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

Business is improving again with the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, and SUI
pcrintendent Galloway thinks that from
fcalls for cars the last few days the pusl-
ness Of the coming week will be very salts
factory.
East-bound traffic with the Vandalia con-
tinues heavier than west bound, this road
last week bringing in 1893 against 719 for
warded west. The inbound live stock traffic
dropped to 10 cars the smallest number of
weeks.
The empty car movement westward is
OF this number $50 were empty. The St
Louis division of the Big Four last week
handed 749 empty cars west bound. and
ment was unusually large
The Pennsylvania lines seem to have
struck an on week. The Indianapolis &
NlncenneS is the only line showing a heay-
Ter movement than last year. The Louis
Vile division last week handled at Indian
third week Of December, 1892
Last week. for the first time I'm the last
eight months the Big Four handled more
loaded cars at this point than in the cor
responding week of 1892 the number beine-
s,16T loaded cars this year, against 401
last year; increase. 1857 cars The lines
are moving good deal of cotton from the
them by Northwestern roads The west
bound traffic is q surprise. ii being turned
oyer oyer TO the Big Four at Cincinnati by both
the chesapeake * Ohio and the Baltimore
q OHIO. The Kanawha Dispatch and tho
central States Dispatch have built up a
handsome west-bound business
Personal, Local and General Notes.
The Pittsburg & Western will organize
voiutary relief association similar to that
or the Pennsylvania.
j r. Barnard. general manager of the
Peoria & Eastern. has gone TO Cincinnati
TO spend the holidays
a j. OReilly, general agent of the Mo-
non at his point, has gone to New Orleans
10 spend the holidays with relatives.
All the transcontinentaI lines. the Cana
ulan racine excepted, have signed the
agreement to advance passenger rates
Bethany Sutton. superintendent of the
Cairo division Of the Big Four lines. will
spend the holidays with relatives at Shell
byville, Ind
The name of l.. A. Boyd has been men
toned in connection with the position of
superintendent of the AIonon, vice George
Lowell, promoted.
The Big Four lines earned, in the second
week Of this month, S235.14s. a decrease as
compared with the corresponding week i'm
December, 1892. of sS4G67.
Another railroad from Salt Lake City TO
Los Angeles is likely to be built New York
capitalists said 10 be behind the enter
prise, which is taking definite shape.
j. p. Magill, for some years with the
New York. Pennsylvania x Ohio, will on the
hrst OF the year enter the service of the
Cotton Belt road as travelling freight agent
The acquisition of the Toledo Peoria &,
Western by the Panhandle company gives
the Ptttsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St
Louis Loo miles of main track in that
system
The Panhandle people viii soon begin run
ming through coaches between New York
and Keokuk and Burlington. Ia. via Lo-
gansport and Peoria, over the recently ac-
Quired T., p. < w.
The Chicago * Eastern Illinois has since
the LIST OF July, earned 2,1e0,Z13. an in
crease over the corresponding period last
year of ST9.509. which Is certainly a cred
liable exhibit in these depressed times.
The Lake Shore was operated last year
on Ga per cent OF it's gross earnings, against
70 per cent. in the preceding year; the Mich
igan Central on "a per cent. against 30 per