The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-08
position of superintendent of the New York

agreement TO keep the matter secret tor q
certain period.
With the taking effect of the summer
time table. April 30. on the Peoria "
Eastern, Trains IL and Is will be run
through between Indianapolis and Column
bus. o.. as formerly.
It is stated that the Wisconsin Central
will Withdraw from the Western Passenger
Association If the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy puts on its twelye-hour train be-
tween Chicago and ST. Paul.
In passenger circles il is thought that the
Santa Fe will be more benefited in its
bnsIness from the worlds fair passenger
traffic than any other road running into
Chicago from the South or West.
The nighs express over the Chesapeake
az ohio. yesterday morning. on arriving at
Cincinnati. turned III passen gers over Co
the Big Four, thirty-two frst-class and the
remainder emigrant or second-clsss
The new west-bound freight rates. which
based on "a cents. first class. New York TO
Chicago, and 81 II from New York to St
Paul and other Northwestern points.
The Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Pau has
built a United States mall car just one
sixth the regulation size. The car cost
8 $500. and has every feature of the full
sized cars. 1t was built to be exhibited at
the worlds fair. I
The excursions to Indianapolis from
points on the Big Four lines this week. IN
der the direction of the New York store,
have been q decided success, bringing in
three to four hundred people daily the first
tive days OF the week.
j. III. Sessions. assistant general freiRht
agent of the Peoria division of the Van
daiia lines; Is developing a large amount of
tratlc on the line of that road. 1t Is really
the first time il has been properly equipped
since opened FOR business.
William B~eviDgton, engineer on the Big
Four, made the fastest run. on Thursday.
from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. ever made
with q regular train. He had Engine 179.
hauled five cars. and made the run. ITO
miles. in two hours and thirty three min
utes.
A. A. Mcleod has not lost his hold on
the New York q New England. having just
contracted for 5000 tons of steel rails, and
will next place an order for twenty loco
motives. The earnings of the road for
March were $50. 900, the largest of any
month of its history.
j. r. Kendrick has been elected third
vice president of the New York. New
Haven ~ Hartford. in immediate charge
of the Old Colony road. with office in Bos-
ton. Mr.. KendrIck has been connected
with the Old Colony road In an official Ca
pacity over thirty years.
X. NJ. Arnold, general freight agent of the
Louisville, New Albany IL Chicago, is in
the city. He states that their stone traffic
from the Bedford quarries this year will
exceed that OF any former year. The one
thousand new stone cars are being put IN
service as fast as they are built.
Representatives of the passenger depart
mant of the Mexican Central road are cOm-
ing north and pushing vigorously to get
some business for that road, which has es-
tablished eating houses on it's line and is
doing many. other things TO attract the
travel of all kinds that way, especially
pleasure and tourist travel.
There are indications of a general over
turning of affairs on the Northern Pacific.
Ii is given out that the board of directors,
at the annual meeting April 20. will retire
the present management, being obliged to
do this To enable the company to raise
money TO retire Its floating debt. which Is
now. In round numbers. $1,000, 600.
1t is intimsted that tie Old Colony stock
holders. who are opposed TO leasing the
road TO the New York. New Haven II Hart
ford company, are preparing to enioin the
directors of the two companies from per-
fectiny the scheme. As both corporations
have approved the deal. it seems late in the
day to advance the idea of legal interior
ence.
G. S. Evans who. a few months ago, was
appointed superintendent of the Connecti-
cut kiver road, through the changes Ia left
out of position. Mr.. Evans friends in the
southern part of this State will regret to
hear of this. as during the time he was
general superintendent of the Louisville,
Evansville IL st. louis he made many
warm friends.
A railroad man, we'll informed as to
freight matters at Peoria. says that the
reason the Lake Erie " Western has such
q good hold on business out of Peoria ia
that, when cars were scarce. it furnished
the largest shippers at that point more cars
than could any other road. and thus made
the L.. f.. ~ w. popular; He things
business through shading rates has no
foundation.
William Garstang, superintendent OF
motive power OF the Big Four lines, who
has spont the past week in visiting the
various shops. will arrive here to-day and
remain for two or three days. In speaking
of shop matters yesterday, Vice President
Murray said the com pany had not one-half
the shop room it nsoded, but whether to
temporarily enlarge the shops at Bright
wood and those inst east OF the city the
old Big -Four shopsD or CT once build the
proposed central shops on the West Side
was yet to be decided.
Under the summer time table there will
be fourteen trains each way daily between
Indianapolis and Cincinnati, and ten each
way between Indianapolis and Chicago.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton d Dayton will
have SIX trains each way between here and
Cincinnati, and the Big Four eight eact
way. Between indianapolis and Chicago
the Big -Four will have four trains eact
way daily. the Monon three, and the Penn.
eylvauia three. If any more trains are
needed between here aud Chicago 1t will
be accomplished by running trains in more
than one section.
Wm. Kirkby, commissions of railroad.
and telegraph of Ohio. has sent the J ourna
his report for 1879. 1t Is repleto with sta
tisticai tables which will be valuable fol-
reference. as they have been repaired witt
more than usual care. The report show,
that. in 1852. 1i9 employees on Ohio road,
were killed and 1888 injured, 80 passenger
killed and 255 injured; 500 trespasseri
killed and 3i4 injured; others. IS killed ant
IS injured. making a total of SIS killed ans
3.267 injured. There are in service Oh Obi,
roads 4.G29 locomotives. 3.205 passenge.
ears and 1913. 341 freight cars of all descrip
tions, 65. 7SS of which are coal cars.
President NJ. f. ingalls,, OF the Cleveland
Cincinnati. Chicago IL st. Lonis road. la
issued u circular TO stockholders. datet
Cincinnati. o.. April 5, 1893. in which
proposition is made by the directors TO tn,
stockholders tor the issue of q mortgag
for $50. 900. COO to take up S29, OO0, 600 ont
standing bonds as they mature, and to pro
vide for future needs of the company. Tn,
new bonds are to run for seventeen year
and to bear interest at not over 8 per cent
per snnum. principal and interest 80 b.
payable In gold. A special meeting OF til,