The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25

cent in the preceding year; the New York
Central on IS per cent. of its gross earn
ings. the same as in the preceding year.
The Big Four as well as the Vandalia,
Is hauling large quantities of cotton, last
week receiving from the Illinois Central at
Nation, and from the Cairo division at
Paris. 4SD carloads OF cotton for export and
New England.
2. b. Cooke, auditor of the Evansville &;
Terre Haute, whose death was mentloned
on Saturday. Mas a son of Allen Cooke.
superintendent of motive power Of the Chi
coga & Eastern Illinois. The deceased was
an expert in his line.
One of the new class p engines on the
Panhandle lines, same type as the famous
120. on Thursday ran 100 miles on the
Chicago division in one hundred minutes,
hauling two baggage cars, TWO coacneS
and four Pullman cars.
The Big Four has partrar blockades at
Kankakee. at Brightwood and Clnclhhau,
so suddenly has its east-bound business
doubled in volume, and at Peoria the hneS
are still troubled by semi-blockade. n
day or two will clear these blcckades.
The Louisville, New Albany 6. Chicago
earned in the second week OF December
$52,549 a decrease as compared WIN SCI
ond week of December. 1892 of $l6Of; the
Lake Erie & Western earned the second
week $6O,075, a decrease this year of S2i, 49,
The gross earnings of the Chicago &
Northwestern system for the month OF NO
venber were 81 ca, 974; decrease this year,
$4SS s9l; net earnings S363,lS6, decrease,
as compared with November, 1892, of only
1853. The effects Of reducing expenses
are very manifest I'm this statement
In England 81 per cent. of the railway
lines are double track, in this country, nut
So per cent. In England, 80 per cent. or the
railways are protected by the block system,
while in this country but per cent. Great
progress has been made in this country
the last twelve months in botn INES men,
toned.
The stockholders of the Philadelphia &
Reading will hold a meeting Jan for the
purpose of electing officers. An attempt
will be made TO Gust Joseph >. Harris, now
the president of the company The dissatis-
fled stockholders want Isaac L. Etici, who
instigated the warfare on the late fresi-
dent Mcleod. elected.
The New Albany Ledger says that the
closest friendship exists between, u. J.
Mackey. of the Evansville lines; and NJ; r.:
have been i'm several deals together, ana
now Mackey Is keeping quiet and ingalls, Is
doing the open figuring on the ChlcaSo q
Eastern Illinois deal, which will be made.
IF Is stated that the reduction of expenses
ordered on the Pennsylvania lines Will not
reduce salaries or the train service SO Tar
as wages are concerned, these classes OF
employees hdTing accepted two reductlons
in the last twelve months, but men are De-
ing laid off on all divisions between New
York and Chicago and other western ter
minals.
4 well-known ex-superintendent of one of
the Indianapolis lines, and who, when In or
fetal position thought the shipper mon
ster when he loaded a car beyond the weight
the billing called for, now has a quarry
and is shipping stone to Chicago on an exc
tensive scale. He has been loading cars or
40 900 pounds capacity with 6O,UOo 10 iOVVO
pounds of stone. A short time ago. when
going to Chicago to settle up matters ne
was surprised to find that the railroad COM
panv had been weighing each car as 1t ar
rived and taking off the stone down to the
weight the freight was billed at and selling
the stone As ne tells the story himself, and
Expressed surprise that the company headed
him off so handsomely, the ex-superintend-
emf will not complain that II appears in
print He says he cannot kick, as the com
pany delivered the tonnage OF stone the DILL
Ing called for