The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-23

Excursion Tickets Good for Seven Days.
The Central Traffic Association has de-
cided to extend the time on excursion tick
cts from four days. as originally planned.
10 seven days. This is con cessiOn to
worlds fair visitors that Will be appre-
ciated by those who do not care to ride on
she limited trains.
Personai Local and General Notes.
j. @. Van Wrinkle and family. who have
been at the worlds fair during the week.
returned last night
The Gulf. Colorado Il Santa Fe road Is
delivering six thousand carloads of grain
at Galveston for export to Europe.
The board of managers of the Philadel-
phia Il Reading railroad has decided to
abandon the plan for the rehabilitation OF
she company.
The Big Four now has SO many passenger
trans running into the Union Station, and
has SO much changing of cars 20 do that 10
keeps engir there for switching service
day and night.
Eighty-five per cent of the necessary
securietIes of the Baltimore & Ohio South
western and the Ohio X Mississippi roads
have been deposited in favor of the consOl-
idation and reorganization plan.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. who has done so
much to aid the railroad mems branch of
the Y. NJ. G.. A. on the New York Central,
has now contributed 100000 for further
improving the clubhouse for railway en-
p!oyes.
now has 9.S45 miles of main line. It's rail-
road, coal and OF her in terests conf ine ninety
corporations. It fixed charges including
taxes fsZ the year ending June 80. 1898. are
SH.125. coo.
Within the last few months nearly all
the s.sE'ons on the Big Four system have
been oyerhauled. The platforms have
been repaired and the buildings and water
tanks painted q bright yellow. with white
trimmings
The friends of J. F. Conant. who. for
many gears. was passenger conductor on
the Big -Four. will regret To learn that his
son Frank, who was mysteriously shot five
years ago near Cincinnati. died of his
wounds on Wednesday. at the residence of
his father. In Seattle.
Last Monday. at Frankfort, the crossing
OF Its line with the Monon. the Toledo, st.
Louis " Kansas City road turned over
ssventy-six passengers for Chicago; on
Tuesday. ninety-six; on Wednesday. 104.
and yesterday. ninety-three. Most of the
business came from points on the T., st. l..
o. h. c. line east of Frankfort.
The ST. Lonis " San Francisco road will
use the Chicago. Burlington * Quinoys
new bridge and the Chicago & Atoms
bridge TO forward it's Eastern and Northern
freights. thus avoiding the delays expert
enced in sending such business through ST.
Louis and over the Terminal lines
For two months past the Nickel plate has
been making a 81. 80 rate from Cleveland to
Chicago. while the other lines are chsrg-
ing Sl0 Now the latter propose to meet
the rate of the Nickel-plate unless it ad-
vances it's rate to the dlfferential it is en-
titled to in it's agreement with the other
lines
j. X. Richardson, assistant master me-
chanic OF the Panhandle shops on she Lit
tie Miami, died quite suddenly yesterday
morning: r. b. Richardson. chief clerk of
DARLINGTON. and w. w. Richardson.
chief clerk of II. K. Dering. sons of the de-
ceased. left for Cincinnati at once on re.
celvlng the news.
II. Woodbridge, engineer of maintenance
OF way of she Sandusky division of tho
Big Fonr. was in the city yesterday. He
states that the seyenteen-stall round
house at Beliefontaine Ia completed.
Work Is being pushed on the division shops
at that point. but they will not be ready
for occupancy for some months.
Frank Y. Bezy has sued the Louisville
Evansville ~ st. Louis road for $50 for
the destruction of his raspberry patch.
The company's defense is that he did not
properly care for the ground and the weeds
became excellent fuel Tor spreading the
fire. which, it is alleged originated from a
spark from one of the company's locomo-
nves.
Lewis Thomas. of the Big Four, returned
yesterday from the worlds fair. He close
~ examined the locomotives in the trans
portaton department.. and now expresses
the opinion, as have many other en- gineers.
that the last passenger engines built at the
Schenectady works for the Big Four are in
all respects the best eight-wheeled engines
In use.
The Great Northern road Is paying so lit
tie attention to agreements. having on rates
In all directions. that IN railway circles It
Is now known as the Great Irresponsible"
Competing trsnscontinental lines will
wait. IL Is stated, TO SEQ what effect the
Great Nortbern's rate slashing has. and If
they find il Is drawing much business they
Will meet the reduced rates
Railway officials are now becoming much
more anxious as TO how they can handle
the passenger business than regarding rate
matters. and what worries them still more
IL how they can handle the Grand Army of
the Republic business in September in ad-
clifton TO the worlds fair business. An of
fetal said last evening: If our company
had purchased one hundred instead of fifty
new coaches last fall it would have done
wisely"
President Msckey, OF Evansville. is said
TO be very proud of the new shops which.
under his authority were erected at Prince
ton. Ind. and In which new machinery ia
being put In position. The dimensions OF
the shops are as follows: Paint shop, s0x
$50 feet; car chop. S0xI66 power house. 4Ox
so; machine and boiler chop, 75x263: black
smith shop. 15xl0S; TIN and copper shop. 35x
IS: oil shop. 20x32; office. S3xl47; round
house. 465x70; ice house. 20xl00.
The Erie and the New York * New Eng
land railroads have entered into Joint
traffic alliance for through business be-
tween Boston and Chicago. The agree
ment went into effect yesterday. and
solid through train is now run between
Boston and Chicago. The New En- gland will
reach the Erie over the Hudson at New
burg and the Poughkeepsie bridge and Will
compete with the Fitehburg road for
through business out OF Boston.
The Hong Kong Telegraph. In a recent is
cue. pay the Pennsylv raj lroad ma age
ment q high compliment. and, published q
lengthy and detailed description OF the
system. Among other things it says: The
Pennsylvania system 10 the beat concrets
Illustration OF the civilization of tho nited
States. As owner and lessee it Possesses
and manages over Sl.000, 900 gold In
property, operates over ten Thousand miles
Of road. employs more than one hundred
thousand locomotives ana cars aud has
S5asso men in its service. and to- day the