The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-25

OF the fennsvlvanla lines. and j.. Is. Eek
man. OF the weighing and inspection
bureau, left last night 10 attend the meet
iEg.
Dr.. H. r. Porter has resigned a. surgeon
OF the Northern Pacific and will 90 on an
extended tour through Europe. The Doc
TOT has been with the n. I. road twenty
years.
There were transferred over the Belt
road In the week ending May % q total OF
1887 cars. and Belt road engines last week
handled sc the yards 81 carloads OF Ave
stock.
Van Wrinkle. general superintendent OF the
Big Four lines. will this morning 60 to
Cleveland where they will remain q couple
of days.
E. A. Peck, ex-superintendent of the Big
Four. returned on Saturday from joplin,
atoms. and on Sunday night left for the
Northwest.
Samuel Bells. treasurer of the Railway
| Officials and Employees Association. who
has been i'll at Richmond. Ind. for a couple
of weeks, returned yesterday to assume has
usual duties.
j. s. Cox. general agent of the Chicago
Great Western road, Is in the city. He ex-
poets hereafter to spend about one-third of
his time in this section in the interests OF
the company he representa-.
Charles Nelson. general superintendent,
agent Of the Cincinnsti. Hamilton & Day
ton. are in Chicago arranging their time
schedule with the Monon people.
J. v. McNeale. auditor of the Indian
apolis, Decatur * Western. has gone TO
Baltimore. Before his return he will prob
ably fix the date when he will leave the l..
u. a. w. TO take Q position on the b. q U.
R B. Jones. general agent OF the Chicago
d Rock Island, 10 in the city. He states
that work Is being pushed on the com.
pany's Texas extension. and that by July
! its trains will be running into Fort
Worth.
1t is understood that A. I. Mohler, gen
eral manager of the Great Northern rail-
way. 10 TO he made vice president OF the
road. and c. 8. Shields. superintendent OF
eral manager.
When the Big -Four vscates the offices In
the Union Station to 90 into Its own build
ing the Pullman company will take one OF
the rooms. and probably the Offices of the
weighing and inspection bureau will be re-
moved 10 the Union Station.
On Thursday. April q. the stockholders
of the Indianapolis x Northeastern will
hold their annual meeting, and 1t Is pos
sible. says one OF the persons identified
with the project. tha al some action OF i'm
portance regarding its construction will be
taken.
Beck * Glenn. railroad contractors. have
been awarded q contract to build ten miles
of railroad from Mishawska to Elkhart,
Ind. Ii is believed that the Chicago 4
Grand Trunk is behind the enterprise, and
that it is but the beginning Of quite an ex-
tension.
James Charlton, general passenger agent
of the Chicago d Alton. has issued o
lengthy circular letter to all ticket agents
regarding the commission question, and
says that some competitors are trying to
make these pay ments burdensome and bring
ABOUT an agreement to totally abolish
them.
A. w. Dickinson, general superintendent
OF the Missouri Pacific. spent yesterday In
tho city. the guest of ID. F. Whitcomb. su-
perintendent Of the Union Railway Com
pany. Mr. Dickinson is still resting at his
farm ct Seymour: Ind. but said yesterday
he would return to duty on May 1.
The three townships which voted aid to
the Indianapolis. Bloomington * Bedford
road will. IL the road Is built. donate S72,-
600 to the project. The three town.
ships which voted against aiding the en-
terprise would have donated but s23. Oo0,
and for that reason the protectors Of the
road are not discouraged over the outlook.
On the finding of the remains of engi.
neer Allison the Big Four company fur
his friends and relatives. to Terre Haute,
where the remains were properly dressed
and placed in a casket at the expense of
the company, and then furnished q special
b t6AO II OOuJ II tuc III huu
friends to Nation. where he will be buried
to-day.
The Pennsylvania Company has made
arrangements with the Louisville & Nash
willie TO put on new trains between Atlanta
and Chicago via Louisville and Indianspo-
lis. At the present writing it Is expected
to get them on next Monday. In both Ill
r~ections they will be run on different time
and faster than any trains now in service
between these points. and will be run as
solid trains.
A Bloomington, Ind. paper claims to
have i1formation that the Ohio d Missis-
sippfs new management is seriously con-
sidering building q branch from it's main
line northeast through Bloomington to In
dIanapolie That the Ohio 81 Mississippi
c~0ntemplates building some extensions, or
the Baltimore 81 Ohio, which controls the
property. Is not questioned; but whether
this is to be one of the extensions Is not
known.
Among the acts passed at the late session
OF the Ohio Legislature was one permitting
railroads to construct elevated tracks in
cities. IL is now learned by o Journal
representative that the Pennsylvania Com
pany was the prime mover in getting the
law passed, and that IL was q preliminary
step TO constructing an elevated track
from its present terminus in Cincinnati to
q point nearer the heart of that city. The
Pennsylvania Company has also decided to
replace the present bridge across the Ohio
river, by which it connects with the Louis
Vile i Nashville road. and which also
makes a wagon road from Cincinnati to
Newport. with a more modern structure.
Probably the work will be undertaken in
the early part of this summer.