The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-13
cent, per one hnnarsd pounas chicago TO

cents per one hundred pounds. Chicago to
New York. providing the old dIfferentials
In rates are maintained. question which
Chairman Blanchard is now investigating
The management of the Ia. n. a. & G. is
making an effort to induce the government
to use Bedford stone in the new buildings
that are to be erected in Western cities,
Cleveland being one of the number.
May - has been fixed upon as the d ate
to restore passenger rates in the Chicago
and Ohio-river Traffic Association terri
tory. All round "trip tickets sold in this
territory Will be limited 70 that date
). T.. Carnahan, who for several years
was agent of tue NaDdalia at Elm CHAM,
ILL.,. has been appointed general agent of
the Nandplia at 81. Joseph. all business at
that terminal To be under his supervision.
General Manager Ramsey has asked the
division snperintendents to meet him and
General Superintendent Peck. Monday
next. TO confer as regards perfectIn the
operations of the manifest" fast-froight
service.
agencies of the American Express Company
in the West. and who built q portion of the
Toledo. st. Louis IL Kansas City road, died
in Burlington, Ia. Wednesday. aged sixty
one years.
The c.. e.. C. & st. L. earned in April
Sl,179471: increase over April. 1891. S13.7 4S.
The earnings of the Peoria IL Eastern and
the C.. w. & NJ. NOW Michigan division of
the Big Four are not included in the above
statement
X. L. Willard. of Denver. Col. who rep
resents the Railway officials and En-
ployes' Association in the West. and ]. +.
Joyce. OF Little Rock. Ark, who represents
the association In the Southwest. are IN the
city for . conference with the general OFF,
Gers.
The Big Four is equipping its rolling
stock with the JaDney coupler, and is the
only line in the Vanderbilt interest which
uses this coupler, the other roads using the
Gould coupler. which can be used In con-
nection with any coupler in the railroad
service.
three hundred pounds of baggage to each
person In theatrical parties of ten or more.
while its competitors carry but $50 pounds.
movements 10 on foot to even up In the
matter. each line carrying the Same amount
OF baggage to q person.
The Illinois Central is expanding S200. 900
In yards and other facilities for handling
it's business In connection with the Chi
cago 81 Western Indiana belt road. and the
Chicago d North western has just com.
with this road, which now has tracks of
capacity to hold ]. 200 cars.
A Pennsylvania railroad official who
this week rode over the Indianapolis divis-
ion of the Cincinnati, Hamilton IL Dayton
road say: that between indianapolis and
smoothly as docs the New York division Of
the Pennsylvania lines. the best division
OF the Pennsylvania system. As the off,
cial is an expert on track this IL very CON-
plimentary to the c., H. e. d. line.
Number 90, on the vandalls. is shown to
be the best paying train run over that
road. The two postal cars lt hauls will pay
tho expense of the train, and IL handles
daily. when travel is light. an average of
100 local and thirty five through passen gers,
and In the best of the season double thas
number Of through passengers. Putting
on the new vcstibule cars has greatly in
creased the popularity of this train.
Under the schedule which takes effect
sunday the express trains between SC.
Louis and indianapolis over the Big Four
(St. Louis dlvision) will make the same
time as those of the Vandalia- AS the lat
ter's trains are scheduled at high speed the
St. LOUIS division of the Big Four is
obliged to do some fast running. il being
twenty-five miles the longest line. Under
the new schedule the time of Trains IL and
Is on the Chicago division between Cincin-
natl and Chicago is shortened fifteen
minutes, the run between Indianapolis and
Cincinnati being made inithree hours and
four minutes. which Is five minutes quicker
than the fast train of the Cincinnati. Ham,
ilton & Dayton between indianapolis and
Cincinnati Placing dining cara on Trains
IL and Is enables the company to shorten
its time between the points above named.