d.
vision of the Pennsylvania lines. Every
thing is being prepared for the putting on
OF the fast trains heretofore spoken of
Yesterday was the day for the regular
monthly meeting of the Indiana Car-serv-
Ice Association, but no meeting was held,
so many OF its members are in attendance
at the trial, including General Manager
Bacon. which Is now in progress before
Judge Walker.
Findlay's belt road will be completed in
q few weeks. 1t is seven miles long. is
owned by tho Cincinnati, Hamilton IL Day
ton, the Lake Erie X Western. the Big
-Four and Columbus 81 Hooking Valley
roads. and reaches ali the important manu-
factories in that thriving town.
III. &. Alexander. of New York, who has
been with Vice-presldent Webb. of the
New York Central road. Is In the city. He
has accepted the position of general agent
of the Railway Officials and Employees
Association for the state of New York. and
Is said to be man we'll adapted to the DO
sltiOn.
E. A. Ford. general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines west OF Pittsburg.
denies the report that the Pennsy lvania
and the Vanderbilt lines in the East have
entered into an alliance with certain West
ern roads for the purpose of doing away
with commissions on the sale of tickets.
The matter has not even been limited at,
he says.
William Edgar, general passenger agent
of the Grand Trunk road. died yesterday.
He began railroading on the Western At
lantlc road, of Canada. In 1885, as q clerk;
i'll 1879 be reached the position of chief
clerk in the passenger department. of the
road; In 1910 was appointed general West
ern passenger agent of the Michigan Gen.
trail. and IN 1881 was appointed general pas
senger agent of the Grand Trunk.
The MonOn on Tuesday turned over to
the Wabash road Mt Lafayette a train of
twenty-five OF their new flat cars loaded
with stone from the Bedford quarries. con-
signed TO New York. One of the stones
weighed eighty thousand pounds and was
loaded on two cars. This Is the largest
shipment of stone ever made Last from
these quarrles. aud Will be an excellent adj
vertsement tor tbs MoDOD road aud for the
stone TO be found i'll sout hwestern Indiana.
g. NJ. Thompson. secretary of the Bust
ness Mems Association OF Terre Haute. has
received from the protector of the Terre
Haute. sayIor Springs ~ Chester road let
tiers which are of n very encouraging char
acter. and daily the outlook for building
this road Drightens. A railroad official
who is acquainted with the territory
through wh CHI the road Is to be built Says
that II built IL would O0en mp new field
To the wholesale merchants of lndianapo-
lis and Terre Haute.
The Indianapolis Association of Railway
Saperintendents held its regular monthly
meeting yesterday. Much of the business
done was OF q routine character IL was
voted 10 instruct the secretary TO order q
supplemental edition of the list OF the
switches. number of cars they will hold.
ETC., for distribution. The secretary's re-
port showed that there are now $50 switches
leading 10 the various industries in and
adjacent to the city limits. fourteen having
been Land since July |. 1891. The capacity
of these switches Is nearly three thousand
cars. j. T.. Rose. superintendent of trans-
portation OF the Big Four; ID. +. Cream er,
chief train q patcheY or the Chicago di-
vision OF the Big -Four. and NJ. NJ. McCar
| thy. SUPERINTENDENT of trains of the Peoria
~ Eastern road, were admitted to member
ship.
There seems no longer TO be a question
as To the Chicago X West Michigan build
| ing from its main line In Indiana TO Ham,
mond. that it may have An entrance into
| Chicago independent of the Michigan Gem
| trail. General SUPERINTENDENT Agnew of
! the Chicago ~ West Michigan, has sur
prised railroad circles by issuing u CIRCULAR
| stating that the Michigan Central trains
| will hereafter use the tracks OF the Grand
| Rapids ~ Indiana In entering Grand Rap
| ids instead of the Chicago * West Michi-
gan. The Michigan City Dispatch says:
This announcement Ia considered by men
| posted In tho matter as the beginning of
| the divorcemenJ of the Michigan Central
| and the Chicago " West Michigan systems,
| although the officials interested refuse to
talk about it. The Michigan Cen trial TT ac k
| has been used by the Chicago N West
! Michigan ever since IL has run its trains into
| the Union station at Grand Ia pids. and the
| announcement If It means the rapid d.
vorcement OF the Z. X w. NJ. and tho Cen
| trai. may mean n new line through Michi-
| gan City To CHICAGO"