The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

10 seph each way daily, running in con.
nection wit5 the boat for Chicago. These
trains are to be composed OF q combina-
tion car. ladies' coach and parlor car. all
new eQuip ment-
With the taking effect of the new sched-
ule on the Big Four llDes through cars are
TO be put on between Columbus. o., and st.
Louis, and between Columbus and Chica-
90. using the Peoria IL Eastern between
Springfield and Indianapolis.
The appointment of j. V. McNeaie as as-
sisfant treasurer of the Baltimore IL Ohio
is the more complimentary To him from the
fact that w. Ii. ljams. treasurer of the COM
psny. who is advanced IN years, soon In
tends TO retire. and Mr.. McNeale will then
take the position of treasurer.
Two new coal mines are being open ed on
the Indianapolis ~ NincenDes road. one at
Sonth Linton. 10 be known as the Freeman
mine: another at Island City. on the Coal
branch, to be known rs the leland Valley
Coal and Mining Company. In both cases
the shafts are now belng sunk.
The efforts of the Big Four management
TO increase lts live stock traffic are uegin-
ning TO bear fruit. On Monday one firm
shipped east over the Decline division fif-
teen carloads of live stock for the New
York market. yesterday rwenty-three oar
loads and to-day will ship twenty-five oar
loads.
On Sunday last the Erie began to OPP
crate it's block system between New York
and Chicago. The cost of operation
will be $4,000 q year. exclusive of she
original expense. The system is operated
simultaneously by employees and auto
matte mechanism. and A. nj. Mozier. super
lntendent of transportation, says 1t is
hardly conceivable that both should fail.
The Indianapolis 81 Vincenpes will
change time on Sunday. Train 20. now ar
irving at Indianapolis at 1865. will arrive
at 1C:l5. forty minutes CARRIER. and Train l..
which leaves indianapolis at 4:C5 p. NJ, will
not leave until 4:40 p. NJ, thirty-fve
minutes later than the present schedule.
thus giving business men on that line one
hour and fifteen minutes longer to do BUSH
ness In this city.
AS an outgrowth of the troubles men
toned betwee the Cincinnati. Hamilton
& Dayton, the MonoD, the Big Four and
the P~ennsylvanis lines over running
through cars from points south of the Ohio
river. the c., III. IL ID. and the Monon, in
competition win the Oueen & Crescent,
have arranged to haul through cars be-
tween Jacksonville and Chicago and New
Orleans and Chicago.
For two months. during the early part Of
the year, the general passenger agents and
general managers of the Western roads
wrestled with the problem Of the worlds
fair rates. and finally concluded to put
them at the full round trip rate less 20 per
cent. Then came the difficulties In Color
ado. which made all the work which had
e0. Ok AAlOs ~
now the general passenger agents and the
general managers will begin oil over again
and the chances are that the rates to be
established this time Will be lower than
those established before.
II. c. Townsend, general psssenge ger agent
OF the Missouri Pacific, and a Der of
other general passenger agents of the
South western lines, raised a handsome
sum TO place q over the grave of
Is. w. Mccullough. who was buried at Sid
ney in February, 1892. and May 80 has been
fixed as the day for unwilling the monu.
ment, when q large number of passenger
men will be present TO witness the cere-
mony. Mr.. Mccullough. when living. was
one of the most popular general passenger
agents on the South western lines. and the
monument is erected as an acknowledge
ment of his merits.
NJ. w. Mansfield. superintendent of the
Indianapolis 81 Vincennes. has been look
ing MP coal statistics as regards the outpu
OF Indiana and Ohio. In Indiana the aver.
age output per day In 1892 was 500 carloads
against an average of 1919 carloads in 1887
when natural gas was first introduced. In
Ohio the putput per day In 1892 was 2,C0(
cars. double the output of seven years ago
The incvease in demand for Indiana and
Ohio GOALS comes largely from sections or
the lakes. where natural gas cuts no figure
aud the increase in manufactures where
there Is no natural gas in Indiana and One
has considerable TO do with the Increased
consumption. Mr. Mansfield says thes,
figures will be something of q surprise. ye'
they are correct.