The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-16

they had laid by, and now have no money
TO buy meals from day to day.
VIM Hughes, formerly travelling agent of
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, will repre-
headquarters at Milwaukee, succeeding
Martin Johnson, resigned.
General Passenger Agent Edwards. of
the Cincinnati Hamilton q Dayton INES
has instructed his representatives ct West
ern POINTS to pay more attention to work
ing for seaboard business.
The P%ittsburg & Lake Erie has inaugu-
rated its new passenger service via Youngs-
town, between Pittsburg and Cincinnati, by
cutting the rate between those points 81 be-
low the rate of the other lines.
Charles f. Heth, travelling passenger and
freight agent of the Chicago q Ohio-river
road. died at Memphis Tuesday night of
congestion Of the bowels. The remains will
be brought to Indiana for interment.
P1ssenger men say that in no time in the
last ten years have the roads running into
Chicago been landing so few passengers in
that city daily as at the present time and
little Improvement Is looked for until
spring.
1t is thought that j. b. Cavenaugh will
accept the position Of general freight agent
of the Evansville & Terre Haute. which
stands high as a freight man, and is popu-
lar with shippers.
Commencing on Sunday, the 18th, the
local In~dianaDolis-New York sleeper on
the beginning of the worlds fair and
placed IN service between New York and
Chicago, viii be restored.
The general officers of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois have for a couple Of days
past been inspecting the property. The
fact that G: j. Grammar, late president of
the Evansville q Terre Haute, accompanied
the party, excited some Comment
An Eastern steel rail mill has offered
to deliver fifteen tons of rails to the BcS-
ton & Albany, along its lines, for so per
Ton which fC 81 hollow anV former offer
to a New England road since steel rails
have ben manufactured in this country.
Last year. in the fall, the Pennsylvania
placed orders for 104. coo tons Of steel rails.
This year 1t has placed no orders as yet,
but $1,000 tons OF English rails cost; laid
sylyania purchased It's rails i'm Pittsburg at
$31.sS.
The earnings of 11 roads for October are
reported TO have been sol, 1863, lS5, a decrease,
as compared with October, 1892, of 81. 245, $50.
For the ten months ending oct. 81 i8S roads
show gross earnings of s42l, Og7,O6I a de-
crease, as compared with the correspond
ing period of 1892, of $S,24O,34O.
The Vandalia worlds fair engine exhib-
ited at Chicago has been received at the
company's shops at Ierre Haute, and is
attracting many visitors. 1t will be put
in service between indianapolis and Terre
Haute in a few days, and will be numbered
"a. It's number at the worlds fair exhibit
was 1i50.
With the taking effect of the Big Four's
new time schedule, next Sunday, the
through service between all of its terminals
is greatly improved, especially Its sleeping
car and dining car service. The expert
ence of Z. o. Mccormick, passenger traf-
fc manager of the Big Four, enables him
to arrange such matters to poularize the
service.
Large blocks Of stock of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton have recently changed
hands, and there is q good deal of %specula-
dends are in prospect and the stock is
sought as an investment, lor that new
parties ere, en~deayortng to get control of
this valuable railroad property is the prob
lem gossip is trying to solve.
At the meeting of the Western Freight
Association at Chicago yesterday the most
the division. of rates between Chicago,
Peoria, Missis5ippi-river points and stations
on the line of the Wyoming Transportation
Company. TIL divisions viii be based on
the local rates from Chicago. Peoria and
st. Louis to the Missouri river.
The Pennsylvania and the Big Four rail-
road companies rave raised their tracks
and crossings at South Delaware street to
conform TO the grade of the new asphalt
pavement, but the Union Railway Company
has neglected to do so. That ii should also
elevate its tracks before winter sets in is
very apparent, and also replank It's cross
ings. SOuth-siders will press the matter.
The score or more of train dispatchers
located here were yesterday a good deal
disturbed over a rumor that the pay of all
train dsSpatcheTS on all divisions of the
Big Four was TO be equalized at $1,000 a
N~As ~ ~ IN o&G3 VI ADAA AAO
patchers on each division, and each turn
is on duty eight hours of the twenty-four.
inquiry among Big Four officials failed to
discover any basis for the report.
c. f. Henderson. when general manager
of the Indiana. Bloomington & Western,
now the Peoria q Eastern, purchased thir-
ty-two consolidated engines. which were
then considered the best freight engine
built. but they are now somewhat out of
agement will probably have all rebuilt. An
outlay of $500 on each engine. i6 is stated,
would make them as good freight engines
as are in service on Western lines.
Eugene Debs, Of the American Railway
Union, has taken up the cause Of the rail-
way clerks, and expects to place them in an
organization which will benefit them. His
idea is TO take only competent persons for
clerical positions into the organization, and
The average pay of clerks in railroad Off
ces Is now $35 a month, and the hours are
regulated by the amount of work they have
on hand. Mr.. Debs proposes TO strengthen
the organization by bringing 1t into the
American Railway Union.
a railroad official in high position yeSter-
day remarked that Western railroad off,
Gals showed a disposition to restore rates
to a profitable basis and then hold them
there. 1t is believed that the plan for the
organization of a new trunk line commit
tee, just perfected by the vice presidents
and traffic managers, who will have the
enforcement Of the agreement, is a step in
the right direction. The next step will be
the appointment of an executive commit
tee which win have power to investigate
all charges Of rate cutting and establish
Freight Association, rs q body, Will act
unOn anv refusal 10 abide by such rulings.