The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-21


been put in use.
Inquiry is made as to the whereabouts
OF Harry G.. Williams. who. up TO Sept. !,
ran a train out of Indianapolis and on
that date went TO some Western road He
Is said 10 be member or the Order OF Rail
way Conductors.
The Monon yesterday ran an excursion
train from Louisville TO the worlds fair
for the benefit of the school children, six
hundred going. This is the second chii-
dren's excursion, the first carrying FIVE
hundred children and teachers.
Charles Stone, general passenger agent of
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, was in the
city yesterday, but remained only short
time; He reports the passenger traiflc OF
companys passenger equipments to handle
The paymaster of the Panhandle lines,
in his monthly rounds paying for Septem-
Der, will disburse 80 per cent. less money
TO the comrany's employees than for Sep
TENDER. 1892. Although the. wages were
not reduced, the force at all points have
been cut down.
An accurate survey is being made of the
lines of the Chicago & West Michigan in
order to revise the maps and plats OF the
or tracks. Mile posts are being erected
etc., to comply with the more modern
methods of railroading.
D. G. Edwards, general passenger agent
OF the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, is in
the city. and will remain until the afternoon
train for Cincinnati This is his first visit
ent position, and he intends to give the In
dianapolis field good looking over.
The earnings of the Maclkey lines for the
second week in October were: Evansville
& Terre Hate, $4,000, an increase this
year OF $500: the Louisville, Evansville
& st. Louis. $34, 10O a decrease this year of
$1,000; the Peoria, Decatur Evansville,
81, 20c decrease this year OF $500
The Michigan Central will remove it's
beautiful floral gardens, now at Ypsilanti,
to Wayne. where the company is erecting
for ne raising eP0 plants ants Snd owers which are
planted in the spring at stations on the
line and furnish flowers for the dining
cars.
lawsuit because 1t refused to carry the
corpse of a Mr.. Forshee, who died at the
worlds fair. on the excursion ticket
pany demanded $4.s5 additional for carry
ing the corpse TO the late home Of the de-
ceased.
Present indications are that the morning
train over the Monon out of Indianapolis,
which has been on six months, will be con-
tinued, that the Monon, as well as the
Big Four, will have three daily trains for
Chicago. The train is proving a great
commodation to who have business to
transact at points on the road.
During the heavy gales on the lakes the
the Chicago & West Michigan were de-
layed for hours by drifting sand. Large
forces of men were put at work shoyelng
of sand in cuts linear the lake often an
noys the company in the movement of its
trains.
From Jan 1 to the end of the second
| of the Monon amounted to $57i,96O, and
freight earnings to s541. 252. AS compared
| a decrease of Sol, 1O4 and mail and other
| earnings a decrease of s3,6GS The .passen
ger earnings have wiped out the decrease
| of business and turned II into an increase
| of $3l0.4n over the traffic of last year.
F. D. Hunter, general manager of the
| Erie fast-freight lines and NJ. w. De Wolf
Eastern agent of the Erie. were in the city
| yesterday, en- route to Louisville and Gin
| cinnati. Mr.. Hunter says the freight bust
| ness has had to take back seat the last
| few weeks, so heavy has passenger business
been over the Erie, but the freight depart
ment is now in the field for business from
| this on, and expects a good share of the
lines now have a heavy west-bOund bust
| ness. Mr.. De Wolf has just closed his
| twentieth year of service with the Erie
Both the Panhandle and the Big Four
are short of power to move the business
now offered. The heavy passenger traffic
is one of the causes A number of locomo-
| tivcS which belong to the freight service,
| and are used in hauling the express freight
| trains. are now in the passenger service.
The Panhandle has in the last two weeks
received ten new Glass RI engines from
| the Altoona shops, and the Big Four is
| receiving new locomotives from the Rich
mond locomotive works, so that both, with
| the falling off i'm passenger business with
| the closing OF the worlds fair, will have
plenty OF power.
| The winter schedule OF the Big Four.
| which takes effect Nov. 5, has received more
careful attention than has any former
schedule. The southern tourist travel is TO
receive special attention Never since
President Ingalls, regime has he given that
| attention to the formation of a schedule
| that the present time card is now claiming
train service will be improved on every
| division. between Cincinnati and st. Louis,
| particularly, will special attention be di-
| rected 1t is the intention of the company
| to make its line to St. Louis much stronger
than 1T is at present.
| Eastern and Western lines are making
| another effort in behalf of a uniform class.
ification in freight rates. At the present
| time the Western lines have about six
more classes than the Eastern roads. a
| yesterday decided upon eight classes, which
| are to be used alike by Eastern and West
| ern lines. The matter was: however. re-
| and will be acted upon by them before any
| final action is taken. The attempt was
made once before and ia after So sverythlns
| they will have the first chance at the
| thing.
| Said a superintendent yesterday. "I shall
| feel relieved when the worlds fair travel is
over This running two TO five sections of
/ trains, often that number in both directions,
| requires the closest watching to prevent
| collisions and / really feel relieved when
/ get nights rest and pick up the morning
/ paper and see that there has been no acct
/ dent any division of our system or the
] competing lines Running number of
| freight trains in two to six sections never
worries me- j know that in case of ac-
| cident the loss Of life will be small, while
| sections of passenger trains carrying from
/ three hundred to five hundred people, If
wrecked, usually means something much
| more serious"
| The third annual meeting Of the Ameri-
| can Association of Railway Superintend-
| ents of Bridges and Buildings adjourned at
| Philadelphia, yesterday, to the second
| Tuesday in October next at Kansas City.
| The following officers were elected Pres
| ident, j. e. Wallace, Wabash railway,
| Springfield, ILL.,; secretary, Samuel f. Pat
| terson Concord & Montreal railway, Con-
| cord, N H.; treasurer, George NJ. Pein,
| Lake Shore railway, Cleveland; executive
| committee-Quinlane McNabb, Big Four.
! Terre Haute, Ind Aaron S. Marley Chi
nard. Wabash, Moberly, Mo-; Floyd In
| gram. Louisville & Nashville, Erie, Tenn. ;
| James III. Travis. Illinois Central, Chicago
| and Joseph II. Cummin, Long Island rail-
| road, Long Island City, y. Y.