The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07

of the New York Central. Is In the city on
official business.
{. }. Fellows. Western manager of the
Western Railway Car Association. is In the
city for a day or two.
Rumor has it that A. A.. Robinson. late
with the Santa Fe. is to be made general
manager of the Texas Pacifc.
A special meeting Of the American
Society of Railway superintendent will be
held In Chicago on Tuesday next.
The Baltimore 81 Ohio has fitted up q
fine ticket Office at Cleveland. and seems
determined TO do some business there.
Oscar Murray. vice president of the Big
-Four, is in the city on Official business, and
will remain here until 3 P. NJ. Saturday.
j. Z. Cavenaugh. superintendent of the
car service of the Big -Four lines. left for
New York. last night. to attend q meeting
of this class of officials.
The Louisville IL Nashville has pur.
chased the Southern Iron railway. which
gives 1t a through line from Clarksville,
Tenn, to Florence. Ala.
In March there we're but 800 carloads Of
live stock han6ied at the indianapolis
stOcky ards. against 2. 456 IN March, 1892; q
decrease this year of 1.134 cars.
A. f. Plant has been appointed agent of
the Lake Shore at LaPorte. vice w. e..
Stevens, resigned, and l.. III. Taylor at
Durham, vice I. l.. Hoch. resigned.
The Texas q New Orleans and Sabine d
u u " Oo htCut
and K. II. lnnes. division superintendent
on the Santa Fe lines. is to be the general
superintendent,
Russell Elliott. formerly auditor of the
indianapolis ~ st. Louis road. has con-
nected himself with q mining interest in
suits are expected.
The Houston e. Texas Central, which has
been IN the hands of q receiver since 1885,
on Wednesday was turned over TO G. Z.
Huntington and his associates. who pro-
pose to make q good road OF 1t.
Both the Pennsylvania and the Monon
VIII have on new yestibuled trains next
month, and increase the number between
Louisville and Chicago. The worlds fair
business Is now helping these lines.
The Ohio Falls car works freight-build-
ing department is now building three hum
dred cars for the Florida Central road, and
the passenger department Is still at work
on twenty coaches for the Columbus 81
Sandusky short line.
+. G.. Darlin gton, superintendent of the
Indianapolis division OF the Pennsylvania
lines, and William SwanstOn, master
mechanic here, last evening went to CO.
lumbus to attend q meeting of the division
officials of the departments named.
Boston capitalists are buying mp Big
Four stock. having placed orders In New
chased at $50 per share. NJ. T.. Ingalls,.
president of the Big Four. says that when
ever Big Four stock is sixty OF below it's q
good purchase.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will
have so much use for it's passenger equip
ment the coming summer that IL has de-
cided to abandon the running of exour-
sions to Blue River Park for this year.
Only to Woodsdale Park will the road run
picnic trains and excursions.
The medical examiner reports OF the
voluntary relief department of the Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg show q re-
markably small per cent. of accidents and
illness at the present time among the mem.
bership, it dropping from s per cent. in
February to 3 per cent. in March.
The traffic over the Kentucky and Indi-
ana bridge over the Ohio river is steadily
increasing. and 1t is said to be 80 per cent.
heavier than two years ago, as the East
Tennessee. Virginia d Georgia. over it's
! Louisville division, is sending a good deal
of business West over the bridge.
The lease by which the Big Four uses
the Panhandle tracks at New Castle to con-
meet the Peoria & Eastern with the White
water road, expires In a short time, and
the Big Four Is building its own track to
connect the roads, and will be Independ-
emit of the Pennsylvania Company.
r. b. +. Peiroe. trustee and general man
sger of the Indianapolis. Decatur * West
ern. not yet having returned from the
Pacific coest. l.. A. Boyd is still performing
the duties of superintendent of the road in
connection with his official duties as
superintendent or the Citizens street rail-
way.
number Of the Big Four division super
intendents arrived last evening to attend
the time schedule meeting to-day at the
office of j. q. Van Wrinkle. general super
intendent. As a number of new trains are
to be put on, it has been decided to have
the new timetable take effect April 80, in
stead of April ID.
George T. Gunnip. who represents the
Santa Fe in this territory, Is In the city.
lie thinks the proposition to reduce the
number Of travelling passenger agents. as
suggested by one of the high officials of the
Santa Fe. will be lost sight of. as business
\ Is soon to be heavy with all lines and pas
seDger earnings large,
Joseph II. Harris, President of the Lehiah
Coal and Navigation Company. is said to be
the choice of the Drexels for the presidency
of the Reading Railroad Company. and as
that firm 10 now regarded as the dominat-
ing spirit in Reading affairs, il Is the gen.
eral belief that. the Office will be offered
Mr.. Harris by the Reading's directors next
Saturday.
1t is very evident that the Baltimore &
Ohio management expect q large increase
in business with its taking full control
through the consolidation of the Baltimore
IL Ohio Southwestern and the Ohio 81 Mis-
sissippi. as it has ordered twenty-five
freight engines for the o. & NJ, and since
placing this order has placed an additional
one for ten passenger engines.
Passengers who ride on the nineteen-hour
trains between New York and Chicago will
have to pay 80 more than on any passeng ger
trains run between those points each way,
which will be S25, New York to Chicago, So
more than on the limited trains. So more
than on the regular tirst-class trains and IS
more than it would cost to go from New
York to Chicago over the lines which have
agreed ditferential rates.
Z. B. Hutchinson, of Richmond, Ind, has
been appointed assistant general counsel of
the Pennsylvania Company. with head.
quarters. at indianapolis. He yesterday
leased the property of Mrs. Deloss Root, on
North Delaware street. and will at once re-
move his family to this city. Mr.. Hutehin-
son has been with the Panhandle company
many years as q legal advisor, and is
worthy his present promotion.
The fight between the American and
United States express companies over the
ex press business on the New York & New
England Railroad Company has found its
way into the Supreme Court of New York.
J.. G. Ledyard. representing James @.
Fargo. president of the American Express,
appeared befor Justice Barrett yesterday
and obtained a temporary injunction re-
straining the railroad company and the
United States Express from refusing OIL
withholding from the American any rights
contract executed Nov. 90. 1892. and the
United States Express Company from
usurplng or converting u of the Amer
leans privileges.