The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-18

route east over the Pennsylvania line alone
North in unusually heavy quantities The
failure OF the apple crop in the North has
equaled and fortunately, the orange-grow-
ing sections are enjoying unprecedentedly
large crops.
Personal, Local and General Notes.
W F. Knox has been appointed s1 UF t5s
Louisville & Nashville lines.
j. c.. Pond. general passenger agent of
the Wisconsin Central. is visiting central
and eastern railroad centers in the inter-
eSts of the road
and several OF the subordinate officials are
on an inspection tour of several days. going
over the entire system
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is in
creasing its force in train service in the
shops and along the lines, and will soon
have its usual number of men on its pay
rolls.
Within the next sixty days the Des
Moines, Northern & Western road will pass
under control of the Chicago. Milwaukee
St; Paul, giving to the latter entrance
into Des Moines.
On the 18th of this month the rate on
dressed poultry and eggs will be reduced,
making the rate Al cents from Indianapolis
to New York per 100 pounds, and on eggs
and butter 361a cents.
The Boston and New York capitalists
who are behind the Mexican international
road have decided to extend the road from
Durango to the City Of Mexico, instead or
extending 1t to MaZatlan-
DR.. z. D. Pocock, for many years a sur
geon on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne q chi
eago. and widely known in Masonic 1s,, circles.
died at Shreve, o., from paralysis, on Fri
day, and was buried yesterday.
person well UP in railroad matters
says he is satisfied that when the smoke
clears away the Chicago & Eastern Illi-
nois and the Evansville & Terre Haute
will be under control of the Big Four.
The commissioners of Miami county, In.
5000 in t aid e of the Chicago. Indiana &
Eastern. The projectors of the line. 1t Is
alleged, have not kept their agreement.
An official of the New York Central states
that the report that ! 900 men had been dis
missed is false. There have been about 800
discharged, and IL is not unusual TO let
out that number Of men during the winter
months.
In railroad circles the selection by D.
G. Edwards, general passenger agent of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, of
John teahey as fraT, s tbgp SSsse en- sg
excellent move.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton has
donated a piece of ground, at Morristown,
which is to at once erect Touring mill
thereon with a capacity of two hundred
barrels of -four day.
The report Of the railroad commissioners
of Minnesota shows that the roads of that
State in the year ending June go 1898, dis
bursed in dividends S10,000,000 During the
year 248 miles OF new road was built. The
roads traversing the State killed only three
persons
Some Of the lines in the Western Passen-
ger Association have been carrying more
baggage to a passenger than the rules of
the association allow, and Chairman Cald-
well has asked each road for a copy of the
rules under which their baggagemen do
business.
The Columbus & Hooking Valley has in
use three compound freight locomotives
They have been in service several weeks
and do their work we'll, consuming so per
cent. less coal in hauling the same tom
mage that the ordinary locomotive of the
same weight does.
President Rouse, of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas with headquarters at New York.
will come West this week for a conference
with his subordinate officials regarding be-
ginning operations over the new bridge.
trains into st. Louis.
1t is understood that on the return Of f.
b. Wall. assistant to James McCrea, first
vice president or the Pennsylvania COM
pany. he. will be appointed to the impor7;
tant position of purchasing agent of all
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, vice
William Mullins. deceased.
Joseph Obergheld, transfer clerk in the
freight office Of Col Gran Perry, general
agent of the Pennsylvania lines at this
In the employ of the Pennsylvania line or
its predecessor, the Indiana Central. since
1858, and this is his first illness.
WIN. Deuei, superintendent or the Sulr
division of the Union Pacific, with head
quarters at Denver Col. is East to at
tend the funeral of his brother. Abner H..
Deuel. who died at New Buffalo. Ind, and
was buried yesterday at Michigan City.
The deceased was in shis eighty-third year.
Several inquiries have been received re
garding students rates for the holidays.
Students get special concessions. For or
binary travel one and one-third rates are
given good going on Dec. 3D. "a, %, 80. 81
and Jan. l and good returning Jan. 2,
students Onp-thir6
rates. or cents per mile, good going Dec.
10 and each day thereafter except the regu-
lar off days of holiday week and good re-
turning to JAN IL, including that date.
To-day the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton will put in operation the European
plan of feeding passengers on all of its
dining well has it worked between
Cincinnati and Chicago over the c., II. &,
u. and the Monon. On this plan the bill
tea or coffee, toasted bread, etc, at 20 to
70 cents, or good oyster stew for %
cents: Other dishes. up to the most ex-
at first-class hotel kept on the European
plan.
Benjamin McKeen, engineer of mainten-
ance of way of the Logansport and Peoria
divisions of the Nandalia, has turned much
OF his attention the last few months to the
Peoria division, and has done a great
work in lifting that road out of the mfre
the last eight months $4,000 new crossties
have been placed under the track, the steep
down. and a large number Of low places es
filled and the track generally leveled up.
Much has been done in the way of repair
ing bridges, putting in new iron structures
and substituting stone culverts for rickety
wooden Affairs. and the road is now in ex-
cellent condition to be ballasted with
gravel, a work which will be commenced in
the early spring. One of the most notice
able improvements is that the right of way
has been cleared of old ties and other un-
slightly material, and the bitches cleared
so that there Is good drainage all along
| the line.