The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-18

Twelfth street and Park row. on the lake
front. wac opened yesterday.
II. Nj. Bronson. assistant general passen-
ger ageot of the Big Four. is in Chicago.
ID. b. Martin. general passenger agent of
the Big -Four. has returned from New York.
F. II. Laying. brother ot J. +. Laying. is in
the city. He represents the Big -Four at
Pittsbur2.
There is still apprehension that passen-
ger rates will be cut as soon as the WORLDS
fair gets well opened.
c. W. Green. formerly with the Big Four,
has been appointed travelling passenger
agent tor the Nickel Plate.
j. I. Barnard. late president of the Ohio
& Mississippi. 10 in Colorado with son.
who is quite i'll with lung troubles.
Col. O. Mcclellan. superintendent of the
middle division of the Pennsylvania road
foriten years past. will retire on May j.
The Lake Erie IL Western earned. in the
second week of May, e65.0s6 %. an increase
over the corresponding week OF 1882 OF ST.
323. To-
In the week ending May Is there were
transferred over the Bells road 14.677 cars.
and Belt road engines handled Dol carloads
of stock.
George Nettleton, general manager OF
was in the city last evening en- route home
from New York.
General Manager Hunter. of she Erie
fast freight lines. was in the city. yester-
day. IL being his first visit here since ap-
pointed to that position
The Chicago Il Great Western road has
discharged all Its travelling passenger
agents except w. G. RInearsoD, general
travelling passenger agent.
II. NJ. Brown. the Big Four engineer
killed I'D the wreck &C London, last week.
carried 5000 insurance with the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
The Pennsylvania management has is
sued its quarterly general order for re-
trenchment on account OF the falling on In
earnings the first three months of 1893
ID. X. Folsom, general agent of the Amer
lean Express Company at this point. has so
far recovered from his recent severe illness
as TO be ct his office q short time yester-
day.
Within the last nine weeks the Railroad
Gazette has lost by death two of its chief
editors. namely. A. j. Woods and ID. II.
Neale- Both were able men in their re-
spective departments.
w. w. Richardson, private secretary of
ii. X. Dering. assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania lines at Chi
cago. was In the city yesterday for the
purpose of removing his family TO Chicago.
The Chicago roads in this section are all
carrying parties of ten OF more TO Chicago
at 2 cents per mile. the rate which goes into
eject on worlds fair business April %. on
tickets regardless of thenumber purchased.
w + Ijams, president of the Indianspo-
lis Belt Road and Stockyards Company,
went to Cincinnati last night for q confer
ence with Vice President Murray. of the
Big Four, as regards the interests OF the
yards.
The Ohio Falls car works. Jacksonville.
Ind, are building twelve baggage cara for
the New York Central, and shipped six OF
them on Saturday. Indiana car works
building cars for trunk line speaks well
for their work.
A. railroad man of statistical turn of mind
tnds that the best roads in the Central
stances. carry on their trains an average of
but twenty-four people to coach, and but
forty-four to train.
The Pennsylvania Company has en-
ploy ed a man at Chicago to look after pas
sengers arriving and departing at the
Pennsylvania station. He speaks seven
languages. and tho company pays him
5000 tor ears service.
The New York K New England road has
contracted with the Baldwin locomotive
works for ten heavy freight engines
heavier than any now in use on New Eng
land roads. and patterned after some heavy
freight engines recently built for the Big
Four at Richmond, Va.
Macarthur Brothers. of Chicago. have
been given the contract to build the 34ls
miles of road needed to connect the main
line of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois with
link begins near Rossville. on the main
line, and strikes the st. Louis division near
Slideil. Ill.
The Railroad Gazette of April 10 consains
q cut of the new ger engines. class
''Y." in on the Big Four, which were
built after specifications of f. p. Lord
formerly superintendent of motive power
| of the road. The Gazette speaks in COM
plimentary terms of the engine. The engine
proper weighs 129. $50 pounds, with Sc 500
pounds resting on the drivers.
The rumor comes from the East that
President Ingalls,. of the Big Four, has re-
newed his efforts to get control of the Chi
cago IL Eastern Illinois. to give him O bet
ter entrance and better facilities at Chi
cage. Such q rumor was current eighteen
months ago. but at that time President In
gals said he did not want the road, az il
was buried so deep financially in Its bonded
debt
Some of the roads are tightening the
reins on their travelling passenger agents.
Each IS now required to state at the begin
ming of the week the route he intends To
take. and. IL hc changes &c, to notify the
general passenger agents Office. and at the
end of the week he must report the points
he visited and what he accomplished. using
blank prepared for that purpose, each
days work being indicated.
A gentleman who is dou btless as we'll in
formed who are the holders of the stock of
the Terre Haute x Indianapolis road aa
any person outside of President McKesn
and General Manager Williams says there
is no doubt that Fl. g. Ives and his hackers
have been purchasing all the loose stock
of tho L. II. q i they can get hold Of. and
he may try and annoy the company 10
some manner. but that he will secure con-
troll of the road is not possible unless Mr..
MeKeen sells his holdings. and his expert
enee in the past has made It more than i'm
probable that he will do so.