The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-22

sylvania lines will hold it's annual gather
ing at Schlosser or the 9th of this month.
robert Pitcairn is president and Charles
Watts Chairman of the executive commit
tee. Andrew Carnegie few days ago
made application to become member. tie
was for many years a division superintend-
emit OF the Pennsylvania road.
A railroad Official remarked yesterday
that the growth of business In the gas belt
region had neeessitated the employment OF
. much different class of agents than IN
years past it now requiring men OF energy
and education TO care properly Tor the
business. He then cited several stations
where the receipts. three years hgo. ranged
from 500 to 500 per month. which now run
from $1,000 to $4,000 per month.
The Indianapolis division of the Order
Of Railway Conductors has elected Henry
Mounts. conductor Spence and conductor
Lemon 90 delegates to the annual meeting
Of the order. to be held next month In
Toledo. A number of conductors are ar
ranging to lay off that week and attend the
meeting. which promises to be very inter-
esting. such important matters are to be
acted upon.
The Wabash people now propose to put
on through trains over the new Detroit ana
Chicago short line May l. The track is
said to be unusually solid and smooth for
new road. But few roads have been Quilt
which are more substantial in every re-
spect. It's rail- islheavy, IL is thickly Cross
tied. q good deal of attention was given TO
properly ditchinR it. and the bridges ana
trestles are of the most approved cOnseruc-
ton.
During the month of March the Chesa-
peake IL Ohio Railway Company run o
total of T. 681 trains handled 97.1s7 loaded
and az. lis empty cars, with mileage OF
IL. $50. 145 miles. This. compared with the
same month of the previous year, shows 9
decrease of 90 trains. increase OF loaded
cars handled II. 276, empty 80. with On In.
crease In mileage amounting TO l,62o.99l
miles, which is the heaviest movement In
the history Of the road.
There Is daily coming MP new evidence
that President Ingalls,. of the Big -Four.
has determined to extend the Aurora
branch TO Jeffersonvllle. Ind.. over line
surveyed two years ago north OF the ONO
river, he making 10 further effort TO reach
Louisville over the Ohio q Mississippi
from North Vernon. The old survey made
the line eighty-eight miles long from Au-
rora to Jeffersonvllle. From Jeifersonville
there will be no trouble in getting over the
river.
The traffic managers of st. Louis lines
engaged In Texas traffic have investigated
further the rate trouble precipitated by the
action of Louisville lines. and having re-
ceived advices from the Southern Pacihc
officials that tariffs issued without author-
ity Will not be protected by the Southern
Pacific company. and further adyices that
the Louisville tariff will be Cancelled,
effective May ]. resolved to suspend the
notice of reduced rates. and 1t Will wait
further developments.
Within the last sixty days five freight
conductors anu one brakeman on the Pc
orla 81 Eastern have been arrested for
stealing freight from cars. Three are In
the penitentiary. One. O day or two ago.
escaped from the sheriff when In transit to
Urbane; the other two are now In jail
awaiting trial. The wife OF the freight
conductor who jumped from the train and
escaped from the sheriff called yesterday
for the pay due her husband. She claims
to know nothing of his whereabouts.
James Charlton, general passenger agent
of the Chicago 81 Alton, announces that he
Ia tired waiting for the lines west of the
Missouri river to patch uD their differences.
and the Alton has now made mp it's tariffs
on the basis of rates heretofore agreed upon
| by the lines east of the Missouri river. He
will send the tariffs TO the representative
| of the Chicago ~ Alton. accompanied by
l. instructions, and o copy of the rules and
| regulations adopted by the Western Pas.
senger Association as regards the sale OF
worlds fair tickets.
missioner of the Cincinnati and st. Louis
Passenger Association. is commented favor
| ably upon by passenger men. James
Charlton, general passenger agent OF the
Chicago 81 Alton. says he is one of the
| ablesu passenger men In the business and,
| as presiding officer, is without peer in
railroad circles. His accepting the posi-.
ton solves a problem which was giving the
| Baltimore IL Ohio people some anxiety.
| With the consolidation of the Baltimore IL
| Ohio south western and the Ohio 81 Missis
| sippi the company would have two general
| passenger agents. both very able paesen gel
| men. and which should be retained was
| likely to lead to some complications.
| The editors of the financial columns of q
| number of Eastern papers are still uselessly
| devOting considerable space in telling how
valuable property tho Terre Haute g. In.
dianapolis is. it controlling tho Vandalis
system. and the nsthods by which the H.
| S. Ives and NJ. w. Bars syndicate are to Sc
cure control of 1t. The stock Is too val
liable to be listed on any exchange. While
this is going on w. Il. McKeen. president
| who holds O majority of the stock, which
amounts 10 81, 9SS. loo, is not worrying over
| the rumors, and is doubtless keeping his
holdings of stock in place where Fl. S.
Ives cannot get hold of 1t as readily as he
| did of the 500. 900 In cash which was in the
| Vandalia safes when he came so near car
| rying ont he scheme to get control of the
| property.