The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-30
Ira file Notes.

Traffic Notes.
The Peoria K Eastern lines with each
week, are showing a healthy increase i'm
traffic, handling at this point last week
seventy-six more loaded cars than in the
week ending Oct 81.
With the indianapolis division of the
Pennsylvania lines the loaded car move
ment is quite even in both directions. Last
week S37 loaded cars were brought in
against S25 forwarded.
The Lake Erie & Western still makes an
uffavorable exhibit. The road usually at
this season of the year handles a good
deal of lumber, both local and through, and
this season the lumbermen are experiencing
an off year.
The Pennsylvania lines handled at this
point last week $50 fewer loaded cars than
in the corresponding week of 1892. The
Louisville division, for some reason. shows
an unusual light movement.
Freight business begins to improve with
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. In the
week ending Oct. Is it handled at this point
forty-seven more loaded cars than in tho
preceding week and ninety-two more than
in the corresponding week of 1892
East-bound business with the Vandalia is
reaching its old time volume, and If carried
at full rates will materially increase the
earnings of the freight department. In the
week ending Oct. % this line brought into
Indianapolis 1,019 loaded cars, 100 of which
were loaded with live stock, and $40 loaded
cars were forwarded. This is an increase
of thirty-three loaded cars over the week
ending Oct. q.
The Chicago division of the Big Four is
overtaxed with traffic, last week handling
on that division 1882 loaded cars, an in
crease of 765 loaded cars over the week
ending Oct 81 and the exhibit would have
been even more favorable had not its heavy
worlds fair business interfered with the
movement of freight trains. Some of the
other divisions did not make as favorable
exhibits, so that the total increase OF the
week on all divisions was but 6S5 loaded
cars.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The surgeons of the Wabash lines will
hold their annual meeting In MoDerly, Mo-,
on Thursday.
Four engineers and two -firemen have been
killed on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &
Chicago in the last sixty days
First-class tickets on Saturday were sell
ing in Cincinnati to Kansas City at Sl2,
and TO Colorado points at $3.50.
]. b. Lee, of the office of II. w. Hibbard,
general freight agent of the Vandalia, spent
yesterday IN the city with his parents.
John Riley. superintendent of the Peoria
& Eastern. who has been at the world S
fair for a few days, returned yesterday.
More locomotives and fewer officials, says
n successful railroad man, would be a good
thing for the Big Four in its operating de-
pprtmeDt.
In the week ending Oct, % there were sold
at Con:fersville 373 tickets to Chicago. one
of the test week business since the world s
fair opened.
y number or SHOPS OF the pennsylvania
Company will to-day commence working
ten hours. At Indianapolis nine hours is
still the rule.
Superintendent Mills, of the Toledo, st
OF last week in listening to the grievances
of the trainmen.
C. c. Patterson, receiver of the Findlay,
Fort Wayne & Western, it is stated, re-
fused to resign, and the court has now or
dered his removal
The Wabash. for the first time in many
months. shows increased earnings IN the
third week of October earning 5ZZ'lso' an
increase this year of Sl,22O.
With the taking effect of its winter time
table the Peoria & Eastern will take of
Trains and (west end on sunday, run
ming them as at present on week days
Ford Wood, general freight agent of the
Peoria 4, Eastern. was IN Pittsburg and
other Eastern points last week looking
after the interests of the p & +. in west
bound business.
the 800" business through Mackinac, there
being a boycott in existence on that road
Efforts are to be made to adjust matters
| the coming week.
were laid off until Nov. ] at the shops OF
! the Chicago & Alton road at Bloomington.
| H. On Nov all will be put at work,
| and also many of those laid off sixty days
ago.
Harry NJ. Quicksen has been appointed
| agent of the Union Star line. at For
| Wayne. vice \. II. DennlSton, deceased
| Mr. Quicksell has had charge of the affairs
OF the line for some weeks and has made
| an excellent record.
| The work OF doubling the track of the
| Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chicago west o
| Crestline has been renewed. and before the
| inspection party makes its next annua
| trip the road will be double track froD
/ Pittsburg to Chicago
President, Mcleod, of the New York &
| New England announces that he has hi:
/ project for independent line into New
| York perfected. even 10 raising the money
| s. coo COO the sum IL is expected IL will re
| quire To carry out his scheme.
| The Pittsburg roads and their Western
| connections have gotten into another squad
| bic over rates west bound nails, an,
| or Nov. I rates win so off again IL Il
| about four months since they were restored
| but during that time the business droppe,
| to a minimum volume.
4 train of cars loaded with steel rail
| from the Pittsburg mills passed west owe
| the Belt road, Saturday. the first shipmen
| OF This character which has been noticed il
| some weeks which is taken as encouraging
| evidence that the railway managers ar
| gaining more confidence In the future.
The official report shows that there ar
now not less than twenty-five cases O
typhoid fever i'm the ranks of the Folun
] tary Relief Association OF the Pennsy'