The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-10
Personal, Local and General Notes.


The Illinois Central will hold it's annual
meeting on the 18th OF this month";
Daniel Donough, general ticket agent at
the Union Station. has gone to Chicago for
the week.
The new stock of the Louisville. New AL
bany & Chicago will be ready for delivery
this week
s. NJ Lawler has accepted the general
superintendency of the Philadelphia Read
ing & New England.
Ford Wood. general freight agent OF the
Peoria 6, Eastern. returned yesterday from
his ten days vacation.
George sipp. o Sar-service agent of the
day or two. visiting his mother.
r. 8. Lloyd master mechanic of the shops
OF the Chesapeake & Ohio at Richmond
Va, Is in the city for day or two.
There were transferred over the Belt
road last week, 1884 cars, and Belt-road
engines handled Cos carloads of live stock.
The Ohio Falls works are building
two hundred cars for the Louisville South
ern road, operated by the Queen & Cres-
cent
The shops of the Louisville, Evansville &
st. Louis at Princeton, Ind, resumed OPP
erations yesterday, full time and full
handed.
George Bradbury. general manager OF the
Lake Erie & Western, who last week went
East TO attend the funeral OF brother, re-
turned yesterday.
There will be no strike Oh the Chesa-
peake. Ohio & southwestern. the men hav-
Ing accepted the proposition of General
Manager Echols.
crew on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chi
cago I'm service for the first time in the
history or the road.
The Pennsylvania official inspection
party. which left Pittsburg TO go over the
Western lines yesterday, Will not reach
indianapolis until Oct. IL.
The last harvest excursion comes off to-
day. and indications were yesterday that
II would be better patronized than were
either of the two preceding ones.
On Saturday last forty-one through pas
senger trains passed through Fort Wayne
over the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago
In the tWenty-four hours, as shown by the
train sheet.
Up to Oct. 1 the Pennsylvania road
shipped this season, from points on its
lines. 900 carloads OF peaches. the highest
figure ever reached. IL representing S.7200OO
baskets of that fruit
That freight traffic is increasing is evil
denced In the fact that three weeks ago
there were 5000 idle the Pennsyl-
vania lines while on Saturday the official
statement showed but 5000 idle cars.
The Ohio Valley road is replacing its
striking switchmen and brakemen with men
brought there, the Evansville Courier says.
from Indianapolis. st. Louis and Chicago.
Thirty-fiye men arrived In Evansville on
Saturday from the points named.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton and
the Big Four find that their local business
between Indianapolis and Cincinnati falls
far below last year, the rush of travel be-
ing TO Chicago. low rates TO Cincinnati or
any other point not helping business ma
terially.
The Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
earned in the nine months ending Sept. so,
s., sos 4S5. an increase as compared with the
corresponding period of 1892 OF $l93, 305 The
Lake Erie * Western has earned since
January l, $685. ls. an increase this year
OF $e8,159
Rumor has IL that Austin Corbin and j.
r. Maxwell. lifelong financial friends and
for many years Interested in the Indiana,
Bloomington & Western have fallen out
and Mr.. Maxwell is said to have Joined q
combination for the purpose of deposing
Assin Corbin president Of the Long