The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-27

| the nine months to date a decrease of $404-
| 923. The earnings of the lines west OF Pitts
burg for the same period show decrease
| OF $56,931, and for the nine months a de-
crease of $223, 1876. on the lines east of Pitts
burg the gross earnings show a decrease for
the month OF $703,514 and a decrease in ex-
| penses OF S598,llO. The gross earnings of
| the Western system fell off $in,62I during
| the month, while the expenses decreased
| 1856. 236.
| Personal, Local and General Notes.
A. Q. Talent, general agent of the Chica-
| go s. Northwestern, is in the city on busi-
| ness trip.
| Hunters rates are now in force on all
lines out of Indianapolis. and the hunters are
| beginning TO move.
| w. l.. Grey has been appointed train
master Of the Southwestern division of the
Chicago * Rock Island.
The stockholders of the Chicago & Erie
/ road will hold their annual meeting in Hunt
/ ington, Ind. Tuesday, Nov II.
Several Of the division superintendents
| the winter time schedules
| The Pennsylvania lines have already be-
| gun TO send empty cars TO chicago 10 re-
/ move the exhibits at the worlds fair.
| The Big Four inspection party reached
| Indianapolis last night, and viii to-day go
| over the Michigan division to Benton Har-
/ Dor.
The Pullman Car Company, it is stated.
| will absorb the Madison Car Companys
| plant at Belleville, ILL.,. now In the hands
of receiver.
]. E. Haiti has been appointed master
| mechanic of the Texas division OF the
/ Chicago & Rock Island, with headquarters
| at Fort Worth.
The Central Traffic lines have voted ia
| vorably on the proposition to extend the
| one-way rates for the round trip to Chica-
/ go until Nov. 5.
John Z. Dunlevy of Memphis, Ind, has
invented and received letters patent on
| safety-hinge switch frog, which expert en-
| gineers say has decided merit.
| z. c. Hiser has been appointed master
mechanic on the New York Central at its
shops in Utica; He was formerly on the
Adirondack & st. Lawrence road.
The Peoria & Eastern has contracted to
| carry 5000 carloads OF anthracite coal to
points its weSC Tern division The coal
is turned over TO the road at Springfield, o.
The PENNSYLVANIA, the Erie, the Lake
| Shore and the Michigan Central have, 1T is
| stated, every berth in one hundred sleep
ing cars each reserved up to Nov out Of
| Chicago.
The Chicago e. Northeastern road On
diana Midland) has not yet withdrawn its
notice TO connections that it cannot accept
business from other roads on account or
labor troubles.
! With the closing Of the worlds fair ten
| heavy express freight engines of the Big
-Four which have been IN passenger service zee
freight service.
The Pennsylvania Company. has ordered
one thousand box and five hundred coal
cars built. at its shops In Altoona, which,
with repair work, will keep the shops busy
most of the winter.
The delegates to the annual meeting of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen that
met in Boston last week report a very
| cordial reception, and everything done posi-
BILE to entertain them
| C. W. Humphrey, who had charge of the
| Lake Shore train which was wrecked in
| the Toledo tunnel disaster, two years ago,
is now travelling passenger agent OF the
| Chicago Eastern Illinois.
| The directors of the roads which are to
| form the Baltimore e Ohio consolidated
lines were In Louisyille YESTERDAY erGi "a ana
| diana bridge and its terminals
The grievance committees on the Lehigh
| Valley road were unable. to adjust their
grievances with General Superintendent
| Wilbur, and will go to General Man
ager VOORHEES, with their troubles.
The Peoria & Eastern yesterday re
turned four of the freight engines Of the
| Big Four company Ii has been using, and
viii return the other six in a few days.
Its new engines are performing very salts
factorily.
The receivers of the Reading railroad
have filed a petition in the United States
| Court at Philadelphia asking for the APP
prevail by the court of a plan for the re-
demption of the securities pledged for the
Speyer loan
Colonel Culbertson, commercial agent OF
| the Baltimore & Ohio, was buried or
Wednesday in Mansfield, Q. He was for
| merly contracting agent of the Santa FL
lines in this territory, and a very popular
| railroad man.
With Thomas Higgins taking the superin-
| tendency of the Big Four lines between
| Cleveland and Indianapolis e. c. Kenney
becomes trainmaster of the same territory,
and p. Weise goes back TO the train dis
! patcher's office.
o. B. Skinner, who for many years was
| freight traffic manager OF the Bee line, is
| now living a retired life at Cleveland with
| a competency which will make his later life
| pleasant His health is much better than
| a few years ago.
Twenty-eight Of the employees in the shops
| of the Chicago & Erie at Huntington, Ind.
| have organized a minstrel troupe, and the
| coming winter propose to give entertain
| ments TO aid worthy causes which come III
| in that thrifty town.
G.. J. Grammar, who was unexpected
| ly elected president of the Evansville &
| Terre Haute, and who was so soon ousted
| CHICAGO & Eastern Illinois Rumor has il
| that he is to be its traffic manager
On Sunday night the Big Four, at the sug-
gession OF h. o. M &c, e Pas cS,rse
| to the passenger men at this point and
, other railroad points on the line to the
| worlds fair Monday. The sleeping car
| companies will furnish cars.
The Chesapeake & Ohio is now turnins
| over to the Big Four at Cincinnati zoo to 20
carloads of west-bound freights day, ant
| between Cincinnati ami Indianapolis 1t !:
: | difficult to prevent blockade. So heavy !:
| passenger business that 1t is slow wori
| getting freight trains over the road.
C. c. f. Bent, general superintendent o
| the Ohio & Mississippi, and his chief en-
| gineer, l.. c. Fritch, spent a couple of day:
| this week injecting the Louisville division
on which Ii is proposed TO make extensive
| improvements, bringing the roadbed of TIL!
| division UP to the standard of the .. " Nj
main line.
The gross earnings of the Chesapeake
| & Ohio for September were $S52,09S, an in
| crease as compared with the same month
OF 1892 of SIS, 706 The net earnings were
1920, 653, an increase this year of S16,l5l. The
net earnings make IL apparent that the
| economies enforced on that road have ef
fected favorable results.
The Chicago & Erie is said TO be the mos
: accidents. Since the commencement OF IN
: worlds fair not one passenger has bee
killed on it's trains or on its tracks Tn
Mouon is another road which has been re
{ | markably exempt i'm this direction. In bot
cases the roads have been handling an i'm
: | mense passenger business the last feN
: months and when the rush set in 1t wa
: | expected that If any roads had accident
| these two would suffer-
y | The remains of Mrs. L. o. Mccormack
:, | Big -Four route, who died at their resi-
il | dence in Cincinnati Wednesday night, o
8 | quick consumption. was taken by specia
! | train last night to Lafayette, Ind, tn
: home OF her parents where the funera
. | services will be held at p. m. to-day. :
: | daughter, aged six years, is left with tn
4 | bereaved fathex. Many messages or con
! | dolence from Mr.. McCormack's wide circl
!. | of friends have been received by him.
2 The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton man
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