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

though international excursion rates dur
ing the fair and east-boond continuous
train tickets will DO ND for discussion.
Vice President and General Manager
Barnes. of the Ierre Haute n Chester. is in
Ierre Haute. trying 20 awaken a renewed
interest IN the building of the road. much
OF the right of way for which has been Sc
cured. Mr.. Barnes is confident the road
will be built within the next eighteen
months.
The Louisville. Evansville 81 St. Louis
management contem plates re-establishing
the line between Louisville and Chicago in
connection with the Evansville ~ 1erre
Haute and the Chicago * Eastern Illinois,
but the latter Will not sccapt a pro rate II
IL Is made as low as q few months ago by
the L., L. IL st. l..
There Is excellent authority for stating
that Theodore VOORHEES,. who few months
ago lett the position of general superin-
teDdent of the New York Central TO be-
come vice president of the Philadelphia 81
Reading. is to return TO the Vanderbilt
lines. and is TO be appointed general man.
ager of the Lake Shore road.
The Lake Shore has notified it's employees
that they Will be gwen vacations To attend
the worlds fair. aud passes Will DO fur
nisbed for those dependent on the company
Tor support The management asks that
the men inform he heads of their respective
departments about the time they would
like TO attend the exposition, 90 that proper
arr8n gements can be made.
The official report shows that In April
there were handled on the Big Four lines
5.257 freight trains: on these trains were
hauled l26, $50 loaded and 3S, SO empty cars,
against 5. AS trains In April, 1897, hauling
12l.578 loaded and 39.107 empty cars; de-
crease this year In number of trains. III;
increase In number of loaded cars handled,
4,912; decrease in numb OF empty cars. 422.
The changes IN divisions for freI t-rrain
crews soon to be made on the Lake Erie ~
Western will compel number of men with
families TO remove from Lafayette to one
OF the new division points. Under the
change the freight crews will run between
Sandusky and Lima. Lima and Upton Tip
ton and Rankin and Rankin and Peoria.
the citiZens of the Star City do not take
kindly TO the l.. l.. & w. making Lafay cite
nothing but q way station.
There are now eight construction trains
distributing gravel on the Big Four be-
tween Indianapolis and Kankakee. There
are now about twenty-four miles of road TO
be ballasted on this division. In laying
the second track at this point between the
Union tracks and just east of the Belt road
IN grading the yards about the new freight
depots and other improvements the COM
pany Is making on different parts of the
Chicago division, there are now over three
hundred men at work.
At meeting of the Chicago Railway
Association. yesterday. 1t was decided 60
accept the joint notice of the Southern
PacIhc, the Santa Fe, the Missouri Pacific
and the Union Pacific that they would put in
effect May the rate of S4450 from the Mis-
souri, river TO California common points,
ana 20 to Colorado common points. These
rates are to apply east-bound well as
west-Dound. The roads east or the river
have announced a rate of S55. Chicago to
California, based on the rate which is to go
into effect west OF the river on May 5. The
raf from Chicago will be effective May "
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cite county, Illinois. hold $4,000 of the
stock of the ST. Louis, Vandalia & Terre
Hante. As the road Is coming into promi-
nence and the stock promises to become
valuable. the officials of the townships are
taking steps TO realize on it. These town.
ships have not even called for dividends
such as have been paid to other holders of
such securities, and there Is possibility
that something handsome may yet be real
lied on it. unless the Pennsylvania Com
pany. which Is the largest holder of the
stock of the road I'D leases it to the Terre
Haute d Indianapolis. has some method of
evadlng the claims.
The preliminary steps have been taken
to get the Vandalla freight depot out of the
way and secure Strengthening of the
tracks leading west from the Union train
sheds. William X. McKeen, president of
the Terre Haute IL Indianapolis, has con-
sented TO sell the property TO the Union
Railway Company. and the price has been
practically agreed upon. j. L. Brooks. vice
president of the Pennsy lvania Company:
John Il. Dye, general solicitor of the Big
Four. and John o.. Williams vice president
of the Terre Haute Il Indianapolis Wan.
DALAI. have been appointed to see what
legal steps are necessary to effect a trans
fer OF the property from the Il. Fl. & !. to
the Union Railway Company. there beiDg
some question about title, the ground on
which the depot stands having been do
mated under certain conditions.