The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-20
Railway EARNINGS.

The Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago &. St
Louis reports for September, as compared
with 1892, decrease in gross earnings of
SlI,S3i. Increase in expenses of $77, 456. and
decrease in net OF S59,STS For nine months
the Increase in net was $126i5.
The detailed report of the Chicago &
eastern illinois for the year ending June So
1893, Is out, showing the following results:
Gross earnings. $i.44695g; increase. Se71. 4I3:
expenses and taxes, 81, $50 81; Increase 1855 :
81; total net revenue, $,523,3S5: increase
Sls2S yS; interest and rentals. $l.13iOS7; In
crease, Ss6.OS2; surplus, after dividends on
preferred stock Sl053l2: increase SOC 907
The increase in gross earnings amounted
TO lIfS per cent. Expenses and taxes in
creased 49, and net earnings increased
1907. Operating expenses We're 62Ss. com
pared with 63.2S last year Freight earnings
increased 1910 and passenger earnings 49, 40
the year from $3.50 to S, 26s, the result of
low grades and improved facilities Conn
paratively few roads show as many tons of
paying freight TO each freight train mile
During the past few years the company has
acquired terminals at Chicago worth more
than 100000 and other important terminals
The bonds issued under the income mort
gage under date of December, 1877, have all
The bonds issued under the Strawn and In
diana State line mortgage have also been re-
tired. Additions TO the construction account
during the year amounted to $l,0SS.654.
Explanation by the Alton.
The officials Of the Alton road vigorously
deny that their men refused to lend any
aid to the sufferers by the recent wreck
on the Wabash road, near Nameoki, ILL.,
General Manager Chappell said yesterday
After the wreck negro porter was sent
TO Nameoki for assistance. He signaled
our train TO stop and. telling the con-
ductor that there had been an accident
asked him TO report IL in St Louis He
did not say that any help from our train
was needed, and did not know whether or
not anybody had been hurt. Conductor
Ogan of our train, said nothing to the en-
gineer about stopping at the scene of the
accident, and naturally, the engineer ran
by without pulling up The Big -Four
tracks are between ours and the Wabash
at the place where the accident took place
When our train went by there were people
on the Big -Four tracks shouting and ges-
ticulating, but no one made a signal TO
cause our men supposed the porter at
NameOki would have been told TO ask that
IL should stop IL the people on the wrecked
train had considered IL necessary. Several
high officials Of the Wabash were on their
train, division superintendent and train
dispatcher among them, yet they made not
the slightest effort 10 stop our train, and
gave IL no signal whatever. They were
more careless I'm this respect than the Al
ton men could have possibly been. The
mistake our men made was in not stopping
10 ask If they could lend any help. but they
ignored no signal TO stop, and no proper
signal was given them"
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Pennsylvania lines will not adopt
their winter schedule until Nov. II.
Freight traffic with the Big Four has so
much improved that yesterday six addi-
f.onal crews were put 10 work.
With the appointment Of c. L. Thomas as